Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-20

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Friday evening While Miss Mary Goodwin
OF Auburn was returning home from . shop
ping visit, thief James Haley bv name
stepped up to her snatehed the satcheI which
she carried in her hand and ran. The sstchel
contained one ten-dollar bill, two silver omar.
ters. four five-cent pieces, i've coppers and a
| two-cent pie.,e- The police shortly secured
haley and the money With the exception Of
the ten-dollar bill which vas not found.
The convention of the Canadians and
Acadians of Maine will commence in Lewis
ton on Monday the 18th inst
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage will deliver an
address on "The Sunny Side Of Things be-
fore the College societies at the coming
Bates commencement.
CUMBKRLAND.
Frank E. Cash of Bridgton, IA years old.
has entered for the prize cornet contest at
MaranOcoOk q week from today He is pro-
nounced wonderfully proficient, and PLAYS
with all the vigor and correctness of
| veteran.
The colored walters have been discharged
from the Preble Honse and white walters have
| been reinstated.
j. c. McCready, of the New England Gro
Ger. has recently been in Maine with the view
Of bringing about grand reunion, or gath
ering, in Portland at an early date, of the re.
| tail grocers of the State.
James Chase, . son Of Scion Chase, and
Mr.. Meserve of Omaha have purchased
Pumpkin Knob, an island, and will immedi-
ately clear . house lot and erect a summer
house there.
Larry Post No. 81, G A. R., was Instituted
at South windham, Thursday evening.
FRASKLIx. -
Bodwell Co.'S, drive is far I'D the South
Branch of the Dead River, and hung up for
want of water.
KENNEBEC
The Herald says Mr.. Perley Whittier of
Vienna, has just received a pension includ-
ing arrearage of shout $780,
Mrs. f. H. Mason of Biddeford, G. Wv,
T., has been making q short tour through
Kennebec county.
The Lincoln News SAYS a narrow escape
from fatal accident occurred in shipvard
Of Haggett & Co., at Damariscotta, few
days since-an iron bar falling from a stag
ing. entering the hip pocket of laborer, but
scarcely breaking the skin, passed down and
pinned him to the ground, without injury
PIsCATAQuIs.
Merrill's slate quarries at Brownville now
turn out about 1000 squares of slate per
month.
A large and commodious hotel is to be
erected the present season in MOnson, upon
land recently sold BY DIR. Patten of Skowhe
gan, to parties residing in Lowell, Mass.
SAGADAHoc.
Mr.. Roger Hodgkins. driver at one of the
Packard wards, Bath drives horse that will
chew tobacco. He has renamed him
"Jumbo."
The Lewiston Journal says that in view of
the increased danger from the fast express
trains petition has been sent to Supt.
Tucker for gates at Main and Pleasant street
crossings at Richmond
An important hearing regarding the con-
tested will of the late w. X. Jones has been
in progress the last three days before Judge
VIM. D. Hall, in Richmond Judge A. Lib
hey and J. w. Spaulding, Esq. made the
closing arguments, Friday.
WASHINGTON.
The coroners jury which held an inquest on
the body of Thomas Kinnealy found dead on
ST. Stephen flats at Calais has decided that
he came to his death BY accidental drowning
Mrs. Evelyn WOrster, wife of Joseph w.
Worster of Columbia Falls has given birth
to triplets, two boys and one girl, all are do
ing we'll.
Mr.. M. v. Bryant, of Machias caught
seal in a weir few days since, the seal be.
ing but two or three days old. 1855
The projected Shore Line Railroad is not
abandoned for the present. rsrH
The Sentinel correspondent of Lubec says
that bears are quite numerous and are max
ing havoc among the sheep in the western
part of the town, and in the adjoining town
Of Trescott.
YORK.
The Press says Mr.. Sumner Edgecomb, of
South Limington, had his left hand badly in
jured one day last week, by his gun bursting
while shooting at crows.
Mr.. Augustine Strout cut hemlock tree,
the other day, measuring three feet and three
inches on the stump, from which he takes so
feet of logs in one straight stick.
The Portsmouth Chronicle says that Mr.
Alexander Perry of Kittery Point was fishing
when he caught a Goldfish weighing 10
pounds, and upon opening the fish was sur
prised to find in its NAV about half pint of
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