Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-23
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| Albert Collins of Montville, was thrown through
| the window Of an eating house at the brook in q
scrimmage, on Monday.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr.. Elliott Stone oil
Monhegan Isle, while cunning with his brother
| slipped and fell on icy ledge and fell his gun
both barrels of which were discharged into his
left side, nficting very dangerous wounds. There
are some hopes of his recovery.
Some thirty persons Gncluding soldiers or their
wives, pensioners of the of 1922, in Lubec
are drawing pension of S96 year each, from
the government.
Cushman Bros. of Sherman, with a crew of only
ii men and horses, in four months hauled about
100000 feet of logs.
The Patten Tribune says that Rev. Mr.. Bennett
says he lately married a couple, and was pledged
to secrecy for period Of five weeks We presume
the parties did not know there were three sewing
circles in the place, or they would have seen the
futility of trying to have anything of that kind
kepta secret for so long.
In the Supreme Court at Paris. Thursday, the
Indictment against ID. n Marble, for assault on
Hon. L. G. Harlow taken up for trial. 1t was
| found that Rogers and Martin, the circus employ
ees, who charged that Marble employed them to
make the assault on Harlow, were in attendance
but the defendant was not present. The suretes
of Marble were defaulted in the full sum of theii
bond.
Mrs. Martha Watson, from the State of Kansas
having been afflicted with rose cancer on hei
breast and other diseases, came to Pittsfeld, Me-.
few weeks ago to obtain relief threrefrom if pos
slble. The cancer, which has been removed, was
Is inches in circumference.
About one o'clock Sunday morning, two freight
trains the Grand Trunk collded near West
Paris. When the train was about two miles from
the station it collided with 20. Both engines were
badly stove up, and three cars on one train and
Fortunately the train hands jumped from both
trains and escaped injury. The engines destroyed
were both new The accident was caused by neg
lect on the part of the telegraph operator.
Mrs. Mckinney, the old lady living in Orono,
who was SO severely benumbcd by cold and ex-
posure on Wednesday. is doing better than could
have been expected and hopes of her recovery are
now entertained.
Furgeson Haines and wife, Of Biddeford, drove
through the Notch last week, from Upper Bartlett
TO the Fabyan House.
The following the recent business changes
in this State =
Augusta-Webster & Gordon, hats, cap, &c.
now Webster & Hail.
Bath. edyard ( Palmer, dry goods, dis; now
Henry f. Palmer * Co.
Calais-st. Croiy planning mill, sold to Reuben
Fairbrother.
China-Edward Nelson, general store, sold tc
Benz. Nelson.
skowhegan-s. c. L J. C. Chase, millwrights
dis: how S. C. Chase.
Wilton-D. Fernald < Son, wooden mfrs, dis
now w. {. Fernad.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & Seabury, gen store, dis
now 5. Seabury.
NJ. C. Percival, late Of the Waterville Savings
Bank, has accepted the position Of cashier of the
new National bank at Auburn.
The freight station at Lisbon has been destroy
ed by fire with two hundred and ninety cords OF
wood. 1t originated in one of two box cars which
were full of cotton and were standing on a side
track. 1t IS supposed that the cotton fire
when put on board the cars. An engine standing
near had narrow escape; it was removed bare
ly in time to save it. The two cars had in them
five tons of cotton valued at about fifteen cents
per pound.
E. K. Heath, keeper Of Nash Island light, Addi-
son, while on his way to the shore the Goth ult.,
was shut in by the ice some ways from land, where
he was obliged to remain AS hours in the cold and
storm without food. He broke ice nearly half a
mile in that time.