Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-09

mon the following persons as jurors: Sumner
burnham, William Frost I'd, iona Blake. Free
iand howe, 4. III. Brown and III. Upton. who.
| win tne coroner, examined the body, finding
severe bruises on the back and both knees, and in
Juries ABOUT the head, blood having run out of the
right ear. The jury requested surgical examine.
| ton OF the body, to ascertain, if possible the
cause Of death, which was 10 be made by Drss
Evans and Bradbury, Wednesday morning. The
| place where he was found was also examined.
| The platform under which he lay was eight or
nine feet high, and il he fell from that to the frog
en- ground, some of the wounds would of course
have been caused by the fall but whether so
| many as found upon his person could have been
caused by the fall, seemed TO be doubted by some
OF the jurors, and it was thought best to make as
thorough an inquest as possible. Hence the cor
oner adjourned the inquest to Thursday, at ten
o'clock A. M, when it is hoped further informa-
ton may be had.
The dwelling house owned and occupied BY j.
II. Macomber, Esq., of Milo, was burned to the
ground thursday morning. The furniture was
nearly all saved The fire doubtless originated
from defective chimney. Insured for $500.
The nine tramps now confined in Belfast Jail
VIII graduate on Monday next. They will come
out in good condition.
The Belfast Journal says that on Friday after
noon, q horse belonging to Mr.. Keen of Stock
ton, was found with his throat cot in such man.
sary. Mr.. Keen is q carpenter, working on the
Messrs. Pendleton's ship, using his horse to come
TO ms work III the morning and in returning home
at night. While at work his horse was stabbed in
med near the shipyard, where the foul deed Was
committed. The perpetrator of the crime is a.
yet unknown to the public
The citizens Of Dover and Forcroft united in
hrlng salute Of lS5 guns in honor of President
Hayes election, last Monday. In the evening an
oyster supper was served.
The republicans of Dover and Foxcroft cele
brated the success of their candidate by @ general
good time on Monday. In the afternoon the mills
were closed and the workmen allowed q season Of
recreation.
The Lewiston Journal says the spring shoe trade
does not open SO well as anticipated south and
west. Messrs. A. Cushman 4 Co., have made I'M
usually large shipments for the past week. This,
too, has been the case with Gay & Foss and Ding
ley, Strout & Co. /. C. Lombard q Co. are man
uiacturng ahead of orders, which are generally
received the latter part of the month. White,
Jones 4 Co., Smith, Pray & Co., are pressing
business. The market for the past six months has
been very uneasy; but now manufacturers
press hope that the agitation is mostly over, and
that brighter days for the trade near at hand.
The house, barn and outbuildings, (unoccupiedD
owned by Asher Barton, situated on the road lead
ing from Clinton TO Unity village, were burned
last Monday about midnight. Mr.. William Brown
had but recently vacated the building, and it is
ouPPOstu tuC hIC ludtcu from uls pipe. LOSS
about $1,000; slightly insured. Mr.. Brown lost
all his carpenter tools, valued at $3.50. besides
lumber, &C.
The Oxford Democrat says that dptheria and
scarlet fever have visited every neighborhood in
Greenwood. Members of seven families were
sick at one time. In Mr.. Reuel Collins family six
children were sick at one time with scarlet fever
and putrid sore throat. Two boys, one four and
the other six years of age, were in dying condi-
ton when the physician was summoned, and lived
but shor. time. a boy ten years of age died
some three or four days afterwards. Three girls,
although very sick, have so far recovered as to be
considered out of danger. Mrs. Coffin with her
own hands closed the eyes and otherwise prepared
her children for burial-a trying ordeal for q
mother.
business in Norway is good, especially in manu.
featuring, the shoe factory employing about three
huncred and twenty five hands Horne's tannery
is in full operation.
A new and valuable mineral spring has been
discovered on the land of j. Colomny, in South
Poland, one hundred and fifty rods from the fam
Gus Kicker spring.
The Gardiner Home Journal says: Now we
have got President, let's all go to work together
and see IT we cannot revive up business. Let
every trader in Gardiner come in and have from
one to ten thousand bills printed, and have Q big
advertisement in the paper. This will give the
traders all rush of ade; seighs will get smash
Gu up anu tlls Will give puslness 10 the carnage
makers and blacksmiths; people will get smashed
up, and this will give busne to the doctors; and
we'll all be happy. Don't lie down, resignedly,
and say you'll so to the alms-house. 1t can't be
done. We have good alms-house, to be sure,
and they live we'll there, but il Is tull. We can
not all go to the aims house-some of us have
got to work to take of the rest-lts no use to
try to lie down and die-we can't if we try. So
get up, and at it like man. Clean up your stores
put on your best clothes, advertise, keep goods
1nlf fus. -
ants of some half dozen towns can go to Halo
well and Augusta just as easily as they can come
here, and SO you must hold out better inducements
than the dealers do in those towns, if you want to
get the trade. Wade in, therefore, and let the
villages round abont know whatyou are doing and
intend To do.