Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-21
FRANKLIN.

stirred Nv Il suit III law WHICH L SIT uoNii iNi
the December term next ensuing. The action
is brought by an aged spinster against
bachelor of fifty or Whereabouts and one of
wealthicst farmers, for breach of promise to
marry her She lays the damage at ten
thousand dollars. 1t is said that she has doc
uments signed by the said bachelor wherein
he promised 10 marry her when his mother
died; and that he has made offers Of five nun
,lred dollars for their return, but without sue
cess.
Prescott who murdered Williams, is at
work in the blacksmith shop at the State
Prison.
The Rockland shoe factory has turned out
nearly 10, 900 cases of boots and shoes during
the past year. or about 800, 600 pairs. They
expect to make about thousand pairs day
during the winter.
Three stores were broken into in Wiscas-
set during the storm Tuesday night, and $50
taken, mostly in small change.
PENoBscoT.
The trustees of the State College held
their annual meeting at the Bangor House
Tuesday night Nov. Is. The Trustees Win
gate If Bangor, Oak of Garland, llincks of
Bucksport Bean of Kennebec, Goodale of
Saco and Moore of Limerick. The term of
Hon Ahner Coburn as President and mem
Der of the Board Of Trustees expired some
months ago. VIM. =. Wingate, Esq was
chosen President of the Board. Hon. Lyn
don Oak is Secretary and Col Eben Web
stcr is Treasurer The College is making
very good progress. The farm has this year
paid all its expenses.
Messrs Wadleigh & Cunningham, of Old
town, have recently purchased in Aroostook
County ten large work horses for the woods.
A mining company was organized at the
Maine Mining Exchange at Bangor, Tuesday.
TO work the McKusick Mine in Levant. The
capital stock was fixed at $500, 900, with
100, 900 shares of the par value of So The
name of the mine is to be changed to Mount
Pleasant.
Prof W. F. Stewart, of Virginia City,
Nevada, arrived in Bangor Tuesday evening
from visit to the mines of Bluehill and Sui
Ivan. lie Is highly pleased with the pros
poets.
Mr. J. p. Tucker has in the window of his
Boston Button Store in Bangor, corset
which is about l20 years old. 1t was made
in Bradford. n. IL.
Mrs McGinnis of Bangor, who is addicted
to the use of intoxicants was found lying in a
gutter on Essex street Wednesday morning.
Her clothing was frozen stiff and she was so
numb with the cold that she could not speak
a word
PIsCATAoUIs.
Mr. Will Frost of Milo, while at work
breaking a landing of logs for Mr.. j. w.
Palmer, at his numbering camp, called the
gulf" was carried down the steep bank with
IL Il I l.
is feared he sustained some internal injury.
One leg was broken and he was badly
bruised.
Mr. Frank Owen, formerly of Bath. is
leading member of the Bangor Buskin Club.
The United States buoy boat sent crew
down Back river Wednesday morning to
work on the buoys in the vicinity of He'll
Gate.
Mr. W. G. Olys. clerk at Gollstein's in
Bath, was presented Wednesday with a fine
gold hunter cased Waltham watch by his
brother, now in Boston.
SOMERSET.
As Mr.. l.. d. Libby was riding from Corn
vile to his home in Brighton, Sunday night
Nov. l6 his horse fell and as he jumped out
his foot caught and he struck head first on
the ledge cutting his face up quite badly
He narrowly escaped being killed.
Mr.. VIM. Irvine of Scion. has been missing
since Saturday Nov. LIST. 1t is feared he was
carried over the falls and drowned as a man
was seen crossing the river just above the
falls on that day.
Ex-Governor Coburn has presented the
Coburn Guards at Skowhegan with one hum
dred dollars to assist them in procuring new
uniforms
Mr.. c. A. Hartman and bfr. +. c. Holske
walk in a % mile match at Hayford Hall in
Belfast on Tuesday, Nov. 25th.
James NJ. Torrey, formerly of Belfast,
died in Sanfrancisco, Nov. Sd. at the age of
GS years.
November 10Th, dandelion blossoms were
picked in Belfast
ID. S. Simpson of Searsport. has on hand
nearly completed 500 boys sleds for the Bos-
ton Market. where 10000 are sold yearly,
nearly all made in the State of Maine.
YORK.
Minute guns were fred from the Kttery
navy yard battery on Monday noon in honor
of the late Rear Admiral Kitty.
William f. Donnell, Esq, well-known
and highly respected citizen of Saco, is quite
i'll at his residence on Beach street, with
slight hopes Of his recovery.
AT LARGE.
The three drawing room cars formerly used
on the f. & n. A. Railway have been sold to
the Atkinson, Topeka & Santa Re Railroad
Company, and have been shipped to their
destination.
A farmer told us the other day that he
would not be without DIR. Bulls Cough