Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-27
STATE NEW :.

One death from cerebro spinal meningitis
is reported from Burnham and two in Fair
field
The St. John Globe says: Advices from
up river inform us that there are yet fully
two feet of snow in the woods, and that it is
thawing very slow ly on account of the prev
alence of cold weather. For a fortnight,
however, the streams have contained suffi-
cient quantity of water to make stream driv-
ing rather easy.
Messrs Heath & Crosby have $500 900 Of
handsome pine doomed Just above their mill
in Benton.
''If man can't afford to pay for his news
paper, how many dogs ought he to support?"
We give it up. Ask us an easier one.
1t is reported that a settlement was reached
Friday in the prospective suit against the
Maine Central railroad. Messrs. Fogg, Bur
rill, Totman and others of Kendall's Mills
brought bill in equity against the Maine
Central, to prevent them from changing the
location of their road at kendall's Mills. The
Maine Central company proposed to discon-
tinue their way over the old bridge, which
was destroyed, and thus not cross the river,
but keep on the east side all the way, thus
leaving Kendall's Mills to depend on the
Skowhegan line. 1t is now thought that
those who bring the bill in equity and the
Kendal's Mills people generally, have agreed
to annul their action if the Maine Central
will make free the toll bridge al that place at
a of $4,000, and it is said that the
Maine Central have acceded to those terms.
The Wing says that Mrs. Rhoda Z. Crock
| err, rev in her eighty seventh year, left Lake
City, Mimi, accompanied by her daughter
and grand daughter, leaving on Monday, the
10Th inst, and arriving at Bangor on Satur-
day morning, making the journey of some
two thousand miles in a little over four days,
and was apparently as smart on her arrival
as when she left that state. They prefer the
climate of Maine to that of Minnesota,
The new board of Trustees of the State
Reform school has baen organized by the
election of W. 4. Gould. Esq, as chairman,
and Warren IL. Vinton, Esq, as secretary.
The superintendent, + w. Hutchinson, Esq.
resigned some three months ago, but the
board then refused to accept his resignation.
He however has not Withdrawn it, and the
the board may be compelled to appoint sue
cessor whenever proper and suitable per-
son can be found.
The spring term of the China academy, G.
J. Nelson preceptor, closed on Friday, May
%. The whole number of scholars attending
thi. term was So; gentlemen 81, and ladies
Is.
A Norridgewock correspondent of the
Fairfield Chronicle writes: Unusual activity
is manifested in town. Citizens are brushing
up their premises. Several are repairing and
some new buildings are going up. The Som
erset railroad is progressing. Parties are at
work between us and West Waterville, and
Messrs. Mills, Taylor, Hall and Burgess
have Just completed a contract to finish the
stone work for the bridges and to complete
the grading ready for the iron, from Nor
ridgewock to Madison. Our Skowhegan
friends were present in full force at the recent
sale of the court house and bid quite enthu-
siastically. An inqairy arose in the minds Of
our citizens why, after so long and severe IA
contest, Skowhegan should want another!
and especially the old one! 1t is Il fine build.
ing and in good condition. 1t is closely iden
flied with the history of the staid old town.
Indeed it is one of its historic monumental
stones. Within its wall linger the shades of
many distinguished jurists Mellen, Shepley,
Tenney Hathaway, Davis, Evans, Belcher,
Bowtelle, Mcclellan, Greene, Bronson,
Hutchinson, Allen, Williams, Sprague, as
also the echo of many other eloquent voices
now silent in death.