Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-11-09
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The Wing understands that final settle
ment was reach Tuesday by the European &
North American Railway Company and
Messrs, Brooks Gordan and Ryan, contrac-
tors for the construction of the road between
Mattawamkeag and Vanceboro,' - fifty six
miles. This was very heavy contract, in
voling nearly million dollars.
The complimentary banquet to Postmaster
Goddard, came off at the Falmouth House in
Portland on Tuesday evening. The ex-Judge
received his congratulations with becoming
condencesion and there was jolly good time
all round.
The house and farm buildings of T. NJ.
Robbins, at Guilford Centre, were entirely
destroyed by fire Monday afternoon, with all
their contents. Mr.. Robbins and his son
were at Foxcroft village when the fire oc-
CURED and knew nothing of it until when re-
turning they were met by messenger who
informed them of the loss and where they
could find the remainder of the family. Mrs
Robbins had gone to neighbours house,
leaving the house alone, and the fire is sup
posed to have originated from spark on the
roof Nothing was saved from the house.
O'Nei W. Robinson the Portland forger
was arraigned in the Municipal Court on
Tuesday, and committed in default of bail to
the amount of $1,000.
Mrs. Emily J.. Green, widow of Johr
Green, Esq, of Oxford, committed suicide or
Monday night last, by cutting her throat with
a razor. She had been sick for some time
before, and had appeared responding and
greatly depressed in spirits. She quietly
arose from her bed, while a lady lodging with
her was in sound sleep and committed the
ia tal deed in an adjoining room
At the workshop of the X. & L. r. r. Co
in Bath, new passenger car is now beinl
constructed. The company propose to ge
out some twenty box freight cars, and three
or four passenger cars this winter.
The wife of Rev. r. B. Howard of Prince
ton, H., formerly of Pennington, Me-, dice
at her residence in p, on Sunday morning
of consumption. the funeral services will b,
held at Brunswick on Thursday.
lad named James Mehan, living a
Knightville, Cape Elizabeth, exploded pis
toll Tuesday, while carelessly handling it ant
succeeded in wounding his hand. The in
juries were not very severe.
few days since, says the Oxford Demo
crat, Daniel +. Mills of Mason discovered
bear up in a beech tree, about twenty fee
from the ground having nothing but gur
| loaded with small shot, he gave bruin tht
contents of that in the neck, which sort o
| Disguised the old fellow, so that Mills though
it best to leave the tree; but luckily at thi,
time E. l.. Wheeler of Albany, appeared or
the scene of action with gun loaded with
balls, the contents of which he gave his maj
| esty in the region of the neck, which fairly
made him mad; he begun to mistrust it was
not all for fun, and he showed symptoms thai
he so understood it; but Mills having got
balls of Wheeler, reloaded his gun in a
short time, and by a well directed aim lodged
a ball directly in the back of the neck, which
brought the bear to the ground liteless. He
was and old ranger, his teeth were worn too
stubs, and his toe-nails were blunt as mans
fingers; his hind feet were nine inches long,
and his forward ones five inches across his
fore arms extended were seven feet, and had
he been fat, his carcass would have doubtless
weighed five hundred pounds. This was one
Of the genuine Oxford bears.
Geo. f. Hammond of Paris has shipped
about 5000 bushels of cider apples this fall,
from South and West Paris depots, which
shows that some apples were raised in town
if it was poor season. They brought about
40 cents a bushel