Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-29
State News.
REGISTERS THE TRANPs-SUDDEy DEATH
IN PArTEN-BURGLARY IN THoRSpIKE


| ANDRoscoGGrN.
The Auburn lawsuit for 5000 damages
for stealing a wife's affections, has beer
withdrawn from the courts.
/ Mr. John Perea, overseer of the Green
town farm. keeps a register and requests al
tramps who stop at the farm all night, to reg
lister their names In the last two wears on,
! hundred and twenty-six persons have put III
| for the night besides a large number wht
stop for dinner. But two out of the Who'll,
number have been over fifty years of age
The most of them write very we'll.
ARoosIooK.
Union Grange of South Presque Isle hsv,
decided to build Grange Hall the comm!
summer. 1t is TO be 80 constructed as 10 have
hall and ante-rooms upon the second floor
with large dining hall in the upper story snC
| the basement chance for stsbling large
number of horses.
CUMBERLAND.
The annual dinner Of the Cumberland bal
was held in Portland Tuesday night Sewal
c. Strout was elected president for the COM
ing year. Hon. w. L. Putnam vice president
and F. c. Payson secretary.
Yarmouth will hold town meeting Tues
day. TO see if the town will vote TO allow the
Salvation Army 10 use the town hall for the
purpose of holding religious meetings. They
have been holding services there for several
months past, but owing to disturbances the
selectmen have refused 10 let them occupy
the hall longer.
When the atmosphere is favorable one or
more of the Portland electric lights can bs
seen on the Portland road within three miles
of Saco, distance Of twelve miles from
Portland.
HANCOCK.
Mason Bros, Eas, Orland, carry on quite 8
variety of industries. according to the Bucks
port Clipper They run awmill. gristmill,
foundry. machine shop, pump factory anG
carding mill, all on about one acre of ground.
KNOX.
Mayor Case and wife Of Rpckland are in
ST. Louis, and will be absent about six weeks.
A "Mikado" sleigh attracts attention on the
streets of Rockland. Ii contains hogshead
nicely upholstered, on runners, and decorated
with the well known characters of the
charming play.
Thomaston has so sea captains on the &C.
tive list and 30 retired.
Grange stock is rapidly rising in Knox
county. More interest is taken in the order
than ever before Pleasant Valley Grange
of Rockland ia increasing in membership and
new Grange is soon to be organized al
Thomaston.
PENoBsCoT.
Mr.. Elbrdge G. Stetson. one of the oldest
and most highly esteemed residents of Patter
village was found dead in the stable on Sun
day morning. Jan oath He went to the sta
BILE as usual to take care of the cow and be-
ing gone longer than usual, his daughter,
Mrs. Bradford with whom he lived, went ou
to ascertain the cause of his absence and
found him dead. He had not been absent
from the house more than so minutes. The
doctor pronounced it case of heart disease
He was "A years old On the evening of the
same day the wife of Mr.. VIM. Woodbury. OF
Patten, a lady advanced in years died in hel
chair Immediately after moving back from
the supper table
SAGADAHoC.
The yearly salary Of Thomas Day, keeper
of Seguin Island Light is 500: Henry Day,
assistant keeper, is pad $3.50. and Fernando
Wallace $500. Charles S. Browr, keeper o.
Pond Island Light is paid salary of $40 a
year.
Two teams of the New England Shipbuild
ing Company were engaged Tuesday hauling
ship timber from Woolwich They came
across the river 90 the ice, making a landins
on this side at Rogers shipyard. It has beer
nine years since the ice has been solid en- Oh
to admit crossing the river with heavy teams
at that point Bath Times.
WALDO.
A correspondent writes from Tn )rn1ke
Burglars blew open two safes in this villag,
Wednesday night From. that in the American
| Express Office nothing was obtained from
O. J. Farnelrs some fifty dollars was taken
| The depot was also entered and about eigh
! dollars, stolen. The reports of the explosion
were heard in the village, but attract I'd no at
tention.
WASHINGTON.
lions Advocate learns that Rev C. C
Long has made the Baptist church and societ,
in Machias a present of two thousand dollars
(it being the amount he owns in the Baptist
church edifce in that place. on condition
that they pay him interest at five per cent. or
that sum for five successive wears. When
this is done the whole property costing four
thousand and seven hundred dollars, is theirs
No trace has vet been obtained of John
Boyle who mvsteriously disappeared from
Calais on January 4th. He has been living
with Joseph Bradford on Ferry Point, and
on the night last seen took tea with his daugh
ter. He was thinly clad and had on light
shoes, the weather then being mild The
river has been searched in open places ant
inquiries BY letter have been made at Vance
boro and St. George where the missing mar
had relatives. without success. Mr.. BOYLE
was about So years of age and was well
known in Calais.
YORK.
No admissions to the York county bal
were made last year Four were made il