News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
MAINE.

New Vineyard has organized Cemetery
Association, and has collected goodly fund
for identifying the cemetery grounds.
Mrs. Georgiana Haskell, widow of the late
| Z. Kent Haskell of Dover, has been granted
pension, which amounts to S2256.
Apples are selling in Franklin Country
from 50 to So per barrel, while for some
varieties even So are asked.
New Sharon people ere agitating the matter
Of narrow gauge railroad to connect their
town with FarmiDgtOn on the north an!
some point Gu the Kennebec River on the
south.
The class of 1892, Colby University, will
present to their alma mater ut the next Com
mencement portrait in oil of eX-President
Robbins. A Boston artist is now painting
the portrait.
Rev. George r. Palmer, of Augusta, has
been invited by Kimball Post G. 4. r.. Liy-
ermore Falls, to deliver the Decoration Day
address. Rev. w. +. Berry of Pennington
will deliver the Decoration Day address in
Pennington.
Forrest, son Of U. n. Ingersoll of Column
bia Falls, received severe injuries by being
caught in the wheel of the engine ut the brick
yard recently. His left arm was broken in
two places above the elbow and his head and
side badly bruised.
While Mr.. Silas Taber of Windsor was on
the scaffo.d pitching down hay a few days ago
he Tell from the great beam 10 the lCOr, winch
injured him so severely that he died. Mr..
Taber was nearly rs years of age.
Col. Richard E. Shannon of New York. not
content with large donations to Colby Uni
yersity, is always ready to aid the different
organizations in which he still takes warm
interest. Editor Hatch of the Echo recently
received letter from Col. Shannon, written
in Paris, containing check for S25 and cor
dial good wishes for the increasing success
and usefulness of the publication.
The Pennington Chronicle recently print
ed a list of Bowdoin College graduates who
were natives of Franklin county. The list
numbers eighty-siX, and in it we find the
names of Samuel Mun>on, missionary to
the East Indies, where he was killed by the
natives In 1884; Fordyce Baker, the emine t
New York physician; Geo. Augustus Per-
kins, missionary to Turkey and professor In
Robert College, Constantinoplc; Geo. East
man Stubbs. professor of Surgery, Medical
College, Philadelphia. and others who have
taken prominent places In the country and
the world.
Hon. William r. Whitehouse will succeed
the late judge Danforth OF Maine, and Hon.
Oliver G. Hall takes Judge Warehouses;
place.
James Kelar, aged 20, was found dead on
the shore ut Belfast Monday, from heart dis
ease.
Peter Leblanc, four years old son of
Henry Leblanc of Biddeford, fell into a boiler
of hot wafer Tuesday, while playing In the
kitchen. He cannot live.
Prof. r. B. Capen, into whose charge the
accounts of Gay Turner. the late City Treas
urer of Augusta. were placed by the Mayor
and city Finance Committee for examination,
has made his report. Mr.. Capen states that
he finds the city finances intact beyond po,-
sibiity of doubt. While there are 4 few
clerical errors, there are none Of any import
ance and instead of Mr.. Turner being In debt
to the city, on the contrary there is some lit
tie money due Mr.. Turner.
The whole debt Of Eastport is S4I.5 8 10,
| and of this amount $40, 600 Is in per cent
bonds. the interest upon which is paid to the
town for the support of the poor.
Ice cutting at Pennington, except for home
use, was a thing unknown till the present
winter. Fifteen car loads are now shipped
| from West Pennington TO Bath every day.