Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-07-18
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STATE NEWS.

A correspondent of the Bangor Commercial
writes from Oldtown that gold was discovered
Friday on Treats and Webster's Island, by a
workman excavating for reservoir, and that
quite an excitement was crested.
A sixteen years old girl named Bond, residing
on Anderson street, was left alone by her family
Saturday afternoon. The girl Is subject TO fits,
and in the evening was attacked by one, and let a
lighted kerosene lamp fall which burst and set her
clothes and the room on fire. A gentleman pass
ing rushed in and eItinguishsd the flames BY beat.
ing the carpet with rug. The girls legs were
badly burned. Portland Press
The following are recent business changes in
the State
Belfast-H. II. johnson & Co., dry goods, dis
now c. E. johnson.
Portlsnd-Portland Rubber Type Co., dis. now
A. J. Symonds.
A petition is in circulation in Portland, asking
that the school committee will establish q normal
class of high school graduates who wish to teach
in the city schools.
correspondent Of the Lewiston Gazette, in
speaking of the danger of crushing the potato bug
in the hand, says: A Mr.. Pencil of Gray, died
July llth, from this cause, and another in the
same town; also one in Gloucester is in o dying
condition, and death is certain in all cases. One
of the men had a small pimple on the back Of the
neck, and careessly scratching it while at work IN
the potato patch, the result was inevitable.
The stock of the Norway National Bank is
quoted al Sl.l5.
A young son of the Rev. Mr.. Bean, Of Beacon
Street Church in Bath, fell from portico Of the
parsonage, Friday afternoon, and was seriously
injured.
Eleven prisoners in Machias jail.
Camden is rejoicing in a new post office, for OBJ
tanning which much credit is due Alden Miller,
ESQ, the postmaster. The Office is elegant in
every respect, and has three hundred lock boxes
On Thursday Of last week, DR.. Johnson's
youngest child, of East Mschias. aged eighteen
months, accidentally fell, and striking lis bead,
produced injuries from which it died on the lol
lowing day
Wages of labor are at as low an ebb as they
used TO be forty years ago. Men are lad now 10
yet work at common labor at one dollar per day,
and all cannot get at that price. We were in
formed that one of our farming citizens had offers
of men at seventy cents per day Machiss Re-
Publican.
OF the fifty eight applicants for teachers posi-
tons in Portland, the school committee have
granted grammar certificates to seventeen, prima-
~ certificates to twenty-five, and rejected sixteen
candidates.
A little six year old son Of Capt. Lockhart Of the
schooner Gov. Cony, was missed from the vessel
1T Wiscasset, about eleven O'Clock, Wednesday
morning, and rs his hat was found in the water,
he was supposed to havs been drowned. Search
was Immediately made, and his body was fonnd
Thursday morning.
The Observer says that on the 81 inst. Mr..
Sewall Cochrane, a well known citizen of Dover
over II years Of age, met with severe accident
by being thrown from his buggy. He was coming
up Main street, when his colt took fright from
crackers and torpedoes which some little boys were
firing, and ran away, throwing him out.
A force of twenty-five men are at work in the
Eggemoggin mine at Sedgwick. The smelling
works are nearly completed and the company
have sent to California for practical smelter who
will have charge of the smelling works Some of
the ore last produced was asssyed last Thursday
showing that the ore would yield about S226 of
silver to the ton.
A man in New Gloucester had night blooming
cereus which opened at midnight. lie wanted to
seee how 1t would look open in the morning, so
he set it face against the wall and it kept open just
Is well rs night.