Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-10
John Ripley of Bath is 90 years Of age, and
is the oldest person in town. n@H

John Ripley ofBath is 90 years Of age, and
is the Oldest person in town. m@T
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The Press says that arrangements are be-
ing made to establish shoe factory at W ood-
ford's Corner, the citizens Of that village FUR
nishing the capital niece ssary for the enter
prise. 1t is thought that it will be success
full. One of the Union street establishments
is to carry on their business out there, the in
ducements offered to them being superior to
those in the city.
A little boy, fse or six years of age, son
of Mr.. A. Howard French, boarding at Mrs.
Winship's IA lincoln court, Bangor, fell
head -foremost into'a barrel Of water, Wed
by his aid Tie hale drowned lad was extrica
ted from his dangerous position.
The contract for building the York count,
Jail and House of Correction has been award
ed to Hon. Cyrus II. Hobbs of Wells, fo
S2S $50 and the material of the old jail. Th.
work is to be completed December LIST, anG
operations are to be begun at once on the
foundation which was put in two years ago.
Five bids were offered.
! Some time between, Monday night and
| Wednesday morning, some creature in hu-
man form entered the Catholic cemetery at
Birch Hill, and with heavy instrument,
probably an axe or sledge hammer, broke and
defaced the marble crosses over the graves of
Daniel Scully, Mrs. Catherine Hurley, Mrs.
Murray, George F. fancy and Mrs. Fender
grast. Two sculptured lambs on the tomb
stone of Mr.. Fields we're also broken Oh and
demolished by this base fellow, whose action
in desecrating the graves of the dead cannot
be too strongly condemned and should be
punished to the extent of the law. The May
or has been authorized to offer reward Of
one hundred dollars tor the detention of the
rascal, whom it is hoped our citizens will use
every effort to discover.-Bangor Wing.
The Portland Transcript of this week con-
demns the cloud style" of dress and furniture
which so generally prevails. DIR. Johnson's
rule is the best one "Dress so that no per-
son can possibly remember what you have
on"
George Mccormick of Bangor, the lad
whose leg was crushed by car Tuesday,
and afterwards amnptated, is doing well and
will doubtless recover. n
The Lew iston Journal says that on Wed
nesday morning the body of Mr.. Jonathan
Bangs was found in the Drew Brook, near
Leeds junction. He got up early that morn
ing and went out without making fire. Not
returning for some time his wife ascertained
that he was not about the premises and'got
some neighbors to search for him. Going &c
the brook they found his hat and coat hung
up and the body in the brook. 1t had prob
ably been in the water some three hours
The brook is SO small that death could hardl,
have resulted from accident. Mr.. Bangs wa
about sixty years of age, and leaves wifi
but no children. He had recently sold hi
place with the view to remove to anothe
place, and it is conjectared that feeling o
dependency may have produced temporar,
arrangement. .s's1ss.il-s. ~ s,.. -Y. p
Mr.. Rogers, the defaulting cashier of thu
bank at brunswick, suffers very poor healti
10 the Prison at Thomaston. The warden re-
Gently Informed Mrs. Rogers Of the condition
\ of her husband, and she is now visiting him.
Mr.. Rogers is sixty three years of age. ne
does. not complain of his punishment, but
thinks it just; still it is, not improbable, con,
sidering his piiysica condition, the fact tna1
he gave mn all his property to make restitu-