Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-29
STATE NEWS.

Rev. J. II. Deering has closed his labors
with the churches at Minot Centre and West
Minot.
The express trains between Portland and
Boston are to be continued, to the great de-
light of the business men of Portland.
The price of hay in Piscataquis county has
fallen to 81 per ton at the barn, but couple
of cold days will send it up again to SlS.
Charles C. Chase, well known and agree
able amusement manager, died recently. He
was for several years agent for the Peak
Family.
Austin J. Collins of Starks died Friday,
of typhoid fever, after sickness of about five
weeks. lie was member of the Sopho-
more class of Bates College. His remains
were taken home.
The Portland Press says that General and
Mrs. Francis Fessenden and son, together
with Miss Matte Fessenden, will sail for Eu-
rope on the 10Th of December, where they
will pass the winter.
Inc Sunrise very strongly urges the neces-
sity and Importance of a railroad from Smyr-
ma northward, to form a link in the Northern
Aroostook Railroad, from the f. & n. A.
Railroad to the ST. John.
The temperance people of Parkman are not
pl eased with the big story which is going the
rounds OF the papers to the effect that there
are 1000 bushels of apples at the mill to be
made into cider. They insist upon it that
these apples are intended for riaegar.
John McBrion has been arrested in Port
land for passing counterfeit money, and on
Saturday he had an examination before L. S.
Commissioner Clifford, and was ordered to
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pearance at the L. S. District Court on the
first Tuesday of December. McBrion fur
nlshed the sureties and was discharged.
A common mistake in the use of coal is
the placing of too large a quantity in the
stove or CRATE at once. Coal, to burn freely,
should be not over six inches deep in the
vessel containing it, and then, if properly
gnited, there will be no trouble. BY placing
few oyster shells occasionally in stoves
when hot, those disagreeable customers
known as clinkers will entirely disappear
The Wing says "that hack containing sew
eral Bangor ladies, who had been attending
the Musical Convention at Dover, was over
turned on the way to the depot in that town,
OH Friday evening, by running off the end OF
a culvert into the gutter. The ladies were
thoroughly shaken up, and several received
quite severe bruises, but fortunately none
were seriously injured
We learn from the Press that Mr.. V. V.
Twitchfll b0ok-keeper of the Portland Daily
Advertiser, is about to leave Portland to en-
ter into business in Atlanta, Ga. Mr.. George
Rowell, son of Major E. Rowell of Halluwell,
late foreman of the Advertiser, takes the
place left vacant by Mr.. Twitchell, and Mr..
Follctt, late night foreman of the Press
which position he has held almost since its
foundation in lS62-wll fill the position va
Gated by Mr.. Rowell.
Gen. r. Brinkerhof of Ohio, has accepted
an invitation from numerous citizens of Port
land, to address them on the subjects of Free
Trade and Tariff Reform, on some evening
during the week preceding the Christmas hol-
idays. Gen. Brlnkerhon formerly sta
toned at Augusta, and in 1864 stumped the
State for Lincoln. He is an interesting
speaker, and has given much time and at
tention to the subject of his promised lee
ture.
We insert the following card with great
pleasure. 1t speaks well for both employer
and workmen:
The employees in the mill of Arthur Berry,
Esq, take this method of publicly express
ing their heartfelt thanks TO MIR. Berry, for
his generosity in furnishing each of them
with turkey for Thanksgiving. He may be
assured that as their families partook of
their Thanksgiving dinner, his kindness was
remembered with gratitude by one and all.
The shooting match at Morrl's Corner
closed Saturday, leaving Mr.. Geo. f. Hall
of Westbrook, the winner of the first prize,
an Allen breach-loading shot gun, 81 ncked
plated steel shells, loader and cleaner, worth
500; his string of three shots measuring
5 l-2 inches from the centre of the target
distance 20 rods. Mr.. X. W. Leighton of
Portland, won the second prize, one of the
Frank Wesson target rifles, worth SIG one
of the best arms of its size ever made, being
only Is inch barrel and using 22-lO0 car
tridges. His string measured s Ia inches,
A coroner's inquest was holden at Port
land, over the body of young Mace, who was
killed at the yard of the Portland & Roch-
ester Railroad Co., on Friday evening, Chas
Holden, Esq, was chairman of the jury en-
paneled. After hearing the testimony they
returned the following:
The jury find that Geo. Walter Mace came
to his death on Friday evening, Nov. 25th,
1870, by being run oyer by an engine of the