Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-30
STATE NEWS.


| ar nusleish is working hard for the foao
an 10 doing ali within his power to puso ihe
survey And sahseyiptiors TO eompletion.--
J,,.ph II. Daley has sold his Homestead
10 William Tiiisy and Joseph And fanny
v,il move into the village and open bus
ipes, house Our village schools h.gAn
tie fall tefms under the instruction OF Miss
| S .d!s Z. Texier aad Mics Nina S. Record
Monday mo,niag.-Mt. kstahdin 10 due
vest aad tns sun now sets De hind ts--Ihefe
never .ss such A rush Of potato teams At
our starch factory 50 at the present Time.
Last 5 .turday from twenty to thirty teams
were continually in the iiae waiting their
urn 70 un!o I'd and was continued from the
zee small hours Of the morning till the big
hours Of the night The cropis very large
here ard bring 20 cents per bushsi Of
sixty three pounds.
New LIsERIcg.
Bu.ise.s ha. been very quiet in the tan
Tefy for the past few weeks. Some nee
es.sry repairs have been made and the
main building Is being singled. 1t vi
AXE about 1870 NJ shingles. they fred up
Monday morning and will probably get to
work again soon-Mr. Manson's starch fac
tory vas completed about week ago and
IS doing . rushing business, in fact he 10
getting more potatoes than he can we'll
care for. The prices paid are 80. 40 and
e. c.nts per Dbl The Cochrane bridge
mas been anished and approved ty the
county commissioners pronouucing it
drst-clsss job.
ASHLAND.
Mr.. W. A. Vinsl raised . large stable
this week Mr.. and Mrs. f. g. Dunn of
St. John, N. b., are visiting at Hon. E. @.
Dul n's-Prof. A. A. Dfufy gave course
If interesting lectures on phrenoiogy and
obvsiognomy this week.-Mrs.. Abbie Smith
ard children from Woodstock, N. B.. are
visiting at C. +. Clayton's. K. g.
.llocb, tie Oldest citizen in the town. died
quite suddenly on Thursday night. Mr..
Kslioch was one Of the pioneer settlers OF
Inc tlxn having come when the river was
he only highway. He was ninety-one years
old.
RIVERSIDE.
List Friday at noon the Thermometer
stood at s. degrees in the shade.-Last
Wednesday DR.. Fairbanks Of Augusta, the
veterinary surgeon was in the place
IN professional business.--Rev. Samuel
WUElfUW ElUEtu LIE ihuuio hhS
clurch 10 this place, and last Tuesday
Nth his family went to New Haven, Conn,
where be will continue his studies -
The Rev. Arthur Pstten, . graduate from |
Colby, will occupy the pulpit here and at
the Corner for 8 sessou.-Last week. IN
two days, John Woodsum the hay king. |
purchased in this vicinity three hundred
tons of hay and some of it has been pressed
tol tn he raaAU IN hp ahiDnpd |
TO Salem aud Boston.-The dust In the
roads i. almost uuendurabls, the heat is
oppressive and the water in the wells has
most all disappeared, hut in q short time all |
these caiamities will vanish.
NORTH wArHE,
The drouth begins to be felt in this vicin-
ty. Mary wells have failed, and the oldest
resident never saw the water so low in the |
ponds On account Of the low water the |
Tool Company shops are running on half |
time -Numerous visitors from out Of town |
have been in the village the past week, in |
attendance at the Readaeld fair, among |
chem Mr.. and Mrs. C. l. Towle, Mr.. and |
MIRO N. M. Dexter aud Mrs. W. Hinckey |
Il Oakland, and Mrs. +. Sanborn of
Auburn-Mrs. II. N. Jennings and Mrs. |
C. Burnett went with the Saturday excur-
son to Rspgeley.-Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Davis of Oakland are visiting Gilbert 2.
rsylor Mrs. Cyrus Lsdd has returned
from visit to Boston.-Mr. and Mrs
franklin Foster Of Oakland, old-time resi-
tents Of this village, have been guests Of
W, NJ TAYLOR the past week Mr.. Fred
aud Miss Eta Hayden Of Auburn are at
home for 8 vacation.
CHELSEA,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. +. FsrnhAm, Miss Kate
Mckay and Messrs. Arthur Douglass, Chss.
Drake and Ed Libby attended The fair At
Resdied last week, and also called upon
some Of their friends at Kent's Hill. They
mad All enjoyable trip.-A large number of
our town.people will attend the fair held BY
the south Kennebec Agricultural Society
At Windsor this week. Some Of our towns
men are members Of the society and there
fore take quite an interest The Folsom
Epworth League Of this town elected the
following delegates to attend the convention
at Portland this week Miss Mabel Hayes,
Miss Ks,e Mckay and Rev. J. J.. Folsom.
Soldiers Div. 40 B. s. of v, elected the
following officers for the ensuing quarter
Will Hayes, W. p; H. H. Farnham. w,
A., Arthur N. Douglass, 4 g.; Edward
W lTsIU". \. ". d : MISS vi. tubiu5,
s.. J. 4. Meader, treasurer; Chss. Drake,
chaplain; Miss Alice Page, Con-. George
Caldwell, A. Con. Frank Stat ord. |. s.
Warren Hal, O.S Thomas Searles, P.WP.
Miss Eva SearIes and sister we're in
Richmond last week visiting relatives.-
Mrs. Hapnsh Sinclair Of Augusta is in town
visiting relstives.-Mrs. Helen Gunneberg
has been spending few weeks with rels-
L.
d,y,-John Luns is building an addition to
his stable.
LrrcHFtELD.
The town Of Ltchield has decided not to
have town fsir.-Dist. Dept. G. M. Ian
ders Of Gardiner installed the following
officers OF Morning Star Lodge, F. and A.
Mason', Tuesday evening, Sept. Is: NJ,
VIM. TAR; J. W. Starbird, s. W.; F. W.
Jordan. ]. W.; Dr.. I. ". Gilbert, Sec.
rhos. Holmes. Treas. J. f. Chase, s d.
J 4. Jack. J. D.; Oscar Hatch, S. 8.
Robert Miles. ]. S Geo. A. Bosworth
t; G Roberts, Jr. Chap. Henry +.
Woodland, M. The installation was fol-
lowed by an essay BY Mrs. DR.. Kindrick.
q recitation by Miss Meitelle Snow and
poem by Mrs. Eta Taylor. The music
was furnished bya quartet consisting Of
Mrs. Net,ie Campbell, Miss Alice Smith
Of Richmond. J. W. Starbird and J. E
Chase with DR.. Gilbert at the organ. A
b Aked bean and cake supper Was served,
about two hundred and dfsy people were in
| attendance Mrs. s. &. Earle aud Mrs.
May Springer have had An suction sale Of
their household goods and broken up house
keeping. Mrs. Earle will go to her sou'',
DR.. Stinson % New Sharon, and Mrs.
| Springer to Mrs. Zilla Williams Of Au-
| burn,-her adopted daughter. -President
| Reyes, Jr., 10 teaching at Bar Hafbor.-
| Mrs. Myra and Mics Fl. d. Smith are
| visiting friends in Bath They are quitting
. new cost Of paint on the parsonage.
| PrrIsTos.
Mrs. Frederick Keller arrived home from
Mass. Yesterday on the keneebec Cap
tain Alphonso Yeatons wife 10 visiting
relatives in Bfooklipe. Mass.-Mfe Fannie
Bleu went down to Wiscasset, Saturday, on
Q shoft visit We are having remarkably
dry sud pleasant weather this month, rain
10 needed very much - the wells and els
terms are very low and some are entirely
| dry Miss 9racie HasEetl 10 quite sick
sish lung fever. DR.. Friend attends her
Capt. William J. Bake, Of the steamer
"Sssadahoc," which il nov lying at Bath.
was 1t home YESTERDAY. Dcrr Of
Washir gton. d. c., arrived in town Saiur.
day, and 10 the suess Of Mrs. G. W. Church
Mrs. Thomas Coss is quite sick. DR.
LIBBY Of East Pittston sttends her Mrs
Ass Yeaton il very sick With dropsy Dr.
J. NJ. Turner attends her Mr. Edvsrd