Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-17
Daily &en,,ehee gournaL
STATE NEWS.


Mr.. Daniel CowiDg died Wednesday.
Oct. 10, after a lingeriug illness of piraly sis
The funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Davis of Eddington.-Miss Alice
VI. Lufkin Of Orrington, Is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j E Turner Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mckay of Hancock, were in town Friday
TO sttend Mrs. McKa,'s fathers funeral
Miss Gertrude Borrll is teaching in Ban
gor.-Tne Harvest concert is postponed
one week owing to the rain Sunday even
iag.
SARGENIvILLE.
Ten people from this place attended the
Hancock County Y. p S. c. E convention
at North West Harbor on Wednesday A
pleasant and profitable session is reported.
notwithstanding the severe weather which
prevented many from attending -During
Wednesdays gale the house of Capt John
Bennett narrowly escaped destruction by
1ie. A chimney burning out started fire
which was fortunately discovered before it
had gained much headway.--A little son OF
j. w. Griadle, while visiting relatives at
South Bluehill, was taken dangerously ill.,
bat at last account, was impfoving.-Mr.
Groves ID. Eaton is made happy by the ar
rival of 10 l-2 pound baby boy-A little
daughter is also added to Joseph Hopkins
family.
RIVERSIDE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Davis of Hallowell
were at L. S. Forests last Sunday .-Miss
Matte Merrill of Augusta was here last
week the guest of her cousin, Miss Carrie
MerIill.-Mel Bigelow of St. Adams was
in town Tuesdsy.-G. H. Gibson of Vsssal-
boro was here last Tuesday Mrs. Lot
Jones of Brooks and Miss Orret Hussey of
Vassalboro dined with Mr.. and MIS- +. r.
Merrill last Wednesday Mrs. Caroline
FarweH of Fairfield was here last Friday
on her way to Cross Hill. NJ. Con1or
of So. Windsor was at G. r. Colmans last
Wedne sdsy.-W. S. Moulton of Randolph
vas here last Thursday F. r. Mer-
ill spent part Of last week in Augusta
Mrs. j. II. Reed is in Augusta visiting
friends w. Mitchell has raised fee
piece of yellow corn this year; the ears are
lopg and well filed. He has shown your
correspondent stalk that has two very
handsome ears, each foot long and well
filed out, and still another ear on the same
stalk partially filled %. II. Brown had
huskin2 one evening last week. He got a
nice lot of corn husked, and the young
folks who went had fine time and a nice
supper.
EAST VAssALBoRo.
Miss Sophy Priest, an aged lady of this
village, died Sunday morning. Miss Priest
has been aillng for months and hns been
confined to her bed, but has borne her euf-
ferings with Christian patience. The funer-
al services occurred Tuesday afternoon,
R,v. Alfred Jones officiating.
WINsLow.
Alvah Wheeler and MIS-. Emeline Hsmln
went to Lynn. Mass, last Thursday, where
each will have surgical operations per
formed by DR.. Bergengren, specialist
Work was begun Monday on the new
,choolhouse at Paine's Corner. Edward
Cushman will have charge of the jcb.-A.
NJ. Balentine has been making quite extern
sive repairs on his shop.
WINTHROP.
The farmers have improved the good
weather the past week and gathered their
apples M. c. Simson's father and mother
have lust returned from visit to the ir
former home at Dsmariscotta. DIR. Arthur
D. Cole will move into the c. ID. Wood
house in few weeks.-H. X. Benson Ia
building coal shed back of the freight
itpot.-Will Hines cut his hand badly with
sickle, last week.-Master George Cook,
WHO has been stopping at Mrs. Henry Il.
Jackson's in the Longfellow district, left
for Good Will farm, Saturday. lie Is a
boy without home and the farm is inst
the place for bin. He is about 10 years
old.-The question is asked By many peo-
ple of this town: "Will the milk factory
ever start?" 1t seems too bad, with the
amount of capital invested that the plant
could not be made to pay,'as that Is the
gay the indications now point Mrs. Is.
r.. REYNOLDS of Somerville, Mass, who has
been stopping here for some weeks, re-
turned home last week.-lt is said that DE-.
C. w. Taggart contemplates moving out OF
town.
ALBION.
DR.. and Mrs F. Z. Withee were invited
nv Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. Drake to take tea
with them, and join a whist party in the
| evening. As they were in the act of sittipg
| Iown to a game of whist, word came that
some one had called at the doctors house.
He Immediately went to his house, few
rods distant, and finding it in possession OF
about 10 of bis friends and neighbors he
decided that the crowd was too large to fsce
single-handed, and hastily returned for his
wife. who on coming to his assistance was
thoroughly surprised to find the house filed
with people, and tables aud stands piled
with lunch baskets, boxes, etc. After tax
NO in the situation they de cided that Dis
| ere,ion was the better part OF vaior, and
surrendered Internationally giving the in-
Itrujers the Liberty of the house." An
hour was then spent In social intercourse
sben the dining room door was throw n
omen revealing an elegant sideboard which
mad been placed there in the early part Of
the evening. Rev. Mr.. Owen, In behalf OF
the company, presented to them in fitting
and well chosen remarks, which were
briefly and feelipgly responded to by the
doctor. DR.. Withee is a young man and a
native of the town of Benton. de COM
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