Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-26
State News.
ScoG6N.

druggist was before the S j. Court at Auburr
Wednesday afternoon. Judge Wing counse
for the defendant moved that the writ be in
dorsed as the plaintiff lived out of the State
Mr.. Phillips claimed that his home is nov in
Portland and that he had closed out his prop
erty in Massachusetts, had come to Maine
with the intention of making this State hi.
home. He was examined bv the court
After an examination of the plaintiff the
court suggested that if the plaintiff still de,
sired to do so, the deposition of parties as to
residence. had better be taken, the conrt ex.
pressing belief, that the plaintiff is not a resi-
dent of Maine.
ARoosrooK.
A Caribou correspondent says: Spring
has come and the voice of the turtle is heard
in the land. The season is fully two weeks
in advance of former years. The long con-
tinued warm and wet weather has taken the
snow all off and the rivers and streams are
full. 1t is needless to aay that the travelling
is not the best. and that there is little mud
on the street crossings.
CUMBERLAND.
About $500 were cleared BY the Hospital
management in Portland, Wednesday night.
The net receipts of the late fair are placed a,
%. 500.
The republican First District convention,
to nominate a candidate for Congress has
been called to meet in Portland, May 2sth.
Thursday morning the tall dry grass in
Western cemetery, Portland, took fire, it is
supposed from the carelessness of children
who we're allowed to play in the yard. The
flames spread rapidly and burned over fully
an acre, doing considerable damage to wooden
fences in the cemetery. Hose carriages were
r.. -,
fight succeeded in checking the fire.
kKNNEBEc.
The ice in lake Maranac0ok is beginning
to break up. The water is very high and has
formed a lake, on the other side of what il
known as Dead Stream bridge, of nearly two
miles in circumference. and one can row q
boat from this lake. 90 formed, into Lake
Maranacook itself, directly across the road
and boat is kept At this point to ferry foo
passengers across.
have begun shipping brick to Winthrop
Oakland and other places on the line of the
Maine Central. They intend to do a large
amount of work this season. They have 8
nice quality of clay in their bank and have
ordered a machine from Philadelphia t.
make pressed brick for the fronts of build
ings. They are only waiting for pleasant
weather to commence operations on brick
Mr.. F. c. Wyman of Litchield met with
q very painful accident Saturday, Apr. 10Th
As he was removing pin from one of the
beams Of q new hay press that he and Wal
droD had just built and set up for the frs
time in his father, William Wyman's barn
one of the beams of the press with q heavy
casting attached suddenly fell, the fiangs o.
the casting striking upon one of his feet
breaking and crushing three toes next thu
large one and badly bruising the other.
OXFORD.
Gen. George L. Beal Of Norway, who ha,
been confined to his house by sickness, fol
some time, is better.
PENoBsCoT.
The outlook for building in Bangor is no
good at present, but considerable repairing
will be done, especially on residences, says
the Commercial.
Mrs. Catherine Frost. who lives on Sprinf
St. Dexter; received q check for 8l9l0, 40
Wednesday, on account of back pension fol-
her son who was q member of the Fourth
Maine Battery and killed during the war
Mrs. Frost and her husband purpose soon tC
60 to California, it is reported.
The case of the original packages will mo-
come on trial this week, being postponed on
occount of the absence of Hon. Joshia Crosby
in Bangor. 1t will probably come up mex
Tuesday The decision of Judge Sprague OF
Dexter lis awaited with interest.
Furber Flynt of Dexter, does a good busi-
ness in buying up stock of various kinds. Ir
the course of q year he has sent off as many
as 2OOO sheep from this station, and l3Ot
from Lincoln. He has had as many as Ion
head of cattle on hand at one time. He ha
sent off 700 cattle in year, doing a busnes
of $50, 900. He sends his stock to Brighton
WAsHINGToN.
The Castine ADVERTISE saws: We under
stand the bridges at Matawamkeag and Dan
forth have been carried away by the freshet
in consequence of which no western mail ha
been received here since Monday, and ther,
is no telling when we shall have another, a,
there seems to be an impossible gap between
the east and the west of the two rivers for tn,
present.
A twelve year old girl named Delina Baldu
of Biddeford, was crushed between a building
and heavy cart Thursday, and was so Sc
verely crushed that her recovery is doubtful
AT LARGE.
| An active Franklin & Megantic railroad mar
of Strong informs the Pennington Chroni
Gle that the sleepers for that road are all pur
chased and that il is the intention to use thu
iron and rolling stock of the Sandy rive
road for the Franklin & Megantic after tn,
gauge of the former is changed to broad, ol
standard, which he said will be done early
the coming season.