Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-06
State News.
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The Maine Agricultural Association will
meet at Lewiston, November 18th.
o. N. Pinkham. secretary of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association and other dis
tinguished gentlemen will be present.
The prize declamations by the second di-
vision of the Freshman class of Bates col
lege occurred at the college chapel. Friday
evening, Oct 3lst The Committee of award.
consisting of A. B. Morrill,, C.. A. Washburn
and c. A., Scott of the Senior class, selected
to take part in the prize contest. Messrs.
Smith, Townsend, Tinker and Tibbetts.
ARoosrooK.
A man named J. t Jones, who was connect
ed with the Messenger. a paper recently
published in Bangor, arrested in HouIt0n
last Friiay, aud committed TO gail TO await
trial at the February term of the Supreme
Judicial Court at that place. He has lately
been taking subscriptions in a number of
towns for the Lewiston Journal. Boston
Journal and other papers, which he offered
at half rates, and appropriated the money
thus obtained to his own use.
singular and serious accident occurred
/ in Easton last week. says the Aroostook
/ Herald Andrew Orr was AT work with q
steam drilling mnehne near the boundary
/ line, and while thus employed on Tuesday,
the 23d inst rhe heavy sand pump, weighing
600 pounds, fell upon and crushed him BY
the side Of a hard wood plank. The pump
was removed as soon possible, and he wa.
found with his head Ii eralv driven iuto
very narrow space between the pump and the
plank, which saved him IRON instant death
His right cheek bone was crushed, the eye
4 forced from its socket. the drums of his ear.
burst blood poured from ears, mouth snG
nostrls, and he laid in an unconscious con
dition for several hours He is now in a fail
way to recover unless brain fever sets in.
CUMBERLAND.
A granite foundation is being put in place
at Yarmouth Junction on which to construc
a neat ana attractive station.
kENNEBEC.
The ladies' of the Congregational churcl
and society. Monmouth Center held a yer,
successful fair recently. An old fashioned
supper was served in the vestry on two even
ings. A large company partook of the eat
ables consisting of baked beans, brown bread
cold meats. hot coffee, etc, the tables filling
every available space in the vestry. TIL,
fair was held in the audience room of tn,
church The proceeds of the occasion wer,
nearly two hundred dollars.
LINCOLN.
Capt. Thomas Seavy of Port Clyde, age(
20. in temporary fit of insanity committed
suicide by hanging in a chamber of his house
Saturday
OXFORD.
The starch factory at Chapman Mills, An
dover, has shut down for the season. ate
making nearly five thousand bushels of pota
toes into starch. says the Democrat.
Bear killing has been carried on more sue
cessfully in Oxford county than in any pre-
vious year; S. NJ Locke and A. A. Wurthle
being the champion hunters-Lock ahead il
numbers-Wo in number killed frou
one tree. having killed three in less tina
fifteen minutes
The Oxford Democrat says: Apples ar
very abundant this year. Several farmers i
Hebron will have as many AS 800 barrels @
grated fruit 10 sell. Seconds and cider apple
are almost worthless in many places TIL
corn and grain is good. Potatoes have fai
yield. Winter apples are being sold f-om 3
to 81 so per barrel in Canton; fall fruit ant
number grated fruit is sold from 20 to 4
cents per bushel, while cider apples are sol
at any price to suit the purchaser. o, Rey
nolds & Son of Canton. report their yield abou
800 bushels apples, but not very good as the
were ojured badly by the fearful hail storm
early in the season.