Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-08-04

incia1es TIE building. land and shafflEg and
betting property which eos, nearly $50, 900.
CUMBERLAND.
One Albert s. Quincy was caught Wednes-
dsy rif1iny the p . box of Lorn. Haskell &
Co.. of Portland The pi'f-rings had been
goirg on fn- some time. the thief having
taken some $500 in all.
II is -afi tar M.nt .anerv Guards of Port
land, are perf-ciing drill that will make the
Providence hov- open their ewes on rh.. oces-
sim of their viii TO that civ on the 18th inst
Blu-berries are still plenty. Brunswick
Young lady picked 30 quarts of blueberries
recently in one dav.
HANCOCK
Castine ia fille'i. tn il. utmost capacity
With summer company. The number would
'ecome greatly increased. ii accommodations
ouli be fnunl. The new EsdoralU hotel is
int Vet completed.
There have been more than a hundred
asses of measles in Yves, Brnoksviil- within
the past few days. Nome nave proved fatal
The lightning struck the barn of William
Bunker. nj Cranberry Isle, Friday night,
,urning the barn and its contents including
NO and half tons of hay.
kExSEpEc.
Sumner Sonic of Winthrop has recently
Ftn III u f>to'l- an hts u al u !. III Eel III
as patent -shackle male II ht- been
r-rei at the Maine Central shops AT Water
sille, and worked in an excellent manner.
PESoBsCor.
The Commercial saws bny named Day,
n Etst f ldington. was lately severely ami
possibly fatally mi ired by being hit on the
iead bv a stone thrown BY an unknown man
Tuesday, Mr.. Mathew Olive. of Orono.
tresm met with severe accident nv falling
Upon two circular saws and decorating his
,rm shockingly.
PIsCATaoUIs.
The Wings correspondent saws: Some
foul incendisry attempted tn fire the buildings
f Deputy Sheriff s. $ Cole. at Mnnson, ON
SUNDAY morning, Jaly 30ih. at about , A.
W., The fire was set in the back shed OF his
building, but Mrs. Cole fortunately discov-
-red the smoke and aroused her husband in
season for him to extinguish it before any Sc
rious damage WAS done. number of parties
have been terribly enraged because of his
numerous liquor seizures, and they for the
past few DAYS heaped upon him much abuse
and calumny.
A party of three, recently, took four hun
dred and seventytwo trout out of Little
Greenwood Pond in one day.
The Wing says Mr.. Henry Dexter of Dex-
ter has recently put handsome spire so feet
high upon the Universalist church at Gull
ford. Several hundred dollars were expend-
ed upon the edfice in repairs few wears ago
and now the exterior is being painted. More
will be done on the inside in due time. and
the society will finally have nice place of
worship.
SAGApAHOC.
Bath is to have firemans muster, Sept 9th
and eth.
The Times SAYS W. II. Croker, in the
north part of Bath. found his valuable colt
that he had been offered $500 for. lying dead
in the pasture, last Friday. The horse had
previously had several severe attacks of col
ic, which he had only pulled through by as
siduous attention and it is supposed similar
attack was the cause of his DEATH
A Bath horse has a strange craving for to-
bacco and also for liquor. The inference is
that he has been taught TO use such articles.
The details of the shooting of +. A.
Smith, of Medford, Mass, (lIarvard Sophie
more.) SON of c. +. Smith, cashier of the
Continental National Bank Boston. indicate
Sergeant Kelley to be either crimnallv care
less or carelessly criminal. A Fort POpham
letter says that after climbing into the fort nv
port hole. young Smith and his companion
were confronted by Dennis Kelley, the Ser
geant in charge of the fort. armed with a re-
volver in one hand and a brick or stone in
the other Who shouted, Get out of this !"
"All right; which way shall We 60. as we
came. or through the gate?" asked Frank
and for reply Kelley deliberately raised his
pistol and fired, the distance between them
not being over ten feet. Smiths wound in
the thigh is improving. and it il now thought
he may recover. kelley's defence is he
didn't mean to shoot.
SOMERSET.
The Lewiston Journal SAYS: The prese Mt
has been uncommonly favorable for driving
logs, and the drive is an unusually clean one
About l40 million feet of logs. or nearly one
million different logs has passed or the Ken
nebec at Scion. Mr. Lonyey and his crew
drove the rear past Skowhegan. last week.
and returned to Scion after a service of II
DAYS. The lumber officials say the cost of
driving the logs, this year, will not exceed
one half the cost of last year.
Athens has rich mineral spring. which i.
much visited by all.
The telephone poles are up for two miles
between Pittsfeld and Hartiand, and more
are going up every day.
There is once more no little talk of the
railroad from Skowhegan to Athen. and prob
ably IT, Monson. The people at Monson are
wide awake on the matter and appear very
DESTROYS to have railroad connection with
Skowhegan.
A post of the G. A. X. was organized in
So. Norridgewock last Thursday evening.
About % comrades were mustered in.
WALDO.
W. F. Wellman. barber, cut from the head
of a 10 years old daughter of Benz. Kelley of
Belfast. recently, remarkable growth of
hair. Six ounces were taken off which meas
ured not less than - inches. while that grow
ing directly over the forehead was 264 in
ches in length.
The little son Of VIM. B. Sawyer of Sears
port, recently fell distance of - feet and
struck on cat. The animal was killed but
the boy was not severely hurt.
II looks now as though the mackerel catch
in Belfast bay will be failure, as the fish
are exceedingly scarce.
Mr.. Wakefield Waterman, Of Belfast. has
an order for 1909 frogs.
Edwin Hamilton, of Jackson. was instant
" killed on Tuesday noon. by being run over
by an OK team. He was hauling in load of
hay when the oxen got frightened and ran
Mr.. Hamilton caughr hold of the ox's horn and
was thrown down. The wheel of the vheicle
passed over his body. Mr. Hamilton was
about 80 wears of age ard leaves a wife.
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