Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-24
STATE NEWS.

The Belfast Journal says that Franklin
Treat, owner of the mills situated in Frank.
fort village, Is doing quite an extensive bust
ness in saving hard wood hogshead slaves
and soft wood slaves for lime casks and fish
barrels. lie has at the mill about four hun
dred cords of timber to be manufactured
The hard wood slaves are for the West In
dIa market. and are taken to Winterport to
j. G. H. Treat where ;hey are set up into
hogsheads by coopers, then taken down to
be shocked, and, with the heads, shipped
principally to Cardenas, to Cant. Henry
Treat, who resides there and does an extern
siye commission business.
y very pleasant affair occurred at West
brook Seminary on Tuesday evening in the
marriage of one of its fair pupils, Miss Rufina
Brown TO Elliott Wood OF Winthrop 1t
having become known to Miss Browns
schoolmates that she was to be married at
that time they prevailed upon her to have the
ceremony at the Seminary. The parlors Of
Hersey Hail were thrown open, and, at the
apponted time, the happy couple came for
ward and gave their vows in the presence OF
the assembled students and teachers, Rev. J.
c. Snow, the principal, officiating. The
bride, who WAS held in high esteem by all, in
addition to the warmest congratulations, was
made the recipient of handsome presents from
teachers and students.
\ French woman at Fort Kent the other
day killed loup-cerver with an axe. The
savage wild creature was in the act of killing
pig when the woman made the successful
attack How is that for high?"
The North Star says that the amount o
stamps cancelled at the Caribou post Office
during the six months ending Jan. l, 1871,
was SlS17S. This office paid the gov
eminent last year over and above the salary
OF the postmaster S223.56.
The other night, says the Dexter Gazette,
Mr. j. b. Lewis of Ripley returned home
from neighboring town and found com.
motion in his hen house. He went into and
found several dead hens on the floor ana dis.
covered a large animal of some kind on the
roof. The animal jumped about and attempt
ed to escape, but Mr.. l.. hit him on the head
with a stick, stunning him, after which he
was quickly despatched. This animal is
about three feet long by seventeen inches in
height. Girth around the body twenty
| inches, girih around the bead fifteen inches
/ claws three-fourths of an inch ia length,
teeth about the same length, color gray.
This animal belongs to the cat tribe, and
answers to the description given of the cata-
mount. or "Indian Devil" as it is called by
/ the Indians His head bears strong re-
semblance to that of a tiger. This species
of animal is said to be the most ferocious of
any in Maine, and inhabits the northern por-
ton OF the State. Those who have seen it
unite in the opinion that it would be for
midable animal to encounter.
4 newly married couple in Auburn, be-
lieving they ought to begin life as they could
hold out ate their first honeymoon supper
from pudding and milk.
The Arson Advocate says Josiah Chase Of
Lexington, had nine noble sheep killed few
nights ago, by dogs in his sheep yard. This
makes not less than forty sheep and lambs
that have been destroyed by those miserable
ours within the last eight months in this i'm
mediate vicinity.
The Wing says that the police of Bangor,
having Information of the presence i'll that
city OF Robert b. Beckett, the man whose
extended tour through the eastern part of the
| State in company with Valparaiso Moseley,
has been frequently noticed surrounded the
residence of his wife, on Main street, Thurs
day evening, and two of the force entered
the tenement to see il he was there. The
search was successful, and Beckett was
found in bed, under 4 mattress on which his