Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-26
State News
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-GRADuATIsG EXERCISES.


tarrying at his summer residence. the Nor
lands, in Livermore.
The committee of creditors appointed to
exami e the affairs of Treasurer Richardson
of the Lewiston Mills. accompanied by the
deceased treasurer's clerk. Mr.. Margati, have
been in Lewiston looking over the mill prop
ertv, with q view of settling up the estate.
Agent Woodbury. says that there is little
probability of the mills continuing to run.
Fifteen thousand feet of lumber will be
used to construct tables and seats for the Tur-
ner centennial. Two tents, each 200 feet
long by so feet wide, have been hired from
parties in Worcester for the occasion. Fiji
teen hundred plates will be laid for citizens of
Turner and invited guests.
ARoosTooK.
little son of Mr.. John Hares of Month
cello, while jumping with small pole. fell
and split his tongue exactly 10 the centre,
lengthwise, one inch and a half. He cannot
tell how he did it, and no one saw him fall.
Four stitches had to be taken in the wound.
HANCOCK.
I Mr.. Lemuel Moore of Ellsworth, who has
been blind in one eve for several years, had
the well one destroyed by a COW striking it
with her horn, so he was entirely blind Last
week he returned from Portland where he
had successful operation performed and
the sight of one eye restored.
A mission of the Episcopal church is about
to be organized at Seal Harbor, Mt. Desert
Ii will be served by the Rev. WHY'S Rede,
priest of ST. Mary's-by-, he-ses, Northeast
Harbor.
Twelve candidates have been baptized, re-
Gently, at the First Baptist church, Rockland.
Since Jan. LIST seventy members have been
added to the church, sixty-two BY baptism
and eight by letter and experience.
David Blanchard, convict at the State
prison at Thomaston, who was at work in the
garden near the Warden's residence, escaped
last Thursday afternoon. He was committed
to prison yearly year ago on a four years
sentence as common thief.
Nearly three years ago a valuable diamond
ring was lost on the shore at A. Ross w eek 5
cottage near Owls Head, says the Courier,
Gazette. The other day Frank L. Weeks
saw something sparkling and picked up the
ring.
The South Thomaston Baptist church re-
Gently voted to change the place of meeting
| TO Owls Head, where the larger number of
remaining members now reside. A new in
terest is springing up. A chapel to cost
about $1,000 is being built
1ENobsCOI
The fancy poultry breeders of western
Penobscot have formed a poultry association
with headquarters for the present at No.
Newburg. The following officers wers elect
ed: w. p. Woodwork, President; A. j.
Remission, Vice President; c.. A. Arnold,
Secretary, p. o. address, Arnold, Me.
Erastus w. Loveland, prominent lumber
operator of Bangor, was drowned at Passa-
dumkeag Rips, Thursday forenoon. The
body was recovered. 1t seems that there had
been jam at that place on the river, and
! Mr.. Loveland, who directed the work of his
own crew, was engaged on the logs when un-
expectedly there was break and he fell into
the water beneath them. Mr.. Loveland was
about 60 years OF age. He had good bust
ness education and early in life he went into
the lpmber business He has extensively OPP
Grated on the east and west branches of the
Penobscot and was one of the most prom-
nent of those identified with the lumber in
| terests.
The daily trips of the Boston & Bangor
steamers begin Saturday, says the Courier
Gazette, when the Forest City, the boat char
tered for the season in place of the lost Cam
bridge, comes east for the first time.
SAGADAHoC.
The steamer Meteor sailed from Bath for
New York, Wednesday evening. under COM
mand of Capt. John r. Kelley and with a
| crew of fifteen men.
SOMERSET.
The pulp mill at Fairfedis manufacturing
about thirty cords of edges, slabs and shingle
refuse into pulp. The wood is not ground
but put into vat in which are chemicals
that reduce it in a certain length of time to
pulp. A horse railroad extends from the saw
mills TO the pulp mill They are continually
busy handling materials. They use all the
soft wood the mills make.
The commencement exercises at the Eaton
school, Norridgewock, occurred Friday, June
Is, at the Congregational church, with parts
by the following: Edward f Rogers, Blanche
NJ Butler, Allie 8. Reed, James p Robbins,
Grace G. Farnham, Bertha C. Anderson,
Leila B. Morse, Eula +. Wood, Wallace F.
Flanders, Mabel c.. Taylor, Mary l.. Ander-
son. Fred +. Jewett, Alice NJ. To5ey, Moses
b. LeAvitt, Grace l.. Lawton, Chas. p.
Greenleaf, Jennie NJ. Tracy, Herbert Haynes
and Nellie NJ. Became. These were inter-
spersed with music, furnished by talent of the
school The usual very large audience gath
cred to listen to the exercises.
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union
has been organized at St. Adams, with Mrs
C. b. Philbrick, Presid mt; Mrs. N. II. Vim
| ing, secretary.
| WASHINGTON.
Edward Mahar of St. Stephen was arrested
on Monday, for violation of the fish law,
which he settled He was then arrested on
the charge of completely in assaulting Officer
Watson and releasing the prisoner Buckley,
| Thursday night week. also on the charge of
| threatening Fish Warden French's life with
a pistol. He had hearing before Judge
| Rounds, who bound him in the sum of 81 900
TO appear tor trial at the next term of the S.
J. Court, which he paid and is new at large.
He says he can prove by dozen witnesses,
that he. with his wife, was at a dance the
night Buckley was released, and at the time
he is accused of threatening to shoot French,
he had no pistol about him.
YORK.
AT the annual prize defamation at New
Hampshire Literary Institute, the first prize
was awarded to Walter L. Bragdon of York,
| Me.