Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-10
State News.
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AxpROeCOGGIN.
A few weeks ago . young woman abou
twenty y-four years Of age, came to Lewiston
and took room No. 81 At No. on the Con
tinentsl. Within few days after her arrir
a she gave birth to . child. She vas With
out friends in the city. and lacked efRcien
nursing. For the past week or more, sh.
has been delirious and has been rapidly fail
ing. She died Monday night The CITY
physician vas notified Of the case when per
haps too Late to render assistance. She had
quite sum of money and was net in needy
Circumstances. Her home was in South
Dover, Maine. to which place the polics
have sent notification of the death and the
attendant circumstances The child that va:
born is = girl, and is still alive. The remain.
OF the mother will be taken 70 her home.
CUMBERLAND.
The first of the suits against the druggists
Phillips against Alden. will be tried in
the Superior court next Friday. d. A. Mea.
her, Esq. Will appear as counsel for Phillips,
and Hon. W. F. Lunt for Alden. There will
be great interest in this trial as the result will
virtually decide most of the remaining suit:
brought BY Phillips.
Mr.. Donald C. Clark, of the senior class,
of Bowdoin College, who is spending vacation
of the alumni of the college in the vicinity to
aid in defraying the expenses of the crew
which is TO take part in the inter collegiate
boat race the coming summer. He has met
with cordial reception from those of the
alumni he has called upon. and they have
subscribed literally to the fund. Bowdoin
will this year send an excellent crew to take
part in the regatta. 1t is expected that some
time during the spring there will be some
races arranged between the Union Rowing
Association of Portland and the Bowdoin
crew.
The County Commissioners of Cumberland
county. have decided to have ali the county
road plans retraced and bound in book form
by Mr.. Fernald.
T. p. MCGOWAN of Portland, has received
instructions from the Allan and othel
European steamship lines whereby outward
steerage rates have been reduced from 32s
to S2l.
Rev. Andrew MCGOWAN, d. D., the retir
ing pastor of Chestnut street church of Port
land, has been appointed by the New England
NJ. T. conference to the psstorate of the Bos
ton street church. Lynn. Mass.
Rev. Ernest F. Borchers who was at Nortl
Bridgton for ls6s-7l, and North yarmouth
1877 is now at Selma, California, preach
ing part of the time to his countrymen in
German.
The Portland city government have voted
to raise $500 for a Fourth of July celebra
ton.
kENNEBEc.
Conductor Cobb of the Maine Central. re
ceived news Monday of severe accident t.
his brother, Marcellus Cobb. who has recent
ly returned from the West and has been visit
inn pnlp Ia H. -, Al 4
In chopping with an axe he cut into his foot
severing one joint and the cords of his foot
PENoBsCoT.
large force of Italians, numbering abou
sixty, have completed their work on the
Piscataquis extension and departed th.s week
for New York.
Mr.. Willard Patten, formerly of Bangor
has fine position in the choir of ST. Mark.
Episcopal church in Minneapolis.
SAGADAHoc.
The dory launched at Bath. Saturday which
will make a transatlantic voyage passed
Bangs Island, Tuesday ,on the way to Boston
and Capt. Traynor asked Mr.. John Brackets
for some matches as he forgot to bring any
from Bath.
Richmond II. Ford, formerly of Richmond
has been arrested in Boston for the larceny
OF 4f6 copper oil cups and & quantity of bells
and car window braces, all the property OF
the Metropolitan Railroad Company, anC
valued at $3.50. Ford was formerly driver
on the road.
WALDO.
The semi-monthly temperance paper entitled
the Maine Temperance Record is to be issued
by Bracket & Co., of Belfast, the date o.
its appearance being about June lst.
YORK.
The operatives in the shoe shop of Emer,
& Holmes, Saco, are on a strike. not fol
higher wages. bat for a safer place to work
in. They allege that the building is unsafe
and liable to fall down upon them at any
time, and refuse to work until it is repaired
Forty five girls in the stitching department
went cut Monday morning, and II men il
the bottomipg department left at the same
time An investigation of the building wa.
made. Friday, at the instigation of Mr.. EN-
cry, when it was pronounced decidedly un
safe Monday afternoon the agent of ths
building sent men to work upon the unsafe
wall. which will be replaced with a solid
one.