Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-28

CUMBERLAND.

| The Argus says the potato bug has already
put in an appearance and thar gentleman in
Deering has killed several feeding upon DO
tato leaves scarcely larger than the bugs
The annual meeting of the Portland Army
and Navy Union was held at their hsaduusr.
ters Monday eve. The following gentlemen
we're elected officers for the ensuing wear
president. Charles E. Somerby; vice presi.
dents, j. Cole. John Gooding, Jr., James G
Sanborn; treasurer, Robert B. Swift; sec
retary, j. c. NJ. Fur5ish; assistant secreta.
~, W H. Tanner, chairman of relief com
mittee. Seth c. Gordon, NJ d.
OXFORD.
The Hon. E. B. Washburne intends thi:
summer TO make carriage tour through all
parts of Oxford County, Me.
correspondent of the Portland Argus
says The Oxford and Norway base ball
clubs played little game Saturday afternoon,
resulting is score of 80 to l2 in favor OF
Oxford. The Oxfords are one of the bes.
amateur clubs in the State. The Norway
boys are good fellows but little wild. They
brought down % or so gallons of prohibitory
amendment and all Clipped in for a good
time. They had lots of fun fighting with
fists ami stones and clubs. For time the
officers Of the law were powerless to stem the
Sunday evening as George Pulsifer, wife
and child of Paris, were returning from 4
pleasure ride on the road between Sumner
and Paris. with the team of Rev. J. E. Coch-
rane, the bride of the harness broke. The
horse started and ran distance of two and
half miles. Mr.. Pulsifer was thrown from
the carriage about a mile from the village.
and the horse with reins loose went tearing
like mad through the main street of the vii
lage with only Mrs Pulsifer and child in the
carriage, until arriving at the parsonage.
when turning into the yard sharply the car
riage struck the picket fence and Mrs. p. and
child were thrown on the other side Medical
attendance was Immediately summoned. Ex-
tent OF injury not known.
Sunday Samuel Wardwell of Oxford motto
ed commotion among his sheep Going
out into the pasture he found boy had
caught one of his finest lambs and was just
tying its legs with a rope. At first the boy
said that the lamb run off with his tobacco in
its mouth. He tied its legs the lamb
would not kick him while he was taking the
tobacco out Afterwards he confessed that
man offered him 81 80 if he would steal
one of Mr.. Wardwells lambs for him.
SAGADAHoc.
Col. F. d. Sewall of Bath left Monday for
q usHIHk cruise W hdHseict. Seudtot rty Z
went with him.
YORK.
II has Just been learned that among the
number lost in the recent steamship State of
Florida disaster, was a Scotch girl named
Susan McDermott who was a former opera
tive in the York mills, Saco. She was among
the third lot who came from Glasgow in
search of work. She worked about four
months in Saco, boarding at No. II on the
corporation. where she gained many friends
of her own nationality. She then went to
Manchester and after remaining there two
years, started with Mary Read of Great Falls,
for her home in Glasgow on the ill-fated
steamer. She was about 10 years of age.
The Bath Times says: Saturday afternoon
Capt Woodbury. Purington of Topsham, was
in town. He had in his pocket two town of
Dunkirk Indiana bonds if $500 each. When
he arrived home Saturday night he found that
he had lost the bonds, but could not possibly
tell when or where. Monday morning he re-
turned to Bath and made inquiries and was
informed that pieces of the missing bonds
had been seen by several in the water closet
at the depot. One man said he saw a large
piece on the floor Saturday and picked it up
and read it. 1t had $500 on it in large figures
but did not think that it was any good. The
vault of the closet was opened and with a
rake man succeeded in obtaining enough
pieces of both bonds so that they can be re-
deemed