Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-05
STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC.
BELGRADE.

Mrs. Isabelle Austin of Boston is visit .
ing her brother. James H. Dunlap.
Miss Carrie Farnham of Augusta sner+
Sunday and Monday with her naronts i,
this town.
Miss Annie l.. Weston is teaching AT
Readheld Depot, this fall. Miss Westo,
is one of Belgrade's best teachers.
Miss Blanche Mnot after snendins RI.
summer al home has returned to Moss,.
chusetts, where she taught, last year.
The annual Adventist campmeating at
Lakeside closed. Sunday, after a most
successful week. large crowd. esti.
mated at 1000. was present in spite of the
cloudy skies. Sunday.
Geo. L. Sturtevant of Boston. assistant
general passenger agent of the Passion q,
| Maine, accompanied by Mrs. Sturtevant.
has been here visiting relatives. this,
week.
| The school ut Belgrade Mills will open,
| next Monday, with Miss Sadie ]. Clougn
| Of Brockton, Mass. as teacher. Miss
Clough formerly lived in Belgrade.
! There has been an unusual amount of
building and repairing at the village at
Belgrade Depot, this summer. Several
stables have been built, two or three
houses extensively repaired, the Ham
| mond store remodcled. etc.
| A COW belonging to Emery O. Rogers
fell into Il well 70 feet deep the other
| day. The animal was rescued with much
difficulty, and was not in the least in
iurcd. The well, like all Others in town,
| was nearly dry.
Belgrade has profited, this summer, both
socially and unsteady. by the presence
| of Miss Carolyn Yeaton, the New York
| pianist. who Is spending several months
| at her old home. She is accompanied by
| two Of her pupils. also by Mis- Stern Of
Germany, and Miss Minnie Bridges Of ST.
Louis, a singer in light opera. Miss
! Yeatons brilliant successes as teacher
and concert artist have given her a wide
| reputation, ana her native town is very
proud of her Assisted by Hubert Arnold,
| the New Yorl; vio,inist. who is also here
with his family Tor the summer. Miss
Yeaton mas given several most successful
concerts in this and neShborlng towns,
She will return to New York ABOUT the
middle of the month.
The season aow c,osiag az Belgrade
| Mills has been thu best IN the history OF
| this beautiful resort. The rush is now
over. though many viii remain through
September. X l., nJt known whether Gro
yer Cleveland ana Joseph jefferson Will
visit here this fall or not. Their rooms
were all engaged early in the summer.
but Illness in Mr. Jefferson's family pre-
vented the trip at that time. and it was
said they were surely coming later The
popularity of Belgrade Mills has been
steadily increasing. ana each year the
superb fishing ana beautiful scenery draw
larger crowds. a large number Of cot
tages have recently been built around the
ponds There has been talk of one or
more big hotels here, and ii is likely they
will lie built in the near future.
SIDNEY.
The town fair will be held Sept So
John Lewis has bought the Alonzo Da .
vies farm.
James Il. Clark has bough; about six
acres of land Of l.. G, Tilley.
Mrs. Josiah Soule fell and frao tured he.'
wrist. Wednesday.
w. T. Lyon has been very sick with
neuralgia of the heart the past week. but
is reported somewhat better now.
Jethro Weeks has rented lis black
smith shop to George Z. Morang OF Chel-
sea, who intends to do the work there for
the present.
Mrs. ]. y. Campbell Of Watefv.llc. Is
spending a few DAYS al TIE home Of her
son, DR.. G. 7. Campbell
Mrs. John Dorr OF Gardiner, visited at
J. L. Clark's Saturday.
Mrs. Cynthia Ford and daughter, Miss
Ina, both of Buxton. visited Mrs. Ford :
brother, Mark Became. las week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Sawtelle visited
in Fairfield. last week.
NJ. and Mrs. Silas Bragg returned. last
week. from a visit to Portland.
Martin l.. Reynolds returned. Saturday.
from Etna. where he had been attending
the Spirituaist campmeeting.
Ira Taylor has gone TO Philadelphia.
Pa.
Walter Barton of New York city. is 4
CUES. in the home Of his unc,c Crceniet
Barton.
S. l.. w. Merrill of Provid2nce. Il. l.. IL
visiting his sister. Mrs. Frank Moore
DR.. Fred Bowman. who has been hero
on 4 visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
G. +. Bowman. returned home last week
Miss Blanche Bowman has gone to Bos
ton to attend school there.
Miss Alice Field has gone To Boston on
a visit.
Mrs. Mary Brown returned, last week,
from a visit to Boston.
Mrs. Lois Heath of Greenwood, Mass,
visited ]. NJ. Palmer last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Robinson of Norfolk Downs
Mass, is here on visit TO her brothers
A. II. and W. p. Lyon.
M,s. NJ. w. Northey and son, Guy, Of
Lynn. Mass, are visiting in town. Mrs.
Northey formerly lived here.
Alvin II. Weeks of Amesbury. Mass.
visited his father. Jethro Weeks, las
week.
A. S. Davenport had one OF his ribs
broken and was otherwise quite severely
injured by being kicked by one of his
horses. Saturday.
EAST WINTHROP.
Miss Louise Foster, daughter of G.
NJ. Foster, is i'll with typhoid fever.
c. w. Vose of Hallowell, is passing a
few days with friends here.
Miss Margaret Swan has finished her
labOrs with Mrs. G.. A. Wadsworth and
returned to her home in New Sharon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Hewett and fam
lily have returned from Boston.