Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-04-12

Rev. George w. Bicknell is to deliver the
GRAFTON at the decoration services in Port
land
A four year old girl of Martins Ridge"
named Mary L. Springer in nine lessons,
committed to memory the multiplication table,
and recited it to her teacher without a mis-
take
Friday morning of last week, Almaron
Nutting of West Pennington, while shack
ling cars, had his right hand fearfuly mang-
led between the hunters,
The Free Press says that on Monday last
Austin L. Pease of Rockland, aged SO years,
mounted a horse and rode a short way, when
he retraced the distance, making some in
quiry about a saddle, of a person at the point
where he had started, and while speaking,
fell frem his horse dead. Mr.. Pease was
very stout, athletic man, and it is thought he
was injured by holding out heavy iron bar,
which he did that morning, merely to test his
strength
A row took place in the East Machias town
house during the town meeting last week,
and in the melee two men were stabbed.
Rum did it.
Employees on the night train which left
Bangor for st. John, Tuesday, report to-day
that as the train was passing through Great
Works village about nine o'clock in the even
ing stated some person unknown fired gun
at the Pullman sleeping car, probably taking
aim at one of the lights. The bullet passed
through one OF the thick window panes, but
spending its force did not penetrate the inner
pane
On Saturday the 9TH inst, Mr. Roland
Durgn of Sedgwick, while at work in his
fathers MILL got his right hand caught in the
heading saw and sawed of his fore and first
middle fingers, besides saving his other two
fingers quite badly. His first middle finger
was so badly mangled, he was obliged to have
it amputated at the hand.
Mr. Edward A. Emery, of the firm Of
Emery & Waterhouse of Portland, and son o.
MIR. Daniel f. Emery, died at jacksonville
Florida, Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Emery
has been out of health for year and a hall
and has been seeking its restoration for a Ions
time in Pennsylvania and Florida.
The Brunswick Telegraph says that piece
| OF timber cut in Topsham was being sawet
| the other day, when the saw encountered ar
obstacle. The mill was stopped; an inspec-
| ton disclosed six-pound cannon bail imbed
ed in the heart of pine log, about l6 inch
es in diameter. The wood around the ball
was decayed, but several lengths Of boards
had been cut before the ball was reached, and
no hole was discovered in them, showing that
after the ball had entered the tree, the wound
had healed, and the growth upon the exterior
went on as before. When the Topsham Ar
tillery Company was in its prime, its captain
occasionally practiced with the guns at tar
get firing. and the ball is supposed to have
been one discharged by him, at least forty
years ago.
| Mr. Showers house in Norridge wock, was
entirely consumed by fire on the night of
Friday, the 4th inst. When discovered it
was too late to save anything in the chambers.
The furniture, &c, in the lower part of the
house was mostly saved. The probable cause
was some defect which time had wrought in
the chimney. 1t was partially insured.
The Arson Advocate says that the loygins
teams are all out of the woods-just in tim,
to save wallowing through the melting snow
roads. Though the snow has been uncom