Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-08-23
State News.
CUMBERLAND.

A Dyer & Co. are the largest mackere
packers of Portland They EMPLOY l2
hands. men. bows and girls. They also us
improved machinery never before used whicI
saves the labor of many hands. They pu
up l25 barrels of mackerel per day, fllins
$3.50 cans.
The Press saws: Saturday night Mr.. Vim
ton Frank of Gray ran down a horse THE
who was in his barn. and secured a horse anC
| wagon four harnesses and several robes. The
| captured property had DOUBTLESS been stolen.
Hon. James F. McCobb a well known citi
zen of Portland, died suddenly Monday morn
ing.
young lad named Smith. about II years
of age, has been missing since Friday morn
ing from his home near the Duck Pond. Ii
is feared he was drowned in the pond. as he
was last seen near the fume of the mill at
the outlet
Wednesday. while ]. F. Wilbur. of the
new Sunday Union, was at work on his
press, he caught his foot in the cogs and
jsmed it badly. A physician was called to
dress the wound. Mr.. Wilbur is confined to
the house at present not being able to walk.
KENNEBEc.
The largest run of ice from the houses to a
vessel ever made on the Kennebec in the
>dluc uutDpcE hours was Htut al the
houses of the Shutdown Knickerbocker Com
pany on Tuesday last. The schooner Chas.
II. Morse, Capt Cash, was hauled in at the
wharf in the morning at :. and quarter to 6
O'Clock F. NJ. had been loaded with 103 tons
of ice, and hauled into the stream. The
work was all done inside of ten hours, and
with single crew.
The reunion of the 18th Maine Regiment
will be held at Lake Maranocook on tuesday,
Aug Goth.
Fl .rbert Rowell, who keeps liquor place
in Rockland. while intoxicated shot his wife.
The ball passed nearly through her body and
she is in critical condition. He was ar
rested.
A son of Mr.. Alexander 7. Stewart of
Vinalhaven fell into well at that place on
Saturday last, and though he had been missed
but a few minutes, when found life was ex-
tinct The little fallow was nearly two years
of age and was promising child.
PESoBscoT.
Reed, the Midway murderer, has died at
the State Prison and his remains passed
through Bangor Monday evening.
PIsCATAQUIs.
Mr.. II. X. Hamm shot, Aug. l4lh. near
the Winnegarnock House, head of Moose
head Lake, a large black bear. Mr.. II.
made good shot for a range of 300 yards, the
ball striking the bear behind the ear, killing
him almost instantly.
SAGADAHOc.
Patrick Sawyer, a boss raftsman, while at
his avocation off the late Hathorn yard, Bath
Friday, fell overheard in deep water. Mr.
James Parker secured pick pole in his cloth
ing as he was going down for the last time
and dragged him in. Sawyer couldn't swim.
He was insensible for some time.
Edward Leeman of WOolwich. was main
tanned at the expense of the town for eleven
years. He afterwards became prosperous
and left valuable estate on his death in 1881.
His widow has applied to have the pauper
record erased for valuable consideration.
The proposition will probably be accepted.
A fire at Bowdoin Center Sunday, burned
over two acres they succeeded in putting it
out.
There is a prospect of a ship building
company being organized in Bath Some
thirty-seven thousand dollars of the one hun
bred thousand dollars needed is already sub
scribed, to be paid in when the corporation
ia legally organized. There are 900 shares at
500 each. The corporation is to be known as
the bath Ship building Co." and will build
sailing vessels and steamers of all classes, Of
wood, iron or other material, and will also
manufacture such engines, machinery and
equipments of like character as may be re-
quired.
YORK.
There is scarcity of ice in tina. part of
York in the neighborhood of the beaches, the
long continued hot weather having caused the
consumption of most of the large amounts
stored in that vicinity last winter. Prepare
tons are being made to store an increased
quantity the coming winter.
The Sanford News says: as Mr.. Thompson's
coach was being driven upon the beach at
York, last Saturday evening, it collide6 with
a light buggy driven by a lady, throwing her
out and breaking the carriage. She was
taken up for dead, and carried to the nearest
house. After a few hours she revived, hut is
very low at present.
Frank Frye fell from a staging iu Berwick,
Saturday, and was instantly killed.