Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-11-07
State News,
ANDRoscoeGx.

AndroscoggiR Agricultural Societv's COM
mittee ON cor''- potatoes and grain, for best
crop grown on not lees than one acre, award
As follows: Ga yellow corn, lst, L. H. Blos-
som, Turner, SIS; sweet corn. lst. B. F.
Briggs, Auburn. SIS; sweet corn. lst, on
commercial fertilizers alone, s. W. Shaw.
Minor. $40. On potatoes, lst. B. F. Briggs.
$40; I'd. |. t. Waterman, Auburn, 81. On
wheat, Is, d. F. Drinkwater, Sabatis. $40;
%, Joshua Shackford. Turner, 81 Barley,
LIST, |. t. Waterman Auburn, 50 ID, B. F.
Briggs. Auburn, 81 Ga oats. LIST, B. F.
Briggs, 50; "a, J. II. Jordan, Sabati.. 81
FRANKLIN
David Staples was arraigned before Jadse
Chandler 10 Pennington Wednesday of last
week, for stealing piece Of money of the
value Of two cents, and another piece of the
value of one cent. The facts of the case
were that Staples went to his uncie's, Mr.
Ephraim Conant, in Temple, and it was
thought took $50. No surety could be made
OF this. but il was we'll known tina, at one
time he had taken the three cents above and
was consequently arrested on that charge,
found guilty and sen, to jail for thirty DAYS,
or ten days for a cent.
kENsEBEc
On Wednesday morning of last week, John
Rlodgett Of East Pittston was before the Gar
liner municipal court charged with an
assault on his wife, said assault consisting of
striking her The head and finally driving
her out of the house. He was rut under
500 bonds To keep the peace
Mr.. John Webb, whose death at his home
farm in Clinton, few day ago, is annonced,
will be RENE mbered, SAYS the Warerviile
Mail as among our worthy citizens a few
years ago. In the early DAYS of the railroad
he was one of our prominent mechanics, and
only changed the labor of the shop for that of
the farm tor the sake of health and and an
easier life.
East Winthrop is experiencing touch of
spirtualism, and there is considerable inter-
est in that ism manifested there. One man
there says that one night ''along in the
middle of the night was violently seized by
unseen hands, and dragged from nv bed IN
spite of all resistance | could make | final
~ gave up and said take me and do what
you want to with me- whereupon was
forci5ly thrown back into bed again"
The appointment for the Senior exhibition
at the end of the term at Colby University,
have been made and the following are the
speakers: w. X. Clement, Z. Robinson,
+. f. Dudley, j. Keith, j. f. Cummings,
I. Z. Thayer. G. 5. Estes and S. Mathews.
The Junior parts will be given by G. II. Ber-
nv, Greek: b. F. Fish. Latin; b. 5. Annis
French; A. NJ. Eoss, English.
1t now looks as though about all the ice
in the kennebec last season would be moved
before it again closes. In summing up the
summers business the general opinion seems
to be thar the kennebec ice men as a class
have made no money this year Some con-
Germs under favorable long time contracts,
have cleared a small margin, but to ofsett
this the smaller concerns. and those of the
larger ones working under less favorable con-
tracts. have lost money. All through the
shipping season labor has been scarce and
high, although just at this time men are plen-
ty, aud, of course, wages are a tritie lower.
Nearly all the companies are commencing
their preparations for winter cutting, and if
a good early freeze is secured as much ice
as usual will be harvested this winter. Ifthe
Hudson river freeze should prove failure,
more ice will be cut in Maine than ever
before.
OXFORD.
Tuesday, Oct. 30th, Mr.. Timothy Brooks
of Porter was at work 18th one If his broth
ers in the woods telling trees. just as one
they had been cutting was about to fall there
came sudden gust of wind which swayed
the tree in the direction Mr.. Brooks had
taken: il fell across him, crushing him to
the ground. He lived about three hours but