Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-16
MAINE GOSSIP.

The Sunday Trains run BY the Boston and
Maine and Maine Central railroads the past
summer having proved so popular, it has
been decided to keep them on the year
round The new proPrietors of the Knox
and Lincoln Railroad being fully determined
to meet the wishes of their patrons have
decided 10 run Sunday trains IN &C injection
with those above noted, and this 10 CON-
mence one week from next Sunday, or
Oct. goth Passengers then can leave
Rockland at SIS Sunday morning and
make connections through 10 p ortaHd and
Boston, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville and
Bangor and can also leave Boston at . A.
NJ. Sunday and Portland at LIS Z. NJ.
and in the forenoon from iher points named
above to reach R)csl,ud at $50 Sunday
afternoon. An order for r,,esge tickets
covering the line between Bath aud Rock.
land is now in the hands of u inters ami a.
soon n, received will be placed ia use at
the rate of three cents per mile. The in
creased serylcs aud reduction in fare thus
afforded Ger sinly warrant and no doubt
vii t.n1 to that increase of patronage
which it deserves.
Aroastook pioreer T. L. Burleigh yes
terday Skipped Rigby potato digger to
New Zealand The address is as follows
John Mason, Westward Hc.. Hawera.
New Zealand via Port of Wellington 1t
goes from here 10 New York, thence to Liv-
srp)ol, thence TO Australia, thence TO New
Zealand. Quite distance to ship al
Aroostook mschire.
The Bath Independent announces tha.
the pay roll of the Bath Iron Works is about
So Geo week and that of the New England
Shiphuildine Company is nearly the same
amount, With two corporations paving cut
$40, 600 weekly for labor, and this IN addi-
ton TO the large amounts distributed Al the
other shipysrds aud among Baths various
iodustrisf Establishments certainly the
Shipbn ding City must be enioying ger
uinc boom.
The cranberry crop a. pophsm his year
is larger han usual Ii has been gathered
snd will amount t, about two hundred and
sfss barrels. A. 3. Perkins has i5o barrels
and Mains 4 Oliver 10 They are sell in
Boston for s. and IS barrel.
What can rival the Characteristic beauty
OF our sutumnsl forests and city trees ss
now seea at ,feir BEST
The Maine corps of distinguished Repnb-
lean Congressmep will get very little rest
out of their short vacation. Senster Frye
will SPEAK live times in New Hampshire.
and Mr.. Reed will speak several times in
New YORK on bis was to bsip the western
brethren. Messrs. Dinghy. Bouteile and
Nilliken are also under son ract to do cam
psigu speaking.
Csptsin Willism Hill of Biddeford. re-
Gently presented to the York Institute five
rare aud curious books. One of them was
published in 1850 and another in 1865.
The coast of Penobseos Bay is fast be-
coming settled As a summer r,,sort Large
tracts of ian2 have been perchased this
season by Ph.is deIphia parties, who propose
to erect csstases, and ground has been
broken fora new hotel at the Northport
csmrgrous.t, which will be ready for
oecupsncs ext season.
Basins ~ is booming at present in Ken 10.
bunk III mills are running full time si,t
Prospects II = winters ruc- ard to sd Il
thls. hims 81 Bros. eoats M p,s 2 leasie the
miA "a tha west side Of IL q river, in rhic.
shsy sutesNa to put line of wonen's work
Ing bsNS company hsvP eoEime1f ed re
pairing -hr mill They viii rsise Il e build
ing, put ander new sills-- new floors and new
Windows. The fume will also be repaire,
10 run 'se mill BY ws'asf power, ard it i
psoeshie steam for b .atiag will b ssupplied
Whit Is thiss A .e Augusta apiialists Z
let the Erxnklsn sn / Kennebec Railroad b
butt ., Gsrdinsr: The eapits / city il tn
natural centre an 4 outlet for this road an
It's ess era tsrmi ias should efsainly be |
tais city Ii il as to be built sext season, q
the papers cay. somebody @, lghs TO be still
RUG round to zee t, it.
hsea our hiuaherry boz = are becomiu
gress soase IS Of revenue. The wymsn fat
tory in Oh .r,y.Ialj has / nat eornIstsd 4
.sssons scrs, hxv.us ca aned soss bushe
the lsY ,e., sexs,-.s VI ~ a., r.nv 80,