Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-04-06
STATE NEWS.

The Chronicle says that W. H. Hsmlin,
who made such hullabaloo at his sentence
of FIVE years in the State Prison, for bur.
glary, which Judge Walton afterward reduced
to three years, turns out to be an escaped
States PRISON convict. He entered the army
in Co. f., I'd Maine Cavalry, Dec. IL, 1868
and deserted May 20, 1864.
A few days since son Of Mr.. Bearse of
Southport, while in the act Of holding small
wood on block fer his brother to cut for
fuel, slipped and fell forward and thrust his
hand upon the block, receiving the blow upon
the thumb, severing it from the hand.
a. ID. Russell, ESQ.,, of Weld, has received
an appointment under A. p. Gordon, EsQ., of
Fryehurg, commissioner to survey the line
between Maine and New Hampshire.
The citizens of Presque Isle consider Is
worth while to celebrate the dedication of q
soldiers monument, and have voted 800 for
thatpurpose.
The dwelling house owned by Thomas o.
Hayes, at Damariscotta Mills, took fire about
o'clock Thursday morning and was totally
destroyed. The efforts of the neighbors
were successful in saving the furniture. Mr..
Hayes loss is about $1,000; insured for Sl,-
500.
The Lewiston Journal says that Mr.. Oshea
Whitten and Mr.. Raymond Doe Of Burnham
were thrown from a wagon and severely in-
jured, Mr.. Written having several ribs
broken and some started from the back bone.
The Winthrop Dairyine Association met
March 3lst, to organize and choose officers.
j. r. Nelson was chosen President; G. R.
Smith, Secretary; Levi Jones, Treasurer and
Collector John J. Tinkham, j. Henry Moore,
A. c. Carr and f. II. Norcross, Directors
The company will proceed Immediately to
buy lot and build cheese factory.
Miss Nellie Thompson of Brunswick, was
quite severely injured Tuesday morning, by
falling down flight of stairs at the resi-
dence of her brether-in-law, Rev. Mr.. Smith,
She fractured knee pan and was somewhat
bruised otherwise.
A youngster of this city recently in imi,a-
ton of his father undertook to shave the
baby. He had got as far as completing the
job of latheiiug and was about to apply the
cold steel when his mother made him q sur
prise party and well, he prefers not to sit
down now. Portland Argus.
Last Saturday afteroon the little son of
one of our citizens, while playing with gun
which had been lett carelessly standing in the
kitchen, pointed it at his mother, and saying
jokipgly, ut is loaded, III kill yon," pulled
the trigger. What must have been that
boys feelings when he found that he had lied,
that the gun was not loaded at all, and that
his fond mother had knocked OF q piece OF
his Rose with pair of tongs.- Dexter Ga
zette.
The shovel handle factory of A. b. Turner
Of ST. Adams was slightly damaged by fire
on the afternoon of the Slst, but for the time
~ assistance of the citizens tie building and
its contents, including 5000 dozen of shovel
handle blocks, must have been consumed
Loss about 5000.
Before the New England Historic Genoa
illogical Society in Boston, Wednesday, Mr..
Rufus X. Sewall, Esq, of Wiscasset, read a
paper on the chronological remains and shell
heaps at DamariscOtta, near the head of the
Damariscotta river.
The Times says that some faint idea may
be formed of the amount of business done in
Bath during the three months ending March
81, when it is stated that there has been land
ed at that port more than 2600 tons of coal,
over 400 bales OF cotton, something over one
and one half million feet of yellow pine lam
Der, seven cargoes of ship timber from Vir-
ginia ana Mary land, besides large amount
| of iron and other materials to be used 10 the
construction of ships and for other purposes.
Then there has been shipped from that port,
during the same period, some 5000 tons OF the
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