Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05

STATE NEWS.
Aroostook.
MAPLETON.

There Will Dc Il DemOrcSG contest Tor a
silver medal at the Free Baptist church
next Friday evening, March Sth.-A. A.
Griffin expects to have $500 pounds of
clover seed Of last seasons raising.-The
NJ. E. sewing circle will furnish dinner
at the church dining room, town meeting
day. March 1S.-Rev. Jonathan johnson
is holding meetings in this town with
good results. His home is in Vermont at
present, but he is native of Maine, hay
ing been raised in the town of Brownville.
MASARDIS.
Mrs. Burns Of Fort Fairfield is visiting
Mrs. A. Pollard this week Mrs W. H.
Rowe Jr., and Miss Cliff are spending
few days in Pressure Isle this week
Mr.. Will Hayden Of Pressure Isle and Miss
Annie Mclean of Masardis, were united
in marriage, Feb. "a The farmers are
preparing for large acreage of potatoes,
the coming season. Commercial fertil-
izers viii be used to a greater extent than
ever before.
SMYRNA. 81
Mr.. Ingraham, pastor Of the Baptist
church in this town is slowly recovering
from very severe and protracted Illness
He will go outside for surgical treatment
Evangelist Fernow is again in town for
a short time. bark jobs are nearly
completed and teams are returning from
their winters work.-A store is to be
built at the Smyrna station, and it is
vaguely reported that some kind of wood
working shop is to be erected there also.
during the coming spring. A high school
is in successful operation at the Mills +"
Knnnohoc
SIDNEY.
Mr. and Mrs. Costello are both sick
with the grippe. Miss Mary Brown has
returned from Augusta. Mrs Herrin is
sick with tho grippe Mrs. Frank Abb
bott has returned from Waterville.-J. +.
Warren lost quito q valuable cow last
week 1t is supposed she choked to
death. Miss Clara Hartman of Winslow
was in town last week visiting at r. S.
Benson 's.-Political matters seem to be
very quiet in Sidney this spring.
WEEKS MILLS.
DR.. Grecnleaf the well known and sue
cessfIl dentist has been at the hotel for q
week.-The dance at Percival s hall, given
by "The Crosby Band" was success,
like all dances and entertainments man
and Mrs Frank Halpin of Massachusetts,
have been visiting Mrs. Halpin's sister,
Mrs. Harry Reed for few days.-Mrs.
Dean Estes has returned from Waterville
where she has been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Goddard. Mrs.
Bertha Doe has gone to Fairfield to visit
her mother, Mrs Annie Harvey.
NORTH PITTSTON.
The regular weekly meeting OF the
Friendly Greeting Society was held as
usual on Thursday evening, and the fol-
lowing programme was presented: sing
ing by the choir, male quartet, juvenile
choir, J. f. Aldrich. B. b. Hanson, A. j.
Williams; reading, b. B. Hanson; recita-
tions Enza Green, Nellie and Mamie
Grant, Carrie Putnam, Arvesta Gould,
Susie McGugin, Sadie Lawrence, Ellen
Green; dialogues, "The Way to Wind
ham, J. +. Aldrich and Arthur Law
renee; and Popping the Question, Al
bert and Carrie Putnam song, 1.-The Old
Log Barn." Mrs. Annie Grady, Cora
Could Messrs. A. j. and Chas. Williams;
hand organ played by j. f. Aldrich
assisted by Chas Williams. The paper
was read by Misses Carrie Putnam and
Lille Green. large number of out-of-
town people were present at the meeting,
Thursday evening among them being
noticed, Mrs. Annie Grady of Whitefield,
Miss Gertie Blackman, South Pittston;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGugin of Card
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Whitman of Chel-
sea- and number from East Pittston-
The monthly meeting OF the Union
oranges will be held at the grange hall in
Pittston, on Wednesday next Mr.. Ed
Allen of this town, turned his valuable
mare out to water, on Thursday last
and in some way the animal run into
the barbed wire fence, and sustained
some very severe cuts and scratches on
one of it's hind legs, some of them reach.
ing the bone.--Mr. Horatio Lewis oil
Whitefield was in town Thursday. Mr.
Arthur Marson of East Pittston, was IN
town Thursday. MIR. Roger Lapham OF
Pittston, met with n serious accident
Thursday last. He had load of hay and
was making it fast with rope. mink
ing the rope tied to the forward end OF
the rack, he pulled up ON it and fell back
wards 30 feet to the ground DIR. sawyer
who is in attendance says he is now com
Portable.
LITCHFIELD CORNER.
The Good Tcmplars had n meat PIE
supper and sociablo at the hall, FRIDAY
evening, which was well patronized. -
The town officers met at the house oil Nr.
Thomas Holmes, Saturday afternoon to
make arrangements for the celebration Oh
the Tooth anniversary of the incorporation
Of the town 1t was decided to celebrate
about the 14th of August, 1873. Inc
following gentlemen were chosen as com
mittee to act with the town officers in max
ing the arrangements: Hon. Oranandai
Smith, Samuel Smith, DIR. Enoch Adams,
G. A. Metcalf, j. A. Chase. ID. L. smith,
j. t. Chase Tho committee are TO met
at the schoolhouse at the Corner, March
10th DIR l. W. Gilbert has been con
fined to the house several days with sick
ness.--The Reading Club met with Mrs
DIR. kendriok, Wednesday evening. Inc
programme was very interesting, The
next meeting will be at Mrs. Eugene
Campbell s.-Miss Gertie Lydston has
been quite sick Little Carl Taylor Is
quite sick with the mumps. Mrs. Towne,
the mother of Mrs +. L. Higgins, Is re-
ported very low with cancer.-The mis-
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