Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-24
STATE NEWS.


LIvERMoRE FALLs.-Our correspondent
writes Mar. 81: Mr.. Chas. Thompson who
has been numbering for Staples in Byran met
with a painful accident Saturday and came
home Monday. Mr.. Thompson says: was
splitting wood and was about to bring my az
down when | slipped, the az striking the fore
finger of the left hand taking it off did
not feel it at the time and the first knew |
saw my finger fall into the wood pile Dr.
Sturtevent dressed the wound. The Drama,
Turn of the Tide" advertised for next Sat
urlay has been postponed one week on ac-
count of the Rainbow SOciable to be given
Wednesday by the Ladies' Relief Corps
DIR. Henry Terrill of Canton who was snow
bound a day at this place started for home
the next morning and was obliged to walk
nearly the distance 90 miles) leading his
horse and wading in snow from foot deep
up to his waist.-That poultry pays, is shown
by the following account handed the Journal
reporter recently. The party is a farmer
and has "a pullets most of them Matched in
June, that have laid since Dec. LIST. (three
months and one half 322 3 dozen of eggs
After deducting what was used in family of
five-sold to the amount of S7O.79. During
the month of January they laid ITO eggs as
an average of 81 2-3 per hen. Let the
readers of the journal who are interested in
poultry beat this record if possible
The schools will begin the second Monday
in April. Teachers engaged as follows: H.
NJ. Pratt, High; Miss Susie L. Gordan,
Grammar; Mrs. II. NJ. Pratt, Intermediate ;
Miss Emma Waugh, Primary; the old
board right through each having taught
number of terms in town, and the schools for
the past year have been unusually successful
Mr.. Albert Hutchinson of Fayette is to
move into the house recently vacated bv X.
futile Mr. IL. reports lively business in
the grain line.-The Womans Annual Mis-
sionary Society met Tuesday and elected their
officers as follows: Mrs. +. S. Small, Pres !:
Mrs Geo. Chandler, Vice Pres; Mrs. Isah
Record, Sec. Home Mission; Mrs. Frank
Millett, Sec. Foreign Mission; Miss Helen
Record, Treas.-Stll another. Mr.. Eddie
Austin met with a painful accident at the
Umbagog Pulp Mills. While at work OH the
"long machine he caught his right hand in
the knives taking off both middle fingers and a
portion of the fore finger. Mr. Austin has
an accident insurance in the Travellers
Charles Berry is quite i'll.
PENoBsCoT.
The April Civil term of the Supreme
Judicial Court of Penobscot will convene
uNs'hy, hPiii o'' 'uhSt OsttT, VI
Bethel, will preside, and some important
cases will come up for trial
Mr.. d. ID. Flynt of Dexter fell and in
jured himself quite severely recently. He
was going to his stable "A little before day
light to care for his stock and fell down a
flight of steps.
Two boys slid off the bridge into the water
near the White mill in Dexter recently.
man who saw the accident jumped into the
water and rescued them. II was narrow
escape.
SOMERSET.
The Madison Dramatic Company are max
ing preparations to play Turn of the Tide"
or Wrecked in Port" ut Old Point Hall,
about May LIST.
The Somerset County Grand Jury room is
getting to be quite an art gallery. it is the
custom of each jury to have their portraits
taken and present them to the county The
present jury have followed the custom and
have adorned the walls with cabinet size
portraits of themselves neatly grouped and
framed, and are pronounced by judges to be
a fine looking body of men. The work was
executed by F.. +. Sturtevant which is a
sufficient guarantee of its excellence.
Somerset Reporter.
LIBERTY.-Our correspondent writes Mar.
10 The people of this vicinity are invited
to meet at Hall St. George, Wednesday
evening the 2lst inst, to discuss the railroad
questionable obsequies of Mrs. Jas Lewis,
were observed at her late home in this town
last Thursday. The annual town meeting
was held to-day and the following named
gentlemen were chosen as town officers for
the coming year G. A. Cargill, Clerk; l.,
c. Morse, Geo. W. Prescott w. II. Moody,
Selectmen; A. 7. Cargill. Treasurer; A. A.
Brown, A. +. Sanford, Constable and Col
lector Mrs. L. F. Sukeforth, S. S. Com
mittee; L. {, Morse, Town Agent.-The
&c cunts of the Warren tragedy at Benton,
as given in the Journal of late, have been
eagerly sought after. The reports represent
Warren as having been brutal specimen of
manhood and accustomed to beat his wife
most numerically. The people hereabouts
are greatly surprised that the neighbors of
Warren, should allow all these years man
to exhibit in their midst such examples of
cruelty without bringing him to speedy
punishment little wholesome treatment
of an heroic character such as the Texan
Regulators are accustomed to administer in
such cases, might have saved the lives of
those lost and the town such disgraceful
record