Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-08-24
State News.
ANpROSCoGGIN.

ASDROsCoGGIN-
/ The majority of the visitors at Poland
Springs, Me-, are hard drinkers of the won
derful spring which flows at the rate of 50
gallons a minute. President Garfield has
been supplied with a suficency of Poland
water through Secretary Blaine. whose name.
by the way. adorns one of the hotel stages.
The fishing and hunting are excellent.
ARoosrook.
Hon. Eben Woodbury. of Houlton, Ne. is
65 years of age and somewhat crippled, but
he made it exceedingly unpleasant for a man
who expressed wish that Garfield and Blaine
might hie. He struck the offender once, and
cane in hand pursued the fellow until he
made good his escape. Ordinarily Mr..
Woodbury. is the most peaceable of men.
CUMBERLAND.
! George H. Plummer. aged - years, oi
Brighton Corner. Deering, who left home
Thursday morning, Aug. 18th. is missing.
| he was last seen on a market wagon loaded
with barrels and baskets on Kennebec street
in Portland.
/ Mr.. George W. Wildrage, one of the we'll
known and highly esteemed citizens of Pert
land. died at his residence on Danforth street
Sunday morning in the 9th year of his age.
For more than twelve wears he was clerk in
in a manner most acceptable to the public
making MANY warm friends. Mr.. Wildrage
leaves no family. save brother and sister
He was a member of Ligonia Lodge of Odd
Fellows, and Eastern Star Encampment.-
Argus.
Hon. John Appleton, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. has appointed William l..
Putnam, Josiah H. Drummond and Charles
+. Libby examining committee of candidates
for admission to the Bar in Cumberland
county. The times for examination are the
second Tuesdays of January and October
HANCOCK.
1t IS reported that nearly a thousand peo-
pie at Bar Harbor are in readiness to leave,
having become disgusted with the continuous
fog.
The Herald says: A few DAYS ago, while
Postmaster Gamage and Mr.. Phelps were
hunting for relics in the vicinity of Damaris-
Gotta. they discovered, among numerous fish
spears. needles and arrow heads, the remains
of five skeletons, apparently Indians-the
skull showing very low order of Intellect
one skull of which they were able to get out
nearly perfect, which is now in the possession
of DIR. Chapman. They found five under
jaws, one of them nearly perfect, but none of
them would fit the skulls. One skull was
very large, they judged it to be nearly twice
the size Of the average, but so far decayed
that with the utmost care it could not be re
moved from the place where it lay. These
skeletons did not lie in any regular order.
but appeared to have been burned at a stake.
as a space of six feet square or more was COW
cred with ashes, charcoal and rocks that had
been exposed to fire. The skulls were near
ly face down. and but few other bones could
be removed whole. The appearance in6icat-
ed that there had been numerous victims
burned at different times, and the whole was
covered with an accumulation Of earth and
shells in four distinct layers one foot in depth.
They also found pottery, the skulls of deer.
and jaws of bears, and one large stag or elk
horn There is no doubt but that diilgent
search will reveal further evidence of place
of savage torture.
PENoBSCOT.
The Whig says A freshet is feared. Word
was received yesterday that the water a;
Midway had risen two feet Sunday night and
that the Piscataquis had risen several feet
and was still rapidly rising
The Whig says: Mrs. Edward Spencer,
whose terrible accident at Pushaw Lake on
the night of the 9th inst. has been chronced.
died Sunday from the effects of surgical
seriousness of her injury.
SAGADAHOC.
The +. b. Sutton, the ship launched at
Bath Monday forenoon, is lS26Sl tons reg
lister. and is owned by |. +. Chapman, of
New York, from which port, she halls, and
Capt. C.. o. Carter of Bath who will com
mand her.
WASHINGTON.
The Republican says: All the farmers in
this section have not finished having yet.
The early moved fields are looking very fine
ly with their luxuriant second crop of grass
The merchants of Machias have agreed not
to aid in the circulation of the Provincial or
Dominion notes and after the first of SepteIn-
Der will exact five per cent. discount on
them, including St. Stephen bank bills.
YORK.
Mrs. Waterhouse, the woman who was shot
at Bar Mills, is doing well and likely recover.
The ball passed through her hand and breast
following the rib around the right side where
it was extracted. The putting up of her hand
nj sovo1 har l;fo