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

Among the next freshman class at Colby
university will be three young ladies, l da
Mabel Fuller, Lizzie Gorham Hoag and Lou.
Use Helen Coburn.
On the evening of the 4th, the barn Of H.
Manning of Lincolnville was struck by light
ming, set on fire and burned. The lightning
also struck COW in the barn and killed her.
Loss about $500, on which there was no in.
surance.
Biddeford has eight persons at the Insane
Hospital.
The Fairfield Chronicle says that Mr.. Lamb
of Clinton, while at work in his garden one
day last week, was bitten by bug, which he
describes as resembling tomato bug. Short
ly after inflammation set in, with redness of
the arm to the shoulder and shortness of
breath. The symptoms were of such an
alarming nature that three physicians were
called in succession. At last accounts he
was very weak and mt renewed from dan
ger.
Carter ( Co. have laid the sixth keel of the
season at their yard in Belfast. 1t is three
masted schooner of 500 tons for A. j. Bird {
| Co, Rockland.
A young woman in Portland passed coun-
terfet bill, Tuesday.
Nine reform scnOol OOys nave taken 70
their heels. They are unanimous in their
| condemnation of the mana cement OF that in
! stituton. t.eET
The number of convicts in the State pris
on is smaller than at any previous time for
several years.
| Edward Crosby, son OF Haines Crosby of
| Winslow, fell on the Ist inst. from load of
hay on rake on the floor bottom upwards.
The teeth penetrated the flesh, so cutting and
manning him as to render his recovery very
doubtful.
On TUESDAY Gov. Socalexis of the Pen0b-
scot tribe of Indians, was solemntly united 10
the bonds OF matrimony with Miss Moddlin,
daughter of DR.. Sockalexis Glossian, an In.
dian maiden OF great beauty. No cards.
The Wing says that Messrs Oaks l. Son
have repairing at their yard in Brewer three
schooners, the Melville, which il having n
new foremost and the schooners Traverse
and Abner Taylor, which are being quite ex-
tensively repaired. The work the two
new vessels is being pushed forward rapid
ly as possible with the repairing of vessels,
which is going On at all times. At McGil-
very & Co.'S shipyard the schooners Marcel
| lus and Lothar are on the marine railway re-
caulking; the c. Matthews and Maud Web
ster are undergoing repairs and the brig Men
te Christie is having her rig changed to
schooner.
While Mr.. Benjaal Poor of Oldtown, 50
years of age, was riding on load Of hay on
Tuesday, the team ran away, tipping over the
! hay and throwing Mr.. Poor over y picket
fence injuring him severely. a2s4a
Last Wednesday young man named Far
weil-the same one who came near being
drowned a week or two ago-had his arm
crushed in the rolls at Harding & Co.'S paper
mill in Gardiner. Had he not resoluteiy
held back he would have been drawn in and
killed II tore off the sleeve of his coat and
shirt,
\. X. Sawyer and wife have returned from
jacksonville, Florida, to Ellsworth. Mr.. 5.
has been benefited by his sOjourn in the
milder climate of the south
Geo. Batcheler has been appointed General
Agent for the Eas tern 4 Maine Central rail-
. road companies at Portland, and W. 5. Eaton
freight agent at the same place. '@5 e. -
There is a pretty smart wood sawyer at
. Wells Depot, on the Eastern road. his
name is Adolphus Rushford and he is q years
of age. A short time ago he sawed-one cut
!. lone cord and two feet of wood IN hffy- nSe
minutes-at the rate of a cord in forty-iour
minutes. He wanted to lay wager that ne
It could cut twelve cords in rs many hours, Out
: found no takers.
u li,le SON of Mr. Geo. VI. Patten OF bath'
{ fsil vpon picket Tuesday, getting an ugly
y flesh wound. t.e.
Cant. George Bacon, for half a century an
influential and prominent citizen OF Freeport,
died suddenly on Saturday last. sl