Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-24
STATE NEWS.

party OF seven men undertook to cross
| the East branch above the Hulling Machine
Falls, Monday, May 9TH, and were carried
| over the falls, and one, John Falkns of Pat
| ter, was drowned, and his body has not vet
| been recovered. He leaves wife and sew.
| eral children.
The Sagadahoc Agricultural Society holds
! its nineteenth annual fair at its grounds in
Topsham, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Oct. IA, 10 and lG.
Carleton Norwood & Co. have now on the
| stocks at Rockport, three masted schooner
pretty well advanced. They will also build
| Il barque for which the timber is being pre-
pared and got into the yard 1t is also un-
derstood same parties intend to build ship
later in the season.
They have circulating library of over 400
volumes at Somerset Mills, and it is made
good use of by the people of that district
The 9Th Maine Regiment Association will
hold their fifth annual reunion in this city, on
Tuesday evening. July Goth.
VIM. Seaver Of Industry had the little fin
ger of his right hand taken off the other day,
and the others mangled. Mr.. Seaver lost the
index finger of his left hand in the shovel
handle factory, and the little finger of the
same hand was accidentally cut off by young
man with whom he was cutting wood All OF
which has been done within three years.
1t is calculated that good COW will make
$50 worth of cheese in a season.
The North Star speaks of a remarkable
man thus: George McCllen of Castle. Hill,
| the celebrated double jointed man, starts of
| this week on tour Of exhibition. He has
| his double headed calf, and now has added a
| pig with eight legs, two bodies and one head.
The calf has two heads and one body and
the pig two bodies and one head. The ex.
hibitor has double joints throughout. His
exhibitions will be accompanied with sweet
music
The Brunswick Telegraph says there wa
a reunion on Wednesday at Brunswick of thu
Medical class of 1860. The members pres
ent at the Tontine listened to an able addres
on General Paralysis" delivered by Dr.
t. Sanborn, Assistant Superintendent of tn
Insane Asylum at Augusta. DR.. ID. F. Ellis
the Secretary, read an interesting history o
the class (33 graduates from the time o
graduation up to the present date. The gen
tlemen enjoyed ride to the scene of tn,
hunt three years since, and were Hospitality
entertained, with a few resident friends, ir
the evening, at the house of Dr. Asher Ellis
| The reunion was a most enjoyable one. The
following officers were elected: b. T. San
| born, President; John Lord, Vice President :
| d. F. Ellis, Secretary.
Sias Written, while a; work in Cooper s
shingle mill, Pittsfeld, had two fingers sawed
off and the others on the same hand cut badly
Gov. Coburn thinks he is improving slowly
and hopes soon to be able to ride out.
The Press says that the Bowdoin college
six are hard at work AMI evidently mean busi-
ness. Their names are as follows: d. A..
Robinson, bow, A. G. Ladd, J. A. Cram, W.
Souther, A. l.. Crocker, C. H. Hunter, stroke
-Four of these men pulled last year, and the
general opinion is that Bowdoin will send q
stronger crew to Springfield this year than
last. Friends of the college are invited to
pony up" to defray the necessary expenses.