Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-12-30
MAINE NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Meeting of the Maine state Educational
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Society.
BRUNSWICK, December % The twelfth
annual session of the Maine Educational As
ISOLATION closed yesterday. The following
officers were chosen for the ensuing year:
Presidential. W. Burr. IIallowell
Secretary and Trea,urer-W. O. Fletcher,
Biddeford.
Chairman of Executive Committee-N. 4.
Luce. Augusta.
The attendance of teachers at these meet
ngs was more than double the average of
former sessions of the as,ucation, and the
exercises have been of unusual excellence.
4 Shooting Affair in Veazic.
BANGOR, December -. \ serious shoot
ing atfasr occurred at Ncazic. Yesterday
morning at one o'clock, at the house of one
Sila. Iarthorn. The following are the par
ticulars The house. bears hard rcputa-
tion. and Saturday morning Frank McAlvcry
and Frank Prouty went to the door and want
ed 10 90 in They were ordered away, but
instead of going commenced to break the
windows Robert Cayton, of Bangor, was at
the house, and taking gun told the fellows
to leave or he would shoot. They refused to
90 AMI threw Il stone through the window.
when Clayton fired they were running
away from the house. The gun contained
two or three bullets which struck McAlyery
over the right hip, passing through the body
and coming out ON the left side 1t is thought
that McAlvery is fatally injured Cayton has
been arrested.
Death of II prominent Citizen.
MAcHIAe, December 2s Jason G. Coffin
of Columbia. Il prominent citizen, fell dead
in the road Friday.
Accident in the Woods.
Lcverctt Albee of Machias was badly in
inrcd Friday by tree falling on him in the
woods. on the Machas river He i, uncon-
scous.
Steamer Burned.
DNM>KIeCoTTA, December -. The steam
cr Queen OF the Lake. taken from Damari,-
Gotta Pond this month. reported sold to New
Jersey parties by Hiram Biz, of Washington
Maine was burned Friday night at Clark's
Cove, Damariscotta river. Eighty tons in
sured 81, 900.
Fell Dead in Church.
Barn, December ~. George Vaughan,
aged siXty-cght years, highly esteemed in
th. community. fell dead in Wesley church.
at the commencement of the service this al
ternoon. Heart disease
Suicide.
n.,au,I.r % S,tur,l,v o4t.r
noon. Fred Nelson in a moment of dcspond
cncy brought on by sickness, shot himself in
the left side, and died this afternoon. He
was Il young man of good character.
Postal Appointment.
Oliver Dale has been appointed postmaster
at North Gorham. Cumberland county.
Marine News.
PoRTsMotTH, December % The schoon-
er Caroline Knight of Rockland. which went
ashore on the rocks near the life saving sta
manned there at noon to-day. \ wrecking
crew from Rorkland, with tug, who are
working on her, succeeded in raising the YES
sci sufficiently to get her upon the way, and
she suddenly fell back into her old position,
fortunately, however, without doing any dam
age. The work will continue.
The schooner :. II. Crawford from Turk
Island has brought to Philadelphia four men
from the wrecked schooner Alice Stetsun.
The Crawford on December 22d, fell in with
the schooner Swan from New York for Key
West. in u sinking condition. Took off
Captain Grumlev. the officer and crew. nine
in all.
The schooner r. c. Thomas of Boston, for
Richmond. Va, reports that Austin Knight,
seaman. of Lubec. Me. was severely injured
bv fall from the crosstree to the deck. He
was taken to the Scamen's Retreat.
The schooner Highlander, which sailed
from Bangor the l,t inst. for Provincctown,
lumber laden. has not been heard from, and
is supposed lost lIcmIock boards and
pieces of vessel were picked up on Peaks Is
land after the recent storm. and are believed
to belong To her. Her master, Capt Rich
ardson of Deer Isle. and crew of four men
undoubtedly all perished..
House Burned.
PORTLAND. December -. The house of
r. Gibson of Cape Elizabeth, was burned to-
dav. Loss covered by insurance.