Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-11-06

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One da, last week while Dr. G. 81. Bailes
was performing ar OPERATION upon = horse in
Fernaid & Sawyer's stable. the animal kicked,
striking the doctor in the cheek. The jaw
was fractured and severe wound inflicted
| on the cheek. The doctor will be confined
TO the house for some days.
Schooner Edward White of Portland. Capt.
Lee, arrived 10 Portland. Saturday, Nov. Sd.
The Captain saws that while his vessel was At
| Charleston. S. c.. loading phosphate rock,
the crew. in cutting out this rock, found q
petrifed shark about 10 feet in length, with
perfect form. Capt,in Lee brought home
several Of the teeth from the monster, the
largest of which is ~ inches long and 81
inches wide at the upper end.
KNOX.
Camden cat carried off the greatest
honors at the Boston Cat Show. receiving the
Grst prize. massive silver urn valued at
$50 This cat was born in Camden nine
years ago. and is owned by Mrs. Perkins
formerly Miss Alice NJ. Philorook of Bos-
ton, and is described BY tine Boston Herald
as follows The cat is valued at $500, pure
white in color. and of pure Persiau breed.
One of its eyes is clear blue and the other
dark brown. One popularity of it is the
fact that its long silken hair grows to the
length of eight inches during the winter
months. Ii is the only specimen in the
United States.
Friday night the Island House on Mcguire
Island in Thompson's pond, Oxford, was
burned. 1t caught in the attic about sunset
At the present writing we cannot ascertain
the loss or insurance. The latter is said to
be heavy. 1t was a new hotel, only finished
about two months ago. Although small it
was very elegant, and if local papers are to
be depended on, the most richly furnished
hotel in Oxford county. Mr.. Hutchins was
just moving out for the winter so part of the
furniture was saved.
PENoBscor.
The next Eastern Maine Fair will open
Tuesday Sept. 9th. and continue five days,
not closing until Saturday night. Early in
the spring large exhibition building will be
erected. At the next fair many new and
novel features will be introduced.
The other evening, when Mr.. King of
Bangor returned to his room, the door of
which he had left fastened with a paddock,
he found the staple had been drawn and that
the door was fastened on the inside. The
door was broken open. and q tramp named
John O'Brien. was found safely lodged in
Mr.. Kings bed. He wac taken in charge by
the police.
SOMERSET.
The Somerset Reporter says: d. d.
Stewart, S. J. Walton, the well known Som
erset lawyers. and others, have been enjoying
their annual visit up river. The camp start
ed out one day recently on cunning excur-
sion, and some time during the day divided
up, Mr.. Stewart and Walton going alone,
and John Carney and the rest of the party
taking another direction. They had an un-
Outstanding that they would all meet at a
given point and return to camp. Mr. Carney
and his companions were on hand promptly,
but Stewart and Walton failed to appear.
After long and anxious waiting huge bon
fire was lighted to light up the woods, it hav-
ing become quite dark, but this failed to at
tract the wanderers. Then the searchers
commenced firing guns which were at last
successful. Mr.. Stewart had walked until
he was completely exhausted when they
heard the guns. Mr.. Walton fred an
answering salute and soon the party was re-
united at 10 O'Clock. Upon investigating it
was found that in their bewilderment in the
darkness they had passed near the edge of
several precipices which would have cost
them their lives had they gone over them.
WASHINGTON.
Major Charles +. Stone, of Machias, a
jeweller and a prominent man in business,
and church circles, went on a short hunting
expedition last Thursday, as was his oeca-
sional wont, intending to return by nightfall.
On his way to the woods, in the town of
Mortified. about twelve miles hence, he pro-
cured a man as guide and companion, who
returned to his home after dark and reported
that they had separated two hours before with
bp upApr IN n1inu that thew sbonlH
at given point. He said upon arriving at
the place agreed upon he awaited Stones ap-
pearance until dusk, when supposng the lat
ter must have concluded to return by another
route, he wendell his way homeward alone.
This information reaching Machas gave rise
to some anxiety. and several friends went in
quest of the missing man. Their efforts
proving fruitless a general alarm was Satur-
dav spread throughout the community. Mills
were shut down, work suspended. and gen.
eral search instituted, while rumOrs of foul
play were painfully rite. Anxiety at length
gave way to feeling of gloom on receipt of
the intelligence that the body of the unfor-
tupate man had been found lying near steep
ledge near Little Bog lake in Mortified, only
a short distance from where he and his guide
had parted company. Information as to the
probable cause of the death has not yet been
received but the guide is suspected. The
deceased was about 50 years old, had been a
distinguished officer of the Sixth Regiment of
Maine Volunteers and for many years deacon
of the Congregational church in Machias.
YORK.
Sharks seem to be unusually plenty this
fall, and according to all reports are little
troublesome, writes an Ogunquit correspond
ent of the Biddeford Journal. As one of the
fishermen was pulling up a cod Ash. Wednes-
day morning, an enormous shark grabbed
hold of it, when it was half way up, and quite
a tussle ensued between the man and shark,
to see who should have the fish. When the
cod was pulled up alongside of the boat the
shark still had hold of it and held on and
threshed around considerably before he let
go. II was thought that the shark was fully
twelve feet long.