Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-28
STATE NEWS.

Ship John Sidney of Richmond, Me-, Bart
lett, master, from Liverpool for Philadelphia,
has been wrecked off Cape Henlopen. The
John Sidney was built in 1855 at Richmond,
and registered 1902 tons.
Washington Engine No. of Gardiner has
been thoroughly overhauled repaired and
painted.
The address delivered before the literary
| society of Colby University at the last COM
mencement by Hon. VIM. Whiting of Boston,
has been printed at the request of the friends
of the institution. 1t received marked ap-
prevail at the time of its delivery, and is prob
ably one of the most valuable orations ever
presented there on similar occasion.
| On Sunday nigh. the dwelling house o:
James Owen, Jr., in Pembroke, situated a
short distance from the village, was entirely
consumed by fire. MIR. Owen and his wife,
there being no other assistance at hand at the
time, succeeded in saving nearly all their fur
| nture and clothing. The building was in
| sured for $500 The loss is estimated at
$500.
The new paper at Portland, '.The State"
will make its appearance this week.
The Portland Light Infantry have returned
delighted, from their trip to Providence.
The Press says there are two cases of small
pox at Woodfords Corner, and the selectmen
have taken the ordinary precautions to pre-
vent the spread of the contagion. One of the
patients is seriously i'll, and the other case,
IN the same family, is of mild form.
The Dexter Gazette says that the shoe fac
tory in that town is now getting fairly into
operation, and Mr.. Smith, the proprietor, ex-
presses himself as much pleased at the man
ner in which the operatives take hold of their
work. This institution seems now to be tine
chief object of curiosity among the natives,
who call in large numbers to ''sec EN- peg"
A cheese factory of i00-cow capacity can
be put up for $500. The average produce
ton is fifty lbs. per COW. Several of these
factories have been started in this State, and
so far as we can hear, the result has been sat
isfactory in every instance.
Maxwell, the associate of Bcktord, the
burglar by whose testimony as State evil
dence the latter was convicted, was arrested
at North Berwick recently for stealing har-
ness of a Lebanon man, bound over TO court
| in $1,000, and is now in Portland Jail.
A man aged about forty by the name of
Francis ii. Butler, boot and shoe manufac-
turer at Sprlngvale, committed suicide by
| noon At his request the family went away
to spend the day, and on their return found
him dead in the attic. lie leaves a wife but
no children.
People like to read bear stories, and here
is one from the Ellsworth American 1t is
not often that a legal argument is enlivened
by veritable bear story, but such was the
case at the recent term of court in this coun-
tv. in a case between the towns of Goulds-
boro' and Franklin. The principal witness
for the pits was an old man of fourscore
years, who, although physically infirm, still
retained his mental yigor in a remarkable de-
gree The defts.' counsel sought to dispar-
age his testimony before the jury on account
of his age and decrepitude. Col. Hale on the
other side in reply happily introduced this
story. to show that the witness in his younger
DAYS possessed great pluck and powers OF en-
durance: Some sixty years ago the witness,
aloae and unarmed, except with an ordinary
lack knife, encountered Il bear. The man
would not retreat, neither would the bear.
For few moments each looked detiently at
the other, and then tine man advanced. His
opponent did the same. They met, and on
the instant when the bear opened his mouth
to bite his antagonist, he thrust his nakel
hand into the bears mouth, seized his tongue
and in spite Of the decorations of teeth ant
claws, held on, and with the other han'
stabbed the vital parts of the bear with hi
knife until he killed him. The sears ant
marks of the testh were still visible on tn
hand and arm of the old witness and were no
ticed by the jury. 1t is perhaps unnecessar
to add that the verdict of the jury was give
in favor of the teller OF the bear story.