Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-05-22
STATE NEWS.

Thirteen divorces decreed, last week, BY
the Supreme Judicial Court in Cumberland
county.
James NJ. Lowell. the convicted and SEN
fenced wife murderer, has not yet been re-
moved to State Prison, but will probably be
removed hither the present week. His con-
duct. says the Journal, has been character
lied by levity, strange, in aman placed In his
position.
The May term of the Supreme Court began
Tuesday, at Alfred, Judge Walton presid-
ing.
The American says that on Friday night,
while Mr.. Alexander Starkey was absent
from home watching with = sick neighbor, his
house took fire and was totally destroyed,
together with all its contents. One of his
children came near being burned with the
house.
Hon. VIM. McGilvery, of Searsport, has
given $4,000 to the East Maine Conference
Seminary, at Bucksport.
Improvements are making In the Belfast
shoe factory. The attic has been fitted up -
a mammoth stitching room the entire length
of the building, some 200 feet, and 10 lighted
by "a large windows.
A few days ago Mr.. Thomas Merrill, engi-
neer of the steamer Falmouth, left his family
all we'll and went to Halifax ON his steamer.
Last evening he returned to find one Of his
children, little girl, dead in the house, and
another child, seven weeks of age, just alive.
After he left home the little girl Was taken
with diptheria and died quite sudden. Soon
after the baby was taken with the same dis
ease and yesterday it was found necessary to
cut into the windpipe and insert q tube to
breath through. At a late hour last night
the child was able to take nourishment and
was breathing through the tube. 1t is thought
it cannot recover, being SO young Portland
Press, Thursday.
Over 1000 tickets to the Portland industrial
exhibition have already been sold.
Col. A. w. Bradbury is to deliver the adj
dress at Saccarappa, Memorial day.
Two we'll known citizens of Rockland have
recently died-Calvin Hall, aged GO; and Jo-
seph Ingraham, aged 92.
The Sagadahoc District lodge of Good
Templars held its regular quarterly meeting
in Richmond, on Thursday. The name of
Sagadahoc County Ledge was changed to
Sagadahoc District Lodge. The lodges of
Brunswick, Harpswell, West Harpswell and
Westport be included in Sagadahoc dis
trict.
The Belfast Journal says that on Friday
night last Mrs. Sewall Gilmore (of Stock
tom committed suicide by severing an artery
in her arm with a razor. She was found
soon after tied to a water fence in the harbor,
with the evident intent of having the water
flow over her; but was found before the tide
reached her, though life was extinct from the
loss OF blood from the wound. She left
note saying she could not help it. and her
friends should be thankful that it was NO
worse that she wanted to take "little FRANKIE
with her" Cher grandchild). She has been
low spirited for some weeks, from the sup
posed death of her son, Capt. A. +. Gilmore,
master of the ship Garden Reach, of Boston,
which sailed Feb. 18th from Boston for Liv-
erpool, since which time nothing has been
heard from ship or crew.
Mr.. Ivory Frost of Hampden died very
suddenly at his residence, ON Tussday.- He
was one of the leading citizens of the town,
was well known and respected by all who
knew him. he was SO years Of age.