Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-08-22
STATE NEWS.

One hundred and ninety five gallons Of liquor
were seized on the steamer Katahdin at Bangor
on Saturday.
The Worumbo Manufacturing Company have
sold to the Androscoggin Water Power Company
their mill property at Lisbon for $25 900.
D. N. True of South Paris, who recently pur-
chased the Paris Touring mills, has sold out his
store at that place, and will devote his attention
to the mills.
The Oracle says that some smart Boothbay far
mers stacked 1000 tons Of ice in an open field
last winter Early in the spring thev were offer
ed $3.50 ton for it. They spurned the proffered
iucre. The other day they sold 800 tons, all
there was left of it, for ~ per ton.
The Androscoggn cattle show and fair occurs
at Lewiston, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. 26, q and d, day and evening inclusive.
The Observer says at Guilford, Thursday week,
in political conversation between Otis Martin,
esq, highly respected young man, and one Bob
Turner, the former in general way remarked,
| that negro was IS good a. anybody, provided
he behaved equally as well, Or to that effect,
to which Turner dssented, and gave Martin to
understand that it would not be healthy for him
| to apply that language in his case, which Of
course Martin could not deny it did not include
Turner, whereupon Turner struck him terrible
blow near the eye, cutting fearful cash, the
blood flowing freely. Turner WAS arrested and
fined for the assault.
Saturday morning Coroner Gould was notified
by one of the selectmen of Cape Elizabeth, that
a body had been found floating in = stream near
the Cape cottage. Accompanied by An under
taker and two reporters, he Grove to the spot and
found box about two feet long which investga-
ton slowed contained the extremi lies of . hui
n an body with the flesh mostly gone. Inquiry
| showed that they were some bones placed there
by DR.. Holt Of this city, and came from body
dissected at the medical school At Brunswick.
| The object was to remove the flesh and purify
| them bv means Of the running water. DIR. Holt
| placed them there the 9th Of July and several
persons in the neighborho0d were aware Of it. in
fact saw them deposited. Somebody, however. Of
an investig alive turn of mind, came across them,
conjured up horrible story Of murder and COM
municated 1t to the selectmen. Hence all the
fuss.-lPress.
The following business changes are reported in
Maine the past week:
Belfast-Perkins Bros, carriage manufactur-
ers. sold out.
Portland-Craig & Wilson, dissolved; now
- Craig.
Presque isle--spooner & soule, carriage manu-
facturers, dissolved.
We are informed that Porter Jordan of Edding-
ton, met with severe accident on Friday last.
Mr.. Porter was trying young horse in Q thrash
| ing machine, when the animal kicked, striking
him in the mouth, cutting an ugly cash in his up
per lip and knocking out six of his front teeth
Bangor Wing.
A movement is on foot by several Lewiston
parties to purchase portion of HaskelPs Island
near Harpswel Meek. The island contains some
thirty acres of land and has an excellent beach
| and harbor.
William S. Morangs house, in Lubec. was fe-
| loniously entered the night of the llth inst.
Morang was awakened by some oneswalking; he
Jumped out of bed, seized his sword, and in cut
| ting right and left cut some one, when two 9TH
ers ran out of the house with the wounded man.
lie says he can identify the wounded man, but
cannot the others.