THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 16, 1889

                                                         MARRIAGES
                                                           (continued)
          In Lovell, December 25th, G. M. Foss and Annie R. Dresser, both of Standish.
          In West Paris, Me., January 1st, Joseph F. Littlehale and M. E. Stevens.
          In Bethel, January 3rd, Albert B. Grover and Edith Wheeler.
          In Norway, Me., January 3rd, Wesley Marshall, of Paris, and Mollie Campbell,
     of Norway.
          In Auburn, January 1st, George S. Boutelle and Lizzie M. Lovejoy.
          In Rockland, December 28th, Warren H. Hodgdon and Amanda M. Butler.
          In Rockland, December 29th, Charles H. Pillsbury and Ada F. Staples.
          In Palmyra,  January 1st, Henry McFarland, of Palmyra, and Adella  Lancaster,
     of St. Albans.
          In Addison, December 23rd, Amasa Wass and Mary Wass.
          In Rockport, December 24th, George L. Wentworth and Josephine G .Richards.
          In Belfast, December 26th, Adrian C. Tuttle and Minnie M. Wentworth, both of
     Belfast.
          In Bucksport, January 3rd, W. T. Atwood and Nettie F. Bridges, both of Bucksport.
          At Great Falls, New Hampshire, December 24th, Edgar A. Allen, of Wells, and
     Katie T. Griffin, of West Acton.
          In Lowell, Mass., January 1st, by Rev. Smith Baker, Millard Charles and Sarah
     Foster, of Lowell, Mass.
          In Gorham, January 8th, at the residence of the bridegroom, by Rev. John Cobb,
     James M. Moody of Gorham, and Hattie A. Lord, of Biddeford.
          In Limerick, Joseph A. Hill and Lydia Watson.
          In Pittsfield, January 1st, Walter A. Hedgdon of Clinton, and Annie L. Hooper,
     of Pittsfield.
          In Lovell, Greenville Foss and Annie Dresser, both of Standish. (see above)
          In Rome, Me., December 26th, Jessie Hawes, of Farifield, and Edith M. Ellis of
     Rome.
           In Santa Cruz, California, January 1st,  Fred Blith, of Santa Cruz, and Carrie
     W. Dresser, formerly of Portland.
           In Freeport, January 13th, William M. True, of Lynn, Mass., and Gertrude
     O. Stubbs, of Pownal.
           In Bath, January 3rd, Abraham L. West, of Bath and Luella H. Chatterly, of
     Rockland.




    

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 16, 1889

                                                       MARRIAGES
          In this city, January 10th, by Rev. A. H. Wright, William G. Bailey and Julia T.
     Griffin, both of Freeport.
          In this city, December 8th, by Rev. B. F. Pritchard, Edmund L. Rich and Maggie
     McClure, both of Portland.
          In this city December 9th, by Rev. J. R. Crosses, William T. Sheldon and Flora A.
     Smith, both of Portland.
          In Cape Elizabeth, January 8th, by Rev. Dalton, Austin R. Perry, of Portland,  and
      Elizabeth M. Ballard, of Cape Elizabeth.
          In Bath, January 6th, Patrick H. Sheehan, of Boston, and Vinnie (Virginia?) E. Blake
      of  Bath.
          In Phippsburg, December 31, 1887, Henry Morris, of Phippsburg, and Abbie O.
     Hagan, of Georgetown.
          In East Machias, December 29th, 1887, Charles E. McReavey and Florence E.
     Gardner.
          In Millbridge, December 7th, 1887, Edward Tusker and Fannie Strout, both of
     Millbridge.
          In Machias, December 29th, 1887, Eugene C. Davis and Lotte C. Longfellow.
          In Jonesport, December 31, 1887, Warren L. Noyes and Vina Falkenham, both
     of Jonesport.
          In Calais, December 18, 1887, George A. Savage of Eastport, and Grace Gilley,
     both of St. Andrews.
          In Sanford, January 1st., Ira T. Downes and Alma J. Stover.
          In Landolph, January 2nd, Albert F. Ingraham and Mrs. Mary Taylor.
          In Winthrop, January 1st, Arthur D. Hall and E. May Robinson.
          In Lawrence, (Mass.?) January 6th, Harry E. Morse of Saco, and Etta M.
     Lovering, of Lawrence.
          In Saccarappa, January 8th, by Rev.  M.  C. Pendexter, Sumner C. Berry,
     of Westbrook, and Sarah H. Parker, of Buxton.
          In Harpswell, January 1st, by Rev. J. F. Lawson, Esq.., John B. Thomas and Addie
     E. Worthing, both of Harpswell.
          In East Machias, January 1st., Ulyses G. Brown and Fannie B. Richardson.
          In Eastport, December 29, 1887, Eliah A. Murphy and Mary M.Galley, both of
     Eastport.
          In Millbridge, December 27, 1887, Charles A. bray and Marian A. Cook. both
    of Millbridge.
          In Columbia, January 25th, Charles C. Worcester and Miss D. P. Worcester.
          In Lewiston, January 9th, William R. Brown and Elizabeth Hudson, both of
     Lewiston.
          In Mt. Vernon, January 1st,. Daniel Brown of Durham, and Julia A.Trafton,
     daughter of Rev. A. O. Trafton.
          In Wiscasset, December 24th, George McPhea, of Gardiner and Mary E.
     Cowley of Wiscasset.
          In Wiscasset, December 29th, George H. Harrington, of Edgecomb and Ellen
       G. Colby of Wiscasset.
           In Weld, January 1st, Oliver Masterton and Violet F. Newell, both of
     Farmington.
          In Anson, October 15, 1887, F. V. Gilman and Mabel Dawes.
          At Great Chebeague, January 4th, by J. E. Jenks, Esq., Mr. Alonzo G. Dyer,
     of Bates Island in Cumberland, and Christina F. Miller, of Long Island, Portland.
          In Bath, January 8th, by Rev. L. L. Hanscom, Lester A. Perry, of Phippsburg,
    and Albina A. Preble of Bath.
         In Waldoboro, January 10th, Captain Spurdon Stahl and Fannie Webb, both
     of Waldoboro.
          In Rockland, January 9th, T. H. Fields, of Rockland, and Addie Haskell of
     Deer Isle.
          In Searsmont, January 1st, Norice Richard of Searsmont, and Hattie Thomas
     of Lincolnville.
          In Warren December 23rd, William A. Hawes, of Union and Mary H. William,
     of Union.
          In Lewiston, January 8th, W. E. Rogers and Josie Witham.
          In South Auburn, January 6th, William E. Marsh and Olivia Bragdon.
    
   



         
    
          

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, April 20, 1872

                                                    


                                                         MAINE MATTERS
                                                                 WALDO
          John Rowe of Thorndike, who died recently was 20 years in the United States
     Navy. He was Master at Arms in the sloop of war Hornet during the naval fights,
     which resulted in the capture of the Peacock and the Penguin
                                                           WASHINGTON.
          Mr. Davis, of Cutler, who was so severely wounded by an ax in the hands of
     his son, was living at last accounts.
          Nearly every room in the Passamaquoddy Hotel, Eastport, is engaged for the
     summer. Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute, and a party of friends, are
     among those who have spoken for quarters there.
          Father Durnin, the Catholic priest at Calais, has taken the small pox from a
     dying sufferer, whom he was called to attend.
          The post office of Dennysville has been in the same family 69 years. William
     Kilby was appointed postmaster in 1808; his son John took it in 1837. John's son
     Cyrus succeeded in 1848, and his brother Benjamin,  the present postmaster took
     it in 1854.
          Uncle Johnny Vance, of Baring, is 100 years old and the Sentinel says of him
     that "he has always drank rum and played on the fiddle," and that he has begun
     his second century "with more strength and knowledge than he did the first!" His
     father was one of the richest land proprietors in that section.
          Messrs. Allan  & Co., and others of Dennysville, have cut fifteen millions of
      lumber the past season, enough to stock their mills for four year. It was obtained
     among timber killed by fire and tornado two years ago.
          Massachusetts sportsmen have bought of Benjamin  Young of Calais, a tract of
     land on each side of Deblois stream, that they may claim a fishing reservation. It
     is a favorite resort for salmon trout.
          A revival is in progress at Addison Point, under the preaching of Rev. Mr. Davies.
          In the organization of the city government of Calais, Honorable F. A. Pike got one
     vote for city physician!.
                                                               YORK
          Thomas H. Cole, of Biddeford will probably be appointed collector of that
     port; Moses Lowell, deputy; and Eben Emerson, inspector.
          The plans of the new jail to be built at Alfred was prepared by the Messrs.
     Fassett, of this city. The building will be a credit to the county and an  ornament
     to the village, and will cost about $30,000.


  

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, April 20, 1872

                                                             MAINE MATTERS
                                                                 KENNEBEC
          Mrs. Lydia Osgood, of Gardiner, aged 76, mother of J. K. Osgood, the leader of
      the great  temperance reform recently inaugurated, fell and broke her as she was on
      her way to early morning prayer meeting of the Conference on Saturday. She kept
      on and attended the prayer meeting and with heroic fortitude, holding the broken
      limb with the other hand. Then she walked home and sent for a surgeon.  In the
      afternoon, with her arm in a sling,  she attended meeting again!
          The session of the Maine Conference of the M.  E. church at Gardiner last week
     was numerously attended, pleasant and harmonious. William Deering of this city,
     and F. A. Plaisted, of Gardiner, were elected lay delegates to the General Conference
     with Charles Beals, of Augusta, and J. M. Heath, of Portland, as reserves. The
     clerical delegates elected were Parker Jacques, Stephen Allen, Charles Munger
     and S. F. Wetherbee, with George Webber, and Professor J. L. Morse, as reserves.
     The General Conference concurred in the addition to the restrictive rules of the
     church passed by the  Baltimore Conference, "that the time of pastoral service
     shall not extend beyond the present limit." But non-concurred in  a provision that
     the present authority of the  Bishops shall not be restricted.
                                                                    LINCOLN
          The house of Thomas M. Reed, Phipsburg, was burned Sunday. Partly insured.
           Black River is clear of ice, and the steamer is running between  Bath and  Boothbay.
                                                                    OXFORD
          E. D. Marshal, in attempting to throw a bag of corn upon a moving freight car
     at West Paris, last week, lost his footing and fell upon the track. A car passed over
     his body, cutting him completely in two. He leaves a  widow and two children.
         Ephraim Sanborn, of  Denmark, owns a sugar orchard of 1,300 maples.
                                                                  PENOBSCOT
          Twenty Swedes are to work in the Basin Mills at Orono, and if they do well
     one hundred will be employed.
          A writer in the Whig, who is an experiences hunter, says a few cougar or
     American lions remain in the vast forest of Northern Maine, but he knows of none
     being killed  for the past 30 years. The are sometime called "Indian devils" and
     catamounts. They are quite plenty in Northern New York.
                                                                 SAGADAHOC.
          A breach of promise case-Bertha Witham vs. Joseph Lemont-was opened for
     trial in  the S. J. Court at  Bath last  Friday. Soon after opening it was taken for the
     jury and sent to the full Court on the special point whether the minority of the
     defendant at the time of the promise, although he represented himself to be of age,
     would be a bar to plaintiff's suit.
                                                                   SOMERSET
          The well known Dr.  Mann, of "Strippings and Molasses" fame was  convicted
     as a  "common seller" at Skowhegan, last week.  He plead his own case and urged
     that "there was no court, as Norridgewock was the place where the court was held."
     Judge Kent suggested that the defendant has been in favor of the removal, hitherto.
     The doctor replied that he thought now he would rather be tried in a better place,
     among  better people and where they have Sunday schools. Mann is out with a card
     in the Reporter, saying he voted for Kent in Log Cabin and  Hard Cider times,but
     the times are a sight harder now, without the cider!
    

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, April 20, 1872

                                                        MATTERS IN MAINE
                                                          ANDROSCOGGIN
          Mr. William B. Wood, of Boston, treasurer of two of the great corporations at
     Lewiston, said in a recent public meeting in that city, that it is contemplated to build
     there a mill  of 100,000 spindles. This, with the enlargements to be made this year,
     will add 10,000 to the population of the city.
          The body of Ada Brown, one of the girls who last fall, committed suicide at
     Auburn by throwing themselves into the cataract, was found on Saturday near the
     spot where she jumped in. Although the body had been in  the water over five months,
     it was found to be little changed. The outer dress was torn somewhat, but the inner
    clothing was perfect, and in place, and there were only three slight abrasions of the
    skin. The body was probably caught and held all  this time in a eddy just below the
    falls.
          John Road, a Frenchman from Farmington, was killed at Lewiston, on Saturday,
      while tempting to get upon a train in motion.


                                                               AROOSTOOK
          The road to Houlton was opened at last on the 11th inst., after a snow
     blockade of nearly a month.


                                                              CUMBERLAND
          Messrs. Richard and Robert McManus, bondsmen of Rogers, the defaulting
     cashier of the Pejepscot bank, have  settled the claim of the bank upon them by
     the payment of $2,000.
          Bark Everett Gray, owned in Yarmouth, and commanded by Captain Loring,
     was sunk in the Thames,  on the 11th inst.
          The Press learns that the water-power real estate and half-completed canal and
     other improvements near the mouth of the Presumpscot River, owned by Honorable
     F.  O. J. Smith, have been bonded by a well-known real estate man, who proposes
     to put in in the market directly, or induce capitalists to take up manufacturing sites.
                                                             HANCOCK
          Joseph Smith of Mariaville, has lately buried his 12th child and his last surviving
     son. He is over 70 and has lost two wives.
          Mrs. Dr. Eunice S. Sleeper, who founded the first hospital for women  at San
     Francisco, is a native of Eden. Her father was the late James Beverly of Ellsworth.
                                                                KNOX
          Schooner Ada Ames, of Rockland, given up for lost six week, has returned to
     Vinalhaven, from which place she sailed in February with a cargo of granite for
     Washington. She was kept at sea 43  days by heavy weather. The company had
     given her up as lost, and began the day before her arrival to cut the stone to replace
     her cargo.
          The Gazette  says  Little, the Dix Island murderer,  is well satisfied with the
     verdict and sentence in his case. He had great fears of the gallows, and when sure
     of the safety of his neck, appeared greatly relieved, although he is condemned to
     imprisonment for life. 
          A son of John Walker, of Union, aged 19, was on the 27th ult. found dead upon
     the floor of the barn, whither he had gone but a short time before. No cause assigned.








                

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, April 20, 1872

                                                           CITY ITEMS
                                                    (Glances About Town.)
          Great rush to the City Agency last week, and abuses creeping in; Mayor Kingsbury
     shuts down the gate, no further supplies without the prescription of a physician;
     consternation ensues among the drouthy (sic,) and inconvenience results to mechanics
     needing spirits for mechanical purposes so to accommodate the latter the interdict is
     withdrawn, but the Agent is charged to sell only to well-known and responsible parties;
     so it is no use to attempt to run your face at the City liquor shop.
          At a meeting of the Ladies' Circle of the Congregational Church at Woodford's
     Corner last  week, Dr. W. R. Johnson, dentist, of this city, presented the society with
     an elegant pulpit Bible, and  made some extended remarks on the occasion; the gift
     was accepted with the hearty thanks of the Parish.
          The familiar features of a departed citizen, long prominent in Portland affairs,
     are vividly recalled by the crayon portrait of the late Honorable Eliphalet Greeley, to
     be seen at Hale's.
          The Argus states that the last pay day, Mr. C. P. Kimball paid $5,100.00 to 103
     operatives.
          Mr. Charles S.  Lufkin of Yarmouth, has brought a civil suit in the Superior Court,
     laying damages at $10,000, against Dr. J. B. Hughes, of this city, for procuring an
     abortion upon his wife, without his knowledge or consent, thereby causing her death;
     the case will be in order for trial at the May term; Dr. Hughes was tried and convicted
     of procuring an abortion in 1868, and sentenced to one year in State Prison, but before
     imprisoned was pardoned by Governor Cony.
          C.J. Schumacher has returned from Europe looking all the better for the trip.
          The next Fraternity entertainment Saturday evening, will be the last of the season
     previous to the great closing entertainment at City Hall, about the middle of May;
     last Saturday evening the hall was filled to its utmost capacity, and were delighted
     with the vocal music by Miss Ayres, Mr. Monroe, and the Arions,  and the pianists,
     Mrs. Thompson and Miss Hemenway; Mr. Murray gave a reading, and also Mr.
     William Allen, whose performance was one of the most enjoyable features of the
     occasion, for he is indeed an excellent reader.
          At the adjourned meeting of the First Parish, on Monday, the pastor's salary was
     fixed at $3,300; the parish committee,  St. John Smith, J. E. Donnell and M. P.
     Emery, resigned their positions, and John Rand, Lewis Pierce and Hezekiah Winslow
     were elected in their stead.
          The store of A. Deering and Son, 376 Congress Street, was entered by burglars
     Sunday night, and the safe was opened and robbed of $100.
           Dr. Chase of this city has invented a canal boat, propelled in such a way as not to
     wash the banks, such as one he thinks as the Erie Canal has offered $100,000 for; a
     model 40 feet long will be launched this week.
          President Chamberlain, of Bowdoin College is to deliver the Memorial Day
     oration in this city.


           
    
    
         

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, April 20, 1872

                                                                 DEATHS
          In this city, April 5th, Ellen Stockbridge, aged 74.
          In this city, April 15th, Anne E.  Sanford.
          In this city, April 13th, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Robert F. Jones, aged 42.
          In this city, April 10th, Mrs. Jennie M, wife  of John B. Anderson, aged 43.
          In this city, April 8th, Henry A. Usher, aged 45 years, 6 months.
          Pownal, March 28th, Rachel D., wife of Herbert M. Reed, aged 20
          East Corinth, April 3rd, Mrs. Sarah K. True, of Montville, aged 77.
          Pemaquid (Bristol) April 9th,  Loring Brackett, aged 7 years.
          New Gloucester, April 9th, Elizabeth L.  Patterson, 85.
          Stow, Oxford County, April 4th, Sylvester Emerson, aged 55.
          Saco, April 6th, Dr. Lewis N. Allen, aged 37.
          Bath, April 7th, Mrs.  Dolly Havnes, aged 87.
          South Berwick, March 20th, Mrs. Ellen S. Webster, 40.
          Phillips, April 2nd, Abbie M. French, aged 22.
          Topsham, April 6th, Mrs. Sarah Graves, aged 62.
           St. Albans, April 9th, Peter Grant, aged 49.
           Monmouth, April 5th, James H. Allen, aged 30.
           Orono, April 8th, Mrs. Laura G. Crowell, aged 78.
           Winterport, April 3rd, Mrs. Lydia Thompson, aged 63.
           Northport, April 5th, Captain Jeremiah Hard, aged 33.
           Waldoboro, April 7th, Mrs. Almeda Stahl, aged 26.
           Leeds, April 6th, Mrs. Lydia Howard, aged 82.
           Winthrop, April 7th, Mrs. Thurston Wood, aged 66.
           Waterville, April 1st, Thomas Cook, aged 77.
           South Thomaston, April 4th, Mrs. Jane Perry.
           Thomaston, April 3rd, Marias Day, aged 59.
           Thomaston, April 4th, Mrs. Betsey Gran, aged 68.
           Thomaston, April 8th, Mrs. Mary Wilson, aged 85..
           Waldoboro, April 9th, Mrs. Eliza D. Gay, aged 75.
           Winthrop, April 12th, Samuel Thompson, aged 61.
           Unity, April 12th, Mrs. Sarah Chase, aged 72.
           South Thomaston, April 1st, Robert V. Monroe, aged 26.