Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-24

Miss Gamsby of New Hampshire is visiting
her brother, MIR. George Gamsby.- MIR.
Frank Percival has returned from Deering
Miss Lcttie Campbelle is home from New
York on her vacation.-Niss Kate Chad
| wick and her niece, Miss Nellie Malcolm,
have gone to Bucksport to visit Miss Julia
Chadwick.
SIDNEY.
Mrs. james Bean has returned home
| from Boston.-Miss Annie Smiley of Bos-
ton, is visiting at James Bean's.-Mrs. b.
P. Smiley is in Augusta for few weeks.
Mrs Springer was on the sick list last
week.-Fannie Canon spent few days in
Bath last week.
READFIELD.
Mr.. Geo. Royal will soon resume his sit
uation as foreman on the section. Mr..
Royal has been employed by the M. c. X.
II. for nearly 80 years and has been on
since last fall Rev. Mr.. Kenyon, pastor
| of the Free Will Baptist church at Dunn's
Corner held free sing, Saturday night,
July 81. Mr.. Kenyon is an excellent
singer.-Mrs. Townsend has 26 boarders,
| Mr.. Collins has %, and % are at the st.
| Charles hotel on Craig's Point abundance
of hay has been harvested the past week.
WASHINGTON.
At large and enthusiastic caucus and
convention of the Republican class of
Washington, Appleton and Hope, held at
the Town house in Washington, Saturday,
the 2lst inst. Luther A. Law of Washing
ton, was unanimously nominated for repre-
sentative of said class. Mr.. Law is now
chairman of the board of selectmen and
prominent citizen.
BOoTHBAY.
Mrs. SaraL Corey, who has been on a
visit to her daughter in Portland, returned
home Wednesday.-Miss Laura Dun
ton of Waltham, Mass, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Horace Runey.
Miss Butler of Massachusetts, is in town
for few days.-Mrs. Isaiah DeWolfe of
Boston, Mass, arrived in town for visit
among friends and relatives.-Mrs. j.
Clark Sproat and son Howard of Grand
Rapids, Mich, are visiting relatives in
Alna.-Mrs. Patterson of Massac hCsetts,
is stopping at Miss Mary Adams J.
Cushing and wife and family of Gloucester,
arrived in town, Sunday, for few weeks
vacation.
ST. ALBANs.
The telegraph line from this place to
Hartland and there connected with Pitts
field has been changed to telephone. Mes
sages from and to this place will now be
transferred at Hartland X. r. station.
VIENNA.
Farmers in this vicinity are nearly through
with their haying. They report more than
an average amount of hay.-There are a
few summer visitors, but not nearly as
many as there have been in the past sea-
sons.-Mrs. James Trask and Mrs. Warren
Ladd have gone to Old Orchard for a few
weeks stay.-Mrs. +. d. Blake of Elk eter,
N. H., with her children are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sawyer.-C.
C. Griffin of Augusta is in town.-Mrs.
Jennie F. Sawyer spent several days last
week with friends in Augusta and Hallowell.
Waldo.
BURNHAM.
Hon. Emery Written of Pittsfeld, stopped
at N. E. Murray's Saturday night, on his
way to Augusta to visit his mother and
sister, Mrs. Written and Mrs. Whitney
Mr.. Baxter commenced to plaster bis house
Monday. He will have a fine cottage house
when compete.-Mr. Day has moved into
his new store in Murray block.
READFIELD.
Mr.. Wilson from Bridgewater, Conn,
is here visiting his brother.-Hon. Erastus
Ryder from Bangor, with his family and
brother j. hn from Boston. They are spend
ing their vacation with their mother in this
| village was good delegation from
this village to Craig's Point on Wednesday
evening last to take in the steamboat ride
and the concert and reading there.-Tbe
Epworth league hold their monthly social
at the chapel on Wednesday The Good
Templers will entertain and instruct the
people by lecture at the chapel on Thurs
day evening.-Friday was the hottest of
the season the mercury raging from a
to ll2 in different sections of this town.
Many of our farmers finished haying last
week and most all will be through in few
days. The hay crop is unusually large,
some cutting 100 tons this year.-New po-
tatoes are abundant and cheap for the sea-
son.-Mr. T. A. Weston from Fayette, has
erected fine monument on his lot in Read
field Corner.-Mrs. S. G. Fogg has also
placed very nice piece of work on her lot
and also caused to be erected two tablets to
the memory of Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Bean,
late of Lewiston.-Mrs. Sarah Ingham is
visiting her old home in Raymond, N. H.,
for few weeks.
| LITCHFIELD PLAINS.
Rev. Thomas Kinney's sermon at the
Plains church, Sunday, was interesting as
expected.-M. S. II. Rogers, Esq was
able to be out Saturday.-Mr. John Milton
of Gardiner, was here on business Saturday
afternoon.--Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shorey of
Chicago, are visiting their parents in this
place.-Among the visitors at the Plains
church. Sunday, were Hon. j. f. Chase and
his niece, Miss Lidston, from the Corner
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cunningham from
the North, Mrs. A. V. Harrington of New
ton, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. Zebede
johnson of Gardiner.
NORTH WAYNE.
Many of the families in our village are
welcoming friends and relatives to their
home, and the question is often asked, why
should not our pretty village, shaded with
noble trees, living between two beautiful