Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-07-04

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AxnROscoca1s.
w. r. Goalding OF Lewiston appointed
delegate to the New Orleans Exposition frou
Maine will not 20. Henry S. Howe Of Bid
dsfcrd vii PROBABLY ssks his place a
alternate
Lewis Jore of Lewiston. bootblaek. sayl
the Journal has made and is worth 1880
He pat Away ss7s last year BY hard work
ARoosrooK.
Hon J. B. Hall Of jamestown. Dakota. ant
pr0miaent man there, will retarn to Aroos-
took county soon. there 10 permanently re
side.
The Aroosrook county cattle show and fai.
will be held at HoElton on Thursday, Sept
18th.
The Republican says that IS the train vas
about three miles from Carbon. the othe,
day the engineer saw q child setting on the
rail. The train could not be stopped and n
il struck the child il wss thro~n some dis.
lance but not seriously hurt II belonged "a
Robt. Porter and is only three years old
The Aroo~took county Sunday school con-
vearion will oe held at the Congregational
church in Houltnn. on Tuesday aud wednes.
day. July s and 3.
Alex. McClain Of MattAwamksag, an old
hunter, recently caught very large bear in q
trap While attempting 10 kill him With an
axe McClain vas bitten in the arm receiving
very severe wound. The bear succeeded
in escaping.
KESSEREc.
Joseph Emer of waterville got into row
10 Belfast on circus day with some of the
circus hands and had his thigh bone broken.
He had been running a side show on the
ground and was not on good terms with the
circus men.
Hon. P. F. Pike of Wayne, wife and
daughter are TO wish Iowa this season.
The Lincoln Bros. of WAYNE will soon
commence TO manufacture their patent bosom
boards at Wayne village. Mr.. Samuel Max
i'm. the inventor and patentee of the bosom
boards, has given them an order for 500, and
will undertake the sale Of them as soon as
they are manufactured, in the vicinity
Accidents seem to befall the good people
of Oakland. On Monday morning Mr.. Ansel
g. Austin fell from a staging on his new
house and fractured his collar bone, hurt hi.
spine. and otherwise seriously injured him.
self. In the afternoon Mrs. Polly Allen, the
aged mother of Geo. +. Allen, esq, fell dow n
stairs and broke her hip; her great age,
ninety years, renders such an accident very
serious matter.
PESoBscor.
Prof C. H. Fernald of the State College
is on a yachting cruise along the Maine coast
Capt. + NJ. Hersey of Bangor. and wife
arrived home from four months trip Il
Europe, Wednesday evening They had ar
enjoyable time.
The Bangor Wing says that Capt Archi
hal q al
as pilot and captsin about the Penobscot, j.
living in retirement in Rockiand.
SOMERSET.
The Somerset Central Agricultural Socie-
ty have voted to hold their next cattle show
on their grounds on Tuesday "Wednesday and
Thursday. Sept. 80, Oct |, and 2.
The last meeting ofthe Somerset Medical
Association was held at Skowhegan June go
The following officers were chosen for the
ensuing year, president, DIR. d. s. Hume.
well vice president, DIR. A. f. Farnham
secretary and treasurer. J. S. Cushing. Pa
pers were read bv Drs. Green and Merrill.
Drs. Wing and Piper were appointed to pre-.
pare papers for the next meeting.
On Sunday, June 22d, some person for
ced an entrance into the house Of Elbridgt
Cover, of Canaan. in the absence of tbs
family and stole s2l0 Grin Cover. son o.
Elbridge, was arrested but as nothing could
be found TO criminate him he was discharged
The Somerset Reporter boasts Of g family
in Skowhegan by the name Of Copp that takei
the cake for weight. The whole family
weighs 1870 pounds. There are six children.
Great fires are raging in the northern
portion Of Somerset county, Jackmentowr
and Long Pond tracts are being burned
over. Nothing can prevent the spread o.
the FIRE, and several lumber camps have
been destroyed. Ssvage's Hotel, on tn,
Jackmentown tract, is probably burned, a
the FIRE was making directly toward it. I'm
less rain sets in Immediately these fires vii
spread all over the northern section of Som
erset county.
WALDO.
The premium lists of the Waldo Count,
| Agricultural Society have been partially ar
ranged. The races and purses will be abou
| the same N last year.
The Belfast A ge says that word has latel'
been received there Of the drowning at Will
more City, s. c., Of Samuel T.. Ames Q na
tive of Maine. His wife WAS the daughter
OF the late John and Mary Stevens of Eas
| Belfast
Mrs. Dorcas Taylor Gregory, wife Of r
B. Gregory, pastor Of the Universalist church
in Belfast died on FRIDAY Jane %, aged 2:
years and 10 months. She was a native Of
Michigan and had been married only about
year. Her remains were taken TO her OLD
home Michigan for burial.
! Mrs. Jacob Wagner Of Belmont attempted
to commit suicide recently by curing hel
throat, shewas insane. She will probably re
cover.
! The Belfast Jorrnal says that few peopi'
are aware Of the extent Of the egg business
in Waldo coaaty. In msny Of the stores il
the country towns they serve as che oni,
currency. One million dozens were exporte,
| from this country last year. With the excep
ton of the hay crop eggs are the lsrges
export commodity in the county.
Many Of the leading members of tn
greenback party in Waldo county held
meeting in Belfast on Saturday, June %
They will not fuse with the democratic part,
this fall. Among those present were Judg
J. W. Knowlton Of Liberty, and Prof. L.
| Bateman of Searsmont.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders o
the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
| Co. vas held at the Court House, Belfast
Wednesday forenoon. In the absence o