Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-03-24
state News.



The organization of . Grand ARMY Pos
at Yarmouth is being agitated- Yarmouth
has sixty old soldiers, Who are members o;
the Burnside Post, of Auburn
The Maine division, Sons of Veterans,
will meet in annual convention in Portland,
April 10th. Arrangements are being made
to entertain one hundred and fifty delegates.
KExxEBEc.
Judge Danforth of Gardiner. has been as-
signed for the term of s. J. court, which op-
ems in Belfast next month.
The appointment of C. W. Smiley as Chief
of Police at Waterville, gives general salts
faction. Mr.. Smiley has been the night
Waterman at the mill.
The trustees Oft the Maine Industrial School
At Hallovell lately chose a committee, con-
sisiing of Hon. Sidney Perham. Major E.
Rowell. Mrs. L. NJ. n. Stevens, Mrs. Hamil-
ton of Saco. and Mrs. Dickerson of Belfast,
to take into consideration the erection of a
new industrial school building. The commit
tee held meeting Friday afternoon at the
custom house in Portland. A report will be
made to the trustees when the committee
reach definite conclusion.
Mr.. H. c. Nelson. of Wsterville, has re-
ceived his load of high-blooded young horses
from Kentucky. All of the horses are
young There are four of them. All but one
are bays. They were bred to the following
sires One by Dictator, half brother to jaw
Eye See, q very handsome bay. two years
old; one by a son of Gerge Wilkes. hand
some bay colt less than year old; one by
Egbert, a black three-year-old; and the re
manning, two-years, bv Blsckwood. They
have been three weeks on the way.
The waterville Mail says: One of the
most pleasant reunions of which we have
heard was that at the residence of our es-
teemed citizen, E. c. Lowe, occasioned by
the returned of his son, F. B. Lowe, and
family. from Kansas to visit the home of his
childhood. On Sunday Mar. l6 the entire fam
lily, consisting of Mr. E c. Lowe and wife, their
sons F. Lowe, wife and daughter of Kan
sas, James Lowe, wife and two daughters of
Oakland. Me, and Edward I. Lowe of Port
land. Ne their daughters Mrs. James M.
Wall, husband and daughter. and Mrs. F.
Moor, husband, son and daughter Of this vii
lage, all sat down to q sumptuous dinner, re-
united for the first time in twenty years.
Mrs. J. b. Britt, sister of Mrs f c. Lowe,
and Miss Sears of Portland, were also pres
ent. The occasion will ever be remembered
as one of rare enjoyment and happiness.
Charles Wheeler, son Of Mr.. Sumner
Wheeler. employed in the M. c. r. r. wood
shop, Waterville, had the misfortune to lose
three fingers of his left hand by a circular
saw on Tuesday.
Mr.. Angie Smith, late of Hotel Smith.
Waterville, is. very sick again
Mr.. c. A. Wilson. a young man employed
in the mill, at Waterville, was a soldier in
the British Marines in the Egyptian cam
paign of 1882 and witnessed the lombard
ment of Alexandria. He saw some hard
,l,,r; sba q
severe wound in the leg He has lately re-
ceived from the English Government two
pounds of prize money coming from the
indemnity fund.
PIscATAoUIs.
The Piscataquis Observer says that in the
event of Chief Justice Peters promotion to a
place on the bench of the Circuit Court OF
the United States, the friends of Hon. A. G.
Lebroke, of Foxcroft, will ask the governor
to nominate him for Associate Justice of the
Supreme Judicial Court of the State OF
Maine; or, if Judge Danforth. whose term OF
office soon expires, should not be re-appoint-
ed, and Judge Peters should remain where he
is, Judge Lebroke's friends will ask the gov
ernor to name him for Judge Danforth's
place.
SAGADAHoC.
The following numbers drew prizes at the
late Odd Fellows fair. The managers re-
quest parties holding them to come forward
and claim the articles. No. SO, Gala lilly
tidy 1870, IT" quilt; 1898, Hanging lamp.
Hon Enoch Foster will preside at the
which commences the first Tuesday in April.
SOMERSET.
Joshua Fogg, who died at Schuyler, Ned.
March ), aged SO, was member of the larg.
est family that ever lived in Cornvile. Me,
consisting of nine sons and eight daughters
Mr.. Fogg commanded the military company
of Cornville, and was in the war of 1912. He
built and ran the first hotel at Mt. kineo.
Deacon Rufus Bixby, a venerable and high
" esteemed citizen of Norridgewock, died
on Thursday morning, March 20th,i in the S0tt
year of his age. He was born November 5,
1875. He was the last survivor but one of q
large family of Deacon Solomon Bixby. who
came from Worcester county, Mass, and wal
one of the earliest settlers on the Kennebec
river. He was a soldier in the war of 1912
WALDO.
The Belfat Journal says that on the farm
of John Snow of Sedgwick, are two rocks
one bearing the cross of the Knights OF
Jerusalem and the other the cross of st
Andrew both of which were engraved prior
to 176l, when the farm was taken up by Mr..
Shows father. The place appears to have
been resort for early voyagers. as is proved
by frequently finding tools of soft iron.
AT LARGE.
The railway line between Grand Falls and
Edmonston has been blocked fer four weeks,
and on Sunday Mar. 16 had not been opened
Over a week ago a special train left Aroos-
took Junction for Grand Falls, and on Mon
day succeeded in reaching its destination.
From ten to twelve feet of snow has faller
in fact the storms this winter were fal
worse than those of last year, and as there
is but one train now running, it is almost i'm
possible to keep the road open. A few
nights ago an engine with a drift snow-plo~
was sent out to clear tn. road. On reaching
a point called the BLUFF" the pillow jumped
the track and wen. over the embankment
and it now lies on the ice in the ST. Johr
river, between Grand Falls and Edmonston
1t is likely that the New Brunswick Railway
Company will not reopen the road this win
ter above st. Leonard.