Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-01-23
State News.
CUNBERIAND.

Inc graQuatlon exercises OF Tue uI>t CiAss
of 1884 of the Gorham Normal School began
yesterday.
The Dominion steamer Oregon, Captain
Williams, from Liverpool, arrived al Port
land at P. NJ, Monday. She brought %
passengers and 1900 tons of freight The
Allan steamer Polynesian. Captain Brown
from Liverpool, was at Halifax, Monday, and
was in Portland yesterday.
There was a FIRE at the corner of Portland
and Grove streets, Portland, on Monday, in a
wooden house which vas damaged about $500.
II was occupied by Geo. d. Clark and moth
er.
Pownal has q number of old people. Aunt
Rachael Dyer is IS years Of age and has been
a remarkable smart, active old lady. She
bids fair to see her Tooth birthday. She has
a daughter living. Mrs. David Estes In her
18th year. She takes care of her husbands
sister, 81 years of age, widow of Capt James
Merrymaa of Harpswell.
A letter to the Brunswick Herald from
California states that Horace r. Giveen of
Brunswick is residing at Weaverville, and
holds the position of county superintendent
of school at q salary of 5000 and princi-
pal of the Weaverville schools at 500 per
month; James E. Giveen is managing large
cattle ranch for his uncle at q large salary,
and is one of the most popular young fellows
in Trinity county; he is located at junction
City; j. W. Sweat Of Brunswick 10 on q
ranch at San Buenventura; he likes first
rate and is doing well; Fred Hall of Port
land, of Bowdoin 80. is Deputy District At
torney of Solane county, having his head
quarters at Tallejo. The correspondent adds:
There are great many Maine men in this
State, and have yet to find one that is not
doing we'll"
A great deal of excitement prevails in the
town of Warren over the brutal conduct of
one Cyrus Benner of South Warren, who,
Saturday afternoon, took his wife's corpse on
q sled and brought it to that village and
dumped it in the horse shed in the rear of
the Baptist church. The corpse was after
wards found by Mr.. Benjamin Libbey and
placed in the tomb. Benner then went home
and drove his children Give in number) out
of doors, locked the house and left for parts
unknown. The funeral services of the un-
fortunate woman were held last Sunday, and
on the front seat were five motherless mourn
ers but the father was no one knew where.
1t is currently reported that Mrs Benner
died from cruelty and exposure. Benner is
a man of good educs tion-being an excellent
penman, but of late years he has become
addicted to the use of intoxicants, and this
explains his conduct. While his wife lay
dead Saturday he became so violent that his
neighbors tied him to the bed, but he begged
so hard that he was let loose. Officers are on
the watch for his apprehension.
Several lime kilns at Rockland, have re-
Gently started up, and at the present time
there is an unusually large number in opera
ton for this season of the year.-The Rock
land Cornet Band gave concert and levee
there on the 18th inst land cleared about 1925
above expenses.-Rev. Z. L. Eastman, form
er pastor of the Free Baptist church. Rock
land, has resigned. He goes to Warwick, r.
l., where he has accepted an invitation to
become pastor of the Central church.
PENoBsCoT.
Forty-two prisoners, FIVE of whom are wo-
men, are now in Bangor Jail.
Mr.. w. ID. Eaton of Hermon, left for Bos-
ton, Sunday night. He will there meet his
brother, Mr.. Charles G. Eaton of New York
and together they will institute search for
the body of their father, N. ID. Eaton, Esq,
lost in the City of Columbus.
Tuesday morning the 10Th inst, boy, 10
years of age, pupil at the New England
Conser, atory of Music. in Boston, suddenly
disappeared when out for short walk and
no tidings of him have since been heard.
The lads name is Jesse Dean of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, and he is a grandson of Rev. r.
L. Howard of Bangor, who has been in Bos'
ton for several days assisting in the, thus far,
fruitless search for him.
All examination of the records shows that
during the past season the whole number OF
arrivals at the port of Bangor was 1876,
with a tonnage of 457,1 tons. There were,
in the foreign trade. 26 arrivals and IS clear
ances. The heaviest importations were &c.,
Cpl bushels of corn. 60, 1873 bushels of salt,
A, 1874 tons of coal, IA, 1856 casks Of lime,
ASIA barrels of kerosene oil, 1885 tons of
pig iron, $500 casks of cement, 8, los kegs
of nails, 4,2O7 tons of railroad iron, and
1900 tons of plaster rock.
SAGADAHoC.
The eel fishery on Eastern River, Dresden,
is closed for the season. John ii. Mayors OF
Dresden Centre, has bought and shipped to
New York over a ton and half of fish.
YORK.
Edmund E. Grant, aged about 90 yesrs,
Youngest son of the late Stephen Grant of
Berwick, was murdered Saturday night in
Great Falls, n. H. A row was in progress In
tenement house on Market street, occupied
by several French families. Thirty or forty
people had been attracted to the spot by the
screams of woman for help. Grant and
another young man entered the house to aid
her. when just as the former opened the door
of the room whence the screams proceeded,
a Frenchman inside threw at or struck him
with tea kettle, crushing in the side of his
head and killing him instantly. The remains
were brought to this State.