Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-19
State News.


The Journal saws The trustees Of the State
| Fair held meeting in Portland last week.
Among other business they decided TO open
the Fair Monday and hold i; five days. q
grand stand will De constructed capable of
seating 5000 people
ARoosrook.
The annual report Of the selectmen of
/ Houlton will show decrease of the towns
I indebted of something over four thous an
| dollars from last wears report
| Court closed Wednesday forenoon 9th,
after q session of IA days. Number of cases
on the docket, $50. of which 2s5 we're new
entries. About $50 cases were disposed of.
leaving $50 still on the docket
KESSEBEc.
Mr.. S. S. Conan,, editor of Harper's Week
ly rho has been mysteriously missing for the
past two months. was q nephew of the late
Rev Mr.. Chaplin. former pastor of Bangor
and grandson of the late President Chaplin
of Wsterville College.
KNOX.
Bark Adolph Gbrib of Camden, from CAL
cutts. which arrived in New York. Saturday.
reported that four OF the crew were taken
sick few DAYS from from port and died and
were buried at sea
Station Agent Barrows reports sending on,
from The East Sumner ststion, over 700 iors
of freight in 20 days in February. Most of
the wood shipped goes 20 the pulp company
at GilbertsviIe.
Two quite sudden dea hs occurred in Buck
field Lass week. Mrs. Mary. wife Of Benja-
mia SpaGldine, of tie well known firm If
Atwood, Spsnldirg Co. snd Ry Philo
Hersey, father OF o. II. Jersey, Ed. of the
law firm of Blsbee & Hersey. Elder Hersey
Ma "a able and faithful, minister OF the Ere.
Ba"-'sf denomination, ard former preaehs d
at East Bucktie,i. For several years pas. ne
has resided in Bnckfeii. and 90 account of
age and pour health las been contiled at
home.
PENoBscor.
Corinna is greatly excited over the advent
of n revival man named Nickerson. He pre-
diets that the Savior will appear April 29th,
and number of people are preparing for the
event.
The new Bangor city government was in
augurated Monday. The Mayors address
showed the valuation of the city to be
s9,3l2 1913; liabilines, $685. 900; city real
estate, including water works, SS0l 900
The steamer Penobscot will be plabed on
the Bangor and Boston route the first week
III hpi anu IN Win stthiutT hd-
tahdin, the two boats making four trips per
week.
PIscATAQUIs
Several gentlemen of LYNN, Mass, have
purchased some land near Bear pond, a
beautiful sheet of water in Eliotviiie town
ship, about ~ miles from Monson village
where they intend 10 build a club house
early in the season.
Tho I.t,s ,nI
Monson, are very attractive, as the trout
fishing in them is good and the scenery grand.
aud they are becoming quite famous.
Charles Roderic, a Canadian living in
Foxcrott, was arrested Thursday for selling
liquor, and fined $50 and costs. says the
Bangor Wing. That afternoon he assaulted
| a French woman who toid the officers where
he was secreted when arrested for the LIQUOR
selling, and for this was arrested, tried and
sentenced to thirty days in Bangor Jail. 1t lie
said he was driven out of Watervlle for
liquor selling.
SAGADAHoC.
| Mrs. John Deering, widow of the late Mr.
Deering, formerly of Bath, is at present the
proprietor of large farm in Kansas. eight
miles from Lawrence. She has entire man
sgement of the farm of 1870 acres and only
during the busy season engages a man She
has two daughters and three sons. The old
est son is twenty years of age. They do all
the labor on the farm. There are 500 apple
trees, 2000 strawberry plants plenty of rasp
berry plants and large number of peach and
pear trees. Mr.. Deering left Bath in 1857
witt party from here among whom were
| Mr.. C. A. Coombs. Mr.. Deering died in 1880
of consumption. Mrs. Deering is an Illinois
girl. and has since her husbands death man
aged the affairs of the farm
WALDO.
At the fire at the county buildings. in Bel
fast. Saturday morning, it is said that about
$1,000 worth OF liquors which had been seized
at different times, and was stored in the Gel
lar of the house were burned. Three of the
prisoners, tramps, escaped
WASHINGTON.
The PASSPORT Sentinel saws A shark
eleven feet long was found dead on ledge
near Quoddy Head Life Station, one day last
week. Capt. Myers forwarded it to Prof
Baird at Washington, by Mondays steamer
During the month of February nineteen
vessels with ), 307 200 frozen herring arrived
at Gloucester from Passport, and fourteen
fares, D 220 600. from Fortune Bav,a total of
10. 527 900 herring.
YORK.
james boweii OF SoutD BERWICK, while IN
toxicated, Saturday night, attempted to drive
through the Salvation Army, having previ-
ously threatened to do so. No one was hurt
Lowell was arrested and held in 800 bonds
for his appearance Monday,
The inaugural address of the mayor of Bid
deford shows the liabilities of the city to be
s25s, SS7.S9 resources 79,72454. The six
per cent. bonds falling due in May next call
for a new issue, and the treasurer is of the
/ opinion that 81 per cent. twenty year bonds
can be sold at par. Tie following subordi-
nate officers were chosen; city treasurer, o.
F. Page; collector, R NJ. johnson; solicit
tor, n. B. Walker; city physician. r. G.
Milliken; overseers of poor, n. B. Osgood
Michael Bowen, Paul T. Lebonte: chief en-
ginevr fire department. Willism Boston, CITY