Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-09-25
STATE NEWS.

a new and commodious hospital has Just
been finished for the city, on the poor farm
in Bangor. 1t is 30x40 in size on the out.
side, and contains ample room for all ordinary
epidemcs. The structure contains ten rooms,
eight of which are on the first floor.
The Saco High School ia full and running
over. This school room has but sixty seats
yet sixty-one scholars are attending this
school.
Considerable lumber has been shipped from
Machias within three weeks past The move
ment is only transfer from yards there to
yards in Boston, Providence and to other
places.
The Lewiston Journal says that Mrs. Peasy
wife Of dea. NJ. c. Peary of Brownfed, rose
IN the night for some medicine mot being
well), and installing the cellar fer the kitchen
door, stepped off and fell to the bottom of the
cellar, breaking her right arm below the ell.
cow IN two pieces, making four breaks and
spiIntering the bones badly, and receiving
many severe bruises.
Mr.. Samuel WATSON, of East Surry, has
purchased pure blood South Down Buck,
ont of the celebrated flock of DR.. NJ r. Bou-
,eile, Waterville. Mr.. WATSON designs to
purchase some ewes of the same breed, out of
the flock of Ii. Luce, Bangor.
The Bangor Reform Club, commencing
with four members, now has thirty -one men,
bers as the result of three meetings.
In blasting at Green Point Ledge, in Ban
gor, on Wednesday, under water, the battery
was fired from sloop The Wing says that
the explosion occurred, portion of the ledge
weighing about half ton was projected ont
OF the water and through the air, striking Mr..
&. l.. Durg.n as he was standing on the sloop.
he fell back into the arms of man close be.
hind him, but so rapid was the movement of
this mass of rock that but two men, out of
half dozen on the sloop, saw it until it
struck. Mr.. Durgin's right leg was broken.
The depth of water over the ledge at the
time OF the blast was somewhere from to 10
feet. and the contractor, who has been at
work there for about three years, says it is
the first time he ever knew a rock to come
out of the water in that manner.
The Bucksport correspondent of the Els
worth American writes to that paper: ga To-
connective has been put on the Bucksport end
OF the B. 4 B. Railroad, and is now running
over very smooth road about seven miles,
transporting rails one way, and ballasting the
other way. The grading is nearly all COM
pleted The entire road and bridge will be
ready for early in November. We are to
save a first class road. The grading is being
done for track, turn table and engine house.
The old steamboat wharf is being enlarged
and rebuilt. for use of road and steam boats
In time our entire water front will be utilized
Road builders on western side of river are
preparing to meet you. Come along.
The two girls, Mary A. and Georgiana Per-
kns. abducted from Saeo last week, were
found in Lewiston on Wednesday, by City
Marshal DnrgIn of Saco, who took them
home. They were abducted by Mrs. Hen.
rietta Cox alias Dean, and were found at her
house in Lewiston. She and her <putative
husband, Freeman Cox, are under arrest.
The girls were intended for purposes of de-
baucheIv.