Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-12-25
State News.
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Arrangements have been made for a sleigh
ing carnival in Portland to-day. Money
enough has been raised for three bands of
music, and it is qnife probable fourth band
may be engaged. 1t is also understood that
the Lyceum Brass Band will appear in the
procession. Mr.. John S. Head, detective
for the Maine Central Railroad, is to be chief
marshal, and large number of aides have
been chosen The procession is TO form in
thirteen divisions and move through some Of
the principal streets of the city
| boy by the name of Harris, belonging in
New Gloucester. was found dead Friday last
His death occurred while on his way from
school. His age was IL years. Heart disease
was supposed to be the cause.
HANCOCK.
A man in the town of Penobscot caught q
beautiful cormorant a few days ago. The bird
was brought to Bangor. Ii measusej six
feet from tip to tip
! The Ellsworth and Deer Isle Telegrph
Company will petition the Legislature for
authority to extend their telegraph line from
Ellsworth to Bangor.
Ellsworth horses are suffering from pink
| eye.
| LINCOLN
! The Commercial SAYS: lady in Bristol
has five foot alligator for pet. She makes
| him warm bed By the stove at night and
during the day he moves about the sitting
| room at his own sweet will. He likes to
have his back stroked and will open his
mouth and smile in way that is too charm
| ing for anything" He was brought from
Florida two years ago by Capt. J. Carnage
of South Bristol, and has grown considerably
| since then.
PESoBsCor.
The Commercial says that Peter Kennedy,
| at work in Moses Jordan's box and heading
factory at Oldtown, slipped and struck his
right arm circular saw, cutting a fearful
| cash just above the wrist.
Saturday last, man at work in the woods
by the name of Mann, nearly severed his left
| foot from his ankle, with an axe.
PIsCArAQUIs.
Miss Sawyer, the Monsoon dressmaker who
lost her entire stock by the recent fire there.
has received purse OF $50 from the citizens
| of the place.
| The Wing says: Mr.. Horace Plat, of
| Fitchburg, Mass, was found in a dying con-
dition in freight car at Pttsfeld Thursday
morning. He entered the car at Detroit.
When first discovered here DIR. W. S. Howe
was summoned, but before he reached the
| car life was extinct.
WALDO.
| The Age says Mrs. Elizabeth Swan OF
Frankfort, who is 90 years old, is the oldest
| lady in Frankfort. She is able to go out to
her neighbors and do some work. She can
can hear as well as person of twenty-One.
| Last Friday Mrs. James McNally, wife of
Daniel McNally, went out leaving her little
son aged two years in the house. When she
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eyed. No cause is known for this strange
phenomenon, as the child was in perfect
health, and his eyes before had been perfectly
straight.
The Belfast Journal says: IIoratio witch
ell of Jackson, received severe injury one
day last week In getting down from the
scaffold in his barn he caught on a hook that
had been driven into the beam for hanging
up sheep to dress; the hook being pointed,
caught in his thigh and held him Suspended
in mid air for some time, but he finally ex-
tracated himself and fell to the floor, bleeding
profusely. The wound thus made is one inch
in length, but the hook penetrated the flesh
| to the depth of about four inches.
WASHINGTON.
During the past three weeks Mr. Charles
F. Corliss of Cherryfeld has shot 26 deer
| upon the waters of the Machias River. His
beat days work was shooting and dressing
five deer and getting three of them to camp
| before night.
Liabilities of Hathaway & Davis, grocers,
PASSPORT, Me are about $1,000; assets, nomi-
nally about $1,000.
AT LARGE.
| The several committees of the Maine Peda-
gogical Society will meet in Lewiston Dec.
Doth and 30th for work assigned at the State
| convention.
| The Argus says $4,000 FIR trees. ranging in
size from three to 80 feet in height, have been
| taken to the Boston market. They came
chiefly from Brownfeld, Gorham and Scar
| boro. The cost of freight per car from
Brownfield is about $40, while from Gotham
and Scarboro it is only $50. The trees,
however. cost more on the stump in the latter
places.
AbUah U. Abbott. tanner, West Buxton,
Me, has failed. James Glynn Co., books,
stationery, etc, Bangor, Me, have failed !;
\ liabilities said to he about S430O