Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-08-07
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STATE NEWS.

Inc Lewiston journal says that Arthur
Berry & Son, Bowdoinham, have purchased
a big boat for the purpose of bringing logs to
their mill and also to accommodate excursion
lists.
The table walters at the Glen House are the
boy students from Bates College, Lewiston
and Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. II. A
young lady of the Maine editorial party while
at the Glen discovered that the teacher of the
high shool which she attended last spring was
waiting upon her plate with due Difference
Machias Union.
The Press Gays that Mr.. Thomas Winslow,
of Arson Valley, aged 81 years, recently
moved an acre and eight rods of grass in 3
hours. This is considered by the farmers 80
a wonderful performance for an old man.
The government wants a bid from parties
to remove 1900 cubic yards of edgings, bark,
saw dust, &C.. from the channel of Machias
river, between the wharves and toll bridge.
The salaries of the school committee in
Portland are fixed at $500 each, and of tie
school agent at $500.
The comrades of the First Maine Cavalry
are making extensive preparations for their
reunion. which occurs at Portland Thursday,
Sept. 10. The committee or arrangements
sion one of enjoyment. The Portland COM
rades intend, we understand, to take the Wis
itors down to the islands to a clam bake.
The Lodges of Oddfellows at waterville,
Fairfield, New Portland and Skowbegau,
unite and go in body to the great celebra-
ton of Oddfellowship at Portland, Aug. 25th.
The Waterville band accompanies them.
During the storm on Saturday, at Wins
low, hail stones fell ard the wind blew down
balm glead tree in front of the old Bruce
place, which fell across the road and had to
be cut OF before carriages could pass the
house. Another large tree had the top cut
square off on line with the ridge-pole of the
house. Apple trees belonging to B. c. Pane
and Weymouth Jones were blown down. Mr..
Paine had his hay covered with ''caps" which
were scattered far and near.
A little boy, five years old, son of Lewis
SanboIn of Bethel, lost his foot just above
the ankle, Friday, July oath, by moving
machine. He was following his father in the
hay field, and when turning a corner the
horses backed, and he jumped before the ma
chine.
A little daughter, 4 l2 years old, of Benz.
w. French, of Livermore Falls, was Instant
ly killed Monday evening, by the falling of q
cart body that was resting against building
The journal says that on Saturday evening
last while the telegraph operator Of Lewiston
Junction was returning from visit to friend,
he was startled to see direct in his pathway
huge black bear. Not knowing what to do
he stopped to mediate his best way Of escape
from the monster, but luckily the bear did
not espy him.
Our office was gladdened on Tuesday by
the first appearance of Mr.. Elwell, after an
illness Of over nine weeks it will be several
weeks yet before he will be able to take on the
editorial harness.-[ Portland Transcript.
John Donahue, lad in the employ of the
Northern Border in Bangor, had the fingers
on his right hand crushed in press Wednes-
day forenoon.
Colonel Mattocks, of the LIST Maine Volun-
teer Infantry, has prepared the varous blank
forms that are necessary to be kept BY every
company commander and has forwarded cir.
culars to each company announcing that fact,
Messrs. A. H. s C. Z. Duren of Faifeld,
put in Us, 900 feet of lumber in the Kennebec
one day last week, which is run loose to Wa
terville, RATED to Gardiner, thence to New
York city by boat.
The Ellsworth American says the wife and
grandson of James Gray, of Bluehill, were
drowned on Saturday by the upsetting of .
skih.
Michael Constantine, of Bangor, died on
Wednesday, from the effect of being buried
by an embankment.
The Wing chronicles a distressing suicide
that occurred at Chesupcook on Friday. A.
Young girl Martha Smith. lS years of aQe
had attempted to drown herself short time
previously. On Monday she was at neigh
boris visiting, when young man with whom
she had been acquainted but short time
passed by the house. She called to him to
come back, but he did not comply with her
request; she started to follow him, bull find
ing herself unable to keep up with his pace,
she drew a pocket-kuife, opened 1t, and
plunged the blade into her throat, inflictng .
fearful wound. She died without expressing
any regret at committing the deed.