Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-23
STATE NEWS.

Samuel Wells of Wells, Maine, on his ar
rival in Boston on Tuesday, was met by
young man in the Boston and Maine station,
who wanted to borrow S25. Wells gave him
the amount desired, taking in return as se-
curity a check purporting to be on the Mas
sau Bank of New York, for $1,000, payable to
the order of Thomas C. Martin, and signed
"W. Altman & Co." The borrower said he
would return Immediately, but has not since
turned up. 1t is unnecessary to add that
Samuel soon learned he had been swindled.
The Bangor Commercial describes Houlton
Jail as being some of the funniest prisons in
Maine" 1t consists of two posts, the first
| story having been built long before the Sec
ond. Between the supposed murderer and
| the family of the jailor is but weak door
| fastened with bit of iron. The new part Of
| the Jail is the second story, to get into which
| one has to go through the family rooms and
up the front stairs.
The primitive character of Houlton jail
speaks well for the orderly character of the
people of Aroostook county. f1 ne H.
One of the parties injured gives the follow
ing account of the blasting accident which
happened at the Bangor and Piscataquis slate
quarry at Brownville last Friday morning:
"John Roberts and N. Y. Colkins were
charging hole with dualin; they had cried
fire. and Jacob Morrill, and myself were
standing by, looking on, though we hadl,
business there. The first cartridge wasl.rs
for the hole, but they forced it down;rl
second, a short one, they broke in two and
went hard. Morrill, said to Roberts Ram
down; there is no danger; do so.' Roberts
then took the swab and stick in both hands
and commenced forcing the cartridge down,
when it exploded. There was not q man
there who had not been repeatedly cautioned
and warned against that very thing, their in
structions being if the cartridge does not
enter freely or stops by the way, explode it
where it stops and never attempt to force it
ALL
Morrill, and Wedge, the French boy, are
about and Colkins got up and dressed himself
Saturday, but Roberts lies in critical condi-
ton, with the chances very much against his
recovery.
The other day, as Portland blacksmith
was pairing q horses hoof, preparatory 10
shoeing him, he found cent imbedded In
the hoof and covered by the frog. How the
cen. could have got there, and how long it
had been in its peculiar position, must be left
to the imagination. LOT - -
The new three-m asted schooner, now on
the stocks in Messrs. Oaks s Sons ship yard
in Brewer, has been named the Emma II.
Drummond, and will, it is thought, be launch
ed next Thursday. She will be commanded
by Capt. Higgins, late of the schooner Vicks-
burg. Her owners are Messrs. N. Hopkins
& Son, N. II. Drummond, Capt. Higgins aud
others. FA l.L
The Press says it is rumored that the night
Pullman train on the Maine Central Railroad
is 10 be discontinued.
A brakeman on the New Brunswick and
Canada railway had his head taken complete
ly of by an engine Tuesday afternoon. He was
new man and while doing some emitting,
slipped and fell, and the driving wheels
passed over his neck, severing his head from
his body. He was young man, says the
Wing.
The farmers in Pembroke are taking large
quantities Of herring. They are using them
mainly on their hay fields for fertilizing pur-
poses m se e..s sear
News reached Camden Monday night says
the Press, that William Quinn and his neph-
Augustus, of Eagle standf LEFT that place last
Thursday for Deer Isle, distance of only
three miles, and have not been heard from
since. They were in small boat, and a. II
was blowing fresh at the time, it is supposed
that they were drowned. dog which they
had with them returned home dripping with
water. Search was made but it was only
learned the party had left Deer Isle and were
on their way home. William Quinn vas 81
years old, and his nephew about 20. Both
were married men. faasa