Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-31
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Advices from the woods says the Wing.
| state that numbering is going on under great
difficulties. The snow is very deep, and the
swamps were not sufficiently frozen before it
| came to make good bottom, which renders
teaming exceedingly dangerous. Besides
this, the horses used appear to have been
much weakened by the epzootic, which af-
fected them just before going into the woods
and many of them had the disease again.
Without teams, or with poor teams the crews
can do little, and it is likely that the amount
of lumber cut this year in this section Of the
State will be much less than usual.
An immense amount of pressed hay i.
being hauled to Belfast for shipment
The Belfast Journal says that the new
hree-masted schooner r. M. Hayward, due
at that port for some time, arrived on Friday
She is first class double decked vessel Of
500 tons burden, of fine model and rates Al
for eleven years. She was built at Bath by
Nessrs. Goss Sawyer; launched on the 9th
inst, and is commanded by Capt. s. Doane.
Pitcher & Son are loading her with hay for
Mobile.
The Press says that the barque Caro- of
Bucksport, Capt. John Beals, which sailed
from Portland December 9Th for Martinique,
shipped a heavy sea on Tuesday the 10th.
which washed the mate Mr.. A. L. Carver and
two men overheard. The men were immed-
| ately rescued, but Mr.. Carver not being at
once missed, was discovered on board, but
beyond any means of assistance in conse.
quence of the heavy sea and binding storm.
Mr.. Carver was native of Searsport but his
wife had been residing in Portland. He was
about "a years Of age End leaves young wife
who is stricken down by this heavy blow.
Capt. A. W. Norcross formerly of Bangor.
and son of Jesse Norcross, died on the 10Th
| inst. at Marshal, Texas. The deceased was
for time in the Adjutant Generals Office at
Augusta and subsequently held the position
of United States Military Storekeeper at New
Orleans, where he married, and also at Bos-
ton.
Mr.. VIM. Parsons of Newburg, slipped and
fell ON the ice at Dixmont q few days since
and broke his leg.
On Tuesday, the 2lst inst, John Sibley of
Freedom was kicked by horse he was
grooming and severely cut in the face.
At late meeting of the officers of the old
Kennebec Agricultural Society, it was de-
cided to hold the fair three days, comnlenc-
ing on the last Tuesday in September. First
day to be devoted to cattle show exclusive
| ly Second day, examination of horses by
committee in the forenoon. Afternoon, trot
for Society's premium, open to all horses not
entered for the sweepstakes. $40 to frst
S25 to second. Third day, address by Hon.
Lot M. Morrill, probably; afternoon, trot for
purse of $50, open to all competitors.
Charles II. Cannon and Frank Irish,
noted hunters of East Buckfeld, on the 22d
inst saw fox track partly covered up. On
consultation, they put the hound upon the
! track and soon came where the bloody snow
show a severe fight between the fox and some
other animal. At some distance from this
spot the hound dug out of the snow a dead
mink that reynard had placed there to mel
low. The hunters were not satisfied to re-
| turn with the fur, for which they have been
offered six dollars, but put on for the victor
| about mile, when he was shot.
A despatch to the Boston Herald says:
Isaiah Earl, g Waterman at the South Ber-
wick wooden mill, was found dead Sunday
morning, lying on his face in the weaving
room entry, shot through the heart. From
his position it is supposed he fell in trying to
reach the bell rope to sound an alarm. His
lantern was on the window sill, near broken
pane of glass, and his pistol, with one barrel
discharged, on the cove of the elevator in the
weaving room. lie had driven no pins in the
watchman's watch and was cold and stiff,
| showing that he was shot soon after relieving
the other Waterman at IL l-2 o'clock p. NJ.
Coroner Marshal was summoned and render
ed verdict of accidental death. Deceased
was sc years of age, had been in the employ
of the company many years, and leaves
wife and seven children.
| A correspondent of the Gardiner Journa
writes from Cooper's Mills, Whitefeld, that
the tempest on the evening of the oath inst,
was very severe. The dwelling of Rev. S.
Patterson was struck by lightning, complete
ly demolishing the chimney and otherwise in
juring the house. The occupants at the tins
were l.. w. Stearns, wife and two children
and Mrs. j. F. Clark and child; all sitting
near the stove. They were all severely
shocked and partially stunned, but not in
jured, though the electric fluid passed off
through the floor near the stove. Quite
number of persons in the vicinity were more
or less affected by the electricity.
The Pennington Chronicle says that Mr..
Abiatha G. Learned of Arson committed
suicide by hanging himself in his barn on the
10Th inst. He had sold pair of large oxen,
and on Monday he drove them to Arson vii
lage, about seven miles distant from his home
and on returning in the afternoon he cont
planned of his head feeling badly, also told
his wife he had missed it selling his oxen, for
he should need them about building his house
next summer; said he was not fit to do busi-
ness; did not know but he should be crazy
yet. He went to the barn about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon to do his chores as usual. His
little boy came home from school, went to
the barn and found his father hanging by
rope to one of the beams, dead.
Harrison Beal and son of Avon, while
chopping in the woods one day last week,
found tree containing a swarm of bees.
They cut it pown and took thercfrom some so
pounds of fine honey.