Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-04-15
STATE NEWS.

Messrs. Morrison & Hunting's teams, consisting
of forty horses, arrived at Greenville from Sober
Brook, which enters Harrington Lake, Monday
noon, April Sth. The teams were worked hauling
IN logs until Saturday night. They have put ID
over 100000 feet of the best quality of pne and
spruce lumber during the winter, which is consd-
cred by good judges to be one Of the best winters
work ever done on the PenObscot river. We
learn from j. {. Holmes, their clerk, that snow
has fallen there for the last three weeks and that
when he left, Saturday last, there was eighteen
inches Of snow on the ground. Bangor Wing
Charles Crabb of Fort Fairfield, broke his arm
last summer, while at work in Philadelphia; re-
turning home he broke the same arm last Christ
mas day and here the other day, he was robbed
of all his money.
Nell Preston, a woman belonging in Pembroke,
was shockingly hurt 90 the 10Th of Marcn, by the
falling Of tree upon her.
Mr. Seth n. Kent of Bucksport, is one Of the
largest and most successful stock lasers in Han
cock county. He has at present twenty cows and
fifteen young stock, besides large number of
horses and hogs. Most of the cattle are jersey
blood.
Wednesday morning the house and barn OF B.
F. Godfrey in Bangor were destroyed by fire.
The lire undoubtedly caught from a defective
chimney. large quantity of the contents were
removed. The loss Will amount to about 5000
insured for $500.
ory of the late John Wilson Barron, the murdered
Bank Treasurer, Congregational st church in
Dexter.
Eta Wlldes, a gil about sixteen years of age,
daughter of Mrs. Olive Lombard, resl ding at Saco
Ferry, left home last Thursday, remarkng TO her
mother that she might stop in town with relatives
that night Tuesday her mother came to town,
aud on asking about her daughter, was surprised
to learn they had not seen her. BY some it is
thought the girl may have gone to Cape Porpose,
where her husband, from whom she has parted. is
said to reside.
Hon. 1rafton Hatch after a faithful and eff
clent service of TWENTY-FIVE years in the capacity,
resigned the office of Roa Master of the Eastern
Railroad few days siuce. He has been ia the
employ of the company thirty-two years, and in
his resignation they lose one of their best en-
ployes.
Two sons Of Rose Vincent-Augustus and Eli
aged respectively eighteen and nineteen, called at
the police station in BIddefoid, Friday, aud after
wards went to Greenwood Cemetery, to look at
the remains of their murdered mother, lying in
the tomb. They were much Affected The body
will probably be inferred there.
The postmaster at Bartlett, n H., writes to the
Argus thu,y, concerning Mcssl Lewis, the sup
posed murdered North Leeds Indian
Dear Sr-In regard to Mesell Lewis. the miss
lg man from North Leeds would say thai he is
here and hs, been about here since the lst of Oc-
tober lie R9fked for II. =. Barrett on the con-
sfrnciiOn train until discharged IN January, since
Nhnh time be has worked IN a camp here making
baskets. lie D. man of r,tuing disposition, and
has been n the post Office often for a letter from
bis wife aud seemed greatly di,tess sed that he did
receive one. lie says that he did not write The
letter that appeared IN the Argus, to Mr. Foss,
and SAYS hs wife i, innocent of any attempt on
his life. lie posted lc,t Apll S.h, to his ife
at Readheld, Me.