Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-28

gave his name as Geo. g. Howard,
the other as Frank West Tins
pair have been stealing in boarding houses
for the past two or three days. Among 9TH
ers at the boarding house corner of Centre
and Free streets and at the Chadwick House.
After the arrest persons came from DIR.
Lambs house and identified jewelry and re
volyer stolen from that place.
HANCOCK
The work on the sewerage system at Bar
Harbor has been going on this winter anil
large amount of work has been done. The
school house for which the town has ap-
propriated 5000 is up and covered. The |
total expense of the sewer system will be
about Sill 900.
SOMERSET.
ST ALBANs--Dur corresponJent writes |
Feb. %: The Stain and Cromwell trial at |
Bangor, has excited our community for the |
past week. and the daily papers have been IN |
good demand. One witness. T. C. Ruker,
has been summoned from here.-A masked |
sociable and supper will be held at Town |
Hall on Tuesday evening, Feb. IS. To raise |
money to complete the purchase of new
furnace recently set in sthe basement of the |
| Union church.-bur town fathers are busy |
| getting their town business squared up ready |
| for the annual town meeting the first Monday |
| in March, aud hope to get through IN one day /
| The meeting occupied two days last year
| +. b. Seekins is putting in a stock of goods
| in the store near the bridge for the retail
| trade making three retail stores in the village.
Lewis Fish, Esq, has erected large and
convenient barn the past season \ cellar
walled up on three sides with handsome split
granite ten feet hig h, extends under the whole
| bard His feeding arrangements ani other
improvements are very handy and conven-
lent. He contemplates bringing water in iron
pipes from spring on neighboring hillside
into his tie-up another season.-fhe Somer-
set Pomona Grange will meet with 81. Adams
Grange, Mar. -. 1t is expected a large del
ega,ion from the other oranges in the county
will be present. Another young stranger
came to the home of Daniel johnson recent
w. 1t is of the masculine gender.
MERCER.-Our correspondent writes, Feb
81: Chas. Wood is doing quite an extensive
business selling fertilizers. having sold two
: car loads this winter one delivered at
Norrdgewock the other at Belgrade, TO &C.
commOdate the farmers at Rome-Mrs.
Harris Stevens was badly scalded one day
last week BY a can of hot coffee exploiting.
She was taking the can from the stove which
was a common milk cam when the steam
which had no way of escape blew the cover
from the to the plastering, striking with
great force and scattering the coffee in all
directions Mrs Stevens received enough of
the contents of the can in her face and on
her arms and hands to intiict painful wounds
Louisa Wood, daugher of ID. q. Wood
has returned to her home from Boston where
she has been engaged in taking music
= lessons. - Emma Gage of Waltham,
Mass, is spending a few weeks with
her mother who is i'll feeble health
-Tattle 4 Son have an additional force of
teams hauling their box lumber TO the mill
= The past few spring days have caused them
! to feel alarmed for fear they would not be
able to get it all out before the snow left
Warrants for town meeting has already been
! posted. And contain articles of great i'm
f portance, such as enlarging the town hall, to
n abolish the school district system and to see
what action the town will take relative TO
the road, laid out by the Commissioners last
fall from the Wiley school house called,
: to the Norridgewock road near Libby Worth
h ing's-The friends of Rev. NJ. Jones as
e sembled at the chapel last Friday evening.
About S75. 90 was left him before the gath
ering broke up. Music and social inter-
course made the evening pass very pleasant
ly.-A singing class will be organized tonight
!. Feb. q under the direction of Miss Julia
= l.. Gray, Any one interested in music are
l. invited to join this class.
v New SHARoN.--our correspondent writes
Feb 81: Rev. H. Hewett now of Monmouth,
last wear stationed at New Sharon, has just
won a prize of twenty dollars cash, offered
by the lions Herald for the best article on
: any live question of general interest.-Dr.
II. X. Carson has returned from the West
where he spent several weeks in looking
over the country Hopkins went to his
barn one morning not long ago. and found
one of his horses with broken leg. He at
ouce put an end to his sutferings.-i call is
e posted for Republican caucus next Friday
l. p NJ, to nominate candidates for town
. officers. Fred Norcross is 10 attend The spring
term at Keut's Hi fitting himself
Z for business life.--Mi-s Gerte
Il Graves has good position
l. offered her in millinary and dressmaking
p shop in Pepperell, Mass, and will leave home
in about ten weeks-Fred Hale of Winthrop
! has bought the farm of his father-in-aw
= Francis Swan. and is about occupying the
II same.-C. +. Cookson is considering the idea
~ of building boat to be run by Kerosene
engine, for his private in excursions on
the pond in Belgrade he annually visits
}. Rev A. Hamilton spent part Of last week i'll
=. Boston and secured about $50 worth of
. books for the Methodist Sunday school
library The G. A. X. Post is to have an
Il entertainment soon. Wood Elliot is com
1t mander.-C Chandler Gray lately sold
II a calf five weeks old for Sli
. for vcal.-Geo. Prince growed his pigs at a
u gain in weight of 81 lbs in | days. He has
u a lamb about II weeks old that weighs "a
l. lbs.-Mrs. Franklin Stone attacked by a
il buck in her barnyard, and fell breaking her
wrist. She is doing well,
WALDO.
LIBERrY.--Our correspondent writes Feb
:. &c: A bell has been placed on the High
school building in this village. The spring
~ term will opon Monday, the 27th inst. un
= der the direction of |. \. Luce, of Waldo, a
: good attendance already being assured
The wife of Rev. JAS. Lewis is lying
y hanrernnslN ILL at her hnm. in this town L.