Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-14

4 STATE NEWS.
kENNEBEc.


w. A. Austin reports ii so cold at his
place that eggs frozc in a closet in their
kitchen.
The roads have been blocked with snow
for several days. j. S. Briggs had =,
crew of men at work shoveling all day,
Saturday.
Johnnie II. Russell passed last week
with his grandmother. Mrs. Lydia Page
at East Vassalboro.
]. Fred Farwell was at North Vassal-
boro, Saturday. He brought his daugh-
ter. Edith. home with him. She has been
teaching the winter term of school in the
Aver district which closed Friday.
The town clerk reports AZ births. %
marriages and % deaths. in 1898. Three
were past 80: c. NJ. Coleman. James Pope
and Joseph Wyman: II were past so and
q We're over 60 years of age.
Harry and Ralph Miller, two young
boys who found an Indian stone axe and
an arrow head on the south shore of
Weber pond, disposed of them to DR.. G.
+. Brickett of Augusta. a few days since,
for one dollar apiece.
Mrs. Helen Austin has a settee that her
grandfather Captain Albert Clark,
brought from around Cape Horn, more
than 100 years ago.
|, Mrs. Grace Emery and little daughter
of Augusta. are spending the winter with
Mrs. Ann Garland. Mrs. Emerys mother
Mrs Charles +. Crosby. who has been
visiting her son, Win II. Crosby of South
Gardiner. returned home. Wednesday,.
Charles Robinson of Augusta, has
moved into the Robert Gardner house.
Mr.. Robinson has engaged to work for
Seldom Gardner for year
NORTH PITTSTON.
Mrs. George Smell and Miss Emma
Rowe of Gardiner. visited Edward Nc
Gugin. '.he past week.
Mrs. Dora Lawrence of Chelsea, was
in town. Tuesday.
Frank Taylor of Randolph, spent
few days with Shepard Eldridge.
Walter Morrill, has gone to Dresden.
to work in the Berry houses for Mr.. j.
Mccormick.
George Caldwell is quite sick with
the grip.
II. NJ. Clark. who has been danger
ousiy i'll, is recovering. DR.. Lamb of
Gardiner. attends him.
There are Is cases of grip and severe
colds in a radius of two miles in this
place.
w. b. Tobey is quite sick The ice
work makes sad havoc with the men.
r. II. Caldwell of Chelsea, is with his
son, George of this place
ALBION.
George Wentworth, who is cutting
wood for y. Foss. injured his foot
quite badly last Monday He was
trimming out some limbs over his head
when his axe turned and struck his
foot across the instep. DR.. Ray was
called to dress the wound. and Mr..
Wentworth is doing WELL
Clyde Ever. the two-year- old child
of Everett Ever of Winslow. died at
his home in Winslow. early Wednes-
day morning, and was brought to AL
bion Saturday for burial. The child
was sick but short time Mrs Ewer's
father was buried Monday of the same
week.
Mrs. Joseph Taylor died suddenly,
Friday. She went to her room to make
her bed, and her daughter. Ida, follow
ing close after found her by the side of
the bed, dead. She had not been III
very good health for year, or more.
but had been able to do most of her
work, and at the time of her death
was as well as she had been for Some
time. Heart paralysis. it is thought,
caused her sudden death.
Myron Bracket of Cataract. Wiscon-
sin, has been visiting his cousin, Mrs.
G. A. Drake.
RIVERSIDE.
J. o. Drummond of North Sidney,
was at f. l.. Bakers Tuesday.
Asbury Haskell of Sidney, was in the
place. Tuesday
G. A. Stilson. supervisor of schools,
visited the school here. Tuesday.
Mrs. Amos Cunningham. son and
daughter of Augusta. visited Mr.. and
Mrs G.. II. Colman, Tuesday
Miss Belle Newell has gone to Au-
gus,a. where she has situation.
Misses Jennie and Mildred Trott of
Augusta, visited their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. RUSSELL last week
Mrs j. F. Farwell and Miss Edith
Farwell of Cross Hill. were in the |
place. Sunday
Albert Foster has been getting out |
ship timber on his lot in Augusta for |
Morse Brothers, Bath.
At a whist party, one evening last |
week. the first prizes We're carried off |
by II. r. Fossett and Mrs. J. W. Dun
lap. while the BOBBY prizes were taken /
by J. w. Dunlap and Mrs J. Fl. Reed
Olin Jackson is home from Boston
for a short visit to his parents.
N. H. and H. r. Fossett went to Au-
gusta, Monday. on business.
MOUNT VERNON.
Miss Lillian A. Sampson of kent's
Hill. graduate of the Maine Wesley
an Seminary. has just closed a very
successful term of school at Things
Corner, Mt. Vernon.
PENOBSCOT. !