Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-16
Daily Eenuebse 9o1srnal.
OVER THE STATE.
Choice Bills Of News Selected for Our Maine
Readers.

One Bath young man and his best girl
who do a great deal of driving have col
lection of 3 horseshoes which they have
found while out riding.
Among the guests at social gathering
In PASSPORT a few days ago, were four
gentlemen whose ages aggregated three
hundred and twenty years.
One hundred and fifty men are at work
grading the new railroad from Patten to
sherman, and that part of the work will
be completed by December 1st.
Mr.. Hugh Muldoon, PASSPORTS early
gardener raised in his garden this season q
cabbage with six distinct heads, varying
of course in size, but perfect in every
respect
The Maine Populist says that the
Portland gentlemen who are booming
doned the idea of public meeting. They
will address letter to him and his
answer will be made public.
The manufacturing of clothing is a
prominent industry in Belfast. There
are five concerns in town that employ
many people in the factory and in addi-
tion let out u greater part of the work to
the women throughout the county.
Houton can now claim u real live
celebrity-one of the first water too-as
one of her former children. This is no
less q parsonage than Miss Fay Davis,
who has recently made such a brilliant
debut as an actress In the Criterion
theatre in London. The English press
nd bau wild hor and
she has received unstinted praise from
the most celebrated dramatic critics.
She is heralded far and wide as the latest
star on the theatrical horizon. Miss
Davis was born in Houlton and spent her
early days here.
T. H. Phair of Presque Isle, is one of
the largest starch manufacturers in the
country; in fact it Is claimed that he
makes one-fourth Of all the starch manu-
featured in the United States. He has
had seven factories this fall, all running
to their fullest capacity and has turned
out in the neighborhood of $500 tons OF
starch-nearly double the production of
any previous year. 1t is estimated that
about 700, 900 bushels have been ground
up In the seven factories this fall. Even
at the low prices paid this year, it repre-
sents n considerable sum Of money'put in
to circulation in the county to say moth
Ing Of the amount paid by the other fac
tories.
President Burleigh of the Bangor &
Aroostook estimates the potato crop OF
Aroostook county at 10000, 600 bushels of
which 1000, 900 bushels have been shipped
out of the county. The reduction In
freight rates of three cents per bushel
makes total saving of $4,000 In one
year to the farmers Of Aroostook. al
though 1t does not wholly apply to the
present year because many potatoes have
been shipped previous to the reduction.
The principle remains the same, however.
Mr.. Burleigh thinks this reduction would
not have been made by the Canadian
Pacific had there not been competitive
road and consequently figures out quick
return of the money which the county
raised to help build the new road to the
pockets of It's citizens
one OF the largest executions ever
issued from the Waldo courts was made
OUT Wednesday by Clerk of Courts Wad-
IN IL was for S169, 964.34 in favor of
matthew Baird of New York against the
sargent Granite Company. The case
was heard some time ago, and an OK
ecution issued. The one under notice is
.ne second execution in the case. While
ehe figures are large it is not regarded as
valuable