Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-18
State News.

Caroline Tinsley, of Portland. while taking
some fat-irons from the stove, fell forward in
a fainting fit and struck her head against the
>ide of the stove. infiicting bad scalp wound.
The dogish. sharks and other fish, enemies
of the porgie are evidently driving them away
from the coast. The seine fishers say the dog
fish will bite right through their nets even, for
the mackerel,
A correspondent of the Thomaston Herald
has been calculating the profit and loss to re-
-ult from abolishng the Thomaston National
l'ank, and his conclusion is that by so doing
$1,000 in taxes will be lost to the town for
ever, and 10 per cent. added to the tax on
other property of citizens.
Burglars entered the house of Frank Bur-
@ess at Feyler's Corner Monday night and
stole sixty dollars from his pants pocket.
The Belfast journal says: son Friday
night, William Abbot, the boy incendiary,
made an attempt to break Jail which came near
proving successful. When discovered he had
Two bars of window over the corridor nearly
fled off. Abbot and Whalen occupy one cell,
md on the night in question the turnkey sup
posed he had locked them in as usual. but a
dummy occupied Abbot's couch, while that
individual was hid in the corridor. Abbot
was in possession of two files with which he
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closer and his folks when they visit him, will
he inspected, for it is supposed that by them
he procured his instruments.
A twelve year-old son of Capt Harrison
Pitcher, of Rockland had narrow escape
from DEATH Friday He was playing around
White Cases kiln, when by mis-step he
pitched down the fue, distance of twenty
eight feet, and bounded out on the hearth.
where he was picked up for dead lie was
carried into the store of White & Case, where
after time to the surprise of all he slowly
regained consciousness and was taken home.
The other day when the squal in the har-
bor capsized several sail boats, Mr.. Robert
Gibson was sailing in small boat. The
boat suddenly jibed and flung out Mr.. Gibson.
who at the same instant flung out his arms to
save himself He was half immersed in the
water, but was fortunate enough to seize the
gunwale of the boat and drew himself aboard
without having been immersed above his
waist. man on shore seeing the accident
declared man had jumped overheard from
the boat and tried TO push the craft along fas-
ter with his shoulder. [-Forfiaad Press.
A novel and important manufacturing bust
ness is about to be established here in Maine.
A substantial company has been formed in
Portland for manufacturing large variety of
articles from wood and other kinds Of pulp,
by new, yet thoroughly tested process.
They have already secured from Mr.. John
Lindsey. the large and valuable watcr-power
at North Gorham, Me, known as Great Falls.
and they will proceed at once with the ncces-
sary construction of mills, and put the same
in operation.
An officer of the McCulloch, tie revenue
cutter. says that during the past eighteen
months that vessel has run twenty thousand
miles and aided one thousand vessels.
The 18th annual meeting of the Burr fam
lily was held at Hermon Pond on Thursday
last. About fifty of the members took a
special car furnished by the Maine Central
Railroad Company and some thirty more
went in private carriages, making eighty in
all.
Suffer not disappointment by employing too
many "cnres but for the diseases of In
fancy use DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup which never
disappoints, and costs only Is cents bottle.