Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-08-24

ana LETT there. while White threw away the
knife and went aboard. The captain va
reused and the wounds Of Bsaley dressedi
an officer was then Aent for, and the aasatiant
White was iroued and earrid TO KniGhtville
and locked up. At $50 he had preliminary
examination before Trial Justice Berry, Who
after hearing the testimony. bound White
over in $500 to appear at TIT September term
of the Superior court, and in default OF bonds
committed him. The witnesses were held
in bonds of 800 each.
SOMERSET.
The East Somerset Agricultural Society
will hold their annual cattle show and fair az
Hartland, Sept. llth and 18th.
A man by the name of Hilton, living in
Madison, dropped dead on Saturday last.
Heart trouble is supposed to be the cause
The adjourned town meeting at ST. Adams
came of the 18th inst. The committee con-
sisting of A. ii. Hurd, S. H. Good~ in and s.
B. Prescott, were ready with their report OF
the financial standing of the town. The re-
port was read by Mr. Hurd in two parts.
First, the true financial standing of the town
from 1860, giving clear statement year by
wear, up to 1888, showing the town debt to
be a few hundred dollars over six thousand
by carrying all balances forward at per cent
interest While the second part, the order
Account shows the town apparently In ueot
nineteen thousand two hundred and two dol
lars. The investigation shows that all Of tins
above, the first mentioned of the indebted
ness apparent has accumulated since 1915,
when the late Hon. Sullivan Lothrop at that
time made financial report that this COM
mittee finds correct thus clearing MIR. 10th
rop of any wrong management in those long
series of years that he had the principal d.
rection of town affairs.
Mrs. Susan Foss Bunker, of Athens, is one
hundred and one years old. She is smart
old lady and has lived to see the fifth genera
ton in her family. On the eleventh of Au-
gust she attended quilting at the house of
Martin Jones, in Brighton, brought by man
of good manners. who seemed to have respect
for the aged. She seems to be quite smart
for a woman of her years. Mrs. Jones was
presented with an autograph quilt on her
forty. sixth birthday and the old woman whom
We refer had set square and it was set in
the middle of the quilt She also set up to
the quilt and quilted square and partook of
an oyster supper. She enjoys laugh or
joke as well as in DAYS of yore. She lives
with her grandson on the farm where she has
lived for the past sixty-six wears. She has
reared eight children, seven of whom are now
living; has been married twice. She has
CIllIuTtH over SeNtutF wears VI aye. one Stts
up early and sits up all day.
The following are the real estate transfers
which have been recorded in Somerset county
during the past week: Anson-George A.
Luce to David B. Abbott, $500. Cornville-
George I'll. Paul to Sylvanus Judsins, $3.50 !;
Sherman Smith to Horace G. Smith, $500.
Skowfegan-Abner COburn to Lois A. Rob-
inson, 5000; Fannie F. Russell to Albert G..
Emery, $1,000. New POrtland-Hiram Pease
to Samuel G. Wethern, $3.50. Norridgewock
Freeman Andrews to John W. Varney,
$500. Canaan-Josephine Gerald ct al. to
Benjamin F. Lewis, $3.50; Bella Burrill to
Harriet A. Goodrdge, 5000; Nathaniel j..
Hall to Jonathan Fl. Chase, $50. Pittsield-
Miriam A. Wright to Laurens S. Maxim,
500; Harrison W. Gardner ct al. to Lewella
J. Simonds, $50. st. Albans-Charles
Seeking to Walter E. NJ. Seekins. $50; Addi-
son W. Seekins to T. B. Seekins, 500.
Moscow-Micah W. Norton to Nancy Ellis,
S265. Farfeld-Samuel Judkins to Charles
S. Judkins, 81. Starks-Helen Moore ct ais.
to William w. Moore, $1,000.