Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-21
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The proprietor. 81 the Lewiston Journal.
for the continued encouragement Of corn rails
ing in Maine 0fts sily in tx premiums,
So, s2J, SIS, SIG. $40 assl - for the hest
acre u field corn raised during the gear 1880.
AsoosToss.
Monday. Mr.. Nathan Grover Of West
Bethel, aged eighty years. took hi own life
ny hanging. He has been suaering severe
pain by reason Of cancer upon his face.
and In paEoxvsm Of pain, undoubtedly
committed the SAD act.
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The managers Of the roller skating rink
mt Portland have male arrangements for an
excursion on the eth tn Lewiston, 10 nj
the Qrea, skating carnival o: City Hall in that
place.
sfr. Mccarthy. tie ftfInan wbo was in
jnred on the Eastern Railroad. Monday night,
sfiiI remains In very dangerous condition,
and his recovery IL very doubtful
Mr.. Elisha Troy bridge, one Of Portland :
oldest citizens, died at hi. residence in that city
Monday morning of pneumonia. aged -
years. He was born in Newton. Mass. Aug.
3, 1871, and came To Portland in 1924. where
Congress street where the Plymoatti church
nos stands.
Monday morning George HAYES, while
shackIing cars at tie Grand Trunk station,
Portland va. caught bet cen two cars and
his leg broken near the hip. The flesh was
considerably mangied and the wound i. con-
silered very bal one
Miss Whit Campbell !. meeting with
much success with her pupils in Portland
One young lady has developed remarkable
talent for the stage, anil IN the not distant
future will undoubtedly make her mark.
kESSrEIc.
G. ". Bailey II Winthrop, i, running his
seven oiI-ciOth factories To their utmost ca
pacity, and is making arrangements for bnlld-
ing another large factory and boarding house
the coming spring.
The beet known double shot made on the
Kenncbcc was that OF Mr. john :. lIobrook
Of Bath. which brought down ten teal and
Two ducks y it'll one di.chlrg, the contents
OF the other barrel bringing down three ducks
from the same flock, making total for the
double shot Of Is birds.
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The liabilities Of 8 l. I;urpcc, clothing
and furnishing goods, Rockland. Ne. are
mortgage upon the debtors stock, the latter
being figured ut sit7J.
William Taylor, of Hope attempted sui
eide last week by cutting his throat with a
jackknife, but succeeded only in inficiing q
cash about three inches long.
LiScoLs.
A well known Wi-cassct belle is soon 10 90
to New York to study for the stage.
FrsoBscor.
Miss Crosby is soon TO issue temperance
paper IN Bangor.
Miss Edmands. the talented Young contralto
of Boston. will soon sing In Bangor.
Last Saturday Henry l.. Pearson. Esq,
and wife, of East Corinth. celebrated their
golden wedding. Mr.. Pearson wa one of the
first settlers of the town Of Corinth. and has
lived on the farm which he originally re-
claimed from the forests, for nearly fifty
years.
The next quarterly session of the Maine
Eastern Christian Conference will be held
with the Christian Church Mt Newport Vii
lage. commencing on Friday. March 9Th and
continuing over the Sabbath.
There have been over twenty-five cases of
dphtheria in the town of Harmony in the past
few months.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. j. G. Barrett.
an aged gentleman residing on the so-caled
Cram road. Bangor, fell from the scatfold in
the barn to the floor killing him almost in
stantly.
SAGNpAHoC.
Kennedy. the oarsman, was in Bath. Wed.
nesday.
Capt. George 4. pr,ble has been mentioned
as candidate for the mayoralty of Bath
WALDO.
Mr.. Wellington White arrived nj Belfast
from California on Saturday OF last week
Mr.. White was one If the crew of the ship
L. r. Hazeliine, that was wrecked at Cape
Horn, two years.
Tae remains of Mis- Clara Nickcls. the
young vocalist. who recently died in Paris.
were convened to searsPort Tuesday.
WAsui>GroN.
Mr. Samuel lanr,eiow. Machias. last
season raised eight bushels of wheat from
ten quarts sowed.
II Is understood nv the recent death of Mrs
Stephen e. Foster. at Pembroke. that rvla-
tivcs. Ave in number. come into possession
vt $4,000 to 50 900 each Mr.. Andrew Eos-
ter, formerly ct Maehias. is one of the heirs
Il is said that MIR, Henry II. Porter at
Chicago. son If the late r. X Porter. Esq
If Machiss, has recently made million and
half " dollars by sale of railroad stocks
that he held.
YORK.
The mother of Mrs. Chas. Shapleigh re.
siding in Shapleigh, now - wears of age. is
cutting her third set ut teeth. She has four
teeth through, and others coming.
Tees Of Doctors.
The fee of doctors j. an item that very
many persons are interested in just AT pres
ent. We believe the schedule for visits is
$500. which, would tax a man confined to his
he'd for year, and in need of daily visit.
over 81 900 year fer medical attendance
alone. And one single bottle Of Hop Bit,ers
taken in time would save the 81 200 and all
the years sickness
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