Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-12
STATE NEWS.

The Belfast Journal gives an account Of a
serious runaway accident that occurred in
that city. On Saturday, two young ladies'
one daughter of Capt. II. j. Anderson, Jr,
and the other the youngest daughter of Hon.
Nehemiah Abbott, were taking a ride with
horse and sleigh belonging to Capt. Ander-
son, and driven by his young son, when the
horse took fright on hill leading to the
shore, and ran. Miss Anderson jumped out
without serious harm, but in attempting to
follow, Miss Abbott struck upon her head,
was dragged about twenty rods and rendered
senseless, and it was some time before she
returned to consciousness. - The boy chung to
the sleigh, and when the horse was stopped
was thrown a distance of ten feet, but was
not injured.
The Grand Jury in Waldo county last
week found five indictments against Rev.
George d. Garland, Free VIII Baptist
Preacher of Monroe, for the crime of sodo-
my.
Col. Thomas w. Porter, formerly of Ban
gor, but lattery a resident of Revere, is a
member of the Massachusetts, Legislature.
The Wing says that if the Colonel is as sue
cessful in the new field as he was in the SER
vice during the Rebellion, he will prove a
valuable member.
John Calderwood of Lincolnville, attempt
cd to commit suicide on Wednesday, at II
o'clock M. He went into the barn, took the
reins of his harness and threw them over the
beam and fastened both ends around his neck
and then jumped off. His wife discovered
him and cut the reins. At last accounts he
was living, but it is doubtful if he RECEIVERS
Cause, temporary insanity.
The Wing states that Mr.. Murch, oyerseer
in the Clark Thread Co.'S Mill at South
Lincoln. while fixing circular saw yester-
day afternoon, slipped and fell upon it while
it was running at full speed. His arm was
cut nearly off, but fortunately he escaped
without being drawn on the saw. The wound
is doing well.
Two shocks of Tuesdays earthquake were
distinctly felt in Bangor-one occurring about
s o'clock, and the other about 2. The shocks
were felt in some parts of Piscataquis county.
1t Is rather a question in Portland whether
the people were shaken there or not. In
Waterville the shock was very sensibly felt,
about O'Clock, and lasted nearly one min
ute, the motion being apparently east and
west. 1t was likewise felt at Belfast at s
o'clock in the evening.
Was it an earthquake or what was it, is
just now being propounded as conundrum
by a gentleman who lives up town, and who
felt his house and himself shake last evening.
He says the shock was very distant and he
supposed Mt the time it was a shock of an
earthquake. Persons living near by however
noticed nothing, and therefore he is in doubt
as to the cause of the shaking which he ex-
perienced.-Portland Advertiser of Wednes-
day.
A Frenchman at Vim published" his in
tention to wed damsel of that town but on
the appointed day slipped away and married
another person with the same name in Lin.
coin.
citizen orator at the depot meeting on
Saturday raised quite breeze by an impas-
stoned outburst in which he spoke of sail the
railroads that could be built on the face of
heavens" He couldn't see what his audience
was laughing at, and this made it all the more
laughable. -Portland Transcript.
A B,ldeford Clergyman, opening recent
temperance meeting in that city, said; "We
pray thee, o Lord, to give our municipal off
GERS more backbone