Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-09
State News.
CUMBERLAND.

state News
CUMBERLAND
:. Andrew Meserve, q middle aged farmer
living in Scarboro, was taken sick in his field
last Thursday and upon reaching the house
was stricken with paralysis and fell to the
noor. He was assisted to bis bed and died
Friday night. widow and six children five
sons and one daughter, survive him.
HANCOCK
JEFFERsoN.-Our correspondent writes.
June =: Rev. Mr.. Vinal of the First Baptist
church baptized three converts last Sabbath.
and in the evening extended the hand of fell
lowship.-Dr. ]. w. North and family of An
Rusta are spending few days at their sum-
mer cottage at the head of the Lake-Mrs.
D. j.. Bond is visiting her sister at Yarmouth.
-Medora Bowden, Eva Glidden, Charles w
besse and Indy Folsom have returned from
inc Castine Normal School.-H. W. Clary,
u. D. A Honses, j. ii. Noyes and F. L. Cas-
tie attend the republican State convention AT
Lewiston this week-The choir of the First
Baptist church have reorganized and now
consists of eight young men. They made
their debut last Sunday and gave universal
satlsfaction.-T Damariscotta Baptis,
quarterly meeting met at the Weeks school
mouse last week. large attendance and
| good degree OF interest was reported At
republican caucus held last Saturday the fol-
lowing persons were chosen town committee
d. w. Clary, j. j. A. Hoffses, +. B. Hall, ].
ID. Moves, F. L. Castle.
PENoBscor.
large and enthusiastic meeting in favor
OF home rule was held at Bangor Monday
evening, presided over by Chief Justice
Peters. Ex-Vice President Hamlin and ex.
Chief Justice Appleton were among the vice
presidents. Mayor Neatly called the meeting
to order. All the speakers expressed sympa-
thy with the movement. Resolutions were
adopted to the same effect
WALDO.
THoRNDIKE.-Our correspondent writes
| At caucus Of the republicans in this town,
Y. >. Farwe.i, E. M. Hunt, B F. Ward, r.
Rowe and w. II. Saywsrd were chosen town
| committee; j. c. Whitney and w. H Saw
ward, delegates to the State Convention; P.
Dyer and E. Johnson. delegates to the Con
| gressional District Convention; A. S Rand.
+. M. Hunt and R Rowe, delegates to the
County Observation-Disclosures are about all
sold. Closed up at 35 cents per bushel.
Some hay coming in at Sl4 90 per ton for
NO l.-Crops are looking first rate. There
are not as many beans planted as last year.
OthSi Siops dDOut Tue same.
MoNTvILLE Our correspondent writes,
June Z: Wsterhouse & Nash have lust COM
.pleted the job of moving the old house of j.
L.. Bean and digging the cellar.-Wool buy.
ers seem to be plenty in this section paying
II cents; few lots have sold for % cents
| Ine County Commissioners were called to
locate new road around swampy place, in
what is called the Freedom road. They met
and viewed the proposed route and decided
to make the desired change but the owner of
| the land asked so much damage that they re.
fused to locate it at present. As something
must be done Immediately with the old road,
1t was thought best not to wait for appeals
from damage. The old road has sunk more
than two feet in the last year, for distance
OF five or six rods. An iron rod was easily
showed down in the mud to the depth of 80
feet. The selectmen have decided to bridge
it over with wood.-Volney Thompson, car
rage maker at Centre Montville, says he
never sold 80 many carriages so early in the
season as this year. He had over 80 car
rlages in preparation this spring, and has sold
over half of them already. He manufactures
good style and durable wagons.-Leonard
Edmunds, aged 4S wears, one of our
most estimable and prosperous citizens, is
very ill, and his ply stefan thinks there is no
chance for his recovery Our roads are be-
ing extensively repaired with a road machine.
| WASHINGTON.
A Calais despatch to the Argus, says: VIM.
Buckley, native of the lower Provinces,
late of Lynn, Mass, was enticed across the
bridge from st. Stephen, N B., Saturday
evening, and arrested on charge of embez-
element, on a Massachusetts warrant 1t is
alleged that Buckley disposed of twenty zone
hundred dollars worth of sheep skins last
March, belonging to c. NJ Barrett & Co of
Boston, and absconded with the proceeds.
YORK.
A gold ring bearing the name of Sir VIM.
Pepperell has been unesrthed at Lancaster,
N. Ii. 1t bears the date of Sir Williams
death which occurred at Kittery in 1859, and
was probably mourning ring. 1t was, no
doubt, lost in the field a hundred years or
more ago.
Constable Isaac Moody died suddenly at
his home in Kennebunk, Saturday night. He
was in apparent good health in the evening
when he went home from the village, but
shortly after his arrival he was attacked with
cramp collie and expired in less than five
minutes. He was about 35 years of age.
Pay Director Caleb j. Emery, U. S. NJ,
died at Newton, Mass, on Saturday aged &C.
He was bora in Lebanon, Me-, but in early
live moved to New Hampshire.
| AT LARGE.
The following business reverses in Maine
are reported: Henry Woodward, dealer in
dry goods, ETC., Winthrop, is settling with
his creditors at Is cents on the dollar; G.
M. Day. grocer, Gardiner, is offering to COM
promise at so cents on the dollar, and a set
Element will probably be effected; Gilbert
p. Swanton, dealer in general merchandise,
Danforth, has gone into insolvency.