Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-05-20
STATE NEWS.

Marshal Lowe and his officers of Rockland have
been making some heavy seizures of liquor in that
city.
The Waterville Reform Club now numbers 235
members.
Edward A. Little of Auburn, lately deceased,
left property valued at $4,000.
The IIartland wooden mills started Monday
week, but with a reduction of five per cent, in
the wages.
The Chronicle has cheerful item that cofins
may be found in large numbers in Pennington.
Capt. Robert McManus of Brunswick, has gone
into bankruptcy.
| Jas. Caderwood of Belfast Committed suicide
| by drowning, Monday morning. He was about
the house awhile after breakfast and rema rked
that he was going down into the field near the
house. where his son was ploughing, and started
| off, nothing being noticed in his manner to give
| rise to suspicion that he would make way with
himself. Shortly afterward his son in returning
to the house passed near spring, used for water
ing cattle in the winter, and found his father ly-
ing in it head downward. The water in the
spring was but little over foot deep and arriv-
ing at it he had evidently OWED in headfol most,
his head and face being bruised and cut by the
fall. lie has suffered from temporary derange-
ment fol number of years and was in feeble
health at the time of his death. He was about
sixty years old.
Considerable building is going on at West Wa
tervilie this season.
In the Superior Court in Portland, John Dono-
van, for assault officer York, was sentenced to
five years in State Prison; Leonard and Ford, for
compound larceney, got each seven years, and
Doherty, for breaking and entering, four years.
Judge knowlton of Liberty, was badly kicked
last week by his horse, while the horse was eating
grain, and is confined to his house and will be for
some time to come, by reason of the injury
ceved.
Samuel Carleton, Esq, who recently died az
Whitetiod, was aged 90 years, 8 months and 10
days. He was one of the original settlers of she
village and a man universally beloved and respect
ed.
Some OF the reformed boys of our village desire
to visit Canaan, to do missionary work, and cor
responded with ore of the citizens OF that place,
who reports the of temperance prosperous,
land no inebrlates that can be reached by human
agency" Notwithstanding these things delega-
ton intend going up Friday evening. Skowhe-
gan Reporter.
beautiful monument in memory of J. II.
Lynde, Esq, has recently been placed IN Mount
Hope Cemetery IN Bangor.
The directors of the Somerset Central Agricul-
tuial Society, have made arrangements for hold
ing the next annual meeting the 18th aad 10Th of
September.
The Wing says that Mr.. Mercer, who recently
died at Orono enlisted in Co. |, LIST Maine Heavy
Artillery in August, 1862. and served in the army
nearly three years. He wounded at Peters,
burg, June 1864, and was completely disabled.
On Tuesday between one and two hundred
thousand dollars of Alabama claims paid to
Bucksport parties, Capt. J. H. Snow receiving
about $4,000, Deacon Henry Bowling and Mrs
Enoch Barnard SiS 900 and $42 900.
A lady who frightened as to draw all her
deposits, some $500, from one OF our savings
banks, recently, has already invested it so "se-
curely" that she thinks she will never her
money again. Lewiston Journal.
Bonnets are so small this year that some folks
don't know whether they have any on their head
not; witness the following The other day
lady was coming up street with shawl on
veil, but no hat or bonnet. She met several ac-
qualntances. and thought they all pleased
about something but did not find out what it was
about. until she nea ly reached her destination.
That lady thinks hereafter she will take look in
the glass before leaving the house. Brunswick
Telegraph.