Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-18
State News.
ARonsrooE

Iii CtaI says: 'One dav last wee1
~n'ie the family of Deputy Sheriff Kimbal
Tered and took from a little trunk in q hue,
drawer ss4 in money. No clew to the tb;e
mas oeen discovered. though it would seem !;
was some one acquainted with the premise.
Inc 10th OF Dec. Mrs. Alfred Bugbee q
rresque Isle, swallowed a piece of bone Will,
a'ihg oeef soup. Her throat began to swell
oaaiy, and she found much difficulty in brearh
ins' ne doctor was sent for and everything
possible done for her relief, but of cour,.
'he prime cause of all the trouble-tbe bon.
was beyond reach. At last on the a9d q,
march, during terrible fit of coughing. tbs
zone was raised. She began 10 get better Al
once. and has now nearly recovered her usual
heaith The bone was in her lungs three
lion'hs and six days. and is l inch long. l.
men thick, IL inch wide at one end. IA al
the other, running down to a point.
CUMBERLAND.
Inc Press says that Mrs Clara Wilder
daughter of the late James c. Churchill. ex.
Mayor OF Portland, has mysteriousIv disap.
peared. Mrs. Wilder has suffered at times
rom alteration of mind, and her mania has
taken several forms. She was never violent
however, and. for that reason, has never
been sent to an asylum. Last fall she 90,
away from home once, and was found at the
Preble House
The Union Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Portland, delivered last week fur
matured and discounted endowments sl4
223 80; for death claims S6,l74.34: for sur.
rendered policies Sss7.43
HANCOCK.
The Granger Mining Company at Bluehill
Will shortly erect furnace, or rather two
furnaces with single stack The BluebilI
furnace was blown in, few DAYS ago. The
Douglass furnaces are about ready for steady
running. The Twin Lead furnaces will soon
be completed.
kENNEBEC.
correspondent of the Lewiston journal
writes: 4 town without Il railroad is not
considered much of town in our day. and as
Mt. Vernon assumes to be some pumpkins
we have decided to have railroad of our own,
Last week party of surveyors and engineer.
was through our town and pretty fully decided
upon the Location. After passing Fayette
Mills, at which place are the shops of the
Dunn Edge Tool Company. they come upon
the east side of Crotched Pond to West Mr..
Vernon, passing close to the cemetery and
crossing the stage road between the house
and shop of Orrin f. Taylor, thence passing
up the east shore of the mill pond and cross
ing the Thirty Mile river. at the ''Three
Rocks" thence to Buffers Mills, crossing the
arm OF Hopkins and passing on the east shore
of lake ''Minnehonk" crosses the old road
just in front of the fine new house of Eben
Leighton at the village and close to the new
school house, through the field of Dell Bent
and the garden and yard of Mr.. Calvin Hop
kins, again crosses the stage road Just back
of the cabinet shop of John William and
sanguine that the road will be built and that
when built it will be success.
KNOX.
While Mrs Andrew Cunningham and Mrs.
Vanner of Washington, were ascending
Young's Hill on Thursday last. their horse
became frightened BY Mr.. John Savages dog
jumping over the WALL and turned, throwing
them from the wagon. breaking three of Mrs
Cunningham's ribs and Mrs. Vanner's arm
Doubts of Mrs. C.'s recovery are entertained,
as her physicians say she is also hurt inter
nally.
PENOBsCor.
The Wing says: Last Saturday night four
or FIVE young fellows, headed by Young
rough, called ..Bub" Hathorn. all under the
influence af rum. attempted to break into a
little store in Lincoln, kept by an cd man
named rOsteT lHeN 1au suiasutu tiie VIII
dows and were in the act of kicking in the
door, when Foster, who was inside. dis
charged Cots revolver at them, the shot
taking effect on IIathorn. The bullet passed
through the fleshy part Of the right thigh and
came out at the back, narrowly escaping the
main artery. Hathorn is about % wears old
and bears hard reputation.
SOMERSET.
The Sentinel SAYS BENZ. Bunker, Esq. of
Fairfield, has accepted position as Express
Messenger from Portland to the Mountains,
and will enter upon his new duties June lst.
Mr. Bunker has been agent tor the Express
Co., for several years, and has proved him
self an efficient officer.
The Lewiston journal SAYS The water in
the Deadriver last Saturday. was very high.
1t had ov. rf1Own the Bogbrook so that horses
had to swim to get through. The logs prob
ably are all into the corporation before now.
The indications are that there will be the
cleanest drive for wears. The estimates given
in the Journal last fall. 27.000. 900, of the
amount of lumber that probably would be put
in, was very nearly correct.
WASHINGTON.
The Republican SAYS Since Sunday morn
ing's tide. the weirs in the vicinity of Mil
bridge have been taking large quantities of
herring. and the sardinc factory is running to
its full capacity. and even then they hnd II
almost impossible to take care of all that is
caught. They are pressing all they can tor
oil. The two lobster factories are also doing
good business.