Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-28
STATE NEWS.
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| Miss Lizzie LORD mas lmproFeu sluce pe-
ing taken to the Bangor hospital. Misses
Abbie May, aud Gertrude Buck have been
| on visit to Sedgwick. Mr.. A. r. and
Mrs. H. II. Buck, with their children, have
| been spending the week at Lakeside cottage
Allamousie. Universalist society held
| their annual picnic at Lakeside cottage the
oath. All report fine time.-Rev. Geo,
| B. Cooley who is preaching at the Universe
! list church at Eddngton, has been in town
on visit to his college friend, Rev. G. A.
Kruzer, and preached here the 27th.-Hon.
A. r. Bucks trotters are doing good WORK
on the track this season.-A. G. Page ant
wife have house full of summer visitors
Mrs Perry and daughter of Washington
| ID. c., are visiting her son DE-. Perry
Mrs Sara Hodgdon and daughter are IL
| New York with her sister, Mrs. Stubs, or
board their vessei.-C. E. Valentine ano
wife of Brooklyn, New York, are here at
| their house for few weeks.
| BUCKsPoRr.
| An association has been formed in town,
and A. c.. Swsz is treasurer. Ii is to
bring the price of coal down the coming
winter to $4.25 per ton. Subscriptions hav,
been received to the amount Of 1000 tons
of coal, to be delivered in town before thu
first of October at that price. Two carg0es
are on the way.-Capt. Tom Nicholson has
purchased fine sloop for pleasure parties
C. L. w. Brown has consigned his goods a,
the one price clothing store to his Boston
creditors and gone INFO insolvency There
are a great many visitors at Verona Park
Nearly all the cottages are full.
| Eennehe.
| VIENNA.
| Some of the farmers in this vicinity have
harvested their potatoes, they report fail
crop of excellent quality Mrs. f. C. Rob
inson and Miss Lizzie Gilman who have
spent several weeks at their summer retrea'
have returned to their home in Brunswick
The others intend going soon.-Mr. and
Mrs. Ed French of Cambridgeport, Mass,
are in town visiting Mrs. French's parents
| Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Davis.-Mcs. Davi:
is very poorly Mrs. Il. c.. Gilbert and
little son, Harvey, recently spent severa
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
| Sawyer.-William Sawyer, John Hughes
and Corydon Sawyer, have gone on blue
berrying trip to Mt. Bigelow.
WEEKS MILLS. -.
| Our popular tailor, Mr.. Dean Estes was
married on Wednesday evening August
22nd, to Miss Hattie E., eldest daughter Of
Mr.. James Goddard of Wateryille. The,
returned from short wedding trip Sttur.
day, and will begin housekeeping at onc'
in Mr.. Estes house which he has had re
paired and newly furnished. Mr.. Frank
Spaulding of Boston, is home for few
weeks.-Mr. Z. L. Bowden has returned
from Northport.- Alexander Clark and
| family of Boston are in town.-Mis Fred
Snow returned to her home in Rockville
CT, Monday Mics Maud Studley vent tt
Boston. Monday.-Dr. Hanson was home
from Augusta over Suuday.-Mr. Chas
Rollins and sister of Massachusetts,, are
visiting at Mrs. Elisha Hansons.
| Somerset.
BINGHAM.
Miss Lqurs Scott and the Mise,
Nellie and Minnie Ray of Water
vile, visited at John Buttons last week =
Frank Vittum of Scion, was in town recent
ly.-Blanche Savage of Pleasant Pond, wa
in town wishing last week A meeting wa
called in Union Hall August 20, by tht
gentlemen in this place for the purpose o
organizing public debating clnb. w
Il. Jordan was appointed chSirmal
and the following officers we're elected
Rev. ]. C. Gregory, president; W. r Jor
dan, vice president; f.. w. Moore, secre
tary; A. F. Donigsn, treasurer. }. C
Gregory, A. F. Donigan and f. W. Moor
were appointed as a committee to form tn
rules and bylaws of the club, and to repor
at Union hall, Thursday, Aug. 23i at
o'clock Thursday evening at s O'Clock
the Y. Nj. d. c. met at Union hall.read an
accepted the newly made rules and by-lsw
and decided on the following question "Rt
solved: That labor strikes are failure !" 4
be discussed at their first public meetin
which viii he next Thu-sdsy at Unian hai
AZ O'Clock sharp. Ladies are t
be allowed 10 join as free mem
bers. Everyone is invited TO attend.-
Dr.. Stowell and wife of Wsterville. visite
at Mrs. Lorana G oolrich's last week Bus
mess is booming at the last block factory
Wednesday, Aug %, the largest log tia
vas ever brought into the mill Wa
worked up into blocks. The log was 2
feet long and scaled see feet. One brarc
which was taken from the top scsl-d IS
feet. During the day $500 feet of lGmhe
was handled. This is the most lumber tbs
has been handled in the mill for some time