Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-04
State News.
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ARoosTooK.
Winter pressed hay is heating badly tbi.
spring, says the Presque Isle North Star.
large amount mas already spoiled.
CUMBERLAND.
Arthur L. Farnsworth has been appointed
welgher and gauger at the Portland custom
house, In place of Major Shorey. Mr.. Farms
worth Is native of Kennebunk and has re-
sided in Portland since 1874
Hon. W. w. Thomas and Hon. W. w.
Ihomas, Jr.. of Portland sailed SATURDAY for
Europe, in the Inman line steamer Cirv of
Chicago. They will visit northern Europe,
including Norway and Sweden, and will be
gone during the summer
KNOX.
Three little children at South Hon. ON
wednesday obtained some pills. the medicine
OF Kew. Nj NJ. Stevenson, and PLAYING thew
were sick swallowed several One of the
glrls aged six, the daughter of P. P. Rokes
died three hours later in terrible agony The
others are very sick, but will recover. The
pulls are supposed TO have contained strvch-
nine.
Rev. F. V. Norcross of the Congregational
church at Union has rendered his resignation
to take effect the first Sunday in June. He
has been pastor of this church 26 years, &C.
cording to the Rocklani Opinion
LINCOLN
Rev. :. L. Hanscom of Thomaston, will
deliver the Memorial address at Waldoboro
Monday afternoon. Nav 3lst, and will per.
form similar duty at Damariscotta, in the
evening.
Plans are to be made bv G NJ. Coombs of
Lewiston for a brick mandatory for the
South Paris Manufacturing Company to re-
place that burned during the winter The
main building will be about 250 and 75ft.
Besides this, there will be a dry house, paint
shop, two store houses boiler house, &C. The
capacity will be much larger than before.
PIsCATAQUIs.
The trustees of the camp grounds in Fox.
croft are to make additional and essential i'm
provements on their grounds the coming sea
son.
Road machines have been purchased by the
towns OF Abbot, Brownvlle and Lagrange
Several other towns in this county will pur-
chase road machines this season.
AT the semi annual meeting of the Dover
and Foxcrott Y. M. c. A Saturday evening,
the following officers were elected: G. H.
Mansfield, president; Thomas Newman, vice
president; w. E. Whittemore, secretary :;
Stephen J. Law, treasurer.
SOMERSET.
ST. ALBANs.--Our correspondent writes
May l. Mr.. Elmer Z. Field leaves for
Gardiner Monday.-The school taught by
Miss Carrie NJ Vining closed Friday April
Both, with an exhibition IN the evening. The
exhibition was well attended and gave credit
to Miss Vining and her pupils. The pro-
gramme included singing; tableau, Landing
of the Pilgrims; singing by Dora and Dana
Trafton; reading. Gone with Landowner
Man. by o. A. Goodwin and Albra Grant ;
fableau, Capt. John Smith; song by Geo.
Goodwin; tableau, The Thirteen Colonies {;
Over the Hills to the Poor House, Cora Dill
lingham; tableau, Capture of Maj. Andre /;
defamation, E. A. Farnham; and tabeau,
Goddess of Liberty. The drama Seeing the
Elephant" was also presented. in which char
acters were taken by c. G. Hanson, Lizzie
Bren, Albra Grant, Frank Turner. O. A,
Goo Twin and Selden Vining The exer-
cses closed with singing by c. c. Hanson and
Ada Turner.
HARMONY.-Our correspondent writes: 1t
is nearly settled going with US and the oldest
inhabitant fails to remember finer weather in
April than we have had the past month. F.
p Pencil has bought the A. l.. Woods place
on the hill. U. |. Trip has sold his store
and goods to Eugene Dow and will soon start
for the West.-Prof. Taylor is again able to
resume his duties as teacher of the band.
At caucus of the republican voters of
Scion to choose delegates to attend the re-
republican State convention, Sumner Whip
pie was chosen chairman and G. w. Cover,
Esq. secretary. The following delegates
were chosen to attend the State convention :
p S. Longley, G w. Cover, Esq, James
Sterling: to attend the district convention at
Waterville, June 9Th, p S. Longley. G. W.
Cover. Esq James Sterling; republican
town committee for the ensuing year, Lyman
Jewett, chairman, DR.. S. F. Green, Oliver
French, Nathan d. Davis, Samuel Albee.
WALDO.
LIBERTY. correspondent writes, May
l.: The Good Templars of this village are
pressing hard upon the heels of vendors of
hard cider and fire water. Several of them were
indicted and punished at the last fall term of
court, AMI we fear that further trouble is in
store for them 1t must be losing business
to pay these fines every six months when the
aggregate yearly sales are so small, to say
nothing of the loss of character sustained in
the business of running 80 many men. es-
pecially young men.-We learn that a project
to annex another slice of Montville to this
town is being quietly put on foot. The
territory embraced in this scheme of annexa-
ton is that section known as So. Montville.
Montvile ia large and prosperous town and
and can well spare the proposed cut into her
domain, while poor little Liberty hangs trem-
bling for want of courage to hope for SO
desirable an acquisition. So. Montville is
composed of thrifty farmers and men of
character and means. Come over and help
us, we sav.-Messrs. Hunt, Walker & Co.'S
new dry house, just begun, will be $50 feet
long by 80 feet wide, containing l50 thousand
feet of lumber in the building proper, and
about 80 thousand feet for dry boards on
which the skins are to be tackled for drying.
The tanning business is the largest industry
here and affords employment to quite a large
force of men. The business is rather quiet
at present, principally from the effect of the
labor strikes throughout the country The
Independent Order of United Workmen have
Furnishing lodge in the village which a.
fords cheap and safe life insurance to all
persons who desire to become members and
whose moral and physical eligibility permit
them to do so.
WASHINGTON.
The grand jury in session at Calais, found
three indictments against George Dunoar Of
Whiting, two against +. A. Turple of Calais,
one against William Collins of Eastport, fol
breaking and entering. All three pleaded
guilty and were sentenced to eighteen month,
in the reform school. respectively. One was
found against John Storey and James Ireland
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