Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-24

gin county will meet in Auburn, Wednesday
Dec. 26th- They will probably be in session
until the close of the week They viii Dc
busy in finishing up the business of the past
year. The same board of commissioners il
in Office for the ensuing year.
The City Marshal Thursday afternoon.
closed the store of the Pacific Mail Tea Co.,
Lewiston. The store was recently established
in Ehrenfried's old stand on Lisbon street.
Complaints had been made that the method
of'selling tea was . lottery. The Marshal
closed it forthwith. The proprietor states
that he believed himself within the limits Of
Law.
CUMBKRLAND.
The ladies of the organ circle of the Con-
gregational church held . fair, Tuesday even
ing The net receipts were S250.-One OF
the girls employed in the box shop was paid
off Saturday night, sum of s32. She took
the money home. rolled it up and laid it on
the mantle; then she vent to work busting
and clearing up the room. After this was
done she looked for her money which was not
to be found. The only conclusion was that
in sweeping. the money had fallen from the
mantle and been thrown into the fire. Her
work friends sympathizing with the young
girl in her loss, made up in subscriptions the
amount of 1927, says the Telegraph.
Ross reached Portland Thursday afternoon
on the steamer State of Maine from Boston.
He had with him his new boat. built by Rue
dock. After spending Christmas with
his parents and friends Wallace
will sail from Halifax by the Allan
line for Liverpool. He will return about
April and 60 Immediately to Pittsburg, where
he and Plaisted are engaged in business, and
in all probability will open negotiations with
II e..
Palisted, he says, is as well and as cheerful
- ever.
HANCOCK.
The winter term of the Castine Normal
school is the largest in its history, number
ing 90, "a of whom are in the evening class.
Twelve counties are represented in the
school and there are two from Massachusetts.
Penobscot has seven in the school this term.
KNOX.
The curtain has fallen on most unhappy
scandal which has been given long airing in
the Knox county S. j. court. Judge Peters,
who presides at the term remarked, the other
day, that it was not profitable business for
the county to pay jurors to attend upon the
grinding of such grist. AT the recent term
of the S. J. Court in Androscoggin county,
Judge Walton made the practical suggestion
that such cases should be tried in private.
They invariably drew a large crowd.
PENoBscoT.
The gross receipts of the Unversalist fair
held in Bangor, last week, foot up to the
handsome amount of $500.
The Pittsfeld Advertiser says: A petition
is being circulated for the appointment of a
special constable to look after the rum and
cider of Newport. The only two cases of
complaint for several years were attended to
by Deputy Sheriff Dow, and the liquor was
seized both times.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean says Everything
and every body is now regulated by the new
time except Bangor, Me-, Cincinnati, Ohio,
old way.
PIscArAoUIs.
The portable saw-mill owned by Mr.. David
Greeley, used for saving spool timber for the
mill Of L. II. Dwelley and Co., of Foxcr oft
and situated in the township of Bowerbank,
was destroyed by FIRE on Tuesday night of
last week, with saws, tools, beltings, etc.
Forty men were employed there, and it was
the intention of MIR. Greeley to get out 500
cords this winter. 1t will delay operations
there some six weeks, says the Eastern State.
''We need bank, a fire engine house, and
a wooden factory, and what is better, shall
have them before many years." writes cor
respondent of the Eastern State, from Mon
son.
Mr.. Geo. E. Sawyer of Newport has leased
the Foxcroft Exchange Hotel, for term of
five years.
YORK.
Posts SO add 80 were established at South
Berwick and Kittery on Friday respectively.
The venerable Increase Sumner Kimball
of Sanford. now rising 80 years of age. and
the oldest member of the York county bar,
with the exception of Hon. Hiram Fl. Hobbs
of South Berwick, is still in practice. Mr..
Kimball is the only surviving member of
Gov. Kents council of lS4l.
Andrew Small, proprietor of the Bidde-
ford Daily Times, is spending few days in
Boston.
City Marshal Harmon and other democrats
have been making very active canvass OF
Biddeford, and rumor says they have found
the soreheads dissagreeably numerous.
The next term of the Supreme Court in
York county. at which grand jury will be
returned, will commence at Saco, Wednes-
day, JAN I'd, 1884. The cases Of Oscar Z.
Blauey and Mrs. Barrows will be presented
to the grand jury by County Attorney F. NJ.
Higgins of Limerick. Detective Wood of
Boston, is reported as busy at kittery pick
ing up coroborative evidence for the State. II
the parties are indicted the trial will be in
tensely interesting, and large number of
Kittery people will attend.
The next term of the Supreme Judicial
Court of York county, will commence at Sa-
CO, Tuesday, Jan. LIST, at which time resola-
tons will be presented expressive Of the feel
ings of the Court and bar on the death of Hon.
Caleb X. Aver. long one of its distinguished
members; and addresses appropriate to the
occasion will be made by Hon. Ira I. Drew,
Judge Rufus P. Tapley. Hon. John NJ. Good
win, Hon. Joseph Dane and others.
Mr.. VIM. p. Titcomb, who went through
Sewal's bridge some two months ago and
was somewhat injured thereby. has made a
demand on the town officers for 50 900 dam.
ages, and other expenses, amounting to one
or two hundred dollars.
E. C. Jordan, a civil engineer from Port
land. is now engaged in making a survey al
Old Orchard for a system Of drainage and
sewerage, under the direction of the select
men. report upon the same will be made
at the annual town meeting in March, wher
it is confidently hoped favorable action viii
be taken, as it seems to meet with the ap
prevail of its citizens.
Asst Chief Engineer Matthew Brady, of th,
San Francisco. Fire Dept, says: I have beer
subject to an aggravating pain in my ches