Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-09-03
naiIp sSmnrbrt sournal.
STATE NEWS.

The Gazette says that on Thursday, the 25d
inst, the four surviving sisters of Levi LyfoId
Esq, of Livermore, in company with other rela'
tves TO the number OF twenty hve psld MN Wis,
it at the old homestead on Moose Hill' me uhle9
ages Of the four sisters and brother were ool
years, the oldest beiug 70 and the youngest oo
years.
The steamer Lady of the Lake. damaged by hre
will resume business next week on wayne pond
The citizens contributed one hundred aud twenty
five dollars and tho ladies raised thity collars oy
levee TO aid in rebuilding
The Lewiston Journal says that the shower at
South Durham. Wednesday, was one Of the most
severe experienced for years. The wind blew Ike
tornado, seemingly from all directions. Inc
rain was very heavy. At East Durham the show
er in the evening was very heavy aud mach Dam
AGE was occasioned by the wind. L. L. Goddard 5
barn was moved eight feet. e. W. Goddard lost
a number of sas hes from his green house. j. W
Jones, North Brunswick, had a shed blown down
Fences were demolished, and corn and grain laid
fiat.
Typhoid fever is prevailing in Brunswck.
Miss Nellie Brown, sole surviving child of II.
f. Brown the artist, OF Portland, is now out oil
danger.
The Chronicle says that the mill owned by d.
W. Porter & Son OF Strong, is in successful opei'
alton, doing brisk business in the way oi manu-
featuring excelsior and chair bottoms.
A. II. Merrill, Esq, of Williamsburg, the most
wealthy slate quarry owner IN Name, ohels "
build a two-feet gauge railroad from Nl'lo 10 his
quarries in Brownvile. lie VIII no count CON.
mepce on the work soon, pioyidng the towns OF
Milo and Brownville will grant him the right Of
way.
A Bangor man attended the camp meeting last
week and on his return was telling of the good
time he enjoyed. A serious faced man asked
"Were there any converts lie stopped mo
ment and said "Wen, | swear, forget to ask.
Bnt the baked beans were bully, and the sailing
aud rowing were divine, and there some OF the
handsomest girls there that ever saw. belfast
Journal.
The Piscataquis Central Agricultural Society
will hold its 24lh annual air at the park IN Fox
croft, on Wednesday and Thursday, October Sd
and 4ih.
The Blackwell Hill Agricultural Society, of
Madison, will holdsits annual cattle show and fair
on Blackwell Hill, Thursday, Sept. 18th.
The little son of Capt. Joseph Walker Of Rock
land, was seriously injured Wednesday, by falling
from one of the upper windows of a barn, strik
ing on his head. Serious doubts arc entertained
as to his recovering.
B.H Whitney of Sebago recently lost a nice
COW, killed by lightning in the pasture. During
the same shower, John McKenneys house, in that
town, was struck by lightning, which, however,
did no damage other than ripping up board.
General Neal Dow and Ex-Governor Perham
will be in Oldtown Wednesday evening, Sepiem-
ber, 5th, to speak at large temperance mass
meeting.
The Hon. Mark Dennet OF Kittery reached his
ninety first birthday Monday, and bids fair to IL
out round century. lie is the Oldest living mem
Der of the Massachusetts, Legislature, in which he
served for nine years; he was afterward elected,
when Maine was made State, Senator to rep
resent York county for seven years, and has hlled
many Offices of trust in his native town.