Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-11-05
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correspondent of the Lewiston Journal
writes that sad accident occurred IN Weld
Sunday. Mrs. Octavia Robertson and two
children, when on their way to church were
thrown from a carriage. Mrs. Robertson,
striking on her head, lived but three hours.
Miss Rachel Brown, an adopted daughter,
had three ribs broken; the other daughter
escaped unhurt. Mrs. Robertson was the
wife of our worthy townsman William S.
Robertson, Esq, and this sad occurrence has
carried the severest affection to a happy
home; and the deepest sorrow to a wide circle
of friends.
An aggravated case of hazing occurred at
Bates College Friday night, when party Of
sophomores broke into the room of C. E.
Hussey, a freshman from Pennington, their
purpose being to cut off his whiskers He
screamed for help and to smother his cries
they held the bed clothes about his head.
Having accomplished their object and fearing
discovery by reason of his outcries, they
struck and beat him in cowardly manner,
cutting several deep gashes in his head and
maltreating him to such an extent that a ply
stefan had to be summoned, and Hussey is
now confined to his bed. The faculty have
instituted a searching examination.
The frame of new ship of 400 tons is
now on the stocks at the yard of McGilvery
& Co, Brewer, and the men are at present
engaged in putting in the keelson and ceiling.
She will be commanded by Capt. David
Nichols Of Searsport.
Capt. Isaac Lambert of Freeport, aged So,
died very suddenly on Saturday morning.
He had commanded packet for many years
plying between Freeport and Boston. On
Friday he returned from Boston and on Sat-
urday he died
AS Mr.. Jacob H. Green, Waterford, was
at work on the roof of his house the staging
gave way, and he fell distance of thirteen
feet to the ground injurng him so severely
that he died On Friday morning. He was an
estmable citizen, and his loss will be deeply
felt.
The Orient says that the subscriptions to
wards the permanent endowment OF Bowdoin
College only lack S6725 of the first $lOO, 900
required.
A special to the Argus says tina. the schoon-
er John Z. Daily, from Thomaston for Vir-
ginia, while passing Herrings Gut Tuesday,
collided with the schooner Wave of Portland,
Capt Green. The Daily carried away her
flying jibboom and other gear. She then
drifted into small vessel, but did her no Sc.
rious damage.
There are now in the States Prison at
Thomaston l43 convicts OF this number 25
are on life sentence. Knights has been in
Is years, the longest Of any one. Two or
three Others have been in for IA years.
There is quite a temperance revival in
progress, in a quiet way 10 Portland.
special to the Wing say that on Sunday
quarrel between the employees of II. Poor &
Son of Midway, resulting in the stabbing of
George Gordon in the side, and of severe
cash on the forehead and in the arm of one
Nelson, inflicted by Joseph Swain. He was
melted to the deed by the beligerant attitude
of the other man. and was himself roughly
handled.
A despatch to the Lewiston Journal from
Lisbon says that Mr.. Henry Farrar's son,
about six years of age, was killed Wednesday
about noon at the Maine Central depot at
Lisbon, by bale of cotton falling on him
while at play around the station. The boy
was probably trying to get on top of the bale
when it fell over, throwing him from the plat
form and falling on him.