Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-27
State News.
ANDRosCoGGTy.

Inc Journal says The graduating class OF
Dates College have engaged Rev. T. Dewitt,
laimage, of New York. to deliver the annual
commencement Grafton, in June. His sub
'ect VIII be The Bright Side of Things
John Hefferman, employed in the box shop
y, me Lewiston Bleaehery, ~as horribly mu-
mated oy buzz saw last Thursday A chain
o'oAe, letting down the saw frame and cut
ing ms arm nearly off between the wrist and
.he elbow The arm will be saved but he
Is hkeiv To lose the use of two or three
fingers.
ne journal SAYS: A startling story has
Deen In circulation about the death of Mr.
EEsha h. Rose, of Greene. who is rumored
10 nave died from swallowing a small auan-
MY OF arsenic placed in cavity in one OF his
teeth by Lewiston dentist We learn from
.ie dentist that the facts in the case are
.nese. MI Rose came into his office about
.ie 'iiddie OF February and complained Of
PAD pains IN his head. The dentist told Mr..
Rose he was probably suffering from neural
ga ana had better consult his physician. He
put drop of oil of cedar on one of Mr..
Roses teeth. and made an appointment to do
some work for him when he should be able
10 undergo the operation. Mr.. Rose did not
enter the dentists office again; but his son
came H. on the appointed day, with the mes
sage that his father was sick and couldn't
come We are informed by physician that
kidney trouble was the probable cause of
MI Roses death. Dentists often use ar
senIc for nerve-killing. but not in quantities
large enough TO be harmful if swallowed.
CUMBERLAND.
The Brunswick Telegraph SAYS of the work
OF Mr.. {. c. Hutchins. a Junior in Bowdoin
College. in grinding object glasses for a new
telescope for college use: A proper tube
has been constructed, and the glasses mount
co. though for an eye-glass the one belonging
to the old telescope is used for the present.
and the sliding tube for this is made of stiff
card board. The instrument, of course, is
not perfect, but it does good WORK, and this.
TOO, while the object glasses will need further
adjustment TO fit them for the highest optical
purposes
In the case of Brunswick VS.. Samuel Snow
and sureties, an action of debt against Mr.
Snow and his bondsmen, as tax collector of
Brunswick for 1875. argued at the Law term
OF the Supreme Judicial Court, July. 1881.
the question at issue was whether Mr.. Shows
bondsmen were bound for the taxes collected
and which the town alleges never came into
Its treasury. The court has inst rendered a
decision, holding the Dondsmen liable Ia de-
cislon in favor of the town. and this involves
trial of the question of the alleged pay.
D. D.
Treasurer, which payment Mr.. Jordan and
the town denv.
LINCOLN.
There is a house in Dresden considerably
more than 100 years old. The ad-
joining barn was so well protected hv
the shaved pine shingles of that remote period
that it only became necessary to renew the
covering in lS11.-Bee.
A 10 year old hoy. son of Capt Benz 4
Spofford of Boothbay. was caught in the ma
chinery at Echo Lake Ice Co.'S works and
his hand badly crushed.
PENOBsCor
The train from St John connected with
the f. 4 \. A. train at Vanceboro Friday
night for the first time since Tuesday.
The Wing SAYS: A gentleman writes us
that the longest hoop pole ever cut in this
section came from an ash tree measuring ii
inches through at the but and 80 feet long
The tree grew the farm of Mr.. West in
Frankfort.
We learn. says the Wing, that considerable
excitement has been created among the res
idents at VanceborO bv the appearance of a
case of smallpox in their midst The man
who is sick came from the steamer Peruvian
recently quarantined at Halifax.
SAGADAHoc.
Merrill, a spar maker. had the end of one
of his fingers crushed off at VIM. Rogers
ship yard in Bath, Friday afternoon.
Should the lease of the X. & l.. road be
contaminated the share of the rental coming
t. Bath will be 500. 436 "A Annually. saws the
Times.
SOMERSET.
Live stock in Ripley is quoted high this
4 =
not more than six feet at from SlI5 to $3.50.
A few weeks ago J. ID. Marsh bought a pair
of steers for Sll5, and last week sold them at
1926. Still it is thought young steers cannot
go much higher.
few DAYS ago Henry Moore. who lives on
the road between Five Corners and St. AL
bans village. started out on an open sled on
some GRAND: the horse starting suddenly, he
sprang on. but slipped between the bars. his
foot catching in a hole in the road. Before
he could stop his team his leg was broken 1T
the ankle and again belo~ the knee, and the
bones between the two breaks was split and
splintered frightfully. Mr.. Moore turned his
team and drove back to the house. when a
doctor was sent for.
The late storm gave from Is to "a inches of
snow in Northern Somerset. Many roads
were completely blocked for Sc hours.
A Princeton correspondent of the Calais
Advertiser writes under a recent date 1.-TWO
young men of this place. Sprague and Crock
eft. left logging camp yesterday morning in
pursuit of game. After wandering away sew
eral miles near Little Chain Lakes, Machias
waters, attempted to return TO camp; Crockett
became very much fatigued. and Spraeue
kept him along as long as he had strength TO
90 so. but obliged to leave him to go for
help, distance Of some five miles, at the
same time urging Crockett to follow his tracks.
Sprague reached the logging camp in some
two hours. and the crew started out at once.
and after some two or three hours found
Crockett frozen to death. One foot was
frozen in the ice. Willard was about Is
wears of age. and was a son of Joshua and
Emma Crockett. of West Princeton.
George Ellingwood of Washington. an ex-
perienced oyster planter. says the Calais
Times is now in that city for the purpose Of
organizing a company to plant oyster beds at
Oak Bav. The water and ground at that
point are well adapted to the growth and
propagation of oysters, and Mr.. Ellingw God
is confident that the project will be a marked
success The oysters which he proposes to
plant are the Shediac, as he has fears that