Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-16
State News.
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il 3O55 The school attendance is 1881 and
not 1851 a. stated in the school report and
published some two weeks since
The good people of South Livermore were
assembled few evenings since at q school
house saws the Journal. Mr.. Gould former
teacher in the village vas delivering lecture
illustrated by the stereopticon. Some nine
young men between the ages of Is and 25
gathered around the building and clubbed and
stoned it. broke windows and disturbed the
peace and quiet of the people who had gathered
at the entertainment. The disturbance was
so great that delegation went out and drove
the rioters away. The next day upon vote of
fifteen good voters in the town Mr.. s. G..
Shetvood was delegated to make complaint.
Four of the leaders IN the disturbance were
before the justice and committed on the parole
of an officer to appear before the court yes
terday morning at ten o'clocs. Legal counsel
was secured in Lewiston by both parties.
ARoosrooK.
230 900 bushels of potatoes were sent from
the vicinity of Houlton over the n. Ry
previous to April LIST large quantity are
being shipped. The potato shipment for this
season, from the stationGDf p. Isle. Caribou
and Ft. Fairfield will reach 800. 900 bushels.
HANCOCK.
few days since a miner by the name of
Thomas Gill, fell down the shaft of the
Roster mine. at Cape Roster. Brooksvile, a
distance of l40 feet and was instantly killed.
The deceased was young man and had been
married only about month. The fall was
the result of his stepping on a ladder not
properly secured.
SAGADAHOc.
Judge Barr0ws has sentenced Callahan and
Berry to three and MclcOn to two wears in
the State prison for robbing the store at
Richmond in the latter part of the winter.
The quarterly meeting of the Sagadahoc
Historical Society was held Tuesday evening
of last week in the Common Council room.
President A. Il. Page in the chair. There
was a very good attendance and much interest
manifested.
SOMERSET.
A few davs ago the village Of Norridge-
wock was thrown into excitement by the re-
port that one Warren B. Chapman of that
place had attempted to shoot Stephen c.
Mills, a well known railroad contractor. The
story as reported is that there has long been
an enmity between the two men. and on that
afternoon Chapman drew arevolver on Mills,
swapping the trigger twice. each time the re-
volver refusing to go of. BY this time
Mills was able to secure the revolver and
kept it in his possession to produce at
the trial. warrant was Immediately
sworn out for the arrest of Chapman
Wednesday afternoon he was brought to
Skowhegan and a preliminary examination
was held. The complainat swore that Chap
man drew a loaded pistol and snapped at him
twice, pointing at his heart, but the pistol re-
fused to go. Several witnesses testified as
to seeing pistol in Chapman's hands, but
none of them saw him snap it. The
,,s II tLa, oil lno1oA huf thoI
respondent denied the ownership of that one
and produced a revolver, which was not load
ed and which he claims was the one he had in
his hand during the alteration. Respondent
was required to recognize in the sum Of
$4,000, for his appearance at the S. J. Court
in September.
Bert Stevens, boy about Is years old, fell
into the dock near VIM. Pitcher & Sons
wharf, Belfast, Tuesday, and was saved from
drowning by Capt. C. A. Mills, who plunged
overheard and brought him ashore. The boy
hit his head against something in his fall, and
was senseless when he struck the water.
At the meeting of the T, H. Marshall Post
of Belfast, on Wednesday evening, April 4th
inst, IA comrades were mustered in, and
seven new names proposed for membership
The citizens are responding literally toward
IDc IhlT WHICH II To Ut uetu tiIt auspices
of the Post May 9 and 10. The proceeds of
the fair are to go towards the erection of
soldiers monument.
A drunken man fell from Lanes wharf,
Belfast about half past ten o'clock on the 7th
inst, and was saved bv the result of piece
of cussedness that he had Just transacted.
As he passed down the whrat he cut guv by
which the schooner Hattie was kept from
"heeing off, and then walked overheard.
The vessel heeled off little and the jar
awoke those on board, who came up, and
while repairing the guv found the person who
was the cause of the difficulty, overheard and
nearly drowned
WASHINGTON.
The Advertiser says The other night John
Sullivan, a young man living with his pa
rents at place known as 1.-THE Island, Penn
broke, was warming his feet by the kitchen
stove preparatory to retiring for the night,
when, a heavy stone came crashing through
a window near where Sullivan was sitting.
He rushed to the door, and saw a man hastily
enter the door in the adjoining tenement.
Sullivan Immediately followed and put his
hand upon the door and when the
door opened the light showed Sulli-
van the shadow of a person within Stanpopes
house. aiming blow with an axe at his (Sul-
livan's) head; he tried to avoid the blow by
jumping backwards but was not quick enough.
the weapon striking him on the forehead and
knocking him backwards, his head striking
on ledge in falling Sullivan remained in
sensible for some time but recovered suffi
ciently to accompany some friends to DR..
Rogers He then returned home where at
the present writing he lies in a very critical
condition. Stanhope who committed the as
sault, was arrested and arraigned before JUS
tice Bernard Rogers, Monday morning, and
was sent to Machias TO await trial at next
term of court. Mr.. Sullivan is a young man
twenty-one or two years old, steady. sober
and Industrious. and well spoken of by all
who know him; his assailant Stanhope bears
a hard character.
Ar LARGE.
The report of the Grand Secretary of Maine
Geo E. Bracket of Belfast, to the Grand
Lodge now in session in Lewiston, shows
that there are now 305 lodges of the order in
the State with a membership Of 26,60O; a
gain from last year. In regard to the ratio
of Good Templars to the entire population,
Maine leads the world. having one member
to every 81 inhabitants. California comes
next with one in 40. There are 33 lodges in
Maine having over Is members, and 80 with
over 100, the average membership being 20.