Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-07-15

SHOW he gan Locals.
/ \ correspondent of the Union Advocate NO An.
som, speaking of the greenback meeting held in this
village ON the iih inst, says: Thcrc were about
800 present in the aiicrnoon In the evening 'about
the same number Everything went of nicely ana
all seemed well pleased bul the rcpubli,an roudips
outside, who tried To drown the voice OF the speaker
by firing India crackers near the hall. 1his was
kept up during the whole evening, aud wa. eucuur
aged by som, OF the leading republicans Of Skowh..
gan" Both statements made by the correspondent
ART false Al no time during the three meetings held
by the grccnback"rs were there more than three hun
dred persons in the hall, and stated by the re.
porter hast week, the audience composed largely
of republican voters, laii.es aud children ia the
gallery, and small per cent. of demo rreenbark.r.
The republicans had nothing ut all 10 do with max
ing disturbance outside of the hall One of the
tatl" headed speakers, not content with listening
the learned Doctor in the hail. raised his voice on
the street aud drew motley crowd about him. The
boys wer" hni'i'ng up celebrating the An with fire
/ craCE"rs and turIero--. 80 between the speaker.
boy aud irr crackers: there were lively times on
the streets, which the Doctor took as personal of
fence, and relucscd ed the police to dsp,rs, the rahi-
and said abe Thought il was put up job by repui,
lcau-." n in other places where they held meet
/ ing there was usually some outside disturbance,
created to drown the speakers voice, make the
audience r"stless.--tluery where was the IIonora.
bile Treasurer of Somerset county quartrred on the
evening of the ith, while the Dr. aud Mr.. Cove in
'oburn Hall aborng for the good of the part,
which furnishes him with an office of and re-
sponsibilitt An important trial, occupying three
days, closed at North Anson Thursday OF last week.
/ The case was Moses Aver Vs. Home Insurance Com.
pany Of New York, tried before referees Hon. ID. D.
/ stewart, Hon VIM. Folsom. and Alyia Briggs, Esq.
Mr.. Aver, by misrepresentation, had effected in
surance on his property Embten, to the amount
of Sla1. The farm 100 acres had been abandoned
some - years ago The buildings DESTROYED by
ire IA short time after being insured. The company
refused to pay more than $50, wherrupon u srit
wa. brought. and host of witnesses examined on
both sides. The evidence shows be,ond a doubt that
/ II was bona hde sale to thu Insurance Company.
and verdict was rendered in favor OF Mr. Aver, In
the sum of Si> 80. which is virtually victory for
the company. The case Wa ably conducted by }. J
iarlin, Esq, of North tnson, for the plaintiff aud
/ :. J. Walton, Esp. of the firm of Walton Walton
of >kowhegan, for the detcndant.-rhe republicans
of >koalesan and vicinity are waking up, Last
week IA call, signed by upwards of hundred voters,
was issued for II meeting TO organize republican
club and open reading room in this village. Agree
ably 10 the call large number of the leading citizens
assembled at Engine Hail. on Friday evening Geo.
! II. Cushing Esq, chairman of the town committee
called the meeting To order, and invited stephen Co.
burn ESQ, TO serve rs temporary chairman. Mr..
Geo. Mitchell was chosen secretary. A committee,
with j. q. smith, Esq, chairman drafted Il code of
bylaws, which were unanimously adopted, and the
"Dayis Campaign Club" was forthwith organized
with Dr. g. f. Haynes, President: Gen. X. Is. SheJ,
hard. James Wright. Esq, William =. Bailey ESQ,
Weston, Esq. Vice Presidents; {. NJ. Lambert, Rec.
sec Geo. W. iiawes, Cor. Sec; Lewis Anderson,
Treas. Regular meetings of the club will be held on
saturday evenings, Fifty names were placed upon
| the membership rolls Later in the evening James
b. pascomb; Esq" announced the presence of
by the President, amid hearty cheers and words
of welcome Mr. l.. congratulated the republicans
ofskowhegan and Somerset county upon the en-
courngtng prospects of success in the coming polt
cal battle. against the 'old democratic party
really the only opposing party, in the feld) The
gteenbackers are only decoys. lie highly commended
the which the republicans had pursued in
thus early organizing for earnest work. Represented
many interesting and startling facts relative To the
proceedings Oi the democratic extra session con.
gress His statistics on the reduction of the National
debt amount of export IN produce, cotton, &C. were
complete. His showing of the increased revenue
{ hese Vpar nf shines
depression was very encouraging and hopeful. lie
heartily commended corporal Davis" TO the favor
aud support Of the Republicans of Skowhegan. The
speaker was enthusiastic. His words of encourage
nent inspired the friends of justice equal rights and
humanity with zeal, and they pledged themselves to
work faithfully for the success of republican princi.
PIES and the election of our valiant standard bearer.
Daniel +. Davis.-Last week sheriff Chase accom-.
| panied by assistance, visited Athens and arrested
two of the notorious Brown family who IA short time
ago had run away from the town farm in Cornvir.
rhursdav the parties were brought before Trial Jus.
tice iion on the charge of assault aud battery upon
the constable Of Corn,llle and three assistants, who
were sent TO bring back Abel Brown aud his wife.
Messrs. Folsom and Merrill appeared for the prose,
cution, and q. X. iaciclicr. ESD for the browns.
The testimony given by the constable and town OH.
clals sho"a that the Browns ARE II desperate tany
Their personal aplear;nc" strengthens the hclrt.
Durug the atra,, Mrs. Jeremiah Brown received II
deep cash In the i.id and Abel was shot in the l., g
bIp of the canturns officials rete e sirv hrui,,
upon the arms; one was badly bitten. The coul;
rend red Judgment against three of the offenders
For lack of satisfactory bail, two sentenced Ia
ual :, ioT Id III Nor
ridgewock jail.-Farmres and day aborers acknow |.
edge general revival ia business. There is plenty
of work for all, money free, and wages good.-Mesrs
Blunt son, dealers in hardware and farming utcn.
sis in this village for fifteen wears, say their sale,
are largely In excess of these three years pastFar
mers report the hay crop to be large aud Of fine quail
ity. Potatoes are looking well under the faithful app
cation of paris green.-Saturday P.M DIR. j. ;. Cush
ing of this village, received telegram frsm D
rector Alden of the W. e. X. r., requesting him tt
be present upon the arrival of Il special train from
Fairfield. At q o'clock the train arrived with Mr.
Alden and Dr. fogg of Fairfield, with a Mr. SWEET al
employee of the road, who had received serious in
jury by falling upon the track the ears passing oycI
his left arm. The flesh from the elbow down to tn,
wrist was torn from the bone and Il # hanging The
thumb and first finger cut Off the palm of the hanC
was badly cut, aud the flesh peeled off. The man va.