Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-02
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Is !. sse a the faiaxs that aeay re NIL,
stu forsrs Itself On tA~ mind.
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With the exception Of afsv volumes
Ss.ich they wished "a retail, the family Of
the late Rev. u. y Sheldon II WEerviIse.
hare presented 70 the library Of Cclny
Ensyeysisy. the entiss eckiee.ion which be
bad made, eonyrisisg about ave kuncree
teuna volumes xod TIE saESe sanDsr OF
pamphlets. They are manly apon thee
logical and sh.lcslt ke,i ssbjeeS. aud
quite large saEber Of them are In the
French a15 GsfDza l1nggazss.
The Canadian Pacific Railway people
have eommencsd work Eeon their aAe se~
Is2es q. Gresnyille AID are pushing il quite
fast. The through basiness b. the Cana
dian Pacific 70 :neYezsing s25 the station
building 81 thin .apestass Junction is much
needed.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. have
pat on u efsw Of men TO bald new tsis-
graph Ice from Ellsworth 10 Winter Hat
Dor The Iine sill probably IT, completed
ard 10 sorkiss ors.sr IN ten lays. AID viii
DFese the greatest sina 81 a e0GysEtTscs
daring the rush Of summer basinass.
VI. p j. Smith o. cafibsa, has dog
ilIss see ms pessessed Of more ihaa ordinary
esn.ae iniellizetes He Attempted 70 valx
acrpsa the RIVER Oh the dam but on arriving
q. tbs gate house lie .oaaA His further
progress barred asd slsfpsng Of tbs Gsm
l,is The water Lc sssm up stream until
there va, no danger Of his being sucked
iats the sa;ss. ana Then made turn aaa
ssst 10 the back.
The aited States Coss. Survey steamer
EaIeav0r. Capt. ). A Aekiey, has bsa1
u anchor 10 Broad Cove for fevsrd days.
They sre engaged there % coast piIct vera,
nakisg survey, AID tax cg soln'lings
The IN p roll, at the Bath Iron Works
which were 40 highly spokea Of b. Mr..
Hiehborn, will be- the finest act 90 the A.
iantic bosri Of ihe Usited S;Etas. They
are Of the mos, improved iypa sni cas- b
ops rated by one man, while others in this
part Of rhs eonl ny require three AMI fonr
III 80. The rolls ARE ii wrought ron ard
the slt complete will weigh ninety five TOT
That Montreal gentleman saved By a
popcorn peddIer At Oh Orchard from te Ing
between the ears and meeting wifh tern
bic death was possessed Of gratitude Of the
right sort ile promised his reseuer 5000
and has kept bis word Best Of all ths
money comes 10 persons that VII be great
iy benefited thereby.
The brick making industry in this STATE
eviaeniiy has prosperous future. Brlc<s
for building purposes are meeting with
constantly increasing demand rot alone
/ from the increase In building operations
! throughout the country but by reason of
| the sdYantsges that by severe tests bricks
! are found to possess over granite, marble
! OF brick. Brick is the materia which has
I now been almost universally adopted by
/ big New York bail lers. Az Of the recent
! great business bsildings, including the enor
n,ods Mills, Morse Kelly, and Schem srhorn
structures, are almost entirely Of brick.
/ ron fronts warp, ami both marble and
/ granite crack ia nm s,armiog fashion In the
| presence of great heat The iarab lily OF
brick hn. beea proved IN all Of the recent
dosn.town hrss and il IS regarded as the
only material that is wholly ilrcpro)f
Tn. heights of several we'll known
mountains In this State are given in W. II
I'ickerings article 10 Appslaehia az fol
lows Saddletaak at the head of Rlngeisy
Ltkss, 800 IT., Mt. Abraham 800 IT., Mt
Blne 200 IT. f. NAV also be- added that
the height Of Green Mountain, Mt Desert
~ 1913 IT., while that of Nj kstabdin
Names highest mountain, IS j3s1 feet.
The schooner Eiward IT, Blake
which hes beachcd on the Prn1b-
scot shore near Stetsons marine railway
has been hbeiled through the claims OF
Gloucester fishermen for ssivsr, on the
wreck when the owners seemed to dis
putt.
Unless The Southern boy prevents,
the Gran Army men from Maine will have
an opportunity TO renew their acquaintance
with genuine army mule at the encamp-
ment in Boston. An Alabama Post wsli
bring him along and vouch Tor his being
S2 yrif- OF age and the only ore living.
The sho xers oil Thur liy afternoon
ossunsd alarming proportions in Port
lard llarbor, though no great damage
il rrnorted Along the cotst u tia ives: OF
Portland considerable damage was done.
Wednesday A old fisherman in a boat
uesr Cushia9's Island, while fishing with u
common cod line. got on his nook young
shark about six feet long. TIE fisherman
bad qui'e struggle With the fish but
nnally succeeded in landing It.
a well-known Maine ice operator. who
was present At the New York meeting of
she speculs,ors. told the story of the pro
posed ice trust Wedresdss. He said
The Standard Oil people. who wers repre-
scented at the meeting by Mr.. Reed. had
, III 900 tons Of ice at Lake Champaign
which they would place in the pool. ship
/ PR z il down to New York | think, how
ever, it will not 'hip out over 20 coo tons
I The Penobscot people were represented By
/ Mr. Stetson OF Bangor. and the kennebee
operators by Mr.. Berry of Gardiner. We
licensed the matter from all sides, but
/ could come 10 no conclusion. Several
/ large New York spectators had got l,aded
| down with ice which they could not sell at
profit, and they are anxious 70 form =
/ combination and escape With a handsome