Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-24

was at play on the boom with some other
children and fell in.
dispatch from Bar lIarbor, Mt. Desert,
Wednesday morning announced the death OF
Tobias Roberts, Esq, the pioneer in the no.
tel business at Mt. Desert. whose modest res
:dence was long the principal abiding place
of the first few visitors to that now famous
summer resort.
kENNEBEC.
Josh Bills will lecture in Waterville,
Thursday evening, Nov. 81
Vassalboro Sabbath School Convention
held its semi-annual session at the Baptist
church, near Stewards MILL Wednesday, Oct.
Is. The attendance was good and the exer-
cses unusually interesting. The next SEES
sion will be held in Feb at the Methodist
church in East VassalbOro.
p. II. Holmes of Gardiner. has got his pa
tent binder into running order, and will i'm"
medately put his goods upon the market.
Hubbard c. Atkins, brother of Jos. Atkins,
of Farmngdale, is Superintendent of the
Prairie du Chen Division, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad, in Milwau-
kie, Wis.
The farmers of Winsow are shipping by
rail to Portland sugar beets at the rate of 20
tons per day The crop is larger than last
year, and they get better pay.
A. c. Stilphen of Gardiner, found his horse
in his stable, Tuesday morning with leg
broken. lie has no idea how it was done
He had to kill it.
The Amphon Club of Gardiner is to give
concert at Johnson Hall, the 18th of next
month. The concert will comprise instlu
mental and vocal music.
The wife of Mr.. George johnson of Read
field disappeared soon after midnight last
Monday, and the peculiar circumstances at
tending her disappearance leave her friends
in doubt whether she eloped, committed sui
eide or wandered away under temporary fit
of insanity. 1t appears that on the night in
question Mr.. johnson was awakened about
l2.30 by the crying of the oldest child, who
slept with his wife, and on investigation, he
found his wife was gone and no trace of her
could be found. The previous evening an
intimate friend of johnson and his wife,
named George Smith, called at the house,
and johnson thinks he heard his wife say to
Smith. "Ill be ready tonight" The fact
also. that some OF her clothing is missing
leads to the supposition that Mrs. Johnson
had taken her departure voluntarily, and with
Smith She leaves three small children be-
hind, the oldest being only five years of age,
but her husband can assign no reason for her
departure, claiming that they had alw avs
lived pleasantly together.
OXFORD.
Mr. J. c. Marble of Paris is making ar
rangements to ship a large quantity of apples
to Europe. He had printed labels for about
five thousand barrels, last week
PENoBscoT.
The State College folks are loading a box
car at Orono with sugar beets raised on the
farm. They receive five dollars per ton and
the crop is reported to be profitable one.
The house, barn, shed and outbuidings,
owned and occupied by William Grover, in
Glenburn, were totally destroyed by fire on
Tuesday, together with twenty-five tons of
hay contained therein. No insurance.
There is strong feeling between the
American and Irish boys attending the Gram
mar school on Union street in Bangor, which
amounts, at times, to almost a riot. We'd
nesday morning they had some words which
soon resulted in free fight, and rocks were
flying promiscuously for few minutes. The
police were obliged to lend their assistance.
SOMERSET.
A new safe for the custom house was haul
ed to Moose River last week. 1t weighs
about ton. The inhabitants of that quiet
settlement were out in full force to see the
same, being the only one ever received in
that section.
A carriage factory is to be started in Pitts
field.
WALDO.
Forest Wentworth, youth of about lG
years, of Waldo, was at work upon his faith
er's house Monday, helping to put in an I'M
derpinning, when a mass of the rock fell up
on him and broke both bones of the left leg
below the knee.
Saturday morning while the family was at
breakfast thief stole gold watch belonging
to Mrs. j. j. Carr on Water ST., Belfast.
YORK.
Miss Sarah o. Jewett of South Berwick,
has sent forth another book, sold Friends
and New"
Last Sunday night the honse of DR.. Will
liam Smith, at Cornish was entered, and
sum of money and his wife's gold watch
stolen. The BURGLARS are supposed to be
tramps.
AT LARGE.
Mr. jackson, President of the Maine Cen
trail Railroad, says that his road is sharing in
the general marked revival of business. Its
receipts for the month of September were
1000 in excess Of the same month last wear,
81, 900 of the increase coming from freight
and $4,000 from passenger traffic.