Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-09
STATE NEWS.

Major General Chamberlain has appointed
Col. A. w. Bradbury of Portland, aide-de-
camp upon his staff with the rank of Major.
Two able. bodied men have within the last
few days attempted the roll of street beggars
i'll Bangor, with small success. Anything
from S. to cents was welcome.
Mr.. Hayden, the murdered Aroostook sher-
if, was buried Friday with Masonic honors.
The procession which followed his remains
to their last resting place. was more than
three-quarters of mile long. He will be
great loss to the village, where he was much
loved and respected.
The Press says that the former pupils Of M.
X. Mabry, well-known as the former Super
| visor of York county, are about to erect q
| seminary building for him in his native town
of Hiram. Mr.. Mabry has taught over ffty
| and his pupils are numbered by hundreds.
The frame of the building is to be raised this
| week.
Rev. H. G. Mott, Baptist clergymen we'll
known in the State, died at Rochester, N. Y,
last Saturday. His remains are to be taken
| to Bath for burial.
At the meeting on Saturday, Searsport re-
jected the railroad loan proposition, the vote
standing ia in favor to 1874 against, being
largely short of the required two-t thirds.
The Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians has .
Governor, Joseph Newell Neptune, and this
summer there is to be Lieutenant Governor
chosen. but does not seem to create any great
political excitement.
William H. Simpson, Esq, of Belfast. has
bought the block in that city, in which is the
Office Of the Progressive Age. Mr.. Rust will
remove to the Journal office; so that the
Journal will hereafter be printed in the Age
office, and the Age in the Journal Office.
The Wig says that Dewitt c. Folsom,
Esq, Eastern Express agent at Bucksport,
met with a severe accident Wednesday
morning. As he was coming from the wharf
at the landing Of the steamer City of Rich
mond, he was knocked down by plank in q
buggy, and both wheels ran over his legs. 1t
appears that the boy who drove the horse
could not hold him. Mr.. Folsom has quite =
bad wound under the right eye. and his legs
are badly bruised but no bones broken.
| News has been received of the death Of
the death of George L. Brown on the Goth
ult., at Georgetown, D. c., from cerebo-spi-
nal meningitis. Mr.. Brown was q native of
Hamdsn in this State, and was graduate Of
| Bowdoin College in the class Of 1868. Dur
| ing the war he war he was captain iu the
22d regiment, Maine volunteers. At it, close
he received an appointment in the patent
Office, where he remained two years. Since
leaving the patent Office he has been engaged
in the practice of the Law at Washington. At
the time of his death he was 81 years Of age.
He leaves wife and one child.
The Belfast Journal says that Col. Osgood,
Eastern Express agent at Augusta, was trav-
cling over the Belfast branch last week hunt
ing after a $500 package of money WHICH
was claimed not to have been received by the
party to whom it was addressed, at Thorn
dixie. The Colonel found the letter which
the sender of the money had enclosed with it
in a sealed package, upon the premises Of the
forge,ful receiver, who concluded not to hold
the express responsible. The Eastern Elk
press is very prompt and careful in looking
after the interests Of its customers, but it
don't mean to be swindled.
The Lewiston Journal reports that ell the
cottages and other buildings at Squirrel ISL
and are in good condition. Since the last
visiting season Mr.. Tower and others of Gar
diner have erected very fine two story dwell
ling near the spring and just west Of the lot
owned by President Cheney. This house
commands a fine view of the open sea towards
| Seguin, and is one of the most tasty looking
structures on the Island. We are informed
that the Messrs. Chase will erect two houses
on the Island this season and there 10 good
reason to suppose that other parties will also
put up cottages at an early day. The story
going the rounds Of the newspapers about the
Jersey widow owning the right of dover on
the Island, is all moonshine, and may - we'll
be stopped. The title of the Squirrel Island
Association to their property, is perfect. and
owners of shares in the Island need not give
themselves any uneasiness about this matter.