Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-09


Miss Agnes Powers was at home from
Waterville over Sunday.-G. A. Hussey is
quite sick-The sociable at the Baptist
yestry Friday evening was well attended.
Ed Perkins shipped II horses to Provi-
dence, r. l., Monday morning.-Mi
Mabel Taylor has been quite sick.-J. +.
ingalls, has moved into the rockingham
house.-Miss Mae Anderson was in
Waterville, Thursday.-Prof. Young's
dancing school finished Saturday even
ing. Thursday evening, April 18th, there
will be grand ball at Millers hall with
supper at G. A. r. hall.-Mrs. Watson
was in Waterville, Thursday. Miss Grace
Shorey and Mrs. L. p. Holt have gone to
Boston to buy their stock of spring MILL
nery.-Mrs f. A. Hilton, Miss Caddie Hill
ton and C. S. Carr went to Boston, Satur
day morning. Herbert Lovejoy is in
town visiting his sister, Mrs. f. A.
Hobbs
SMITHFIELD.
The assessors have taken the inventory
of the property in town. They report
stock as looking well A case of diph-
iberia has broken out at the village in
the family of f. G. Tracy; little daugh-
ter eight years old is i'll with the disease.
Measures have been taken by the health
officer to prevent the spread of the dis
ease. Mrs. G. Il. Decker is among the
sick ones in town.-Mr. f. Tracey of
Mount Tom is doing quite a business
manufacturing maple syrup.-Superviso
c. S. Harlow, was round last week getting
the number of scholars. Q. S. Allen,
last week, bought of John Wentworth
two tons and a quarter of hay.-Mr. S. A.
Marston is very much improved in
health. &C. G. Haynes and family were
in town last week visiting friends &C.
R. Miller is doing thriving business in
his stone shed. He now has in his en-
ploy several cutters and will soon ship a
carload of cut work to Lewiston.
PALMYRA.
Fred Brown, first selectman is sick.
The other two are doing the work. C
NJ .Jewett has been spending few days
in Skowhegan and Norridgewock in the
interest of his granite quarry.-Frank
Farnham butchered large beef cow for
Dick Everett of Hartland. 1t was found
that she had tuberculosis, the lungs and
some of the meat We're badly diseased.
Mr.. Chas W. Homestead sold nice
young horse to Skowhcgan parties last
to erect an addition to his house 25x1S
which will make a great Improvement
Farmers are busy working up their years
stock of wood.-It is very sickly in town
Waldo.
LIBERTY.
Saturday morning, Walter knOwlton,
went to his stable and found that the
floor had given away, letting three of his
horse down into the cellar. One of
them was dead supposed to have drowned
in the deep water in the cellar; one was
bruised and famed badly and the other
one caught across a beam and was badly
cut and bruised and probably will be worth
less The selectmen are on their yearly
trip through town looking up the tax
able prOperty.-It is reported that W. j.
Knowlton has bought the remainder of
the Sanborn farm of the heirs.-W. A.
Lord has bought the half of the meat
business belonging to his partner, f. W.
Baker. Mr.. Baker will go to Washing
ton and take an interest in the Central
hotel with Elbridge Fish. Mr.. Baker is
smart business man in the meat bust
ness and all regret to have him leave
town.-Dr. +. A. Porter has bought a
new upright piano.-1n the contest in
Georges River Grange for answering
the greatest number of towns or in what
county they were situated in the State,
Mrs. 6. H. Cargill was the winner and
received the prize, a nice volume of es-
says.--A lot of skins has been received at
the tannery and it looks now as if bust
ness will start up soon in that depart
mcnt. quite number of children have
the whooping cough in the village and
some are quite sick with it. There are a
few cases of chicken pox in town.-Sew
ing circle was held at Crockett's last
week with good attendance.
BURNHAM.
Snow has about all disappeared in the
fields and grass looks as though it had
not winter killed e. A. Nash has com
mcnced to frame his new barn which is
to be 50x75 feet and 90 foot posted. -
George Correction has moved into the Muir
ray block and Mrs. Garcelon, being a fine
dressmaker, has opened dress making
department in the store where she intends
to keep dress goods ETC., for sale.
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Every six months capricious feminin-