Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-12


Mr. Hilton, who has charge Of the survey Of
the Northern Aroostook railroad, has gone 10
Guilford to begin the survey of route from
that place to Moosehead Lake. Areee es tfe
An appropriations Of $1,000 by Calais i.
called for to complete the survey ofthe Shore
Line railroad to that place. Ie Us
In the shower on the Sd, lightning struck
the barn of John S. Paine & Son, at North
Arson, damaging the south end. It seemed
to strike at the end of the ridge pole, and run
down the rafter on each side, and down the
two corner posts, SCATTERING them badly, and
tearing offsome board and shingles.
Hon. Cyrus w. Field, the originator and
persevering friend of the Ocean telegraphic
cable system, passed through Bangor on
Thursday, en- route to Newfoundland TO be
present upon the arrival of the ships now lay
ing the new Atlantic wire.
The Wing says that during the heavy show.
er on the evening of July 4th the lightning
struck tall tree near the house of Mr.. o.
Twitchell, in Greenfield, killing his two cows
and njuring an OK which had taken refuge
under its branches. The same spot has been
visited by lightning several times before. Ju-
ly LIST, last year, tree standing near the one
last struck was shivered to fragments, which
were thrown to long distance, some Of them
going over the roof of the house. 9a 9&
Charles b. Fuller, well known merchant
of Rockland, has step daughter named Mary
aged thirteen years. Wednesday evening the
neighbors heard the child screaming loudly,
and some of them went into the house. There
they found Fuller, with the child perfectly
naked and he Furnishing her brutally, trying
to make her promise not to tell something.
The child was released, when she said that
her father had been endeayoring to outrage
her person, and had whipped her to make her
promise she would not divulge. Fuller was
arrested and lodged in Jail.
On Friday last the wife of II. ID. Martin OF
Canaan, fell and broke her collar bone.
In Mr.. Vim. Robinsons yard in Calais, the
keel for a schooner of 100 tons, o. m. is laid
and 10 hands are at work. but the vessel will
not be completed until early next season.
The Pennington Chronicle says that dur
ing the severe thunder storm of last Friday,
a bolt of electric fluid descended and struck
ledge near Morton Vaughans, in New Vine
yard, digging hole nearly two feet in diam
eter and about eighteen inches deep, into a
solid ledge. The rocks flew as from blast
in all directions.
De Molay Commandery of knights Tenn
plars of Skowhegan, propose to visit this city
in August. They will be entertained by the
Sir knights of Claremont Commandery.
The Second Adventsts predict that August
will witness the winding up of all earthly az
fairs. A better mooth couldn't possibly be
selected as by the time the dog days are fair
ly upon us, nobody cares what becomes OF the
planet. at oil
The Rockland Free Press learns that the
friends of Capt. VIM. j. Wilson a native OF
Thomaston, at one time resident of Rock
land, received a despatch on Tuesday inform
ing them of his death in San Francisco, his
present place of residence, by suicide. Mrs.
Wilson is left with family of three interest
ing children.