Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-14
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STATE NEWS.

The Show and Fair of the franklin county
Agricultural Society will be held at Farming
ton "Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. Both
and Oct LIST.
Stockton is progressive. Two ladies,
Misses Fanny Cleaves and Alice Hartman
have been chosen Experimenting School
committee, and there is no doubt that they
will aequit themselves excellently well in the
positions. Since the above was written, we
notice that Miss Della A. Curtis has been
elected ono of the school supervisors of Sears
port.-Belfast Journal.
Mr.. John Gribbin fell dead in the streets of
Bangor, on Wednesday, of heart disease.
Capt. N. L. Thompson of Kennebunkport
has since 1916 built eighty vessels with ton
mage of over l15 900 tons.
The engineer Of a shoe factory in Bath has
been confined to his home by sickness for
some time, and his wife is helpless and hope
less from the effects of cancer. His fellow
workmen and members Of the firm have con-
tributed 500 to his relief. A purse of 800
has been already raised by the efforts of one
or two ladies of Skowhegan, to be presented
to the young man, Mr.. Murray, who was so
unfortunate as to lose his hand in a planning
machine few weeks since. Such things are
pleasant to chronicle.
The Skowhegan Reporter says that Mrs
w. z. Bailey of that town, and Mrs. Bailey
of Dexter, were thrown out Of sleigh last
Friday afternoon by the horse suddenly turn
ing corner, and Mrs. Bailey of Dexter, was
very severely injured. She struck upon the
ice and received bad wound on the side of
her head also several bad bruises and cuts
about the head and face. At first when taken
up she was thought to be dead, but she is now
doing well and out of danger. Mrs. w. z.
Bailey was badly Jared but otherwise unn-
jured.
A Cold Water Temple was Instituted, Wed
nesday, at Popham Lodge Hall in Bath, with
a membership of forty children, to be called
the Lily Vale Temple, No. 90.
Sheriff Warren is still on the war path
York county.
The Union SAYS that Lewis G. Gooch, at
East Machas, a boy only twelve years old,
with two other boys about the same age, re-
Gently killed large and ferocious wild cat
with axes and clubs. The cat was caught in
a trap by the foot and the boys despatched
him, and then sent an account of their ex-
plot for publication.
Westbrook Seminary has $40 scholars, one
hundred being boarders.
Samuel Watts & Co., of Thomaston
launched from the yard of J. 0. Gushing &
Co., three masted schooner on Saturday,
the llth inst, named "Thomas Il. Pillsbury,'
to be commanded by Capt Pitcher of Rock
land.
gentleman from the kennebec yesterday
said that it sill take one hundred and fifty
vessels, carrying away each three hundred
tons daily, from the present time till next No
vember to carry away the ice crop harvested
there this seasou-- Argus.
They are having sort of religious war in
Camden The church ediice erected by the
Universaists in Rockport village in Camden
has been claimed and occupied by the Episco-
palans for several years past. Last Sunday
the building was forcbly entered by Thos.
Spear, Jr., representing the Universalist So
ciety, and they held religious services. The
door was forced open with an axe. Hon. p.
J. Carleton, of the Episcopalians, protested
against the occupation of the church by the
Universaists. After services in the evening,
Mr. Spear locked the church, leaving Mr..
Carleton inside. How that gentleman made
his exit no one knows, but the great question
is, who has legal possession of the church?
L. +. Pilsburs, Esq, of Augusta, is retained
as counsel for the Universalists, and it is
claimed that the forcble entry was made I'M
der his advice.
The Bucksport correspondent of the Ban
cor Wing writes that Foster Ames, son of
Capt Rufus Ames, of Orland, was found Sat
urday night in the woods, dead. lie was out
cunning, and accidentally shot himself, the
shot taking effect in his head behind the ear,
and probably killing him Instantly. his
clothing caught fire from the gun and was all
burned off his body above the waist. The
lad was about lG years old.
Union River at Ellsworth is rapidly be-
coming free from ice and bets have been
made that it would on or before the GOTH inst.
Last year the ice went out unusually late, on
April %.
Pennington has elected lady to the chair
manship OF the board of School Committee
says the Portland Advertiser. At the last
town meeting, when Mr.. Rounds, proposed
the name OF Sarah Il. May, as candidate for
nomination, it was received with considerable
enthusiasm, and she was unanimously elect
ed.
An old man by the name of Donavan in
attempting to come across from Meddybemps
to Alexander. by way of Green Hill, got lost
in the woods and came near perishing. He
come out at Mr.. Leland's in Cooper, fatigued
from cold, exertion and hunger.