Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-17
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Mr.. Edwin Fogg Of Lowell, who has been peel
ing bark on Township No. /, left his camp to
celebrate the 4th. When he got back the camp had
been visited by II bear who had tom Oft one cor
ner OF the tent, enteree and made himselfat home.
lie smashed the bread bucket and ate what bread
there was, finished plate of beans, ond after de-
posting the bed clothes in bean hole snugly,
he took bag Of flour and some SOAP and started
off. The bag getting torn he concluded to leave
it, as also he did the soap.
The Lewiston Journal says the grasshoppel
plague is upon some of the towns in Androscog.
gin county. Ii. NJ. Brewster, esq, who raises a
large crop of cucumbers for pickles, was aston
ished few days since TO see the long row next
the grass field completely devoured, and the army
moving towards the next. 1t willrequire visor-
Gus fight to save the field.
A man named Jones of Carmel, who has been
prowlng around Athens and Cornvie for some
time last Sunday evening took wretch of kim
dred spirit, and started for house i'll Cornville.
Jones left his friend in the road and went to the
house alone. lie gave an assumed name and told
the proprietor that the mother of girl who was
stopping there was very sick, not expected to live
until morning, and that he had come to take the
daughter to her. Nothing was suspected, and the
girl left with him. Soon he was joined by his
accomplice, and they insulted and abused the girl,
who is only fifteen years old, in the most outra-
Fgeous manner They did not dare to kill her, and
afraid to leave her where she was, carried her
back to the house from where she taken.
Jones was arrested ana Is now IN jail, TO await
trial next September Somerset Reporter.
The Free Press says that the inmates of the
Prison were given the materials to celebrate the
nations holiday in the shape of coffee and dough
nuts, with cheese, which were served to them in
the morning. They were afterwards given So
cial hour, which they employed in conversation
athletic sports, sc. An address was delivered by
one of their number, and listened to with good
attention.
A base ball Tournament at Calais about the
the first of August is talked Of The Quodd,
club has signiied a desire to compete for the pri
zes
John Coyle of Watervile, aged obout so years
was fosnd dead Thursday morning in the lookup
here, where he had been in the habit of sleeping
for some time.
Nearly all the cottages on Squirrel Island are
now occupied. There are probably seventy five
tamilies-a population of about 400-now on the
island.
The annual fair of the Somerset County Agri-
cultural Society, will be holden the Society
grounds, on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 90
and 80, ..es,
,, The principal shipments over the Maine Cen
trail from Skowhegan at present, arc of hay and
WOOL
Mr. A. p. Woolside Of Brunswick, one day last
| week had his leg badly broken by some mistake
occurring in the eaulking of goudola. AT ons
time it was thought he might lose it.
The Brunswick Telegraph learns that Mis-
Margaret Douglass aged 10 years. residing OF
| Bates Island, committed suicide by hanging
Disappointment in love affair is assigned as tn,
cause.
The Clark's Island Granite Co. have Just ship
ped about 200 tons of rough stock to be used 70