Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-13

"AsTIse LIoUoR-LABoR QuEsrIoxs-As
EDITOR WHIPPED-RAnRoAp MEETING
NEWS FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.
CUMBE RLAND,

CUMBERLAND.
In the Portland police station, saws the Ar.
gus, Is the largest quantity of LIQUOR waiting
10 De dumped ever seen there at one time
ihere are 81 half barrels and ~ whole har.
reis OF beer and one barrel of whiskey. Then
IN another room are quite number of keo.
and bottles of hard stuff, besides a ouan,itv
of bottled lager and ale
HANCOCK.
BUcKsPoRT. Our correspondent write.
April 18th: Steamer May6eld made her fir.,
trip April 9TH between Rockland and Buek..
port, and will make three trips a week until
Iurther uotice.-The entertainment which
vas held in the vestrv of the Franklin street
NJ. +. church last Wednesday evening. wa.
marked success. An antiquarian supper WAS
served between and o'clock, and Their fol.
lowed the entertainment which consisted of
quartettes, select reading by Miss BERTHE NJ
hlngsbury and Miss Nellie Keene, and next
came the rival orators, Wesley c. Haskell
ID. Hadlock, j. E. Burke, W. NJ. Crawford
and this was the most interesting feature of
the evening. Ice cream and cake were served
at the close of the entertainment. The net
proceeds of the evening were some over $50
Steamer Penobscot came on the B. R
route last Saturday.-A man by the name Of
Joroan, OF Orland, was before Judge Ames
last Saturday for drunkenness, pleaded guilty.
and was sentenced fifteen days in Ellsworth
lali.-Japanese Village was played at the
Elm street chapel last Friday evening. and
Saturday afternoon and evening. under the
auspices of the Christian Endeavor Society.
II consisted OF Turkish bazaar. picture gal
lery and Jacks house. The orchestra was
IdoNy L.
were served after the play. 1t was rendered
IN a very pleasing manner, and those who
attended it were amply paid for their trouble
Quarterly meeting services were held at
the Methodist church last Sabbath. A. J..
Lockhart of Darlington conducted the services.
The Calorhetorian Society held a very in
teresting meeting last Friday evening, and
the following question. "Resolved, That
Chinese immigration should be- prohibited, ~
was discussed in very able manner 1t was
decided in favor of the negative.
PENoBsCoT
The Wing says that at the time Marshal
Whitney made the raid upon the Bangor
gambling shops, the professional sharpers
were loud in their boasts that they proposed
to continue their nefarious business in spite
of the police. The professional gamblers
have now departed for more promising fields
and the local operators have gone out of the
business.
In shoveling out the road near Mr.. Bas-
sett's. the other dav, says the Eastern State
(DeXter,) the men came came upon sleigh
which had evidently been capsized and aban-
doned during the great storm 1t must nr;gi-
nally have been buried number of feet.
PIsCATAQUIs.
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call to preside over the Free Baptist church
at Oakland, and will begin his labors there
on Sunday, the 25th of April.
SAGADAHOC.
The executive committee of the knights of
Labor, the coal stevedores, and committee
from the coal beavers of Bath, met Friday
evening to try and settle the matter of wages
about which there has been long continued
trouble The steved0res said they would paw
the same price that Portland stevedores are
paying. which is said to be l24 cents. This,
the committee for the coal beavers would not
accept. They wanted 10 cents. After being
in session till midnight the meeting adjourned
without fixing a rate. In the mean time they
work at the old rate o: 10 cents.
The Bath owners of the Charles II. Morse
never expect to hear from her again She
sured. She had crew of nine persons
aboard, four of whom were from this vicinity,
as follows Capt. Alonzo Wildes of Bath,
Capt. Alfred Manson of Parker's Head Fred
erick Blaisdell of Parkers Head and Eiw ard
Mcmahon of Five Islands.
Charles ID. Clark, editor of the Bath indie
pendent, while on the way from his house to
his office, Saturday evening, was assaulted
by II A. Huse, prominent citizen. choked
and his face slapped several times. Shortly
after, Clark was again attacked by +. p.
Donnell, a member of the city council, and
quite severely beaten about the face. The
assaults grew out of an article published in
that days issue of the Independent.
SOMERSET.
HARTLAND.-Our correspondent writes in
relation to the railroad extension through the
county, and says: We cannot speak for Show
hogan or Athens, neither do we wish to, but
in relation to Hartand, she means just what
she saws The interest here for a road is so
great that Hartland will loan her credit to the
amount that the law allows, and if that is not
sufficient TO insure its construction, our cit-
zens will put their hands in their pockets and
enlarge that sum sufficiently for the purpose.
The railroad meeting which is soon to be
held in Boston, will bring together many
large and important interests along our pro-
posed route, and also large number of cap
italists. who are ready to invest their money
in such road The results of that meeting
will determine what is to be done.
HARMONY-Our correspondent whites: We
had railroad meeting here Saturday. Par
ties from Hartland were present. The people
of Harmony seem to be alive and in earnest
and feel quite confident of success. They
chose committee to attend the railroad
meeting to be held 10 Boston in the near fu-
ture, as follows: VIM. l.. Bailey and VIM. w.
Brown.-Prof. Taylor, teacher of the band,
is sick at present and unable to attend to his
duties.
ST. ALBANs-Our correspondent writes,
April 18th Miss Frances Halves has arrived
home from Newport, where she has been Wis
ting friends the past week.-Cbarles Emery
has opened grocery store in +. &. Buker's
building, which was formerly occupied as a
meat shop. c. b. Philbrick is also building
store. Gilbert Turner is daily expe cted to
arrive from New Mexico, on account of the
illness of his brother John o Turner -Irv-
ing Goddard left for MOhonk Lake, New
York, Monday morning, where he has posi-
ton in hotel. Morrill, Annis rs quite i'll
with the rhe umatisI.
WALDO.
Parties from Monroe say that the mother
of Chas Green recognizes theremains of the
skeleton found in the tree recently. as those
of her son. She is said to have identified
the remains by the teeth.
When Not in Positive Agony,