Daily Kennebec journal., 1873-05-20
STATE NEWS.

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The Press says Hon. 8. A.. Holbfook has
generously given the town of Ffeeport two u
lots of land, adjoining each other, containing
$4,000 feet each, upon which are to be erectsi'
ed town house and free high school house ai
Fassett is engaged upon the plans for the y
buildings. -4 1Iadt has .sqnu ri
Mr.. Peters, paymaster Of the Rochester
railroad, caught his foot in the track =
while Jumping from freight train Saturday u
afternoon. Two toes were badly crushed, q
but it is thought that ampu.ation will not be Q
called for. NA Haf uH eiaHf tnflfdeI IlE
The assessors Of Gorham have just made
a new valuation of that town, which amounts
to 81, 800, ,000-a gain of over $4,000 over
the previous year. iH-t"9 q b1s n)h9go
Horace Eaton, son Of j., B. Eaton, Frye: +. =
burg, was seriously injured Saturday By :
being runaway with and striking his hesd
against crossbar of barn door. Mrs. Abel ,
Sawyer Of the same town fell and broke her
leg. 'a {i.i49h 37Hi 1"H '49asom
A boy about l6 years old was arrested in
Portland, Sunday, on charge Of beating
his mother. He stands fair chance OF
gracing the gallows one of these days = bis1
j. X. Gerrisl of East GreenyiIle, has
erected dams on the stream which. emptiss
into Wilson pond, and is building = nev4
mill. . .as #.,at.a r.t.- k .,.,a4 e,t.,a..
Mr.. Mason of Denmark, while driving be-a
tween Fryeburg and East Fry eburg, recshti
ly, lost his horse by his falling into ydsepi
hole, and before he could extricates him the
horse was drowned. sa oI H. e,5io snj ha4
General Bean of Brownfeld, an old and
esteemed citizen, died ~Fhursdeys~esed 90
years. r,p ,yxuuxr~v,,~~,w,.
The lnmbermen are 'hasins AiSdoshmon
success in bringing their logs down the Pis-
cataquis. Leavitt g. Weston. Who had sew
down last year, are driving the product Of
two winters this spfing. mhEG#A
On Memorial day, May 3Oth, at Machias,
Capt. Charles B. Rounds of Calais. will de-
liver the address, and William Freeman,
Esq, of Cherryfeld, will deliver paen,n11ss'.
w. II. Hemenway Of Machias paysa sa2sa
taxes this year; s. w. Pope Co. Pay
S2o30. 80 aolfA3 l-f
A meeting Of the directors Of the Shore
Line railroad will be held at Cherry field June
fth, to choose officers and vote upon thes So
ceptance of the charter of last winter. Capt.
Buckland is making progress in the survey
east of Ellsworth. Il ,5st.sI ait-aIgiI
Pierre McConville, ESQ.,, Of Bangor, has
sold the brig Elmra, of Waldoboro', to Marx
Pendleton and others of Islesboro'.
Gen. Thorn, L. S. engineer, has awarded
I the contract for excavating the channel Of
| the Penobscot at or near Bangor, to Curtis
Forbes, of Portland, ct IS cents per cubic
yard. a.ti NHh Lihff4 I3f
Rev. II. B. Hitchings, formerly pastor of
St. Johns Episcopal church in Bangor, has
! been appointed an assistants minister in
Trinity parish, New York, with .ssalary of
$4,000. & - 20 y ef&sS "a
The Wkig says that q cargo of old bones
has been sent from Bangor to be transformed
into some kind of bread raising preparation
The April term Of the supreme court for
Penobscot county was on Saturday adjourned
to Tuesday, the 18th day of June next. The
Whig SAYS the term, which commenced the
first of April and has lasted 90 far six weeks,
has been very industrious one, the Chief
Justice presiding, having disposed Of nearly
one halt of the doekst,of 1850, cases.
The new track of the Maine Central from
Benton to Winslow.1 on the eastysids sof shc
Kennebec, is progressing rapidly, with nearly
a thousand employees q vsIions pein0 along
the route from Ticonic bridge TO q point op-
posite Fairfield. The Whig says w. C., Pit
man, Esq. of Bangor, has charge of sthe een-
struction of the road bed on the upper half,
and Mr.. James Wall on the lower half, while
the bridge work is under the directions of s.
L. Gibson, master mechanic of the road. A
bridge fifteenIor twenty reds long will he
needed across the guIch at the foot of what is
known as the "island," opposite the colleges,
and having completed the smaller ones below,
the workmen have gun on this. 1t 10 stated
that no compromise has yet been effected
with Messrs. Totman and Bunker, who re-
fuse to dispose of the right of way across
their land, but everybody says the road is to
go through, and the company are driving the
work along as though they ansicipated no in.
surmountable obstacle. The lower portion
of the road will be ready for the track layers
soon. a. "a ~
A son of Mr.. Charles Bueklin Of Camden,
on visit to his grandfather, Eben Bucklin,
Warren fell from beam in ,the barn, on
Sunday 10Th inst, and fractured his right arm
near the elbow joint.
Amason Miller, a resident OF Thomasten,
| died recently at Tomah, Iowa. OF, eonsump-
ton. His body will be brought home for in-
terment.t ...4..tt.t hlaaA g.h9f
b. T. Chase of Bridgtou, narrowly escaped
death few days ago, on account Of being
thrown from his carriage, and the reins OF his
the horse ran, Mr.. Chase would have been
strangled TO death. .s, akx4zxy~.nr
James Harrison Of Portland, was drowned
in the Potomac Friday, by falling from the
schooner, on which he was mate.
A. T. Stone, Principal of the Portland High
School, has been elected Superintendent Of
Schools in SpIng field, Mas. and has accept
ed the position at salary Of $500 year.
Miss Hattie, daughter of Col. Robie Of
Gorham sails for Europe on the ISM sccop-
panied by Miss Small OF Bridston.
DR.. WA. III. Phipps,. whe had praeslced
medicine in Bradford SO many years and was
wen known through the county, died alfew
days since at the age of 72 years.
Fires were lighted in the furnaces Of the
Kstaidin Iron Works on Monday last, for the
first time since the property passed under the
control of Mr.. Davis of Portlanda and on
Tuesday uext the operation of making iron
will begin. ''~''e~
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