Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-08

one GREENWOOD farmer IL paying y
bushel for potatoes to eat and plant
His field Of potatoes rotted SO badly
that it did not pay to dig them.
Mr.. Peter FERRIS, former Lewiston
barber. who died from paralysis a
Springfield, Me-, on Sept. 9th, was q Sol
of Peter FERRIS, of Holland, who died Ii
Augusta, 1866.
]. & E. A. Wyman's canning. factory
at Cherryfield, closed last week. Ow-
ing to a light crop OF blueberries this
season the pack is not over one quarter
of former years.
The Rockland city government has
filled the vacancy in the board of assis.
tant engineers of the fire department
by electing as third assistant ex-Chiei
Arnold H. Jones.
The bridge at the Union mills, Calais
is again open for traffic. The Calais
end is % feet wide and the New Bruins
wick end only is, the provincial law
setting the width Of minor bridges a,
the above figure.
Wilson Howes of Caribou, while
working around a threshing machine,
Monday afternoon, received probably
fatal wound. The wheel on the ma
chine broke. striking him on the fore
head and making a frightful wound.
The building. charging and repairing
of dwellings in Norway, continues I'M
abated in anticipation of an increase
of business and population. Tenements
are crowded in spite of the numerous
dwellings erected during the past year.
| VAI . l-n \
from the Bangor pest house where he
was confined on account of diphtheria
several weeks ago. has died. not from
diphtheria but from pneumonia he
contracted the night he made his
| escape.
Gilbert Blundell, the man who shot
Jack Moses at Lowelltown. almost a
year ago, completed his sentence at the
county Jail at Pennington last week
| and was discharged. He returned to
Lowelltown to take up his usual occu
patton as lumberman. Moses has fully
| recovered.
Guy Clark was upset in his boat in
Bucks Harbor one day recently. He
had on rubber boots and oil clothes
which hindered his swimming. He
chung to the boat. stripped himself, and,
nearly naked, swan for the shore, tow
ing and thus saving his boat, says the
Machias Republican.
Mrs. Mary Goodrich of Alfred, the
oldest person in that town. reached her
ninety-second birthday Tuesday. Oct.
5th, and received the congratulations
of many of her neighbors and friends.
Mrs. Goodrich is still sprightly and ac-
tive, retaining her mental and physical
powers to an unusual degree.
Z. G. p. Smith, superintendent of the
lighthouse supply station at Diamond
island, has perfected bell buoy which
is giving great satisfaction wherever
used. The bell off Cushing's island is
of this improved pattern, and masters
of vessels running to Portland express
their approval Of the change. The
department has ordered 10 or IA more
of these new bell buoys located at
different points.
Mr.. Seth Drawn met with a very
painful accident Monday while raising
the barn on the Decker place in Fox
croft. Mr.. Drawn had raised the side
upon which he was then working by
means of jackscrews, and intended to
block up the building and was sitting
down while tightening the screws.
when they slipped out Of place, letting
the barn down upon Mr.. Drawn. the
whole weight resting across his legs.
1t was some little time before he was
removed from his very painful posi-
ton and he lost all consciousness.
The task Of signalling by heliograph
between Portland and Mt. Washington,
was accomplished September 20. the
flashes being sent from Portland. The
instrument used for this experiment
was the regulation army heliOgraph
with a mirror measuring four inches |
and a half square. as used by the
Signal Corps in this city. and was un-
der the charge of Mr.. Bertrand G. |
March, a former Western Union opera
tor, and Mr.. M. H. Welch of the Signal |
Corps. This is the first instance on
record of a signal being seen from
Portland to Mt. Washington.
At this term of court Gen. Henry l. |
Mitchell will appear against the city of
Bangor for the recovery Of compensa- |
ton alleged to be due for services rem
dered at recent session of the Legis-
ldluIc, WHSIc LIE dppcdIS Gu III
behalf of the city in the effort to secure |
certain legislation. 1t will be remem-
bered that Gen. MitchelPs claim |
amounting to several hundreds of dol
lars, was recently put before the city |
council, which appointed committee
to investigate the matter. The COM
mittee found no compensation due the
claimant, and so reported to the full |
council, which gave the petitioners
leave to withdraw. The suit now fol-
lows; the plaintiff asked $3.50 Of the city
and offered to settle for $3.50. The suit
will go to court on a decision in law,
without trial by jury ontthe question
of fact.-Bangor Commercial.
There seems to be belief in electric
railway circles that 1898 is to see
great development of the trolley lines
in Bangor and vicinity. The Bangor.
Hampden & Winterport line is now
completed from the city to Hampden
Lower Corner, distance of about six
miles, and cars are running, with a
transfer over the SOwadabscook stream
while a bridge is being built. The