Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-04-05
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STATE NEWS.

AS we intimated yesterday, circumstances
indicate that the destruction of the Maine
Central Railroad bridge between Brun swick
and Topsham, on Wednesday morning, was
the work of an incendiary. The Press SAYS
that Portland gentleman states that he was
in the vicinity of the bridge on Tuesday
morning and discovered that it was on fire.
lie ran to the spot and ascertained that FIRE
OF shavings had been kindled and was COM
municating to the bridge. With considerable
difficulty he extinguished the flames with
snow. 49, ,
In Bangor, the rumsellers treated the sher.
ifs notifications as April jokes. A few Of
them thought the joke had been carried toe
far when they found themselves under ar.
rest. -7 f-a-.i ? er4 oes5az
Messrs. M. & O. F. Watson, the enterpris
ing propretors of ''The Maine Democrat" or
Saturday the 18th inst, are to begin publish
ing five-columhed daily, to be called the
DAILY Evening Times"
Sheriff Perry interviewed the cider and
liquor dealers along the front side yesterday
and there arose great drouth.-Argus.
Whatever may be said or done about the
new liquor laws, there can be no question,
about the hopefulness or the necessity of the
reform movement begun on the kennebec
and of which we are to see SOME demonstra-
ton here this week. Now is the time to close
in on the monster Intemperance, front and
rear, and rescue its victims from its DESTROY
ing grasp. 1t is every year extending its
ravages, and women men and youth are num-
bered among the lost, as we'll as strong men
who might be useful members of community
Society cannot afford to have this desolating
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very foundations of our moral and material
well-being, and every movement that prom
ises to arrest it should receive the hearty
support of all good citizens and well wishers
of their fellow men.-Portland Transcript.
There will be meeting of the Maine Boating
Association at the st Julian Hotel in Port
land, on the evening of the 18th inst.
Horse talk from the Gardiner Journal: E.
J. 4 G. W. Lawrence recently sold their
mare "Butter-ball' to James Withee, of
Winslow, for $1,500. She stands . 80 on
the record, and had she never been recorded
at less than 40 she would have brough,
$500 more. The Messrs. l.. have another
horse which they think promises even better
than .'Butter-ball." Silas Bates has four
years old horse, that he thinks is about as
good as the best. He has been offered $500
for him. He is splendid colt.
One day last week signal of distress was
seen flying on Mark Island lighthouse. For
three days every effort was made to reach the
island, but in vain. The fourth day Capt.
Hendrick, with two men from Deer Isle,
started for the island in Il dory. A crew OF
men started with a doctor in another boat,
which, however had to return. The dory
succeeded in reaching the island with the
crew quite badly frost-bitten. On their ar
rival they found the keeper of the light, his
wife and also baby three days old.
At the meeting of the Oak Grove Gene
terry Association of Gardiner, held last Mon
day evening, the following officers were
chosen: s"7 ~
President and Treasurer. Webb.
Secretary-R. M. Smiley.
Sexton.-David Lander. -a
Directors n. O. Mitchell, Hiram
Preble and G. A. White.
The Rockland Free Press says that the
shoe factory is rapidly going forward to COM
pletion. The building is. $50 feet, long, 80
wide, four stories in height, is lighted BY PA
windows, and will accommodate 200 work
men or upwards The steam boiler to furnish
power and warm the building is on the
grounds. Mr.. Howe, who is to be general
HidHaBti, VIC ASdAH mas aiiifeu " Teludlu
here. ft
A report came to this place Friday eve
ming last, of an attempt to murder at Cutler
1t seems that Dyonisius Davis and his son, a
lad of Is years, were at work in the woods
They finished work and were packing up for
removal home Friday. The father ordered
the boy to do piece of work and when part
ly done the boy refused to go en- when he re-
ceived some chastisement. A. few minutes
later the boy approached his father with an
axe dealing blow which took effect in the
head, not, as it was thought, penetrating the
skull but glancing, cleaved off one of the
ears and opened the side of the neck down to
the shoulder, causing q fearful and perhaps
mortal wound. We have no further particu-
ars.-Machias Union, %. ,,sg--5s--s3a,,
George Bracket Of Hermon, who attended
the fat mans convention at Auburn two
years ago, and came so near being the cham
pion there, has grown and done well since.
lie was in our office the other day as 1.-the as
an eel and as spry as cat. lie now weighs
3S7 pounds and considers himself the cham
pion fat man of all New England. Bangor
Commercial.
The Eastern Normal School at Castiue has
ITO pupils. An able and inter estin9 lecture
was delivered to them Tuesday evening by
w. II. Lambert, Principal of the Lewiston
High School.
Letters have been received from Prof
Herrick of Bangor, dated at Venice ant
Rome. The Professor is now on his way t
Naples and thence to Palestine.
NEWS BY NAIL.