Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-06-21


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| 1t n meeting OF the Republican towr
committee held Saturday evening June Is
1 xas decided 10 hold the caucus 10 eleeI
delegates TO the District Convention, Thurs
l day. June -. n ) O'Clock +. N--We hal
a splendid shower here last Friday ana
again II commenced to rain SUNDAY morn
/ ing, and II this writing we are having a mag
niTlcent RAIN. 10 say il was needed alsi l
appreciated slces bot do the as5ttsr JustIta.
The army worm or something of the IA
ture Is working On sonse of our fruit Trees
IL Is h9pei however. that so serious dam
age will resnlt.--Grops in this vicinity ar'
looking we'll. with possibly the exception o
grass. The rain Of the present however
may give us an average erop.-Mr- Geo
took OF Charleston, Is negotiating for tbs
tieo- Tsissr place In this Iown.-Nr- Sam
ael Williams of Boston has bought ia,
Hines block in this village There is som,
talk of moving the post Office into it.-Th,
bridge in the village is being repaired; Il
u. Thomas i suryeyor.--H. ID. b. Ave
| has been appointed member OF local boar
Of health. vice. Dr. Maybry resigned
Quarterly meeting services viii be held &
the NJ. +. church next Sunday conducted BY
/ the presiding elder, Rev. j. II. W. Wharf
William Murray 4 Son have changed the
| color of their hotel which has improved it,
I appearance.-M +. Hedges has sheare,l
this season l240 sheep, mostly in Nassal-
/ boro and Winslow --lIenlee ( Co. of Au-
! yh.ta are soon 10 open "A picture gallery II
the Hinds building. two day, in each week
/ VIII Reynolds has taken the largest raft OF
! logs ever the China lake that was ever taken
over it to East Vassalboro, containing lJ1
{ thousand, mostly pine. The logs were cut
ON the land of the estate OF the late Cyrenu-
f Eyens of China. The raft is valued al
/ $500. Mr.. Reynolds keeps the lumber
moving summer aud winter. He now has
large force of men pealing bark
and lls. large wood yard in the vii
[ lage of North Vassalboro.-Rev. VIII
/ lard Palmer who has been settled over
/ the Baptist church here for the last two
/ years, has resigned his charge and is going
/ 10 Wateryille 10 finish his education. No
7 one has been named to fill the vacancy
/ Hon. X. C.. Burgess has sold his dwelling
house to the Nassalboro Wooden Mill Co,
and will fit up ROOMS over his store to ae.
eommodate his family. 1t will make a
! pleasant tenement.
| ALBION.
/ The annual June meeting of the Christian
/ church Was held with thischurch commenc,
( ing the l.th Rev. Prescott Reed of Bos
| ton and Rev Brooks and Wilson of China
were in attendance Joseph Thompson ha,
! sold at auction all of his household goods
and rented his place to Milton iIidder
/ D. W. Iiussey who was recently burned
out viii have an auction Saturday June 2Jtl
/ to sell his horses, place, etc. He intends
to settle in Waterville and practice law
! He is going to offer reward for the
1 discovery of the incendiary who set fire Il
/ his buildings.-A. W. pottie, wife and
| child also Miss Abbie Fowler are at +. C.
| Fowler's .-,john Gould and G.. 5. Billings
are charging their barns. Thomas Shore,
! has built II new one-We think George
| ilanscUui has the banner flock of sheep.
/ He has Is yearllng that sheared 2oJ pound,
of wool and all raised lambs. One
J sheared - ii pounds, one II -, three
| II pounds each, two were twins, three
| II lbs. each; II averaged u lbs. apiece
| all one half bred Shropshire. W. l.,
/ Drake has gone to Boston.-Dr. G. II.
Wilson. Il. b. Pray and T.. c. Fowler art
delegates to the State ConYention ut Port
| land.-Mrs. Dearborn Fuller had her shout.
der dislocated last week by being thrown
down by colt.
/ SIDNEY.
( Howard Totman of Fairfield was In town
last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barton OF
Mass, are in town visiting relativcs.-Frank
Mathews was brought before Trial Jus.
ticc Benson Saturday charged with getting
I I;llin b,t nnI,r ,r,
drunk Mary and Fannie Corson went t,
, Bangor Sunday Hastings is
putting an addition on his barn.
Mr.. II. K. Smiley had new potatoes and
green peas for dinner. SUNDAY, June 10
which he raised in his own garlen.-rht
cyclone that passed through Sidney Tues
day night, did quite an amount of damage
Ii took part of the roof off from Ruff,
Swift's barn and lifted the roof OFF from
barns of Manson, Cowan, Lowell, Farnham
George Shaw and Glib Reynolds. 1t blew
( the old English poplars on Waite's hill down
and did other damage to fruit and shade
trees. 1t blew over the old summer
sweeting tree on John Tilton',
farm. 1t is said that all of the summer
sweeting trees in Maine come from that
tree. 1t also blew over part-of the fence al
North Sidney cemetery.
NORTH M"NN"' ri.
Mr.. Moses Stevens died Tuesday night OF
heart trouble aged about 50 years. liz
had always been Il very quiet and industrou,
man, and carried ON the business of tanning
sheep skin. He was respected by all whe
him. and Il member of the Baptist Church
He leaves one daughter only. His wife
died last fhli. Ills remains were buried al
vest 'afhlhcF "htrc ne Formerly hfcu ne
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