Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-09-30
STATE NEWS.

The Saco Reform Club has elected the follow
| lng officers: President, Eben g. d, lano; Vice
Presidents, ). {. Hamilton, Daniel L. johnson,
James l.. Emery Secretary, Caleb Jordan; Treas
urer, +. A. Booihby; Chaplain, Rev. w. A. Pot
tie; Committee on WAYS and Means l. III. Foss
John +. Sweetser, j. f. Deering.
A very large grey eagle was captured at North
Gorham recently. by two hunters named Moses
and Connell. lie measured 6 feet inches from
| tip to tip, and four shots from their guns were
necessary to secure him.
The Abbot Agricultural and Mechanical Soc-
ETY. held their show and fair at Abbot village Fri
day and Saturday September 22d and 23d, which
was very successful IN every particular. j. +.
| Sprague, Esq, of Abbot, delivered the annual
| address on the evening of the first day
Sanford, son of Stephen knight, of Machias,
was knocked overheard from the schooner Lucy
Lee, Ingalls,, in New York Harbor. September l6,
! and drowned lie was not seen after he fell into
| the water. lie was married only few days be-
fore the vessel sailed from Machas.
| The Orient Ministerial Association will hold a
| two days session at the Methodist church,
| Machias, commencing Monday evening Oct 2,
| with sermon by Rev. Mr.. Reed of Columbus
| The programme for Tuesday aud Wednesday will
I consist OF essays on religious topics from the
| clergymen present.
AT Z O'Clock, Tuesday evening, the DIV elng
house OF William Blsckington, on the road from
Rocklsnd to Camden. took fire from defective
| chimney and was burned to the ground together
with It's contents Loss about 81 900.
correspondent of the Wing writes that the
| body of Ruel Clendinning, who was drowned
| opposite Wlnn, was found last Saturday afternoon
IN the river little above the house of Ab. aham
Brown of Chester. The funeral services were
| held last Monday on the bank of the river near
| where the remains were found. Very dlligent
| search has been made for the body Of Miss STRAIT
ton, but AS yet without success. Her poitmon-
| maze, supposed to have fallen out of her pocket
while being dragged over by the grappes, has
| been seen on the bottom of the river. Her body
has also been seen by party of two, but the
mutation of boats in the vicinity inteIiereJ with
them, so that they lost sight of her. Search is
| still being made.
| BY a re cent sale of one hundrd chceses at ten
| cents per pound, the Waldo cheese factory has
been cleared of that commodity. The factory has
been in charge of Leroy Barnes of that town, who
has been educated 10 the business at that factory
| and makes an excellent quality Of cheese, as the
high wholesale price shows. a less quantity has
been made than last year.
Richards, the store breaker who escaped from
jail In this city some two months ago, was cap
| Lsled on Saturday night last by Deputy Sheriff
Walls. Richards has been skulking around the
country ever since bis escape, making frequent
visits to his home IN Searsmont. On Sunday
night Walls became satisfied that he was at home,
and about nightiall surrounded the house with a
| posse, Tor The purpose of capture. horoua h
search failed to reveal the fugitive auy proba-
| bile hiding place. At length the officer noticing
that the mother OF Richards per sste nty kept her
| bed III a small room, made her get up. He found
that the leLs of the bedstead rested on a loose
floor board, which he had some trouble in laisng
Once up, there was revealed a cavity in the
ground, hlled with straw, anu among the straw
was the man wanted. lie was iroucd, aud that
night was lodged in his old quarters at the Jail.
| II was a smart thug for Walls to do aud we have
no doubt that the man who can so neatly capture
| escaped prisoners can prevent their getting away
a. all. 80 when be shall take possession of the
jail next January, a reform may be looked Tor
= Belfast journal.
On Thursday or Friday, of last week. the
| schooner Zicavo, wing at anchor near Newbury
| Neck, Ellsworth, was boarded by thieves who
cut away foresail, msinsai and much of the run
| ming rigging and carried them off. They also
Quilted the cabin of much of its furniture taking
| clock, compass, stove, axes, lanterns ETC. The
thieves were subsequently arrested and gave their
names as W. w. Willard and Francis ii. Lowell,
of Fort Popham.
| Joseph Farwel, Esq, who has been an active
| business man of Rockland for Al wears has pur-
chased farm in Unity, and will remove to that
town. The farm bought is the on which Mr..
| Farwell lived when a boy; was taken up by his
father nearly one hundred years ago, and has
| been IN possession of some member of the family
ever since. The buildings will be repaired and
| the farm put in first-cass order
The Bangor Wing says there was lively time
| in Pickering square Thursday evening between
The hours of eight and nine Deputy Sherhs
Clarke, Thomas and Adams made a search in one
| OF the shops, and finding nothing they left for
another place, and while crossing the square OF
the officers was struck by rock, whereupon a
lively scene ensued. The roughs assembled in
| large numbers, but did not make any serious
numerous for q time. Ire disturbance was
Queled without any serious difficulty.