Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-06
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
MAPLETON.
One more case of ulphtheria broke out
| Monday morning, in the family of &. G.
Smith in Maplpton. The other cases are
convalescent. Mr. Smith is having a Sc
| rious time. Harvesting time came with
| sickness and no one can be hired to go
there to work for fear of dphtheria. AS
| Mr. Smith is not able to do n hard day s
work. the crops in IA great measure are
| wasting.
| SHERMAN MILLS.
Scarlet fever has prevailed in town for
| the past eight weeks. The board of
health grappled with it at once and
stopped the spread of it and the last
| Quarantined family were set free Sept. %
| 1t invaded thirteen families in thirteen
| houses. all of which have been thoroughly
fumigated and cleansed by the board and
| the owners. There We're 81 cases. one
death, and one case of diphthera. There
We're nine cases of measles in one house
all recovered.
| HOULTON.
Fire in the residence of ]. H. MOZART
| lands residence in Houlton, Tuesday
morning, did $1,000 damage. Part of the
| furniture. &c, was removed. Insurance
| On UNelllllS ALUUu, furniture S,,Uu.
Hancock.
ELLSWORTH.
fire starting around the chimney in
Mrs Eunice Swetts boarding house in
| Ellsworth, recently. caused about 500
| damage to building and furniture by fire
| and water.
| WINTHROP.
| Miss Ada Foss. who spent several years
of her life in this place. died at Turner,
| Friday. and was buried there. Sunday.
Rev John Kimball of the Unversalist
church of Turner. delivered the funeral
| sermon. The deceased was a sister of
Mrs. Augustus Thompson of Winthrop.
She was young woman who won friends
everywhere by her strength of character
and many excellent qualities. Among
| those who attended the funeral services
| from Winthrop We're Mr.. and Mrs B. S
! Kelley. Miss Foss had been i'll for about
| year previous to her death. The cause
OF her illness is said to have been blood
poisoning. the effect of working in q eel
luloid factory in MISUNDERSTANDING
cottages this fan are going up all around
us. Besides Mr.. Cartoons cottage at
Cobbosseecontee which is now being built
and Fred Jenkins cottage up the shore of
Maranacook, which are about to be built
we are now Informed that Mr. Graham
Of New York brother of Mrs. George
Pike of Winthrop. is soon to build a large
cottage. This will be located near the
natural bridge across the Narrows pond
little west of the Robbins place. Mr.
Graham is one of the leading men in the
Singer Sewing Machine Co. He is a man
of wealth and enterprise and may be
looked to to Go much for the identifying
OF winthrop. Captain Davis Is making
his plans also for building a cottage on
Anabessacook lake.-Henry Longfellow
has been visiting in town.-Will Morton
is in town. He occupies fine position
as machinist in Portland.-Miss Helen
Parker and Miss Mertie Berry went on
the excursion to Boston, Tuesday-A A.
Abbott. late of this place. began business
for himself in Bridgton, Me-. Tuesday
Mrs. Ray Rogers, who has been visiting
her grandmother. Mrs. Shepherd JOY has
returned to her home in Detroit Mich
IEADFIELD.
Madam Stevens and her daughter.
who have been spending few months
| with her son. Landlord Stevens Of
Hotel Elmwood in this village, left for
| their home in Connecticut, last week.
More sweet corn has been canned here
this season than two years ago-A
gentleman was in town last week, sc
| report has it, who wishes to buy or
| lease the water power here and put IN
an electric light plant to furnish light
and power for Readfield Corner Kent's
Hill and Winthrop.-W. A. Newth and
e. johnson of Mt. Vernon. are painting
| the outside of the buildings for W. A.
| Wright, this week.-Mrs.. j. B. Law
has gone to visit her brother in Litch-
| field and George Hunton has moved
| into the stand recently occupied by her
Rev. Mr. Cass, from Philadelphia, oc-
cupied the desk for Rev Dr. Lapham,
on Sunday. at Readfeld Corner.
SOUTH LITCHFIELD.
The Young Peoples Societies OF
| Christian Endeavor in town met in
convention on Friday evening, at the
Baptist church at South I4tchfield.
{. a. Metca1f delivered the address of
welcome which was followed by a
scholarly paper ON the topic. THE
World for Christ; How and When Ac-
complished,' by Rev. James Richmond.
and in his absence read by his daugh-
ter. Also able and practical addresses
were made by Mrs. DIR. Kendrick 1.-The
Nation for Christ. Why?" Miss H
Smith, How to Bring the Masses to
/ Church," Mrs. H. Paine, 1.-THE Home
for Christ" Mrs. II. Taylor read a fine
paper. Rev. Mr. Glow made an in.
teresting talk on the topic. THE Rea-
condolences of Being Christians" Fine
singing was furnished by the members
here assisted by visiting Delegates.
=. Tufford and wife returned. Satur-
DAY, from visit to friends in Massa-
| chuse.tS.-Mrs. John Tucker. who has
| been dangerously ill with rheumatic
fever. is slowly improving.-The base
ball club from the Corner crossed bats
| with the Hayseeders on the grounds of
the latter at the Mills. on Saturday, re-
suting in victory for the Corner club.
MIS-. A. Z. True is visiting her
bfothef, Dr. A. NJ. Card, at Alma.
CROSS HILL.
George s. Perkins has been making ox-
tenSive repairs on his buildings this fall
lie has had three carpenters M WORK
since the 10th of August. They com
pletcd the job. Saturday night n