Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-29

state News.
ARoosrOoK.
Mr.. B. fitzgerald has been appointed post
master at South Bancroft, to succeed Mrs.
L. A. Smart, resigned.
HANCOCK.
H. J. Milliken has been appointed over
seer and agent of the Hale land in Surry.
The tracts covers some A, 900 acres.
OxroRD.
The house, barn and outbulldings at Peru
known Is the futile Hotel property, were
burned Tuesday morning, with 80 tons of
hay, three horses, pigs and furniture. Loss
81 600; NO insurance. The owner vas Geo.
T. Newcomb.
PExoBscor.
About noon Thursday A. Noyes { Co. of
Bangor, missed q twenty dollar bill from
the money drawer of their Central street
store, and it was Q mystery whence it had
gone. The police we're notified and began to
investigate the affair. They found that .
girl by the name of Mary Lynch, was proba-
bly, the guilty party as she had been in the
store before the money was missed. She
was found on Main street by Officer Bowen
and taken in custody. In her possession
we're found numerous packages which she
had just bought and of the twenty dollars
over sixteen had already been spent BY her.
She acknowledged her guilt and named other
places visited during the past three months.
From VIM. Cars store $40 was taken. At
c. S. Cayting's 81 was captured. From
James Greenacre's 80 was taken and unsuc-
cessful efforts we're made at Chas. Kirkpat-
rick's and Smith Campbelfs. In no case
did she take anything but money. She was
taken to the police station.
The house and shed of Mr.. Luther Haynes,
at Rowland, were destroyed by fire at half
past Eve o'clock Christmas morning. Loss
$500. Insured $3.50.
SOMERSET.
Died in Norridgewock, Me-, Dec. 9TH, Mr..
James Mills, aged 81 years, 8 months and IL
days. He was born at Marlborough, Me-,
Aug. 22d, 1892, and lived there until he be-
came q young man when he went to Nor
ridgewock. Few men have yet lived who
had more friends than he had. He was ever
child to the most aged. He was one of the
oldest, if not the Oldest, Mason in the State,
having been made Mason in 1921.
The St. Albans Cheese Association have
rented their factory to Mr.. Oscar Winslow
for butter factory, and perhaps he will
make some cheese. He proposes to buy the
milk and paw the patrons Is much as they
can realize from it to make cheese. MIR.
Winslow Is confident he can make it q pay
ing business to manufacture butter on q
large scale and intends to put first class ar
ticle of butter in the market.
Elder John G. Hook. Of Concord, N. H.
and Elder VIM. Lovejoy of Belgrade, are
holding revival meetings, in Advent Hall,
Fairfield; afternoons at 2 o'clock, evenings
att.
Mrs. Sarah Cilley died at Fairfield, Dec.
23d, aged 20 years and 10 months. Her suf-
ferings though short were intense, but en-
dured with remarkable patience. Mrs. Gil
lev was born in Sidney, Feb. 9th, 1918.
The following are the indictments found by
the grand jury in Somerset county: David
Winslow, common seller, tipping shop and
common nuisance. Erastus ID. Williams, an
assault with intent to kill and murder. B.
II. Dyer, common seller, tippling shop and
common nuisance. j. Franklin Smith,
larceny. E. F. Hill, violation of fish and
game law. Thos. McMahan ct. al, common
seller, tipping shop and common nuisance.
The Maine Manufacturing Company,
Fairfield, have just heard from a shipment
of two carloads of their hardwood furniture
to Australia. The vessel sprung leak, on
her voyage and was obliged to make port In
the West Indies. The company have orders
to duplicate their shipment They will sus-
tain no loss as they we're fully insured.
correspondent in an adjoining town tells
the Someset Reporter of young man who
told his best girl he was going to church on
a certain Sabbath but instead of 90 doing went
skating and barely escaped being drowned,
owning to thin ice. His girl wrung him out
dry and then forgave him.
WALDO.
Miss Nellie Patterson and Miss Lizzie
Wiley called on Miss Nellie Garland, at her
mothers in Belfast, to pass the evening. The
visitors were induced to pass the Eight at the
Garland house, and all occupied one room.
Before retiring the coal fire in an adjoining
room was replenished, but by some mistake
the drafts were not properly adjusted, and
the coal gas escaped into the room. In the
morning one of the girls awoke very sick.
When the condition of the girls was discov-
cred, fresh air was let into the room. Miss
Wiley tainted several times and narrowly es-
capped death from suffocation. The others
soon recovered from their stupor.
The Belfast Journal says: Not long ago
an excursion train from the interior came to
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