Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-15
State News.
ASDROsCoGGIN.

ASDRoscoGGIN
The news by telegraph was received in
Lewiston, Tuesday, of the unlocked for death
at Buffalo. N. Y, of Mr.. Loring Smith Of
Lewiston. the eldest brother of Sheriff Hin.
man Smith.
CUMBERLAND.
Master Willie Smar, of the Portland Roxs,
Legion of Honor of the Y. NJ. c. A. only
twelve years of age has been presented with
an elegant gold pen and holder. enclosed in a
neat case, As a reward for many kind deed i.
performed for old and iufirm people, for help
ing the poor and for saving bow from
drowning.
The steamer Express of the Forest Civ
Steamboat Company. Portland, broke her
shaft at the stern bearings and lost her pro-
peiler on her early trip. Monday morning.
John Tiernev, silver platter of Portland,
was found dead in his shop, Monday morn
Ing. The Advertiser saws his death wa, un.
doubtedly caused by confirmed habits of in.
toxication.
An unknoSn rough attacked three Portland
Cinnamon, Monday afternoon, and one was
quite badly injured.
A l4-year-old boy employed in a family at
Oak Hill, Scarboro', purloined a watch and
some silver ware from the famlv's closet
Monday. But remorse .'nawed," and he
handed the things over to the police the same
night.
HANCOCK.
The body of Mr. Delano, one of the crew
OF the wrecked schooner Chanticleer. was
found at Southwest Harbor Tuesday morn
ing.
The property known as Waukeag Point. on
Frenchman's Bay, and owned by F. H..
Reynolds, John R. Mason and other Bangor
gentlemen with with William Il. Hill, Jr., of
Boston. has been sold to a party of Boston
capitalists. 1t is rumored that they intend to
make extensive Improvements there and will
erect hotel
Rev. Z. E Harden has resigned the pas
torate OF the Baptist church in Sedgwick to
take effect April 80, says lions Advocate.
LINCOLN.
portion of the Westport bridge has been
carried away by the ice, and there is no COM
munication with the mainland by teams.
OXFORD
little daughter of John Thorne of Brown
field. seven years old, was very badly burned
April s. by her night dress taking fire from
the stove, says the Oxford Democrat.
The Democrat says the spring session of
the Oxford County Educational Association
will be held at Oxford, Wednesday and
Thursday April 2Sth and 10Th.
PENoBscoT.
The few crews now numbering on the Pc
nobscot are expected down this week.
! Charles NJ. Jewett, of the railway mail SER
vice, has been assigned to the night run be-
| tween Bangor and Boston.
A crew of Maine Central carpenters have
arrived in Bangor to make repairs on the
compaDy's west side depot
SAGADAHOC.
Hiram A. Huse and Edward p. Donnell
were arragned before Judge Millay, at Bath
Tuesday morning, o. complaint of Chas. ID.
Clarke, the former for aggravated assault
and battery, and the latter for simple assault.
Both parties pleaded not guilty. Huse fur
| nishei 5000 bail for appearance. and Donnell
| $50.
A New York despatch says: Schooner
MAYNARD, Sumner, from Jacksonville to-day,
reports: Feb. &c, Oft Winter Quarter Shoal,
had hurricane for nine days, and lost and
split sails; the second mate, James Staples
of Searsport, was washed overheard and
drowned.
WASHINGTON.
| The town of Lubec proposes to try sort
nf combination of the town and district svs-
TEN of schools which it is hoped will result
in securing the advantages of both. Each
district is to have committee to act in unison
with the S. S. Committee Of the town, to aid
and encourage both teacher and pupils and to
look after the interests of the schools.
The recent failure of the directors Of the
| West Washington Agricultural Society to
make satisfactory arrangements with the pro-
prietors of the Jonesboro fair grounds to
lease the same for series of years, is looked
upon as being favorable to the project of To-
eating the society in Cherrvfield, says the Re
publican. AS soon as the season will allow,
the question of completing the track, which
was partially built two wears ago, will be re-
vived and measures taken to enlarge and i'm
prove the grounds.
YORK.
A car on the west bound freight on the
western division of the Boston and Maine,
from Portland for Boston, jumped the irons
near Biddeford station Tuesday evening, and
blocked both tracks for some hours. No
body was hurt.