Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-12-22
STATE NEW 8.

Annie BroIhy, the girl who recently left her
home in Lewiston, so mysteriously, has been
found at the house of one of her friends 10 Bruins
wick.
A valuable yoke of oxen were killed by the
Knox 4 Dncoln train, Tuesday. between Wis
casset ,., and the ke1nebec. They were at work
"bre akIng out" the town way, near where the
train was passing, and being frightened they 'ran
into the jaws of death"
Edward Lane, one of the aged and respected
citizens of Cape Elizabeth slipped and fell On the
sidewalk last Friday, breaking his hip. He was
attended by physicians, who considered his recov
cry doubtful.
The Bath Times says that Randall Hall of Dam
ariscotta, has lost five children within few years.
Of consu Dpton. The last, Alvarado, after ab-
sence of eight years in California arrived home to
die within twenty-four hours Of his arrival
During the gale Saturday the barn Of William
Bennett in Guilford and that of III. c. Ford of
Sangerville, were unroofed, and part of the roof
of the barn Of David Ellis in Guilford.
A fire inquest was last week held in Brooks,
telaive TO the burning of the Stmson barn. The
verdict states that circumstances point to Mrs 4.
Susan Il. Roberts, wife of Ezra NJ. Roberts, as
the ncendary neighborhood quarrel is said
to be at the bottom of the matter.
1t is estimated that cargo of ice from this city
to South An will shrink fifty per cent. on the
passage. The schooner Frank Queen which re-
Gently sailed for Savsnlls with 4U0 tons, expects
to land but 200 tons.-[ Belfast Journal.
Recently thief who stole half q dozen sheets
from clothes line in Ssco pinned paper on the
line and wrote upon it 81 beliye l have got them
all"
Mr.. Elwcll of the Transcript has seen In the Al
fred court house the ancient records of Maine,
dating back nearly to 1880, in which be found the
record of the fact that in early times women and
swine were together banished from the Isles of
Shoals. The women were banished out Of regard
to the morals of the floating population of fisher
men, and the swine were forbidden because they
mudded the springs of water, of which there has
always been scanty supply on the islands.
Durisg the severe gale of Saturday, William
Halch's house, near the North Congregational
church in Cape Elizabeth, was moved by the wind
six feet.
Twenty one tramps have been entertained at
the police lodgingsior the past three nights. An
African with one leg, and very poorly clad made
bis appearance Monday at the station he was
kindly cared for by City Missionary Tsrbox, who
procured for him suitable clothing and other
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Bath Times says; Mr.. Doughty, an old
teamster in this city, started from Alton where he
has re Gently purchased farm at half past twelve
on Monday. The roads were drifted so badly
that he could only walk his horse and at about
seven he had succeeded in getting As far - Gen
eral Hodsdon's place, when it began to snow hard
sr than before, binding both his horse and him
self. The horse turned out from the road and had
gone some distance into field before Mr.. Dough-
" noticed that he was not going right He sue
ceeded in getting him back where he supposed the
road to be, but was so confused that he could not
tel which way TO turn. Bat in looking arosnd
him he saw light in the distance, and leaving his
ho se he made his way to the house, where be
found all sbed but woke them up and got man
to come out and put him On the right road, and he
reached here at about O'Clock without any fur
ther difficulty, having been about nine horrs 60
ing twenty-one miles.