Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-12-12
STATE NEWS.

Discoveries of "copper" lead and silver bearing
ore in the tows of Sedgwick and Bluehiil are
causing no small stir among the people of that
section. Fiity-eight thousand dollars were offer
ed for farm in Bluehill, supposed to be rich In
copper, and So 900 for another in the same town.
Operations have been commenced by Capt. Cur
rier of Sedgwick and Capt. Charles Deering of
Cape Elizabeth, upon vein of silver bearing ore
in Sedgwick. They have a crew of men at work
getting out ore for shipping to the smelling works
in Newark, n. j.
George Cash of this village has nice revolver
1t shoots well, too. He was showing it to some
of his friends, while at South Harrison one day
this week, when it went off and lodged bullet in
his leg, below the knee. AT last accounts the bull
let had not been extracted. The wound, howey-
er, is not serious, though somewhat painful
Bridgton News.
The Portland Typographical Union held its
thirteenth annual meeting Saturday, and made
choice of the following officers:
President Geo. Ii. Lefavor.
Vice Presidents-B. &. Donahue, Chas. III.
Pratt.
Recording Secretary-F. w. Green.
Corresponding Secretary-Chas. w. Bean.
Financial SecIeary-Geo. w. st. John.
Treasurer-lsaac Cobb
Executive Commttee-A. L. Norwood, Geo.
Fenley, Geo. Ii. Owen.
Sergeant -at-Arms-Michael Kelly.
Rev. A. S. Perkins of Casco street church in
XIX ;3-"There is but step between me and death,
in which he dwet upon the Brooklyn disaster.
Prof C. ii. Fernald of the State college, a
Orono, is spending the winter at Harvard Univer-
sty 10 the pursuit of his favorite study, entem-
ology
The following business changes are announced
in Name
Dexter-IIealey & Simmons, dry goods, dis
continued
Springall & Stafford, drugs, discontinued.
F.. Houlton-George Dlckey x Co., dry goods, dis
continued
Abisther Knowles of Winterport aged about
"a years, died suddenly Saturday morning, prob
ably OF apoplexy.
At st. George, on Friday, two boys. named
Sprague and Parsons, were out cunning and
while climbing over fence one of the guns was
accidentally discharged shooting Sprague through
the heart, killing him instantly.
The Press says that few days after the at
tempted robbery at Waerve, hand car of
novel construction and bag containing few
tools were found concealed in the woods at Tops
ham. 1t was thought at the time that car and
tools belonged to the burglars who attempted to
break into the bank at Waervlle, but ii has since
been shown that this was not the fact The prop
erty belongs to young man at Topsham who is
quite an inventive genius. He made the car
himself and has been In the habit of riding Cd the
track. 1t worked SO easy that be could propel it
up the heaviest grades with no difficulty. The
tools were always carried by him for use in case
of sudden accident to the car. GA the day when
the found he was overtaken by train
and took it off the track and hid it, intending to
take it the next day.
The next quarterly session of the Sabbath
School Association OF Dxmoat, Plymouth, Jack
son, Newburg and Troy will be held at Newburg
on the 10th inst. All workers in the vicinity are
cordially invited to attend.
The Eastport Sentinel says that Denny syille
paid her assessment TO the Shore Line Railroad,
Monday, and the Ellsworth CRY council has
dered their assessment OF six thousand dollars paid
at once.
The Wing says that work at Cakes Sons
shipyard in that city, will be qnite brisk this vim
ter, despite the hard times, as the prOprietors al
ready have the frame up for a ship OF 1850 tons,
the hard pine for which will arrive in few weeks,
when crew will at once begin planking her.
The model is fine and the ship, VIII ich is all
taken up by Bangor parties, will be as fine was
ever sent from the ways AT that port.