Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-24
STATE NEWS
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MADISON.
A severe snow storm commenced isst
Wednesday night. eontinaiag through the
night and the next forenoon. About 10
inches Of snow fell followed by severe
wind which blockaded the roads. rendering
them impossible. II vas one of the
heaviest storms ia this section for many
years. go early in the season
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The storm was so severe last week that
travel by team between Solon and Bing-
ham was impossible. The Quarterly Meet
.as services at the latter place advertised
TO be held last Sabbath were on this ac-
count Indefinitely postponed Minister
Lxughton was unable TO get through to At
tend the funeral OF Mr.. Hill who was
buried on Sunday-The Young People
society of the Methodist church at Scion
are giving attention to the material wants
of the church. They have purchased .
large Rochester lamp for the vestry lately
and paid part of the sections salary
Moses French's Sunday School class has
recently put fine clock valued at > rs in
to the auditorium.
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of late Mr. W. H. Carr. the popular
hardware dealer here has discovered A
weekly shortage which rendered 4 satisfsc-
tory cash balsnce impossible. Being sails
fed ihst the difficulty could not arise from
any error on the part OF those connected
y ish the firm, they organized a vigilance
committee and Saturday noon Mr.. Parsons.
the head clerk solved the mystery by
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Mr.. Pooler, likely Ffenchman.
as he WAS about TO leave the
store after helping himself TO about 50 in
change. The boy confesse that he had
been there before and As nearly as could
be estimated about $50 must have been the
spoils. Dat Of sympathy for the parents
they were allowed TO settle and q period Of
unlimited probation WAS granted the
hoy.-The safe of II. A. Bleihen jeweier
i, set in the wall of his store and projects
into the ally beyond. The tracks which
were made about this projection Saturday
night and the noise heard by Mrs. Kicker
who has apartments 10 the next building,
show that burglary was coDtemp'ated.-A
case Of search and Seizure occurred here
Saturday night but owing TO defec: in the
warrant the spoil. were ordered back.
Haste makes waste.
CoRISNA.
The G. A. r. fair holden the II, Is and
10 was fairly successful though the severe
storm prevented many from attending
DIR. J. Tabor had quite 3 display Of fancy
articles on exhibition The play "Down
by the Sea-" was we'll received and was
repeated on the evening of the 20 inst.
The hall has been entirely remodeled and
new scenery put in which greatly improves
its appesrance.-The storm of Friday was
the severest of the season, the wind blew
fearfully and the roads were blocaded
Saturday was devoted to road breaking
The drifts were very high and the snow
hard, making much work for shoveIers
Mr.. ii. b. Rackliff one of our leading
farmers sold to A. L. Emery sixteen hun
dred bushels of potatoes enc day last week.
They were of hi, own raising. He sold
them at eighty five cents per bushel, re-
ceiving the bounteous sum of thirteen hun
bred and sixty dollars. Mr.. Rackliff does
quite business in furnishing meats for
the Boston market, shipping some weeks
two hundred and fifty csrcasses of lamb.