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ieaiufe was that II tbis number seeking h
berome psdasosnes not one oonld dehn'
the term
Next Monday u Noenty Court day
The affair Of interest l. The hAsiAniy prose
euiion Of dirk skinned White lady, calf
81 by the vulgars niger" agsin.t ih'
Rev, ). 9 Pollard, a Methodist minister
Tho general impression Of the community
ia that II y rase of blaokmail.
"a drunken fellow named Payne was
run over and killed near GREENWOOD. lie
was literally scattered n the four winds.
parts Of hi body have never yet been
found. II IL thought he was struck by No.
Q, night express. A bottle OF whisky was
found on the track, where the only col.
lecicd portion OF his remains lay.
The school Of Prof Borden closed with
an entertainment consisting Of dramatic
plays, rccitations, declarations, &c. The
music was furnished BY Miss Holdings
music class, aad was Of high order. The
performance were well sustained aud ia
iere-ting. Of course the scribe has too
much respect for his physical vel fare to
venture any opinion a. H. the relative
merits Of the performers
Mess. Tomlinson aud Dick retu rned
from Georgetown, where they hsve been
a, College, Friday. The latter gentleman
made the highest average reached this
collegiate year.. Mess. Chrismsn and
Hardin, OF Monticello, sei several hearts
a.beafing by a short visit 10 our city .....
Mis- Linnie Z. Newell, NJ Point Beauty,
Pulaski county, cast ,he sunshine u her
countenance over our midst during last
week.
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Finding thai 1 can not iollo~ the shoe. laaking
bnslnsss With any degree Of Justice 10 my health,
have rsiurnsd 10 this sssing Machine hasiness,
and am again with the
Old Reliable and Genuins singer Co.,
Ana prepared 10 wait on TOE pablo sith the boat
lsss-si PETER HAhrOh. sisalord
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Mas Aanse frasg.

Al a meeting Of The Ladies' Christisn Aid society
Of stafford, held June Is. 1881, a oommittee con
sisting Of Mn. John RxuEhmau Mrs. 9. =. Embry
Nc. JOAN .. AeRoberts and Mrs. John :. Murphy
previously appointed 10 DRAFT resoiutiops espre--
I've Of the thoughts and emotions Occasioued by
the death Of our beloved sister, Miss Annie crais
reported the iollo-iug
R,solrea, That An The instruisble wisdom Of our
Divine Faihsr lie has taken from earth the pure
SPIRIT OF our dear sister that We low submissively
10 His will. Her brief life Of sunering Is over.
The beautiful yet frseiis isrm 70 long prey Ia
disease. b laid in IT'S nower-arevn he'd, there ID
await "ihe 6fa resurrection The busy hands
81 generously employed TO aid in every good work
rest quietly upon the dnless breast. The sweet
musical voice, whose cadence cheered the dsspond-
Ing and gave comiort to tho humble Ia spirit. hos
tiy attuned to chant the praises Of Him Who
died 10 redeem her, Those sofi beaming eyes tha /,
ever brought Joy TO our hearts nov behold i'm
NOR, al besuiie- sround 'the great white throne %
Darling Annie hog We mis- thee.
faiTest Of our sister band;
But by faith above we see thee
In that heavenly beauieous land
Lovely sister art thou resting
On thy sainted mothers breast,
And thy songs OF PRAISE nov mingiiag
with thy loved ones 'mong the blesi
Annie, sister dear we'll meet thee
when our earthly ~ork a DER;
Treasured thought We have not lost thee
Thou hasi only gone before
RESOLVED. That these resolutions h. spread upon
cur record, and also he Published in ImE IsrEsIos
JorRSAI, and that copy he transmitted 10 the
grief stricken family, with the assurance o. our
uBieigned sympathy In this severe bereavement.
AMI thereapon the resolutions. ss Reported by
the eOmmitiee, sere unanimously approved and
adopted by the society.
Mas va. BlnKr, President.
Mas IONS BLAZE, secretary. tfa
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Tuf foundation Of The Elevator, With a
storing capacity Of 10000 bu.hcl.. has been
laid, and Mes. Msttingly 4 McAli.,e,
will pub tina, and their Touring mill 10 an
early completion.
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MEN wAsrED.-Mr. H. J. Patton, agent
for Mess. Warner. vensble a Co, X. X.
contractors, adyertisss for 200 men 10 work
on the Knoxville Ertention. lie Is at
present IT the Commercial Hotel.
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Cor AwAr.-Somstims ago, james
Smith, Of this county, ATTACHED Harlan
Goods In Niddisbury. and without much
ceremony shot him in the head. Think.
ing he had killed him. Smith left for parts
unknown, oaly 10 return when he found
out that his shot had not proved very
dangerous. A writ Tor his arrest wss
placed in the hands Of sheriff ]. n, Meme
fee. and he immediately sought Smith, Who
made . partial effort al Resistance. Quick
ly drawing his pistol Mr., Msniies placed
!, in close proximity to smiths breast, and
holding IL there. made him she'll out his
pistol and other vsapons lie started with
him to Jail bot Smith plead 10 hard to 90
by home 90 tina, he could change clothes,
that the slsrih, in his kindnss. Of hear,
consented. Arriving there the base migrate
Jumped from his horss spd getting hli
wife and children between him aud danger
ran into the hoass and ds6sd him TO enter
cin6dsnt that discretion wss the better
par, Of vsies. Mr.. Msnsiss started for a
posse, and getting two men returned TO
lad the bird noun. lie Intends 10 have
him, though. or make him seek other and
more eonssnial eliuss
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MADE BosD.-Since our last issue, Mr..
George W. Bohbiit, consiable.elcci, ha.
made bond, with 'sqsire J. :. Murphy
and wm. Daugher,y ~ securities, and
entered upon The discharge ~ his duties
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rHr Farmers Bank has undergone
complete renovation, and !. now The hand.
,omest house u IT, hind In these part.
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RousD-TRIr tickets 10 Louissills will
be on sale June 81, 20 and %, and good
Till the 25th returning, al very low rates,
only "a from stanford. The occasion IL
the big display on st. Johns Day.
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Tnr almost complete absence OF dies
here is subject Of general as we'll as con-
grstulAiory remark.
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A wArrR.rRoor CLOAK, pair ~ to.
slippers, pair Of overshce., q black sash.
an odd glove, q hsndk erchief. fan, spectacle
case, NC. ,sre smons the articles found after
the Commencement in the Opera House.
They can be had on rsying the usual
penalty.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-17

VINO THKr ARr.-ws have been re-.
qas-,sd To siss the ayes a.i nays on the
order Of the County Court to recind a
former order to widen the street nett TO the
Christian Church. and here they are:
Ayes -Esqnires Carson, Portmsn, Lynn,
Grimes, Gsrnett, Brown, Caldwell, Peyton
and Cash. Nsy.-Pe,r.y, Basin. Bailey
and Ifnxke-.
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THREr hundred pounds Of French and
other Fine Candies just received at h.
Matiinsly a Sons.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-17

wAsrED.-lO0.O 900 pounds Of wool, for
which We will pay the highest mar ct
price. Hale a Nunnelley.
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.CHARLEs BsooKs. q brakeman on the
L.. n, Was killed by the cars at Lebanon,
this week.
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THE weather has become slightly wsrm,
and ID may be tina, you wan, . very thin
suit Of clothing. which does not cos, much
money, and keeps you comfortably cool.
J. Winter a Co. have them in great ysris'
~ and At all prices. Their store !. on the
corner Of Third and Market streets, Louis
vile, Ky. See them. They vail do the
lair thing and will not 70 sses on our
Recommendation.
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LIMITED quantity pure German Milisi
Seed at Geo. ID. Wearsn's.
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WV aDsEarisssssrs.
Steam Tbfesller Tor Sale.

a ifEsT.cf ~ eAAh 8 s'orr fNHxt
iu- n"tsel aui nea Aaliman layir -srslafof.
rltt Clover Huller attached iaIsaIr eIli lt
FlNtu " failY llrlIcIiInn lsmaIs
f-if o y. q Irr .. NEA.Fu.
N1YNIHI n H
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niffedOegiife.

Elder Williams says "he lives in the
meane-i town lreligiously) in the State Of
Kentucky" Pa.s around the hat for the
missionary cause. ...t.
With beans, potatoes, Pes- and other
vegetables filling many plalter-, the kind
hearted hostess will be saved her Oft
repeated apology for not having anything
20 eat
A very severe rain aud hail storm,
mpanied with vivid lightning and
terrific thunder and much wind, passed
over last Monday night. Owing to the
back wardne-s Of crops no serious damage
was done. ..... .
To illustrate the ouigrowlh OF mo-
nopoly,a package containing 81 was tor
warded Ia Moreland from New York, by
the American Express Company, for -
cents. Adams Express charged 30 cents
10 return the same.
Just received at J l.. Goods, Milledge.
vile, a new stock OF Prints, Lawns, and
Brown and Bleached Cottons, which Will
be sold at bottom prices for spot cash.
Don't forget that this Is headquarters for
country produce of every description. :
That new buggy has mighty quinotic
habit of carrying of one Of ohr young men
to a neighboring town Of late. Wonder
IL certain young damsel whom we
frequently see ensconced by the side OF the
aforesaid young b'hoy, and in said vehicle,
hasn't something ienpidly sPeaking) TO do
with il?
MIR. q. T.. Pace is erecting quite a
handsome residence at Morelsnd. II Is TO
he hoped that his enierprising spirii may
lie catching, and cause the other property
owners to go for the painter quick.....P.
=. Hughes is building dwelling house on
his farm near town......Mrs. Sheen and j.
d. Myers are renovaiing and repairing
their dwellings in town.
The frog chorus band will no more
delight the ear Of the denizens Of More
land station. The pond Of -tsgnated water
which has 80 long bred disease for the
citizens and furnished lurking-place for
the bull-frog and sport for the aquatic
goose, has been drained, and thus in time
We hope our live station will outgrow iis
cognomen Of "The Frog Pond
Elder W. l.. Williams is conducting a
protracted meeting here 8 additions to
the church at this writing, two buekling
on the srmor Of the Lord for the first time,
and three who became weary OF well-do-
ing fell out OF ranks, but now re.enlisi
in the army Of salvation, and We trust may
never again err in the path Of Christian
duty. Elder Williams is earnest and heall
Gus in his labors. and much interest Is be-
ing manifested by the people, and VT be-
lieve that his efforts will he crowned with
great ouipouring Of the divine spirit in
this nsighborhood May our faith he
verified in much greater proportion than
| its strength. -
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LOCAL MATTHIAS.

CHAIRs re-bottomsi by X. u. wearen.
Stanford. nr f.a.rs
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To the Town TKusrEs.-penons Who
live on Main, between Somerset and Ian
caster streets, complain that lot Of drunk
en- hoodluus, nightly, between II and l
o'clock, assemble along the street, and by
whistiing or their hngers, hsllooing, sc,
make night hideous and completely pre-.
seni all shorls Of peaceful people 10 sleep.
Al present there are several -ick PEOPLE
within the limits named. who have been
rendered worse by nervousness that such
behavior creates. and We are especially re-
quested 10 call the attention Of the Board
Of rrus,ess 70 the natter Ii has become
almost aabssrabls, and We have heard sew.
sral gentlemen cay tina, they will take
the thing in their own hands unless the
MAMMAL b. ordered to arrest and punish
these distnrbsrs of the public peace. II
lhose snssssd In the contemplate business
have q spark Of the gentleman in them,
this notice should be sufficient 10 call them
10 their senses and cause them TO behave
In future. LArER.-Ths Trustees have
met and devised a plan BY which these
night orgies will he efectually stopped.
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Nrw lot Of Furniture Just received BY
X II. Wearsn Stanford.
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Lincoln County Court Of Levy,
JUNE TERM, 1854.

Tie iolis- isg is stsisnsnt VI me hnasei.l eon-
diion Of Lincoln county al this date, June 9Th,
1881, tO-slt-
IA IIAhIIII
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Jusr received a fresh supply Of fnini
ture. j. N. Craig.
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AsorMER IIoRss sroLss. "a bright
bay mare vas stolen from Mr.. Jame- J.
Dys. near IIustonville, on the 18th. lie
ODER reward Of s2j for the return oftLs
mare and $50 for the conviction OF the
thief. This hind Of stealing I. Incoming
entirely too common. and our merit I<gis-
ture will be called on To make Il capital
ehsnceL Il snch Law Is 10 effect In several
States, SD is works admirably.
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Commissioners Sale
Valuable Lands !

LINCOLN CIRCUIT COURT Iu-. nALIor
" (. y Nriglhy, A., and 4. ] HAT W \ y
tiriHshy. So Notice ~ Sale.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-17
ON WEDNESDAY,. July @

Pursuant tua Judgment rendClci IN these fonsol.
dated causes ~ The March tenn, asst 81 the lin.
r1ln circuit Court the undersigned com'r win.
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FIRE-Ths alarm Of hrs vas sounded
about ~ O'Clock Monday, and in a lev
minutes nearly every man and a number
Of somsn we're hurry ing iosaris the house
Of Rsv.s. s. McRohsrss. which sas enssl.
opsd in smoke. Arriving there the bucket
brigade got to wo.k. and BY strong and de-
ierminsd efforts soon had the Ere In
check; not, however, until q good portion
Of the roof bad either been burned OF torn
od. The IRE originated from cook stove.
heated TO such . holmes ss TO set the
plank ceiling above Il In hames. Taking
Into consideration the age Of the house and
lie insammsble condition, il 10 indeed q
wonder that Il was moi entirely destroyed.
The loss Of some rafters and single. and
the Disagreement Of the furniture, which
vas hastily removed from the house, about
cover the damages. stanford people can
beat his santanie Majesty himself fighting
Gre, and II they are ever forced to tackle
the place that Bob Ingersoll repudiAies, in
a body. the chances are that the roaring,
ssethins flames will he rendered powerlss-
forever.
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FAIR.-A number Of colorsd men here
have organized for the purpose Of holding
. Fair in the suburbs Of town, beginning
August sist and. lasting three days. Jsne'
Fisher d President; Linck JsrmAn. v.P.;
WIN. Broaidus, Treasurer; Hay Mason,
Secretary; Brent Hayes. Field Marshall;
Dan Van Arsdals, Morgan Bsughman and
George Middleton. Directors We wish
their enterprise may prove . paying sue
cess
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TO THE PUBLIC!

NV ADyERrisKnEsrs.
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CUMBERLAND FALLA-Mr. SIC. Ossns,
the .idssssts proprietor Of Cumberland
Falls Hotel, vas here yesterday. lie re-
ports . good crowd ct his charming Issort,
With hns prospects for lively season. lie
has engaged the Georgs Bro,hsr.' String
and Brass Band, and in addition TO dance
every evening. there will be two dress
balls each wesk-sn Tuesday and Friday
evenings. lie tells US that be hss greatly
improved the road TO the Falls. aud hi.
business here now !. TO buy fast teams and
lish, wagons to put on II. These wagons
will be on hand on the arrival Of the day
train, and will take passengers over the ro-
mantle and picturesqus road in less than
three hours. See "ad.n for further par,ic-
ulars.
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Bundle OF New Books.

Harrison Hume. Esq, formerly superin-
,endent of schools in Lawrence. Mass, VS.
;,ad Augusta last month. While here he
dropped into the Grammar school and rs
,snad TO the recitations of the scholars. He
was so pleased with their proficiency that ne
rou sends down generous batch of new
,ooks for the school library. which viii
make the bows eyes sparkle. The books
s,rxarled are, "Boys of 20, 'Old Times
:, the Colonies" ..iIale's Stories OF the
War, "Lossing's Stories of Our Navy,
and zone Hundred Years Progress OF oui
N.,;o,.~ He also sent set Of Swinton
s,nnlementary reading books. Accompany
;,g the volumes was very pleasant note te
NJ Robertson, expressing his delight at the
rrooress and acuteness of the pupils In the
schools. Mr.. Hume's example should d
initiated BY others.
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FOREIGN NEW y.
Affairs in ireland.

DuBfIN March IL There was an attempt
to hold political meeting at Coventry last
night, under the auspices of Arthur O'Connor
and Finnegan, home rulers. As soon a.
O'Connor rose to speak he was met by n
storm of wells. Finally rush was made
for the platform and free ight ensued The
police cleared the hall. All tables and
chairs were smashed. The disturbance i
attributed to the extreme radicals.
Only three additional prisoners were
lodged in Kimainham Jail yesterday. owing
to want of sufficient escort to bring the per
sons arrested from remote places. $500
rewards are offered for information Of the
murderers of FarnelIy. Macaulev farmer,
was arrested yesterday. the first prisoner
who has been charged with reasonable prsc-
tice.
Under instructions of the American Minis
ter Lowell, Consul Burrows had an interview
with Michael Boyton. now in Jail here on
charge of melting to murder Boyton claims
that his father was naturalizcd American
citizen. when he was born. Consul Burrows
has forwarded dispatch to Minister Lowell
and enclosed long letter which Boyton has
addressed to the American Minister detail
ing the circumstance of his arrest, proclaim
ing his innocence of the charge against him.
namely. melting others to commit murder
and demanding the Intervention of the Amer
/ lean officers, in order TO obtain immediate
/ discharge from prison or speedy trial on the
charge against him.
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Al Elliot. Me.-l.Oss $4,000.
Condensed TELE.RAM~.

The board of naval officers at Washington.
Saturday. decided to purchase the Mar,
and Helen for the Ieannette search expe'iI-
ton for 100000.
Gov. Piilsbury of Minnesota announces
that he will withhold the announcement OF
WINDOWS successor until Monday. The APP
pointment will certainly be rendered to
General Edgerton.
The Springfield. III State Senate, Satur-
lav passed a concurrent resolution thanking
President Garfield Tor the nomination of Mr..
Lincoln TO the cabinet, and the Senate for
prompt confirmation
The proposition Of an American company
to Law a railway through Newfoundland Is oc-
cupying the attention of the local Legislature
of tina, province. The government has de-
termined to accept the terms.
Messrs Thurman. Evaits and Hoar, sail
from New York, April I'd. for Paris, TO take
mart in the international monetary conference.
In an interview relative to the World
Fair. Gen. Grant says there is hardly time
far the erection Of buildings, and that at
nresent less than half million dollars have
been subscribed, and portion of that Is con
,;ny.nt upon the Fair being held at Inwood
Park.
New York Worlds London dispatch
mentions a rumor that Bartlett Couts j,
threatened with a breach of promise prose Gu
ton.
Ex-Congressman Judge Richard j. Bowie
| died Saturday, at Rockville. Maryland
aged 73. He was once Wing candidate
| for governor.
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News was received here from Wash'ns'o"
On Saturday last of the nomination OF Alder.
/, Rurle;sh. Esq, of Houlton, as Collector %
cus,om. for the district of Aroostook' i'''
,n,st proye exceedingly satisfactory 10 ''e
,on,bl;cans of .lroostook county as more
than a majority of them petitioned for MS APP
roin,ment. Mr. Burleigh has receiver 'o".
successive elections as County COMMISSIONS
If that county, and is now serving On "i'
,welfb and last year. He is son OF iio'',
p p Burleiyh of Linneus. and oro'ne. "
Ia, + C. Burleigh of this ciy-
Burleiyh, who has received this arpo'''"'.n 81,
,anr.sen,s the vigorous, progressive ana s'",'
war, element in the politics Of Aroos'ooA
.o.n,v where he is well known ana mas
| 81. Influence. We understand 'h"' -.
.npoin,ment is due to the recommendA, .. y
r.n, G. A. Boutelle of the Bangor wing
~ho has been consulted in regard TO app0"'
ments in his district.
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A Ftstic Encounter.

The serenity of Water street Saturday
forenoon was disturbed by an affrav between
A. Il. Small of Petngill's Corner and fe.-
low named Brown Small met Brown near
Market Square and picked quarrel with
him. That individual mindful of the ancient
saw that
He who fights and runs away
Nav live to fight another day,
tried To ESCAPE from the vicinity of the irate
Small: but the gentleman from fettinslifs
Corner followed him up street. and when IN
front of the Cony House assaulted him with
his fists. Brown grabbed sled stake and
defended himself Ii looked a good deal like
, free fight. when officer Breen arrived and
took both parties into custody. Small IN
formed Judge True that he pursued the course
he did because last fall the man Brown at
trmpted to outrage his little daughter, aged
only six wears. and he sw"re. as
any father would, that he would make the
hrute suffer for it. The Judge said that he
f,,nl on the face of the evidence that both
men were arrayed in wariike manner con-
,r,rv 10 the peace of the State and the stat
u,e made and provided, and imposed fine'
which with costs. amounted to 81. Il each.
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" ASHlNGTON.
Postal Matters.

WA>AiN"ToN. March Is. Post otiic,
changes for the week ending March l2lh
Established -Bauneg Beg, York county
Me-. Sarah c. Hammond, postmaster: Hicks
vile, Bristol county. Mass. Chas. A. Col
Inns. postmaster.
Postmasters appointed: Maine George
W. Riggs, Chesterville, Franklin county: +.
4. Wing. Forsyth, kennebec county; Isaac
Merriman. ID. North Harrswell. Cumber-
land county Henry +. Lord, West Lebanon,
York county: George II. Fisher, West Win
terport Waldo county. Massachusetts-M
=. Burnley, Dodgevile, Bristol county; c. A.
Shaw. South Amherst. Hampshire county
Henry +. Hnsmer. South Lancaster, Worces-
ter county Mrs. Mary H. Cole, West Box
ford. Essex county; David Sandcrson.
Worthngton county. Hampshire county.
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Almost a Freshet.

The copious rains of last week have s"o'en
the Kennebec to an immense volume ana
fears were entertained. Saturday, OF an Ice
freshet. About nine o'clock in the morning
,be ice went out of the river from the bridge
dawn TO the mile rock, and through the
dav the water rose rapidly. The steamboat
wharf was entirely submerged. end the
c,;,xh, shed stood out in the water like an
ark anchored in mid stream. At one time IL
locked As if the wooden sheds belonging 10
+ G. Allen. and used for storage, wouiu oe
swept away. and they were seenreu WIN
cables to avoid the contingency r. '""'"
coal got thorough drenchlns' Inc wafer j.
now sub.iding. Above the dam the ICE ~
mains in the river, but is rottlng away last
If the weather proves ''soft tor IL" ""'
il must break up.