The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-12-31
MAINE NEWS.
Lots q, u,ts..,s II W est Gardiner.

Mrs, Abigail Stone, wife of tho late Hon
William Caldwell, If Augusta, died on the
10th inst.
Good apples are selling in Bangor for Is
cents and 81 90 barrel, and are brought in
in large quantities.
The number of patients ut the Insane
Hospital is larger than ever before, there being
492 there last week.
The kidder barn, in Stark, one of the lug-
est in the State, was burned n few days ago.
1t wis owned by stephen Mills,
Ilettie ClouGh, wife Of Chas. Clough, died At
Dayton, Dec, 20, aged 100 years. She had
been confined in bed twenty years
George G. Mann, the caterer of the Quincy
House. Boston, will cater for the banquet and
ball at the legislative reunion next week
Mrs. Harriet L. Wilbur, one of Portland's
oldest residents, died very suddenly of heart
disease on tho 18th, while sitting ut the table
I. ii. Sherman, esq, of Washington, has
leased the residence of ex.Govemor Plaisted
in Bangor, and his family has already arrived
there,
@ At Il meeting of the corporation agents in
Lewiston, recently, it was unanimously voted
10 adopt system of weekly or iortnShtly
payments.
The Bangor Commercial has found the king
of mean men in that city-a trader who
charged n count,yman 10 cents for weighing
few chickens.
The average membership of the several
oranges in Hancock county is larger than any
other county in tho state, being upwards OF
one hundred.
Benz Overlook, of Waldoboro, entered
pen with two hogs to kill them. While cut.
ting the throat Of one, the other savagely bit
the intruder's leg. Nothing hogsish about
that.
Jefferson Tucker of Columbia Falls, while
hunting Sunday, was fatally shot By Joseph
Martin, who mistook him for deer Tucker
was forty years OF age and leaves wife and
four children.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler, Of Augusta was
badly burned last week. Her apron took fire
from the stove. Her clothes were nearly all
burned off, and her face, ono hand and arm
severely scolched.
The Bodwell Granite Company has the past
year QUARREL and shipped from Vinalhaven
10000 tons of rough granite, 10000 feet
dimension cut stone and 81, 600 paving blocks,
aggregatng 40, 900 tons.
Robert Mcclure, a leading citizen of Stacy
vile, met with severe accident, not long ago
by getting his leg caught between n load OF
lumber and tree, crushing the knee so that
he will be crippled for life.
John B. Scales of the firm of Mitchell &
Scales, Watervine, died in that town, on the
'o'i, ai'er sickness OF only a lew hours. lie
was young man OF hhe business ABILITY and
very popular WIN his acquaintances.
Richmond farmer was poisoned by wear
ing straw hat. Some poisonous dye had
probably been used and the victims hair Ind
been turned to a pea-creen and his ewes made
SO sore that he could scarcely see out of them
The Henry Best house at Robb,nston was
burned to the ground recently, leaving the
inmates only time to put on their clothes and
save part of their bed clothes and a few
articles of furniture. save the Eastport Senti.
mel.
Dor;oI c,ron. ~, ;,1,.,.;,,, c,s, oc
Saccnrappn, n Tow days since by mistake. gave
his horses London Purplp instead of coudit on
powders md three valu;, bic horses lave since
died, with good prospect of another be no
apded to the list.
Ira X Eus.cu formor,r for mechanic j.,
tho Maine Central Who'll ,n,,,;r sl,n,,a -,
W. E.rn, ;notn,, i,, 'i".' CIV ~
been appointed to position ON the Northern
Pacific railroad in Oregon, and has left for his
new post of duly
Jeoro,d Emn,ors ,f C,oo - ,,,,1;,., ,,,
,,o,,rr d;,d Dcr IA t,n,,, ;n;',,io -, ~
nm accident in soun;l, ia nos Ioa,I;n -,
citizen had s,,vcd in h,th hno,dS IF ,ha 81, :,
government and voS t,r yoor, n ,lonu,,. 81,
if of York County.
Roulcn Seovev of East Moohios d;,d ,,or,
e,JJenIv =, Cou, ,;ri.t, a,,o ' ~: ~ IT, )
n;"ht r. sbn, dow h,d o "u5J y, W.,
lcit omen, and not retuInino his wife bacn,ns
alarmed and search was made rcsuItnr in
The finding OF Mr.. Selyov Eino C,ce do,ynvnrL
on the ground, dead. Heat disease.
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WAYNE Monday. in ,,Iuce of 8 T. Si;,,,.l.tioJ
who has bccn removed Mr. StirrL6, IL :. .
democrat. who WAS arpointed 10 the ,fticr los
month and whose insoIent letter to Hon I {
Berry the rcuubcyn uostmos,er. ,l'e1 r,rtl
so much comment from Maine rnncrs ot ,h,l
time.
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seventy wears left ! is homo IN yis;, h;s don'I
ter. three miles distant. In the darkness and
rain he became bcwildercd. lost his ,v,v in The
woods and WIS ont all NIGHT He arrived a,
his d. IL hters next day in n chilled and Nv
haugted condition.
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bea, and despatched him wi h :, blow fran, hi,
cxe. The corcos. WINS b,onaht ,o Eas,,,nr,
and was Skinned to Boston.
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Boston gentleman in the Lewiston tcle
phone office Friday talked to the central
Office in Boston AMI had them send messen
ger to call in q momber OF tn. firm which he
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