Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-04
STATE NEWS.
ERANEIN

The few owners and proprietors of the
Free Baptist church at Pennington met
Saturday. p. NJ, in their church Rev s.
T. Morrill, presided. Messrs. J. P. Thwing,
A. s. Riggs and J. W. Fairbanks, the COM
mittee appointed to appraise the property,
| reported the value of the house $500. This
| report was accepted. and committee. con-
sisting of Converse Moody, Samuel Grover
and Chas. S. Waite, was appointed TO sell the
house. 1t was also voted to authorize the
trustees to sell the lot. The meeting then
adjourned to Saturday, June 18th. The
trustees are Albert Sterry. Converse Moody
and Chas. S. Waite.
HANCOCK.
The new extension to the steamboat wharf
at Castine just completed is about 251lOO
feet, built of hewn timber and filed with
stone. 1t is intended to be one of the most
substantial wharves on the entire line.
KESSEBEc.
EAST PITTsToN.-Our correspondent writes
June 2: Mr.. Frank Nash of this place has
just received dispatch from California in
forming him of the sudd death of his
youngest son who went west last fall-A fine
monument of Quincy granite passed through
this place the other day from the marble works
of Taught of Augusta to be placed on the
lot owned by Rev. B. B. Byrne in the
cemetery at Damariscotta Mills. His wife
and son Joseph have been buried there with
in the past year.-The farmers are very busy
planting and sowing though little late Mr.
Northy and wife and the Preble sisters have
returned from Florida. Boynton's sons
from Boston were in the place last week to
attend the burial services of their mother
who died last week.-The grass fields in this
vicinity show signs of being winter killed
Mrs. Geo. W. Stuart of Newport is visiting
her father, Rev Mr.. Byrne.
READFIELD Our correspondent writes,
June During the week there have been
men from out Of town to see the wooden mills
property with a view of buying the same
Our cheese factory will not be run this season.
but some of our firms will send milk to Win
throp.-The VI. +. Sabbath school will OBJ
serve children's day May 10, with sermon
for children in the forenoon and concert in
the evening.--Mr. T. F. Fran. who died
from disease of the brain Wednesday, is to be
buried today June /. He will be greatly
missed.-No services in town on Me-
mortal Day, but the Soldiers graves were
decorated with flowers however.
Thursday noon E. r. Branch of Water
vile in excavating under his hall on Silver
street brought to light a skull, and further
digging disclosed all the bones of human
being The presence of necklace of copper
beads and well preserved pieces of deer
thong blanket proves the skeleton without
doubt to have been that of some Indian chief
buried probably $50 years ago The remains
were found only three feet beneath the sur
face. The skull is well preserved and thirty
two of the finest teeth, perfectly sound, are
still firmly imbpdpd in the law
KNOX.
Messrs. Edwin Sprague and A. f. Pills
bury of Rockland have contracted with Capt
Hamilton of Portland to build a fine stone
wharf at the shore of the tract of land at
Owls Head recently purchased by them.
The steam launch purchased by them to ply
between the grounds and Rockland, is on the
way there. No better location for summer
cottages can be found than this place affords, |
and il is in the hands of men who will be |
enterprising and liberal in making improve
ments. Several cottages are likely to be |
erected there this summer.
PENoBsCoT.
ORoSo.-Mr. D. +. Campbell, 49, of the
State College leaves about June to take |
charge of the sewer extension of Skowhegan |
The position is an excellent one, and the
work will last for a number of months.
The Eastern State DEXTER says: A stout
man by the name of Stickney from Boston, |
gave an exhibition of his strength on the
street in front of the Dexter House, Satur- |
day evening. The exhibition consisted of |
lifting several boys, one or two at time
the length of his arm above his head, some
talk of what he could do, taking up col
lection, more talk, selling few copies of a
five cent book. more talk. and lifting a 200
pound dumb bell at arms length over his
head. The collection amounted to about
SD The exhibition was called Free
Show"
LIBERrY.-Our correspondent writes May
30: +. II. Bradstreet Post Memorial
services were observed this afternoon at the
church. The address was given by Mr.. II.
NJ Lord of the Rockland Courier Gazette,
which was a scholarly effort and gave
excellent satisfaction. The music on this
occa sion was furnished by the Liberty choir
which has acquired a wide spread reputation
for its fine vocal talent. J. Walker
district delegate to the Democratic
National Convention at St Louis will
leave on the morrow for Boston where
he will join the delegation en- route to that
city,. l.. Mitchell has begun his spring
raid on the trout brooks of this vicinity and
the hundreds he will capture before the sea-
son is over. no one can number. We have
been forcblv reminded of his piscatorial
skill by the receipt of a basket containing
nearly half a hundred of the "speckled beau
ties Miss Nellie +. Hunt and Miss Kittie
Walker have returned from a lorg visit to
Boston and vicinity A. A. Brown has
gone to Castine to visit her daughter, who is
quite ILL., Miss Brown is in attendance at the
Normal school in that place.
The Belfast journal says There is not
lot for sale in Grove Cemetery, in this city,
and a committee from the city government
has been instructed to buy a lot for another