Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-09-13
STATE NEWS.

King Lane in ,Brownield was burning as the
noon train from Upper Bartlett was passing
that station. 1t was thought that the stable
would be saved. The furniture was nearly
all saved. This is the third time in as many
years that Mr. Lane has been burned out. He
was absent at the time of the FIRE.
Prof. Baird, U. s. Fishery Commissioner,
who has, for the last two months been inves-
tigating the habits of the food fishes of the
csast waters of Maine has ended his labors,
and the members of the scientific corps have
left for their homes. The Investigations Of
the Commission have resulted in the obtain
ing OF much valuable information regarding
the habits, times of migration and spawning
OF the coast fishes. Specimens of the fishes
nave been sent to the Smithsonian Museum.
The Wing says tina. fourteen years ago, B.
+. Huges went to Aroostook county with
few household goods and forty-fve cents in
money. He has now farm of fifty five acres
of cleared land, good buildings, young or
charu, nvc cows, two horses, nineteen sheep,
twenty acres of crops, and eight children.
He of course has no desire to go West
The Rockland Gazette brings the sad INTEL
ligcnce that the schooner Fanny, Capt, Ed
ward Buckln, which left Sydney, C. B.,
just before the great gale, with coal, for Bos-
ton, has not been heard from, and the strong
est fears are felt that she is lost Capt. Buck
lin was accompanied by his wife and two
children on this voyage.
| The Eastport Sentinel says that herring
have been plenty in that vicinity for the past
fortnight and large numbers have been
caught.
The Press says that on Thursday morning
the Boston boat brought to Portland about 20
seamen who reside in Maine. They were
shipwrecked in the recent gale at Magdalen
Islands and were carried by the Halifax boat
to Boston.
1t is rumored that the Buckfeld Railroad
is to be repaired and run. 1t is said that A.
C, Denison & Co. have brought all the wood
on the line.
Charles Mills, the young man who was so
frightfully mangled, Wednesday, at Morse &
Co.'S mill in Bangor, by getting entangled in
a belt carried by rapidly revolving shaft,
died between twelve and one o'clock Thurs
day. Physicians decided in the morning that
the amputation of his leg was necessary,
more especially as gangrene had already
made its appearance. The limb was taken
off few inches below the hip, but the patient
never rallied farther than to regain his con-
seriousness.
The Sentinel says that ship building is
quite brisk at West river Pembroke, in Mas
ter Aaron Frost's yard. beautiful new
hort II w.t. " !. ro.,lr rooav Co. l.rnch;rn
Also another fine schooner of 294 tons, in
process OF construction, to be completed early
this fall. Beside these Mr. f. has contracted
toi build three masted schooner OF $50 tons
next season for Capt. Murphy OF this place,
to be finished in Jnly 1874. Master Gilbert
Frost ls building in the same yard hne barge
of 500 tons, intended for the coal trade, will
carry SUI tons. 1here are my or NOR hands
:.
The dedication OF the stream nret engine
Nv. w. Rice" took place in Ihomaston last
Monday: procession, consisting OF the
entire ire department, with engines beauti-
fully and appropriately decorated, was formed
about three o'clock p m. AFTER parading
through the principal streets 1t halted and a
of w. w. Rice" where bountiful collation.