Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-08
State News.


Hannibal 81. Coombs of Mattavamkeag.
dropped dead in the road about O'Clock
Thursday evening". He vas walking home
from the village With two friends when he
threw up his hands and exclaimed: ssOh
my God" and dropped dead A physician
was at once called but there we're no signs of
life. He served in the war of the Rebellion
in the gallant 9Th Maine Regiment and vas .
bravo soldier
CUMBERLAND.
There is talk Of some sculling races in
Portland harbor between the Bowdoin crew
and . crew of Portland oarsmen.
Saturday the Portland Locomotive Com
pany delivered the last two locomotives of
the lot which it contracted to build for the
Northern Pacific road locomotive for the
Maine Central was also finished last week.
Died at Gray, Saturday. 5th inst, Mr.
John Hunt aged about eighty years. Mr.
Hunt belonged to one of our oldest families,
who became large land proprietors in the
settlement of this town as early as 1850, when
Gray was known as New Boston.
Messrs. Cornish and Bolster of the Execu-
tive Council, accompanied BY Mr.. Albion
Little of the board of trustees, visited the
Reform School Saturday and we're much
pleased with the progress of the pupils in the
new mechanical school. After consultation
with Mr.. Houghton, the overseer, it was
decided TO purchase an engine and boiler, Jig
saw, planer. and lathe for the shop. The
school affords the boys, who behave we'll, a
good trade and also teaches them discipline.
FRANKLIN.
The Young men of the vicinity of Phillips,
with some of the veterans. met Saturday
evening to organize a military company, re-
fhn uph
elected Captain Al. j. Goodwin, Ist Lieu
tenant; VIM. II. Mckeen, I'd Lieutenant,
and VIM II. Babb Orderly Sergeant. The
non commissioned officer will be appointed
as soon as a code of bylaws have been adopt
ed and signed bv the mambers. The State
will furnish arms and equipments.
j. B. Marble, proprietor of Hotel Marble"
has leased the "Rangely Lake House" at
Rangely for five years, and will put in first
class condition for the summer.
HANCOCK.
The Berlz school of languages will es-
tablish a summer school at Buckspo if suffi-
cent announcement is given by the citizens,
German and French will be taught by the
conversational method by native teachers.
KENNEBEc.
Mr.. Frank Thayer of Waterville has bought
the south half of the old Dodge & Scammon
lot next above DR.. j. II. Hanson's lot, on
Elm street, and will build handsome house
upon it Immediately. There will evidently
be considerable house building in Waterville
this year.
KNOX.
The wife of Jedediah Mills of Camden,
aged 40 years. attempted suicide by cutting
her throat, Friday morning She was par
TALLY deranged. She was thought to be in q
dying condition FRIDAY.
The Rockland Opinion learns that the sar-
dine packing establishment at Camden has
suspended business for the season, and por-
tion of the machinery and other materials
have already been shipped to Eastport.
OXFORD.
There is a strange mortality among the
bees in the town of Oxford. II. o. Black
has lost every swarm, Seth Faunce has lost
every swarm and Mr.. Twitchell on Gore
street has lost three swarms. Others re-
port heavy losses. Mr.. Blake thinks his got
something off elm trees which killed them.
Mr. Twitchell attributes the death of his to
willows beside the brook. 1t is probable
that the sudden cold last fall changed the
starch in the flowers into poison.
PENoBsCoT.
The city council of Bangor have unani-
mously voted to make no appropriation
towards the proposed celebration of the semi
centennial of that city.
The Maine Veteran Association of Massa-
chusetts have accepted an invitation to visit
Bangor during the coming summer as the
guests of Post Beale, G. A. X
Mis-. Morse, the aged mother of L j.
Morse. Esq. Bangor, during Friday night
met with a fall by which her thigh was frac-
tured. She is now nearly Dinety-one years
of age and it is feared she will not rally
from the effects of the accident.
Alexander Welch OF Bangor, who was re-
ported Saturday as critically i'll, died on the
forenoon of that day. Some of his friends
thought he had been poisoned in a drinking
dive and desired a post mortem, which was
made. The autopsy disclosed that death
resulted from natural causes and not from
poison.
A Philadclbhia exchange SAYS: The cat
sown at Horticultural Hall in Philadelphia
continues t. amuse hundreds Of visitors. The
most -rjstocratic arriv Al is the famous coon
cat from Bangor. Me-. valued at 81 900 He oc-
cupies double compartments in a conspicuous
position on the stage.
SOMERSET.
Mr.. Phillips of druggist fame does not paw
his bills for the service of writs against par
ties. Somerset deputy sheriff has a bill
against him which he is unable to get,so says
an exchange.
YORK
Thursday night, April 4th, as a freight
train on the Eastern Railroad was moving
along at a rapid rate, a short distance from
Portsmouth. N. H., the engineer saw 3 man
upon the track and whi.tled several times and
tried to stop the train, but it was impossible.
The mai was run over and mangled shock
ingly. Later his body was brought to Ports
mouth, where il identified as that of
Robert Littlefeld of Kennebunk, Me.
Ar LARGE.
A game between the base ball clubs of
Bowdoin and Harvard has been arranged to
take place on the sixth of next month
Owen p. Smith, lumber manufacturer, An
dover, has failed and gone into insolvency.
E. L. Bean, dealer in general merchandise,
Searsmont. is compromising with his credi-
tors at IS cents on the dollar, giving notes
running two. three and four months.
The twenty-sixth annual session of the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Maine
will be held in Bangor. April 90 and "a. As
there are over 200 lodges and 10000 men,
bers in the State tere will probably be q
large delegate attendance. Reduced fares
have been secured on the railroads. Circu-