Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-18

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this yexr shows thas ne have more faAn
yssnsd hack .hs xrsund ne Loaf last yess--
ID f,cs re can saov . handsome trefesse
| in number Of scholars over previous ysArs
Ia 1879 we hsd 555 schalsrs out the Rum.
be. uss reduced Ia 1890 70 749, icas 81
.ix This year ve have IA scholars n
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ovsr 1850. Who ssys Dsxss: il iosinx
| groands
| Mr.. A, W. Lis1iefeid, Sho hves or Miro
avenue, La Aasarr, tells OF guesf ffeak
line Lightning played in bis doors arc
"Wednesday Afternoon. He was unloading
nav il, his barn when the shower struck a1t
amidst the nashes of lightning be saw
bolt esms 20 the ground shout TWO rods
from the barn near 81 sppis Tree under
which were two moving machines. horse
r.ke and q bezgY. About Is minutes later
| .bils res.ing on soms hay in the barn floor
lie sav another bolt descend. accompanied
| BY a dssfening report. shicl, struck within
II fsss Of the first. Teis time Is siasisd
| gu. the buggy and struck one Of tire shafts
| aesr the hoIa back lroH- The shaft vas
| .pilntsre1 iato pieces as aae as caits but
| none Of the iron work Of she hGgsY was
hurt or apparently touched
Rosemary cottage ~ Eliot has again
| commenced It's bensncent work Of afford
| lag = free summer home for period OF $40
| weeks each TO hundreds of poor women and
4 Tsxf of
| fo,ty-ays reached there this week. The
benevolent work Of the cottage is directed
| by Mis-. Sarah Farmer and three Wellesley
virl. and fou, other women are employed
Z, keep this free boarding house In home
ks running order.
The excursion season is nov at the fnll
height Of it's summer tite.
The summer meeting OF the New EGG
and Chaalagqna Normal Union and Free
Baptist Assembly ST 0eesn PARK, Old
| Orchard, is now in full PTozress. and Will
continue iii August IL. The programme
(, A very attractive Que and embraces macy
lis,in gai.hed dacators. preachers sud spec
tsl lecturers Reduced fares on all rsi!-
roads Copies Of the circular and pro
yramme can be hsd on application to Rev.
g. r. Penney or Mr.. Il f DAVIS, Augusta.
The .Northesst organ Of the Protestant
Episcopal church in Maine, published st
| Portland, says that a generous friend OF
the Maine Episcppate diocese has Offered
SO 900 IN the eplscopste fuEd o. coadi-
ton that the fund shall be completed this
year Dolly 5000 remsin to be collected,
and il il pretty sure TO be forth coming.
This is q question which has been Of III
tense interest to the bishop Of Msine, as il
will enable him TO have smother rector at
st. Luke's, Portland. thereby leaving him
free to attend more strictly to the matters
Of the diocese, which especially needed his
attention.
The 22d anniversary Of the settlement OF
New ~edsn will be observed on the 23d
lost At II O'Clock there will be union
religious meeting in the grove led BY Pas
tors Lilygrans and Newbers. At IL the
Woodland and New Sweden base ball
| teams will play. AT two O'Clock the ex-
ercises will begin in the grove under the
auspices OF the VS. There will be speech
ss, music by the band, etc, after which re-
freshments will be served. Should the
day be stormy the programme will be car
tied out at Mr.. Uppling's.
Aroostook Democrat The people of
Aroostook by virtue OF their industry and
thrift, have built up towns aud villages
which are an honor to the State; the farms
are we'll kept and productive the Industries
many, and varied the resources, developed
ard undeveloped, important and promising;
| he houses and out buildings, neat and 10
good repair; the churches and school
| -, and taauttfuI All fhts
too good TO be abandoned by our young
men, for greatly inferior advantages IN
other sections Therefore, stay at home,
young men of AroosLook. and let the West
and South boom themselves. Like the old
aides pie, they need prsising, AtooEtook
will speak for itself.
The Belfast Journal tells 8 story illusira
tive Of the amount of good done by beneyo-
lent orders. Twenty years sgo, son of
Mr. Joseph Il. McMspus Of Thorndike
vent to the Pacific COST. settling at Van
ouver Island, where he died last spring.
lie was An Odd Fellow, but his father
knew nothing of his affairs. The young
man vas member of the Odd Fellows
| Relief, which pays $1,000 at death. Last
| saturday Q check for $1,000 came to the
| Belfast post office, payable to Mr.. Joseph
Il. McMsnus, the father. The Odd Fell
lows had faithfully settled all claims
gsinst the young msn, erected handsome
monument over the grave, and sent the
balance Of the money 10 the father.
A gentleman from Vermont will build
| his own expense, road from Phillips
llto the township OF No, g. il he can secure
aud from which 50 million feet can be cue
This is the only obstacle and he is now
looking at tue land.
The Shore Line is to be built.