The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-06-12
OUR OWN STATE.

A boy named McCollum accidentally shot
Lewis wentworth Of Ellsworth, on Friday.
The boy w.s playing With pistol. The wound
l. pronounosd fatal.
Two osrsmen In Portland are to pull single
scull noe In the harbor some time about the loth
OF the month, and the winning man, with his
friends d to be taken to feast on hundred dol
Lars worth OF Jelly tsrts, and the bin Is to Be
paid by the loser. who Is 70 help consume, but
his friends must gympsthise outside.
Knowltou Penny, . wealthy citisen Of Bel
grade, was found dead In his pasture on Sun
day last. He had been In good health, and no
particular cause Il assigned for his death, His
age was SO years.
The ship-bu,idins bushes. In Maine Il i'm
proving. There arc six vessels In process Of BE-
ing built In wsldoboro.
The citizens Of Portland, In town meeting as-
sembled, on Wednesday voted unamiously TO i'd
vance 8l0O, 900 moro to the Portland and Roch.
ester Railroad.
We learn from the Pennington Chronicle that
the house Of Mr.. weston's Family School at Lit
tie Blue WAS considerably damaged by fire on
Wednesday afternoon. The loss was estimated
at $500, which Is well covered by insurance.
The fire occurred from defect In the chimney.
The Gardner Journal states that lad about
twelveyeas OF age, living with Capt. A. p. Do
Wis, in that city, fell backwards from the stag
ing Of barn where he was assisting the car
pentes by passing shingles, to the ground,
distance Of twenty-seven feet, striking among
the rocks, his head hitting one and chipping Of
small piece Of the stone. DR.. Hildreth wal
called and upon examination found, wonderful
as It may .cem, that the boy had escaped with
slight fracture Of the skull and broken arm
lie Is comfortable and doing well.
At the Republican caucus in Lewiston, Tues
day night, delegates were selected to the dis
trict convention for the nomination Of . mem
Der Of Congress, who favor the election Of VIM
p. Frye to thstposition.
It issaid that the Di16eld village, In this State,
with eighty dwellings, has no minister, but Eve
lawyers. "Not pcnnyworth Of bread to this
intvlenble deal Of sack -
sslutes Of 30 minute guns werc fred ct the
Navy Yard and from the vandslis, Thursday
noon, In accordance with an order from the Sec
rotary Of the Navy. The hsgs on the vandalia
and Of the Yard were also at halfmast.
There was spirited meeting In Augusta on
Thursday evening to ratify the nomination Of
Grant and ColfSx.
Tho Oxford Democrat says Silas McKenney,
Mrs. Hgcomb and Mrs. Milliken Of Hartford
were tripiets, born In ssoo In 1874; al living
In 1849, when Mrs. Edgoomb died. Their father
-Jcrcmiah- was drowned In August before
they were two years old. In September fol-
lowing, the mother gave birth to twins, giving
her the care Of Ave children under two years Of
age, and three others that were older. In the
midst Of this care and trouble her house was
burned. The following year, she raised forty
bushels Of corn, doing much Of tho work herself
Afterwards she married Mr.. Parcher and gave
birth to twins. When she was seventy-6vs years
Of age, she would weave Ave yards Of cloth In
the forenoon and take her knitting work and
20 visiting in the afternoon.
A building in IIallowell, owned by Ira NJ.
True, wns destroyed by fire on sunday. Loss
800; insured for 500.
A week ago river driver named Larry Con-
nors. belonging in Bangor, was killed on the
West Branch drive. While breaking o jam q
log few round by the force Of the water, and
striking Connors killed him instantly.
A fortunate escape from accident occurred
on the p. 4 X. Railroad the other day. It ap-
poars that two miles this side Of Skowhcgsn there
was slide taking sixty feet Of the track dis
tanoc Of twenty feet. With the usual caution Of
conductor Mitchell he crossed that portion Of the
road with the engine, and while he returned for
the cars the track slid. Had he been . few min
utes sooner with his train serious damages must
have ensued. Tho carly freight train passed
over the road that morning,
The Lewiston Journal learns that Tuesday
afternoon rs one Scribncr, butcher. Was div-
ing home In Mt Vernon, no fell or was thrown
out Of his wagon, about one mile from Rsad6eld
and his neck broken.
The other day, . man named Lewis, In the
employ Of farmer In Turner, In attempting TO
f4sten Hereford bull, wH fariously attached.
tossed about unoercmoniously, and at length
was thrown to some distance. His thigh bone
was broken In two places; also Q bone In the
hand; and he was otherwise bruised and In
jurwl.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
The Raleigh Sfandard says that sufficient ey-