The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-07-19

AUGUSTA.
Mr.. Blaine goes To Rar Harlan tndnu

AUGUSTA.
Mr.. Blaine goes to Bar Harbor today.
About $4,000 have been raised for the cree.
ton OF new Episcopal church at Augusta
and the structure is now as good as assured
Mr.. VIM. H. Bigelow, who takes the place
OF Mr.: Cheney as ehief of the mail service for
| New England, will enter upon the du les OF
| that position the first of August, With head
| quarters at Boston.
Hon. Manton Marble is ia Augusta visiting
his mother-n-law, Mrs. Daniel Williams.
BRIDGToN.
MEETING is called for this evening for the
purpose of organizing Blaine and Logan
club
Mrs. Frank Gibbs held a musicale of yery
high merit, at her beautiful home on high
street, Wednesday evening. Mrs II. Bernard
Carpenter, Mrs. DR.. Frank Stevens, Mrs.
Paul Chandler, Mrs. f. 81. HazeltoD, Miss
Annette G. Gibbs, Rev. T. M. Davies, and
others participated in the exercises.
DIR. q. f. Allen will preach at the M. E..
church next Sabbath morning.
By invitation the Subordinate Lodge, T. O.
of o. f. and Encampment will accompany
Eudora Lodge. ID. OF r., on picnic to Ingalls,
grove next Wednesday.
Bridgton as usual will have her quota of
summer visitors. Among the latest arrivals
from Portland we notice Geo. +. Nelson, W.
U. Nelson and wife, A. N. HAYES, wife and
daughter, A. d. Rice and wife and Herbert f.
Libby.
BATH
Wednesday, Mayor Nichols of Bath received
check from the Hon. W. L. Putkam for the
Park fund.-
Charles .. Whitney, editor of the Lyon
county News, Marshall, Mimi, is paying
short visit to his parental home.
Harrison Republicans are jubilant over the
nomination of Blaine and Logan.
JACKSON.
A little child of Weston and Geneva Jewett
was scalded by overturning cup of hot coffee,
and died from the effects
PARKMAw.
An infant, four months old, child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Seabury, of PaSkman, died of
bed asleep, when in some way it was turned
on its face, and when found it was dead, says
the Dexter Gazette
PREsQUE ISLE
The barn of Mr.. Southland in Pressure Isle
was struck by lightning, last Sunday, and
burned with all its contents. Loss nearly
$4,000.
sKowHEGAN.
The third reunion of the Fourth Maine Bat
terry Association will be held at Skowhegan,
Wednesday, August 18th, says the Maine
Farmer. Arrangements are being made for
banquet and goud time generally. There
will he the usual excursion fares over the
Maine Central Railroad. M. B. Coffin of Win
throp, is president of the Association and Jas
A. Jones, Augusta, secretary.
sMYRNA.
Owing to the protracted wet weather the
hay crop will be somewhat heavier than was
expected, but the harvest will be very late
Grain crops are making rapid advancement
with the promise of an excellent yield.
Stock will be low this fall Lambs that last
but 50 30 to $2.75. Drovers have not yet put
in an appearance.
The potato crop will probably be fully up to
the average though it is somewhat backward
now. The demand promises to be good.
Brown & Watson are erecting large starch
factory at Smyrna Mills and Kinney & Wat
son promise TO build another on Limestone
brook to be ready in time for the fall harvest
The prices promised are % and 27 cents per
bushel.
STOCKTON.
George Brown, son of Mrs. Brown employ
ed in the Fort Point Hotel, was found dead in
his bed Sunday morning, says the Belfast Jour-
nal. He was between IL aud ID years of age
f1ammation of the bowels. When the body
was laid out it was discovered that several ribs
were fractured. A brother of the boy says that
George fell from tree on Saturday.
THoMAsToN.
Peter Cornell, who was tried in BANGOR last
February, and is Dew in the ss1te prison, it is
thought is becoming entirely insane He still
talks of his angel and in many ways causes
much anxiety TO the officials. The Italians,
Santure and CapoIe, are acting quietly and
make no particular demonstration either way.