Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-05
STATE NEWS.


The banks at Bath have made the follow
ing semi-annual dividends First National,
per cent. Sagadahoc National, per cent.
Bath National, per cent.
The brethren of Maine Lodge in Farming
ton village, contemplate public dedication
of their beautiful hall sometime in June, on
which occasion they will give dinner to in
vited guests, and probably some worthy broth
er of the Fraternity will deliver an address.
A Teachers Institute will be held at Mt.
Vernon, Tuesday and Wednesday, 18th and
18th, Fayette 18th and 10 inst, under the di-
rection of w. H. Bigelow, Supervisor of
Kennebec olnty, and A. H. Abbott, Super
visor of Franklin county.
John W. Sanborn of Pennington, N. H.,
charged with being the tool of George Nutter
in his late forgeries of Mr.. Hight's name, at
Portland, was held in the sum of 81, 900 be-
fore Judge Hall, at Dover, N. H. Wednes-
day morning, for his appearance at the Sep
TENDER term of the s. j. Court. &@s
The Ellsworth American says that Mrs.
Catherine Heath, (Seal Cove) has . four
pound ball, fred from barge from the Brit
lsh sloop-of-war Teuedos, at the battle of
Norwood Cove, August 18th, 1914. This ball
was picked up just after the engagement by
Capt. VIM. Heath. b
Sylvanus Hatch of Maysville, who died on
the l4th of February, in the slst year of his
age, was the father Of twenty children. the
grandfather of ninety children, and the great
grandfather of thirty four childrcn-at total
of IA descendants. Five of his sons and
nine grandsons were in the army during the
late war, FIVE of whom died during that
period.
The Bangor Wing says that on Monday,
Mr.. Sumner Dyer of Atkinson, in the employ
of II. K. Robinson on Ragged Stream, was
carried over the upper pitch of the "Huling
Machine" on a jam of logs. He was entirely
out OF sight several times under water, but
was struck by log, and thrown up out of the
under tow on to pile of logs and came out
all right except few bruises.
The Lewiston Journal says that A. Cush-
man Co., are putting another large boiler
into their shoe factory in Auburn, and an ad-
dition to their boiler house. A large engine
is to be put in to furnish power for the new a
well as the old factory. This firm proposes
to erect fire proof box factory, 45x20, ada
cent to the new shoe factory. The firm is
now using over four hundred shoe boxes per
week.
The Wing says that the manufacture of
fish barrels is quite extensively carried on in
Bangor and adjoining counties. From lO0,-
600 to 100000 barrels are brought into this
city annually, and sold to shippers, who ship
them to Gloucester, Provincetown, Wellfeet,
Boston and other markets. The average
price in Bangor is from 80 to IS cents. .s,
Hon. T. Gushing of Winterport, 10 having
constructed, at cost Of $4,000, Soldiers
Monument, which, when completed, he will
present to the town. The monument will be
of Hallowell granite, eight feet square at the
base, ami thirty-three feet ten inches high.
Bronze tablets, bearing the names of all the
soldiers and sailors in the war of the rebel
lion (both living and dead, some 800 in ally
who were residents of Winterport at the time
of their enlistment.
The Lewiston Journal says that William
Shehan, boy about IL years of age, who
has been in the mill only q few days, &C.
cidentally caught his right hand in the ma
chinery at the Hill Mill, Wednesday fore
noon, and the flesh was entirely torn from
the lower portion of the hand and fingers. 1t
was found necessary to amputate the hand
from near the wrist on one side TO the thumb
on the other side-the thumb being saved.
A subscriber informs the Pennington
Chronicle that Mr.. Galen Thompson Of jay,
died very suddenly at his residence in that
town on the goth ult. He went to his room
about o'clock Thursday evening, Goth, be-
ing in his usual health, and, as the family
with whom he lived supposed, went to bed.
Not coming to his breakfast as early Is usual
the next morning, his daughter-in-law went
to his room to ascertain the cause, when che
found him lying on the floor dead, in full
dress.
Mr.. Joseph B. Hall, in the Portland Press,
prefers charges against the Rev. j. j. Car
ruthers, ID. D., for stating in his Fast day
sermon that spiritualism is destroying the
souls of many Of our people," and that the
pretended communications from what is
called the spirit world shows how little COM
mon sense is left to the supposed disembodied
friends of miserable dupes or more miserable
knaves." Mr.. Hall asks the reverend gen.
tleman to come out from behind his pulpit
and meet these "dupes and knaves" in . fair
discussion.
A queer breach of promise case has "brok-
en- out" at Belfast. Abbie +. Perkins sues
Francis Farnham for breaking his promise in
1865. since which time both plaintiff and de-
PENDANT have got married. The Justice Of
the Peace who married the plaintiff 70 anoth-
er man testifies that ''about three days after
wards she came to my house in the morning.
wished me TO unmarry her; Mr.. Howard vas
too old man for her-54 years old at the
time" Mr.. ii. testifes that she told MIN
that she was going to be unmarried, and InA.
"She came when / was gone and wneeiea
away her trunks on Q wheeioarrow, .nu
have NOT seeu her SINCE" This Is certainly .
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