Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-11-07

In Portland the Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department has reported to the City Council
that none of the hotels in that city were pro-
| vided with fire escapes, and the city clerk
was ordered to notify the proprietors to pro-
| vide them.
| Saturday morning Ezra Foster, respecta-
BILE farmer of Monticello, Aroostook county,
| aged sixty five years, was found dead with his
| head in a spring of water near the house. Mr..
| Foster was for year or two insane. Or
| Friday he came home from barn raising
and told his wife that the neighbors had
planned to hang him.
A heifer in the northern pa1t of the State
gave birth to white calf few days ago, anC
| never having seen one of that color, she wal
terribly frightened and ran away. 1t was
several days before she could be induced tC
approach her pale progeny.
| Flying Arab, owned by VIM. Penn Hussey
of North Berwick, made a half mile dash in
los at the running race in Great Falls last
week.
The youngest son of Mr.. Eben Fletcher OF
China, seven years of age, while at play in
the wood shed, October 27th, had one OF his
fingers saved off by a little brother.
farm of 200 acres in Fairfield, divided
| into Ill pGsturage, IS moving, and II tiliage,
has yielded the owner $1,000 the past season.
| The Aroostook Pioneer still holds to the
theory that young Martins death was caused
by the shot fired by Mary Kelley, and hints
that there were strngers in town on the night
of the shooting who might have found the
body and laid it out as discovered.
One day last week Belfast man found a
large gold bead in his chew of tobacco-and
now everybody is learning to use the weed.
To prove that some people will catch an
idea readily, the Belfast journal tells this
An advertising card of the Etna Insurance
Company representing a burning volcano,
| WAS hung beside some pictures. On the low
er corner OF the card were tie words Hart
ford Conn., Two pilgrims nom the back
district stood gazing az ii, when one calling
the attention OF the other to it, remarked
SPY thunder, jim, that Hartford Corner is q
wild looking place, Amt it?
The Argus tells of sad case. Two little
children have just been taken from the home
of Mr.. Chas. Ii. Adams on the corner of Fed.
eral and Mountfort streets in Portland, by, as
it were, one stroke Of death, Charlie and
| Fredie, aged six and eight, dying within a few
hours of each other, one Tuesday night and
the other Wednesday morning. Scarlet te-
yer was the cause.
The following divorces have been decreed
to the present term of the court in Waldo
county:
Josephine Reynolds VS. Eugene l.. Rey
nolds
William T. Ferguson vs. Josephine Fergu
san.
Eliza A. Moulton VS. Elnathan j. Moulon
Marcus G. Welluan VS. Clara NJ. Well
| man.
Ellen Nj. Lalrabee vs. William Larrubec.
Henry e. Eaton rs Annie l.. Eaton.
| William II. Penney Anna NJ. Penney.
The Portland Press says that on Wednes
day morning gentleman in than city had 1
very narrow escape feom ihetant death v hi,
walking up Railroad wharf on the railioa,
track. He failed to note that a train wa,
slowly approaching behind him and was struck
by the engine and thrown down Fortunate
~ he fell outside the track, and was only
slightly bruised and very much freightenei'
The engineer supposed as the train was NOV
ing SO slowly he would get out of the way in
| season,