Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-03-02

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1t is very sickly in New Gloucester at pre-.
ent. and many have died recently, and among
others was Miss Susan H. Nevens. formerl,
of Lewiston, where she had many friends AM
relatives. She died Feb. II, at the age o
rs years. and was the last survivor of larg,
family, consisting of seven sons and rhre,
daughters, born 20 Samuel Nevens and wife
who lived near where Bates college nov
stands. about 100 years ago. and where mos
of this large family were borE.
OF couple married in Greene, on the 25tt
inst, the Lewiston Journal says: The weigh
of the bride is l.j pounds: the weight of The
bridegroom is so pounds.
CUMBERLAND
The Press says there is prospect of q lee
ture by Oscar Wilde in Portland the last OF
March.
Henry Wiley, who removed from Danville
junction to Yarmouth Falls, few days ago
committed suicide BY taking poison, at the
latter place. on Monday He was middle.
aged man and wife and two children survive
him. Liquor is supposed to have been the
cause of his suicide.
The Lewiston Journal saws: Within a
radius of two miles from West Harpswell
postoffce, there have been fourteen deaths in
less than three months from pneumonia or
lung fever, three; typhoid fever, two; con,
sumption, five. paralysis. one, and old age,
three. Quite a number of other cases OF
fever occurred which did not prove fatal. In
one family there were ten cases of typhoid
fever, seven of whom were sick at the same
time.
OXFORD.
Invincible Lodge of Good Templars, at
East Sumner. will celebrate, in its usual
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evening, March13d. 1t has upwards of 80
members in good standing.
PENoBsCoT.
And now a Bangor young man. who Is
much interested in perpetual motion. claims
to have solved the problem.
The other night two Oldtown braves. who
had partaken OF about as much ardent as they
could conveniently manage, started out to
see the sights in Bangor. They visited the
station house to call on any of 1.-The boys,
who might be there. and, once inside, were
quietly detained until sobered down.
The Wing saws that Mr.. Leslie kellan o.
Brewer. who has been sick for a long time,
had stone weighing 6G6 grains and meas
uring II inches in diameter removed from
his bladder Tuesday.
SOMERSET.
cellar of Mr.. Drew Stewards house in New
Portland. 1t was near Mr.. Stewards house
that specimens of gold were found last fall.
A company will prospect for gold as soon
as the snow is gone.
The prospect is good for the location of a
canning factory at NorridgewOck. A canvass
is now being made among the farmers to see
if the required number of acres of corn can
be secured. Messrs. Hubbard 4 Merrill are
ready to build factory if the farmers will
plant the corn.
The late Mrs. Clarissa Gould Of Norridge-
wock left be9uest of five hundred dollars to
the Congregational church of Norridgew ock,
of which she was member, to be kept as a
perpt tual fund, the income of which is to be
used in aid Of the current expenses Of the
church and society.
The town of Norridgewock has thus far
met the interest her large bonded debt
promptly. The bonds bear six per cent
interest, and cost the present owners on an
average about seventy per cent of their price
value, so that in reality the present bond
holders receive over eight and half per
cent on their investment. This is felt to be
too large interest when government bond
bears only three and half per cent. The
town cannot hold its own with such burden
on its hands.-Corr. Leriston Journal.
YORK.
Twelve persons were received into the
Limington Congregational church by profess
sion on Sunday the 26th inst.
Six witnesses were examined at the Mrs.
Pulsifer inquest Saturday, at Bddeford.
The jury adjourned to Saturday of this
week.
A grocery clerk in this city, says the Bidde-
ford Times, seeing some men going up the
stairs leading into city building one evening.
followed them, thinking that there was some
entertainment or lecture in the hall. The
gentlemen were going to the Masons, it being
regular lodge night, and the unsuspecting
young man followed them into their rooms.
What happened to him while there will never
Re known, only to Masons, for he will never
tell. 1t is known that he came down stairs
and hurried away, with a look on his face
bordering between fear and perplexity-