Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-04-01
STATE NEWS.

The Free Press says that last Monday morning
Herbert Havcner and |. Y. Wing of Rockland,
got into an alteration in the shoe making shop
OF the latter which resulted in a scuffic and the
cutting Of llavener by Wing with knife. The
wounds had an ugly look and bed profusely, but
are rot dangerous. 1t was probably fortunate
for Havener that the weapon had not q sharp
point. Havener and Wing are brothers-in-law.
The Reform Club in Fairfield has chosen the
following officers: Albert Crosby, steward; John
Emery, Albert Emery marshals; Frank Neal
sergeant-at-arms; Preston Woodsom, Frank Ken
rick, Darius Burnham, Herbert Smell, Albert Fur
Der, executive committee; o. M. McIntire, J. X.
Eoss, Henry Savage, committee on sick Henry
Choate, W m. Gibson, VIM. Simpson, committee
on finance.
The gale of last week did great deal Of dam.
age at Appleton. Twelve or fifteen buildings in
the town and vicinity were wholly or partially
unroofed and three four barns razed to the
ground The spring appears to be opening un-
favorably for the coming hay crop on account of
alternate freezing and thawing of the roots.
The ice in the stream is broken up and is dsap-
pearng rapidly.
The establishment of s. B. Hutchinson, at Win
ter llarbor, consisting of store, dwelling house,
out houses, &c, were entirely destroyed by fire
on Saturday night, the 18th inst
Mrs. Joseph Butterfeld of Pennington, a lady
about eighty years OF age, was rising from her
bed last Saturday morning, she fell and broke her
| thigh bone near the body. She is ina very crit-
| cal condition.
The Chronicle says the Grand jury of Somer-
set county found the following indictments last
week: State VS.. Chas NJ. Savage of Norridge-
wock for keeping nuisance and tippling shop;
Chas. A. Oak of Madison for cruelty beating q
horse; +. B. Curtis of Skowhegsn for unawfully
| running a billiard hall; Geo. B. Fairgraves Of
Skowhegan for keeping a nuisance; Chas. Leavitt
for keeping nuisance and tippling shop.
Speaking of the religious revival in Phillips, it
| was remarked that one man had met with change
| for the better and his COW thought so too. That
is practical religion.
Saturday evening barn belonging to Alfred
Stafford of Ilartland, containing twelve tons of
| hay and Is sheep was totally consumed by fire.
Supposed to be the work of an incendisry.
| Under the influence of the reform movement in
| Skowhegan, man who had kept saloon and
sold cider and beer for seven years, has taken the
ron-cad pledge and told the boys that they could
not buy any more cider or beer ut his place of
business.
| Mrs, Prudence Whittier died at Temple Mills,
| March Is, aged 92 years and | month. She was
the first female child born in Pennington.
| The Free Press says there is likely to be more
| than an average amount of building in Rockland
| the coming summer, notwithstanding the COM
plants of hard times In fact, hard times and
| high rents are probably the moving cause for
| building in many cases.
| Chief Justice Appleton and Miss Annie Greeley
| were married at the residence Of Hon. j. T. Nc
Cobb, in Portland, Wednesday morning, by Rev.
| DIR. Hill, at IL o'clock.
Several severe and protracted storms lately have
| caused most Of the lumbermen to come out Of the
woods, in Aroostook.