Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-30
STATE NEWS.


ArOOstO0k.
MAPLEroN.
Walter Hughes and wife have gone to
North Appleton for few weeks visit
Rev. B. c. Wentworth, presiding elder
preached at the new VI. +. church last
Sunday evening: after which the Lords
supper was administered, followed by the
baptism of Rose Pulcifur eleven years old,
| daughter of Nathan and Alice Pulcifur.-
| Mrs John Wilcox is the mother of twin
girls. born last Sunday. The family now
consists of father, mother, six boys and two
| girls, twin boys and twin girls, fourteen in
all. -Rev. NJ. II. Siprelle is here to attend
| the dedication of the new NJ. +. church
Tuesday and preached at the hall last sun
day afternoon.
! MARS lIrLL.
| The fine sleigbing of last week did not
| last long. The ladies of the sewing circle
| furnish supper every Tuesday night for
| fifteen cents About thirty gentlemen took
supper there last week .-Potatoes are on
| the rise. The Snow Bros. recently sold
| five hundred barrels for one thousand dol
| lars.
@Y Hancock.
| MARIAyILLE.
| The pie sociable was well attended Sat
urlay night at Union Hall. The guess
quilt was won by James kimba!l, who
guessed the number of beans in a jar.--No
snow to speak of as yet: very little has
| fallen bnt the warm days soon melted it
away.-Frank Frost and his crew started
| for No. 80 last Thursday where he intends
| to operate this winter School in District
| No. . commenced Monday, Nov. 2Sth,
under the instruction of Miss Isabel .yor-
dan. of Waltham-There was quiet
wedding in town recently. Miss Maggie
Maddox of this town was married to Mr..
| David Filbrooks of Greenfield The
towns people will miss Miss Maddox very
much, as she was u voting lady of most
cstimable qualities Elder Allen, who has
been laborng " 18th Us for some little time.
has decided to remain here the present
winter.
| FAYETrE.
| G.. l.. Richards has been drawn, to serve
| as traverse juror at the December term of
the Superior Court--IIenry l.. Balentine
has returned from California. --Thanksgiv
| ing day passed in a very quiet manner
| We are to have mail IN this village twice
day after Dec. St.
| RIVERSIDE.
| Mrs T.. NJ. Getchell of Augusta has been
visiting friends here the past few days.
| L. e. Tilley, OF the firm of Sawtelle &
| Tilley of Sidney, has been in the place the
past week packing apples. The firm does
large business buying and packing ap-
pies for the European market they ship
direct to Liverpool The man to whom
they ship them was in this country last sum
| mer and went to Sidney to see them. He
gave them some points about putting them
up, etc, so they know exactly what that
market wants and they are shrewd and at
the same time square business men, so that
| they are able to give the farmers a good
price for their apples AMI make a dollar
or two ves.-Carrie Merrill and
| Alice Getcheli were home from their schools
| to spend Thanksgiving. Bertha Newell of
| Waterville came down with them.--Leslie
| Gilbert was home from Portland to Thanks
giviog.-J. Aubcrt Mooers of Skowhe
| gan was IN the place last
| Thursday .-Miss Hester Smell has
returned from Bowdoinham where
she spent week with her brother.--Roscoe
Paine of Winslow is visiting his grandmother,
Mrs Rainfall. There was quite an extern
sive Thanksgiving party at Hiram Potter's
last Thursday twenty sat down 10 dinner
all relatives who bad gathered from widely
separated locations. They were from Vas
salhoro, Augusta, Wateryille, Fairfield,
Boston and California. 1t required two
large turkeys to go round. Mrs. Ransdeli
has since gone to her home in California