The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-07-08
OUR OWN STATE.

The Bath Times says that q few mornings
since, as Mr.. Chas. Newdick was rowing down
the river. he was uncercmoniously surprised by
q huge sturgeon taking an extra morning jump
and landing In his boat, breaking the oar rs he
fell. As he had q laIy with him at the time,
the surprise and fright may be imagined, when
the crait began to gil, and had he not toppled
the huge fellow overheard, who luckily had lain
perfectly still, resting Its head in the lady lap.
they would all have gone down together. This
ancient Kennebcc dweller was upward OF fifteen
feet In length. and almost completely filed the
capacity Of the boat, which was only seventeen
feet long.
The editor Of the Lewiston Journal has been
shown specimens Of gold washed out Of the
sand on the farm Of Mr.. Ichabod Bartlett Of
Jay. They we're found on the banks OF small
stream. ..r
The Aroostook Times says the rails Tor eight
miles Of the Houlton Branch Railroad have been
purchased In England. The work Of grading Is
progressing along the line at different points.
The Observer says that Theophilus Arnold. Of
Shirley, committed suicide June 18th, by shoot
Ing himself through the heart. lie leaves .
wife and several children. The cause Of this
sad event. we are informed. Is said to be jeal-
ousy, for which there was no cause.
A Burnham correspondent OF the Lewiston
Journal says that Grin Weymouth Of Clinton,
shot himself fatally with revolver, July 81,
while In Q ft Of insanity. lie died In q few
minutes. He was 80 years old. Domestic
troubles are reported to be the cause Of his de-
rangement. ~
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Crane, Of Warren, aged
II years, visiting at her son-in-law's Josiah
Maicy. esq, Of Gardiner, while going down
stairs last Saturday. accidentally missed the
lower step and fell to the floor, dislooating the
hip bone. She died from the effects Of her in
juries on Thursday night. t...
James L. Cheesem,n, ESQ.,, OF Gardiner, the
pioneer in the Ice business on the Kennnbec
river, sold FIVE thousand tons Of Ice ut ten dol
lars per ton to ship to Southern ports. and has
received an order for ten thousand tons at the
same price, but refused TO sell the balance of his
Ice for less than twenty dollars per ton. Mr.
Cheeseman will put up on the Kennebcc sixteen
new houses, capacity ten thousand tons each,
this season. There are only about twenty thou
sand tons Of ice on the Kennebec for sale. Over
forty vessels are now loading with Ice. If the
warm weather continues Ice will 60 up to the
highest price ever known.
New companies are now forming to put up
large quantities Of Ice next season. II Is esti-
mated there will be over half million tons put
up on the Kennebec next winter. Five tug
boats are now on the river running night and
day.-Ex.
Two Indians and white man named Tower,
of Oldtown, Me. were drowned Monday MORN
ing while going over Island Falls IN boat.
One of the Indians, Joseph Attearn, was q son
of the Governor Of the Penobscott tribe.
The Bangor Wing says that Mr.. Arnold Of
Foxcrott, met with an accident on Saturday
last, which 1t is feared will prove fatal. lie was
at work on his new mill at Sebec Lake remov-
ing the ataging from the roof, when he fell to
the ground, distance of27 feet. lie has been
unconscious most Of the time since.
The Republican Journal says that sch. Frank
Treat u Frankfort, on her late passage from
Paris to New York, brought huge boa con-
structor, or snake Is feet long, fort mensgerie.
On the passage il escaped, and got among the
cargo. concealing itself In the run. II was
found impossible TO get ut Il 30 the schooner was
loaded with corn and came to Frankfort. After
dscharging cargo last week q hunt was made,
Ii, place of concealment found, AMI II was drag
ged out by q rope and sent to New York in a
cage.
Messrs. Denison & Co., propose to rebuild the
Lisbon paper mill Immediately, says the Lewis
ton Journal.
The Times says that the barque Whetterhorn,
Capt. Landkerin, arrived at Bath, Friday fore
noon, from Cardiff, with 900 tons Of railroad
IRON for the X. &. L. Il. r. operations.
The Observer says Mr.. P. NJ. Jeffeis of Fox
croft, recently sold to parties in New York,
his five year old "Harry" colt, for 8 200.
Also that Mr.. John Littleaeld, OF Abbot, has
disposed Of his 6pe Knox stallion, "Gen Logan"
to parties in Boston for round price. lie is
said to have trotted just before his sale, below
2.25.
The Portland Argus says there Is very large
quantity Of molasses in bond In this city at
present aggrcgating II is thought some fifteen
thousand hogsheads. There Is nearly 1900
hogsheads storel on Union wharf
The wreckers' schooner II. Smonds, Capt.
Glenni, are still at work getting up the ircn Of
the English steamer Bohemian wrecked on the
Cape in February, 1865. The divers think
that the amount Of iron Of the steamship now
sunk Is about 100 tons. Among the iron re-
Gently landed at this city is the steamers gun.
The Portland Sunday Advertiser has been
purchased by Capt Enoch Knight 4 Co., and
Is now called the Star. II is edited by Capt.
knight who Is good writer and who no doubt
viii make il live paper, worthy Of patronage.
We bespcak for 1t large circulation.
There are two farms In Turner, from each Of
which $1,000 worth Of wood is sold each year,
and yet II is said not even the annual growth Of
the wood on the farms is cut.