Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-01-05
state News.
FRANKLIN.

People in Pennington and vicinity were
! much alarmed, on Friday, at an incident
which no one has been able to explain. Al
intervals during the afternoon and evening
they heard . peculiar rumbling sound, which
continued for several seconds and then died
away gradually. Several who have visited
Niagara say the sound resembled very much
that produced by the falling of the immense
body Of water over the falls.
SAGADAHoc.
The other day $500 pounds of smells were
shipped by fstermen of Bath and vicinity.
by the American Express Co., to Boston.
The net returns for smelt the past week, to
Bath fishermen amounted to over $1,000
The large buyers in Bath received dispatches
from Boston, saying that there was no sale
for smelt. This was bad news for some of
them. owing to the large quantity that had
been shipped recently.
At meeting of the corporators of the
Peoples 25cent Saving Bank at Bath, in their
rooms Wednesday the End, inst. the treasur-
er's report was read and showed that the
bank had prosperous business during the
past eight months, since the new Board of
Trustees were elected. The surplus of earn
ings amounted to ZOO after paying diyi-
dends of a per cent, and paying $1,000 to
the new reserve fund as required by law. 1t
was learned from the report of the trustees
that the loans had increased in value and
wherever there had been doubtful securities,
more collateral had been given or the pay
ments made. The following were elected
trustees for the ensuing year: G. c. Moses,
j. d. Robinson. j. R. Kelley, Gordon 5.
Preble and Reuben S. Hunt.
SOMERSET.
lodge OF the Ancient Order of United
Workmcp vii ha rta1 in E.i
Monday evening, at 7.30 P. NJ, by w. II.
Vose, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge Of Massachusetts, which has jurisdic-
ton over the six New England States.
Installation of officers of Andrews Post,
No. Al, G. A. R., of Athens, will be held at
Harmony, Jan. llth, in the evening.
instead of the 18th. Installation, oysters and
dance--Rev John Friend Jr. has his reg
ular yearly appointment at the school house
at North Athens, New Years day.
The following are the real estate transfers
which have been recorded in Somerset county
during the past week: Skowhsgan-Edwin
F. Moody to Joseph Moody, 81. Martin d.
Ward to James b. Dascomb, $1,000. Clarence
M. Allen to John II. Dane ct al, $1,000.
Pittsield-John B. Cross to lydia Maria
Cross, $500. Deborah w. Leavitt ct ais to
Emulus S. Plummer, $500. New Portland
Hiram s. Clapp to Paulina L Lisbon, 500.
Hiram Sallvy to Hiram S. Clapp, $500. Fair
fleld-Charles L. Tobey to Alfred X. Mel
son ct al, $2400. Alfred X. Nelson ct al
to Noah H. Skillings, $1,000 Fairfield
Ebeu S. Fogg to Henry Fogg ct al. $500.
Francis Ksnrick to Edward p. keRrlck
81. Fairfield and Smithfeld-Asa G.
Whitney to Cullen Ward, $500. Corn
ville-Charles II. Richards to Marcellus
w. Richards, 500. Pslmyra-Lucv A.
nla,, L d., Il
Sll00. St. Albans-Mary E. Nye to Antho
ny A. Bragg, 1852 so. Stephen H. Bragg ct
ais to Anthony A. Bragg, 1925. Israel
Woodbury. to Baxter Woodbury., 81. Arson
C. A. Stuart to Mark Emery Jr. ct ais,
$50. Bingham-Romandel M. Cooley to
Benjamin Cooley, Con-, discharge of mort
gage. Embden-Temple Ireland ct ais, to
Fanny May Ireland ct ais, 81. Norridge-
wock-Fred Longley at ais to Cullen Ward,
Sl20.
The county commissioners have appointed
Michael H. Haley, of Prospect, overseer at
the Belfast Jail yard.
The prisoners at the Jail in Belfast, got to
fighting among themselves one evening re-
Gently, and refused to go to their cell, but
Packard, the turnkey, succeeded in over
towering them and locked them up One
tramp had razor with which he wounded
himself in the hand.
Last week Mr.. F. A. Gilkey, of Belfast
sold seven tickets to be used in passing home
a family from Australia via of San francisco,
to a town in Waldo county. The man has
been a resident of Australia for thirty years
The seven tickets amounted to Sl100.
Mr.. Ii. Fl. Carter, who is obtaining SUBJ
scriptions to the stock of the Belfast marine
railway, informs the Belfast Journal that he
has obtained nearly the required amount,
$4,000, and it may be regarded as certain
ty that the railway will be built as soon A.
spring opens.
The trustees of the Waldo county agricul
tural fair recently held a meeting in Belfast,
and decided to have, some time this month,
meeting of farmers. in a certain place, posi-
bly, Waldo for the benefit of all concerned.
They expect to have Mr.. Gilbert. secretary
of the Maine Board of Agriculture, to ad
dress the meeting, and are now correspond
ing with Mr.. ID. B. johnson, the Waldo
county member of the board.
The barn owned by Otis McKenney of Bel
fast, situated on the Augusta road one mile
form the town, was burned on Friday night,
Dec. 18th. together with quantity of hay,
farming implements, and the handsome city
hack which Mr.. Mckinney drove last sum
mer. 1t must have been the work of an in
ne pIopefty was WIN
Heating & Field, agents. There was $500
on the hack, 5000 on the barn, 800 on the
hay and 500 on the farming implements.
The following are the transfers in real estate
in Waldo county for the week ending Jan. LIST.
Frank E. Brown, Natick, Mass to Fred Fl.
Brown, jackson. Josiah Black, Searsport,
by will. to Herbert Black & ais, same town.
Z. NJ. Coleman, Lincclnville, to Everett L
Wade, same town. Herbert w. Edgecomb,
Belfast. to Gilbert K. Ellis, same town.
Nancy Grant. Monroe, to John S. Twombly,
same town. Estate of George H. Hall, Win
terport, to Albine II. Curtis, same town.
Jane ID. Knight & ais, Camden, to N. F.
Houston. Belfast. John c, Robbins, Belfast,
to Augustus NJ. Robbins, same town. Enoch
H. Tebbetts, Bangor, to VIM. q. Clayton,
same town. E. II. Tebbetts & al, to WIN.
o. Tebbetts, same town. Elizabeth j. and
John NJ Thompson, Unity. to Mary L. and
Amasa E. Sanford, Palermo. John Watts,
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