Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-16
The republican. ofDovsr, s.ngerville, and

The republicans of Dover, Sangerville, ant
Parkman, will elect a representative to the
| legislature from Parkman for 1872.
The Press saws that a horse and carriage
driven by Mr.. Smith Barbour Of Westbrook,
ran away on Washington street, Portland, on
Monday afternoon. p Mr.. Barbour was thrown
but subsequently, revived and is alive, though
very seriously hurt.
Messrs. l.. Z. Butterffeld & Co. have
erected three story building in Lincoln vii
lage for the manufacture of doors, sash,
blinds and household furniture. The ma
chinery is to be run by steam power and will
give constant employment to great many
hands. a
Two carrier boys in the Office ofthe Lewis
ton Daily Journal were scalded on Monday
by hot water issuing from blow off" cock
of the boiler of the press room.
The Maine Dental Society met in Lewiston
yesterday. The following is the programme
of exercises: Tuesday p. NJ, Reports of
Committees, Election OF officers; Tuesday
evening, address by the President, DIR. File
brown; Wednesday A. NJ, clinic, Essay on
Ether, by DIR. Roberts Essay on Nitrus
Oxyde, by DR.. Chamberlain; Wednesday p.
M. Discussions. All interested in the object
of the society are invited to be present at the
meetings. Last evening the President enter
| tanned the members or the association at his
| residence.
| Recently Mr. Nathaniel Locke of Hollis
had an entire flock of sheep KILLED by dog
The owner agreed to pay $40, which does
not half indemnify Mr.. Locke. Another
neighbor had ten sheep killed by two dogs,
and the owner Of the sheep succeeded in Kill
ing the ours.
Mr.. Samuel Hanson and son of Portland,
Mr.. and Mrs. George X. Jewett and Mrs S.
T. Holt, Prof. ID. S. Talcott and the Misses
Talcott Of Bangor, and f. Il. Sturgiss OF
Augusta were in London on the Goth of July.
The following patents have been issued to
Maine inventors; G.. H. Merriam, Portland
Car Coupling; L. r. Palmer, Belfast, Stave
Jointer.
John Foley, man some 80 years of age
living on the line of the E. & N. A. Railway
near Bangor, cruelty beat his wife, On Mon
day last, and on being arrested made an UNI
successful attenpt to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat.
The Wing says that on Saturday night,
John Marsh of Bucksport, hung himself in
| his barn. Mr.. Marsh has been out of health
Ior nunlber OF years has large family,
and being unable to work, they became quite
destitute. He was found little past ten
o'clock, but was dead. He served in the
Union army, where he contracted disease.
He has appeared low spirited for long time.
The correspondent of New York paper,
writing from Deer Isle, tellsl of village en-
that island called Clam City, of about 80
houses, which is sort of Yankee Salt Lake.
Its inhabitants, according to this account, are
not overburdened with learning. An individ-
ual called Father Ames, the coolest inhabi-
tant," exercises sort of patriarchal sway
| over the people. He is about Go years old
has some education, breaches every Sunday
and sometimes week days. He is represented
| as saying:
To make woman happy your must let her
have her own way, and the worst thing you
can do is to bind woman down for life
| time to one man, no matter how much she
loves. She was born to be the equal of man
and not his slave; therefore I say unto my
young women, "Go mate with man, but
ever consider yourselves free to leave him
when you believe it your duty
| The people object to being called Mormons
and probably constitute that MYSTERIOUS Vic
toria League which proposes to elect Mrs.
Woodruff President. So