Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-16
MAINE GOSSIP.

We learn Of most energetic move.
ment among the travelling statesmen Of
our State 10 behalf Of the proposed in.
dustriAl building for Good Will Farm
A grand mass meeting il called at City
Hall, Bangor. on the evening Of Feb. Il
for the purpose Of effecting permanent
organization. and Of appointing working
committees to increase the fund already
established. Able speakers have beer
invited TO address the meeting, promi nent
among them being Gov. Burleigh. Pres.
Small Of Colby. Hon. Moses Giddings
Mayor Snow, Prof Ropes, and others,
including some Of our well known trav.
cling men. Rev. CIV. Hinkley founder
and present superintendent Of the farm,
will give brief outline Of the purpose:
and objects of this noble work under
taken for the protection and guidance Of
homeless boys.
The tin plate paying duty at the Port
land Custom House for the month OF
January. aggregated 1,5o0 900 pounds.
The duty was about $50, 900. The indi-
cations are that the February importa-
tons will be larger even than this.
President Hyde announced few days
ago that the senior vacation would be
done away with this year. Many of the
senior class have already made arrange
ments for that time and a Committee has
been appointed to canvass the class and
present protest to the faculty.
The prospects for the cotton mill at
Old Town seem to be Frightening and
the presence of Boston capitalists has
greatly encouraged the work. The
present scheme is TO organize corpora
ton with capital of not less than $3.50
600. employing at least 800 people. Such
a plant would be q boom for the young
city Of which she might justly be proud
A very shocking case OF sickness and
death from the grippe is reported from
North Paris where a doctor was recently
called to attend the wife Of Charles Ful-
ton, whom he found suffering severely
from bronchial or catarrhal pneumonia.
Mr.. Fulton was suffering from a bad cold
and warned by his doctor TO take care Of
himself, but as nearly everyone in the
neighborhood was suffering from the
grippe, Mr.. Fulton cared for his barn
ard did other chores until Saturday,
when he was taken with double pneu.
monia. In the meantime his adopted
daughter, who had been airing for Mrs,
Fulton. was suddenly taken sick with the
grippe and during Saturday afternoon
and night and until nearly eleven O'Clock
the next forenoon not person was in
the house to give them the least
care, or to keep the fire or to
give them one drop Of water.
The sick ones were in different parts OF
the house and when the doctor called,
soon after one of the neighbors had been
there, he found the poor sick wife, who
had managed to get nerved, on the bed
Of her sick husband trying to admins
ter some relief to the terribly sick and
dying man. Mr.. Fulton was in great
distress from difficult breathing and
otherwise sun ring and raising large
quantities Of blood. Re died soon after,
aged IS years and 10 month Mr.. Full
ton was one % Paris old and respected
citizens. Mrs Fulton it was thought for
some time would soon folio y her hus-
band, bu. by the kind care OF friends,
she is now convsleacing. Nearly every
family in the neighborhood has one or
more eases of sickness or this family
would have been looked out for sooner