Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-07
State News.
ARoosroox.

| AROOsTOOK.
| The North Aroostook Baptist Quarterly
Meeting will hold it's next session with ths
Baptist church at Presque Isle, commencino
Friday, June IL, and continuing over Sun.
| day. 1"
A Woman's Relief Corps was instituted a,
Hodgdon, May 27.
CUMBERLAND.
new house, the property of Aupustu,
| Ames. valued at about 500, on the Bach
road. three miles below Brunswick village
was burned to the ground Friday morning
early. There was no insurance
Mrs Mary Osborn of Portland celebrated
ner one hundredth birthday, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Frank flanagan of PORT.
land. Thursday.
Thursday morning the two large buildings
on Grove street. Portland, owned by William
gray, and known as Grsy's Tannerv, sudden.
~ fell in with loud crash and without anv
warning. Nobody was hurt, and the boiler
was fortunately located in a part of the build
ing which remained upright. The only thing
for which the building was used was storing
vehicles. aud Mr.. Hiram A. Dow lost $500
worth OF carriages and sleighs, which were
smashed to pieces.
FRANKLIN
1t may now be considered settled, saws a
correspondent of the Argus. that the narrow
gusge railroad between Phillips and Farm
ington will not be leased bv the Maine Cen.
trail this year. A committee of the directors
OF the latter road were in Pennington last
week. They offered to pay, as rental, interest
on the bonds and 2 per cent. on the STOCK but
the managers of the narrow guage, it is un-
derstood, do not propose to accept that.
HANCOCK.
On Sunday afternoon a party rowing at
Southwest Harbor found the floating BODY of
the Spanish boy Robert Oliver, the last of the
shipwrecked seamen of the Chandelier. The
remains were in better state of preservation
than could have been deemed possible, owing
to the length of time which has elapsed since
the wreck, and were buried beside those of
the unfortunate mate Delano, says the Amer
lean.
OXFORD
The Advertiser says: David Young of
North Paris was severely bitten BY savage
dog Wednesday of last eek, and is still con-
| fined to the house.
The demOcrets of Bethel serenaded Col.
Edwards Wednesday evening, on receiving
| the news of his nomination.
| new Universaist chapel is being built in
Dixheld as the church is not conveniently
located for all, says the Gospel Banner.
PENoBscor.
| In May there we're delivered by the Ban
gor letter carriers, 1926 letters, l2,ll3 pos
tails; 20, 2s6 newspapers, and collected so, $50
1 letters, 14.5l6 postals and 3,775 papers.
r. H. Rockwell was arrested at West on
Sunday, by c. r. Brown of Springfield for
breaking. entering aud stealing about $500
worth of goods from the Grange store at Car.
roll, Thursday night. He is also wanted, it
is understood, for committing the same kind
of crime at Haynesville. About ten days
ago, L. B. Pollard's store was entered and
about $500 worth of goods taken. He is also
wanted in Washington county, tor the same
offence. He has served sentence of two
years in the State prison for similar crime
reports Bangor Commercial correspondent
A prisoner at the Bangor jail Jack Dono
van of Houlton, who was serving sentence
for drunkenness, escaped from custody Thurs.
day.
The Belfast Age says: A large dog attacked
a little daughter of E. F. Clements, Saturday
and would have killed her had not a neigh.
Dor interfered.