Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-03-29
STATE NEWS.

Abiiah Tarbox has been elected city mar
shall of Biddeford, Rev. j. ID. Emerson an.
Edwin Stone members Of the school commit
tee and Geo. +. luntress, Geo. F. Emer,
| and James Costello, oversecrs of the poor
The following is a list of the officers o
Messalenskee Lodge, +. 4 A. NJ, Yves
Waterville Geo. +. Benson, W. NJ; A
j. Parker, S. W.; Nathan Clemson, j. NJ.
NJ. NJ. Bartlett, Treas. c. f. A. Winslow
Sec. Geo w. Hubt ard, S. d. Geo. T
Chapman, j. d.
correspondent of the Lewiston Jourr a
writes that Samuel Given of Topsham, nov
in his s5th year, during the past winter
has hauled 30 cords of wood to Brunswick
distance of five miles, several cords t.
Bath, logged two weeks, besides hauling hi.
own firewood and taking care OF stock o.
cattle.
Mr.. +. f. Wade, Principal of the Normal
Department of Maine Central Institute died
at Pitttstield on Friday last.
The Lewiston journal says that Jennings
q Taylor are doing an extensive business in
the manufacture of all kinds of shoes and
boots at Wayne since their partnership, using
different kinds Of machinery, besides en-
ploying several workmen. At present they
are filling orders for the manufacture of slip
pcrs. ii. Richmond's mill is running under
full head, manufacturing lumber and turning
Of different kinds.
A man who has read about converting
United States Five-twenties," says he longs
to be 4 missionary in that field
The Portsmouth Chronicle says that Avery,
the recent suicide az Portland, basey SLAM
dered his wife when he wrote that but for her
he might have been worth $4,000 The
Chronicle says that Mrs. Avery, while resi-
dent in that city was seemingly patient,
modest little lady, not at all extravagant.
The Belfast journal says that the lumber
ing business of the Gushing Brothers of Win
tcrp0rt in the Province OF Lubec, is quite ex-
tcnsive, They employ three hundred men,
one hundred horses and several yoke of
oxen in the woods this winter, and will get
out about 100000 feet of logs. These
logs will all be sawed into long lumber and
sugar box shocks at their mill, during the
season of 1872. The long lumber is prn-
cipaly shipped to South America, and the
shocks, OF which they manufacture about
100, 900 annuity, are the West India trade
The Leeds & Pennington Railroad have
voted to accept the Maine Central loan act
and 30 authorize the Directors to unite with
tie Mate Central Company in making a
mortgage,
The next exhibition of the Cumberland
County Agricultural Society will be held in
BIidgton, provided the citizens take sufficient
interest in the matter to induce the executive
committee to locate in that town,
The suit OF W. II. Simpson against the
Pacific Mutual Insurance Co., Of New Bed
ford, for 5000 insurance upon one sixteenth
of ship Live Oak, was terminated in the U
S. Circuit Court at Boston, on Friday, by a
decision in favor of the plaintiff.
Two thousand dollars are needed to pay
the debts of the Waldo County Agricultural
Society, and the Society have voted to assess
that amount on the members.
The Bangor Commercial has been showr
the skin of an animal rarely seen in thes.
parts, known as Wolverine, or Indiar
Devil. The length was feet inches an,
color Il beautiful dark brown, which was in.
terspersed with white under the throat TIL
claws were an inch in length, five in numbe
and exceedingly sharp. The animal wa
captured on the St. Lawrence. 1t bears n,
resemblance to the wolf or bob-cat; it climb
tree like u squirrel and digs holes in tn
ground like wood-chuck. 1t is the terro
of Indians and in fact, white men too.