Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-06

i MAINE GOSSIP.
Il kl nd ~ ahese ne thisey-Ass kinds Of
1 nnnf0 h tbs Stata, each one u vh5ch
possesses dissinexiye sharae1sFist3es readily
4 mcuqua1saJ ard bailding seoaes- There
afe al shades Of What are tssmsd white
/ granite. the mast beautiful Of which 10 the
Halloveli, together With the red granite of
Red Beach. md the black granite Of Addi-
son. Maine possesses . wealth. II resources
Ia these valuable building stones which has
hardly yet been appreciated. nosvifhstand-
ing the vast amount Of money which has
cone 70 de Stste for The products Of our
quasriss.
II many swallows make . GUNNER, sum-
mer may already be said to have arrived q
Belfase. In one chimney In that city the
Journal reports the presence Of fully three
hundred Of fhess chsssssing. aerial residents.
Indians 90 the United States reservations
are to be furnished with ten fhousand pairs
Of Maine made moccasins, the contract to
. Bangor arm having just been awarded.
Nine eggs laid by hen belonging to
Alexander Haney Of Cary, weighed rs
ounces. Crest 10 Aroostook, her hens and
eggs
Hon Frank Jones il having the magnifi-
cent stone wall about bis place ct Sorrento.
wired for electric lights. At every post
there will be an ineandescens light which
viii lend an attractive appearance 10 the
place. All the streets which surround his
lot are being graded 1t his expenre, - well
- his grounds.
| One Of the Oldest churches In Maine 10
the Congregational Church ss Kittery which
dates from Nov. 4, l7l4. Col. William
Psppefell and wife were among the first
communicsnts, and subsequently his dis
tinzuished son. Sir William Pepperell, and
family. were admitted to membership.
The selling for Si02 800, says the Lewis.
ton Journal, of mill property bought not
long ago for s25 900 shows that business In
Maine is picking up at lively rate.
They grind their corn BY electricity down
In Belfast. This 10 1t the grist min Of
Percy Pierce. where there has just been
put in two dynsmos Of i0-horse power each.
The mill 10 equipped with = set Of stones
and one roller mill, and can turn out from
| 800 to 400 bushels Of meal per day. The
machinery and fittings were eli made In the
West, different articles having come from
| st. Louis, Wisconsin and Ohio.
r.. sL>t A.
around the county buildings at Houlton has
been removed, and . grsveled walk takes
its place along two sides of the lot. The
improvement IL most desirable one, and
meets the approval Of almost every resi-
dent Of the village.
During the six months ending May 3Ist,
the shoe factory at Belfast has msnufsc-
tured about lS0, 900 pairs Of shoes. Dur
ing t1e same period last year they manu-
featured about lao, 900, an increase Of 49,
| 600 pairs.
The new rFarmers' National Bank. in
Houlton opened its doors for business June
2. The bank 10 handsomely fitted up with
| the best furniture, large IRE and burglar
proof vault. with time lock and safe and
every appointment for the transact ton of
bank business. Lewis B. johnson 10
President, and Geo. A. Gorhsm, Cashier.
Parties Of distinguished railroad officials
are just now on tours of inspection over
eur Eastern lines. On Monday General
Manager Cram of the New Brunswick
road. in company with Sir George Stephen,
President, and W. c. Van Horne. General
Manager of the Canadian Pacific, visited
st. Stephen; and Wednesday General Man
ager Tucker of the Maine Central took
large party of prominent Bangor business
men, together with some railroad officials,
| down to Bar Harbor. Do these visits have
any significance in view Of the rumors that
| the Maine Central and Boston and Maine
are to build the ashore Lines" that the
Maine Central is to lease the Bangor and
Piscataquis, and that work upon the North
| ern Maine 10 to begin at once. The season
10 advancing 90 rapidly that whatever is to
be done this season, developments in re-
gard to it will soon be made public.
The returns are beginning to come in
from the census enumerstors who are now
hard at work all over the country. In
Maine the ennumerators find that the PEG
| pie answer the questions put to them readi-
ly and with perfect cxndor. This was to
be expected. The people Of the Pine Tree
State have long enjoyed 3 reputation for
honesty and hard common sense.
Officer Maxwell Of Auburn thinks that
Brown and Dow who were convicted of safe
breaking in that city some six years ago
| might know something about the safe blow
ing in the Eastern part of the State. He
also thinks Charlie Stain might tell some
thing about the same affair if he were 90
disposed. This is very probably. One Of
| the great gifts Of that young man appears
to be an ability to tell something concerning
= great many things. He 10 kind of GRIM
inal encyclopedia.
Two Auburn men were greatly Mortified
the other day to find body sewed up in
bag floating in the river-they did not re-
port to the police, however. They found
upon opening the bag that the remains were
| those of defunct canine.
The busy burglars appesr to be still plying
| their Defarious work in the Pine Tree State.
They bid fair TO continue 1t till some would
be victim drops upon them with q little cold
lead-if that time ever gets along. Per-
nhpS IL Is hDUut uHt IOF sOue cOUctIteu
effort to be made for the apprehension of
| these fellows.
The great age Of the graduates Of Bangor
| Theological Seminary who have deceased
during the past vesr is quite noticeable. The
neurological list for lSs9-90 embr aces the
names of sixteen graduates, one of whom
was SO years of age; four betw cen the ages
of so and IS; eight between the ages of 20
and 80. one 81 years old, one 81. and one
81. The best known of the number was
Rev. Hora.io Ilsley of Freeport who grsdu
sted in 1887. aud died May 3, last. Ia 1856
he went to Illinois and while at Roscoe q
flood swept away his dwelling and his wife
and eight children were lost. He was saved
BY clinging to q tree. He returned to
Maine and was pastor q. Minot and South
Freeport.
Some of the census enumerators find that
the duties Of their position are far more ar
duous and less remunerative than they had
thought. According to The Biddeford Times
| one Of them in that city estimates that he
will not make mare than S35 ont of his