Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-05
State News.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


cases last week. The Western order.
for fall goods are large, and business il
better than last year as this time.
The New England Bee Journal and Home
Gazette, is the title of paper just started ii
Mechanic Fails by Henry A. Poole. Bee
culture is to be its speciality.
Some Lewiston and Auburn capitalists
have organized company, with q capital
stock of $50, 600 to manufacture the Chandler
Silver water moters on large scale The
company will manufacture not only water
motors but steam engines, planners, elevators,
etc. They propose to make specially of ell.
evator work in connection with the moter,
and are now making horse power motor
and elevator for Day, Neatly Co., that will
lift a ton.
ARoosroOK.
Thursday, the Episcopal Church at Lime.
stone was consecrated by Bishop Nealey OF
Portland, and in the afternoon the NJ. F..
Church of Fort Fairfield was consecrated, H,
w. Bolton, d. d. officiating. debt of about
eight hundred dollars was wiped out.
CUMBERLAND.
The scenery and fixtures of the old Port.
land Museum were sold at auction Wednes-
day. by F. o. Bailey Co.
Wednesday evening Marshal Bridges.
Deputies Black and Crowell, made a raid on
the st. Nicholas hotel on Temple street,
Portland In a room in one of the upper stO-
ries the officers found a faro bank layout and
all the appurtenances for running it, which
they captured. They also secured about one
hundred bottles of lager beer three ten-gallon
kegs and several demijohns of whiskey.
HANCOCK.
The schooner "Clio Chilcott," Capt. E. l..
Fullerton, arrived home to Ellsworth. july
oath, after an absence of six wears. during
which time she has carried one hundred and
fifty cargoes.
KENNEBEc.
1885 in cash prizes are offered at the great
military tournament at Maranocook on Sat
urday, Aug. 18th.
News has been received here of the death
of Col. B. T. Dinsmore of Santa Barbara,
Cal. Col. Dinsmore was member of the
Maine Legislature prior to going to Califor-
MIA, and was a prominent lumberman on the
Kennebec river. He crossed the plains in
1868, and engaged IN stock raising in Hum
boldt county.
The Age says: On Sunday the 23d ult.,
the lightning killed the only COW of Samuel
French of Mt. Vernon, poor man with
quite family. The neighbors Immediately
something over.
w. A. French. the popular proprietor OF
the mail route between Kent's Hill and Ches.
terville, has bought the homestead of the late
John F. Kent at West Mt Vernon, and is
soon to occupy it. 1t is not expected that he
will live alone.
Josiah J. Dyer an Englshman, was hor.
III SATURDAY. NIGHT in IA
house on Granite Island. Vinal Haven, by
Michael Battles and Patrick Kelley, and is in
a critical condition.
The Rockland Courier says: The refund
ing of the city debt continues to progress ia.
vorably. Up to the present time railroad
skies have been bought aggregating $3.50
600. OF the new four per cent bonds 1925.
900 have thus far been sold. The success Of
this refunding scheme far exceeds the ex
pectations of its most sanguine supporters.
LINCOLN.
Mr.. VIM. Grant of Whitefeld, died in tina
town recently, aged over 100 years. In early
wears he was cooper, but of late years ha(
crrried on a farm.
The Squid says that Capt. Willard Harris
of Boothbay, went out to sail few days since
and accidentally caught his watch chain OF
the rail- The chain parted, and a 1925 golt
wa. oh irrecoverably went to the bottom.
PENOBsCoT.
The Commercial SAYS An order was passed
in session of the City Council last evening
ordering the Street Commissioner to lay
1000 feet of granite paving upon one OF the
streets of our city as an experiment.
PIsCATAoUIs.
The Commercial says that at the prelimi
&c w ol1a Ehodhor,rnal M
father, alleged murderers of Alvin Watson, o
Parkman several of the witnesses testified tina
they had heard the Chadbournes repeat tina
they would have revenge on Watson. A Mr.
Murphy testified that he had heard the Chad
bournes say that they would cut Watson!
throat. The knives that the deed was done
with were produced in court: one was dirl
with a FIVE OF six inch blade. The sur
geon that assisted in the post mortem exam
nation testified that the fatal wound in the
neck was made with such knife as shown
and it was used with powerful hand. There
was blood upon the small knife. The dirl
shows that it has lately been ground ant
secured with strong soap-suds. Marsha
Reed of Bangor presented fac slmlles OF the
tracks that were made about the premises o
the murdered man, and they agreed with the
tracks made by the shoes of Wallace Chad
bourne. as they were of peculiar shape, liz
having a very fiat foot and makes track like
a moccasin. A diagram of the place where
the murder was committed was shown by Mr.
McKusick. The murder was committed ii
the sitting-room, and the body had to bt
dragged some 80 feet through the kitchen
entry and shed to the back door, and from
there to where the body was found is some
IS feet, thus showing that it required strong
or man than the mute to drag the body thai
distance. A collar button found near Wat
son, was identified as belonging to Wallace
Chadbourne.
SOMERSET.
The body of the young man who was
drowned, while at work on the river the 1911
nit. at Madison Bridge, was recovery las
Saturday and taken to Bingham for inter
ment.
Robert Dobson & Co., of Pittsfeld, arc
soon to erect a new. large and cOmmodiou'
picker. house, of brick, for the accommoda
ton OF their factory, and others possibly. il
the near future.
Mr.. Webster, of Palmyra, had the muscles
of the calf of his leg completely severed By
A scythe, in the hands of his son who wa
moving behind him. recently.
The two daughters of Mr.. Henry Sawyer
rC,r,;sb oood resDectiyely % and Is, bOti