Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-19
KENNEBEc.
SIDNEY.

Gilbert Il. Reynolds who has already
bought 20 carloads averaging aoout
200 barrels TO a car. They are sent
to s TourteIlct & co. Of Providence
II. ]. They We're bought in Sidney
and adjoining towns.
Miss Flora Bean has returned hom-
from a several weeks visit To EGN-
uury. Mass.
Miss Cora Farran. who has been
visiting at Ambrose Sawtelle's, has r"-
turned home To Massa chusetts.
Ms. Ella Kennedy Of Clinton.
visited her sister. Mrs. Leslie Bow
man. last week.
Miss Belle Goff has returned home
from Lewiston TO stay until after
christmas.
Rev and Mrs T.. e. Lonsley went to
Madison last week. called there by the
illness of the formers mother.
Miss Eliza Gilman is teaching
school in Oakland.
it was reported last week that Miss
i-avira Townsend was very i'll with
Pneumonia.
Marley Saunders of Augu- IA. oougnt
:, 200 pound hors" of Fred @. Hamlen
Il few days ago
A very heavy rain set in Saturday
night ana continued through Sunday,
taking all the snow except few
drifts off the ground, and causing one
of the. heaviest freShers ever known
here. An immense amount OF damage
has been done Dy washOutS on the
reads which in some places Will take
several davs To repair
SOl'TH VASSALBORO.
Miss Gladys Twtchell of Hallowell
High school is spending her vacation
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. l..
Twitchell.
This community was shocked on
hearing OF the sudden death Of Joseph
Warren which occurred, Thursday
evening, of cerebral hemorrhage at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Irene
Hallowell. He is survived by one sis
ter and one brother. Funeral services
we're held over the remains Monday
10 A NJ. Interment was at Bolton Hill
cemetery.
EAST WINTHROP.
Miss Ethel Barnes has returned home
from Boston.
School closed. Friday. for z vacation
IF Two weeks.
G.. G. Jenkins is building an ice boat
Tor the Woodman Brothers. The boat
measures 90 feet in length and Is feet
beam.
MT. VERNON.
The most severe rain storm visited
this locality since 1896. The base
rnents and shops We're flooded. Mr..
Carr the miller had to move about so
tons of grain from his gristmill The
Aliens had to move large amount of
wool and -four. Mr.. G. II. Poole had
to move a large amount of grain. The
water stood eight inches on his shop
floor. There was about three feet of
water in Captain w. Whittier's cellar
kitchen. The roads We're washed fear
fully. a number of bridges were car
RED off.
Mrs. Milie Eaton is recovering.
The Masonic Lodge held a special
meeting for the purpose of installing
the remaining officers. r. +. Cram,
W. NJ. Hiram A. Cornstock, S. w;
Lon ". Philbrick. j. w.
Of Massachusetts, are visiting his
brother Malcomb and mother in the old
home. Nh. French makes an annual
visit TO his old nome.
Guy +. Healey, A. b.. teacher of the
High school at Winthrop, made his
brother, II. II. Healey, visit Satur-
day and Sunday
No services were held in either
church last Sunday on account Of the
storm.
READFIELD
The storm of Sunday was very severe
here and much damage was done to the
highways throughout the town. The
road on the east side of kent's Hill
was made impossible and many hun
treds Of dollars must be spent before
il is repaired.
The infant daughter of Henry /.
Tucker of East Mt. Vernon, was at
tackled on Wednesday of last week and
died very suddenly from congestion OF
the brain.
Rev. Mr.. Walker went to Livermore
Falls To preach Sunday and was un-
able TO return to his home here on
Monday and is still stranded there.
No services in either church here on
Sunday last.
No mail reached here till Monday
evening
The mill men in town rejoice be-
cause OF the rain. Mr.. Record of the
srist mill had not been able to run his
mill for some time by reason of the
drought.
George Holmes of Kent's Hill slipped
and fell on the ice last week iniuring
ms arm and shoulder quite badly but
no bones were broken.
FAYETTE.
The rain of the last two days has
taken the snow nearly off.
Gle Brothers recently sold their
large Hereford COW to parties from
New Hampshire. This was the largest
Hereford COW in Maine.
There will be no saving at the Mills
sdwmill this winter. 1t is q great loss
ioi this part of the town.