Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-27
State News.
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ANDROscoGeM.
Lewiston corporations have declared thu
following dividends: Franklin Co. 3 pei
cent, Continental, 2 per cent.
The steam saw mill of R. c. Pingree &
Co., of Lewiston, has shut down for the sea
son. They have run eight and one-hali
months this season.
PENoBscoT.
The Bangor Commercial says: In . manu-
featuring establishment in this city is q rat
which has grown gray, decripid, and blind
with age. He is totally blind Each day
some one of the companion rats will take q
straw, place one end of it in the rodent
mouth, take the other in bis own, and care
fully lead the blind one to . brook near At
hand After he satisfies his thirst he is led
back, and the next day the performance is re-
peated. 1t is supposed the young rats also
carry their aged companion food. The above
story may be called tough" one, but it was
told the writer by reliable person.
The Commercial says: Saturday night
when a young lady employed in 4 store on
Main street was going to her boarding house,
she was stopped by rough on Ohio street.
who grasped her by the arm and said: 81
know who you are" The young lady sue
ceeded in getting away, but was so unnerved
that she was Frustrated all day Sunday. We
have no description of the william. 1t would
greatly please the public, if the rough or
roughs who brighten ladies who are on the
streets after dark, could be caught and an
example made.
Mr.. Coughlin q contractor on the B. s. P.
Railroad Extension, broke his leg about .
week ago and died Monday morning from
the injuries received. The remains were
brought to Blanchard and sent to Bangor
where they were taken in charge by Mr.. Abel
Hunt, undertaken, and forwarded by him by
train to the home of the deceased.
About O'Clock Saturday night, a fire
broke out in an old cooper shop. at the corner
of Ohio and Bower streets Bangor. 1t was
quickly extinguished. At IL o'clock the fire
broke out again, but the department was
quickly on the ground and soon had the flames
under control. The loss was small.
Saturday night some young men who we're
standing at the corner of Union and front
streets Bangor, heard cries of distress pro-
ceeding from the river and going down to the
Bar Harbor wharf saw a man struggling
among the anchor ice. They told him to
reach up his hand that they might help him
out, but he refused, and finally, just as he
was about to sink, the rescuers seized him by
the hair and pulled him out on the ice. The
man was almost dead with cold, and the res
cuing party were obliged to bounce him
around pretty lively to avoid having corpse
on their hands. The man who acted thus
strangely is a Prince Edward Islander who
has been stopping at the house of man
named Nolan, near the ferry-way. 1t is
thought that he intended to commit suicide,
as he could not have got into the anchor ice
by accident.
The ice is now five inches thick on the Pc
nobscot river. at is just as clear as mirror"
said well informed ice man, ''and the work
of cutting will be at once begun" 1t is un-
derstood that Pitman began scraping Wednes-
day, and others will begin before long. A
large number of men will find employment
in this industry this season.
On Friday evening, the 2lst inst. 4 severe
accident occurred in the vicinity of Newport
in which two well known citizens met with
painful injuries. While Messrs. Don. A. H.
Powers and E. r. Dow were driving in the
darkness the horse got out of the roadway at
what is known as Colcord's crossing of the
Maine Central Railroad and falling some ten
to fifteen feet, pulled the wagon and contents
after him. Mr.. Dow was able to get out,
and with much difficulty reached the house of
Mr.. Wilson, about one-eighth of a mile away.
Mr.. Wilson went to the place of the accident,
and found Mr.. Powers unable to help himself
and much confused from the fall Mr.. Pow
ers had three ribs broken, with severe bruises
about the back and shoulders, causing him
much pain. Mr.. Dow had a dislocation
severe bruises about the back and experienced
much pain.
SAGADAHoC.
The Bath Times says there is a gentleman
in Winnegance who is great fowl fancier.
a
four O'Clock he takes lantern and lighting
it, puts it in the hennery so the hens can see
to Jump from their roosts and find their nests.
One morning last week he got six eggs before
daylight.
YORK.
Last Saturday a wild animal was killed be-
tween the Methodist camp ground and Frye
burg village, which answers the description
of the gray wolf. whose range extends to the
coolest Northern regions, and is the only kind
found in Canada. His color was yellowish
gray. tail large and bushy, height about 2i
feet length from tip to tip 5 feet. He was
taken by the foot in a trap set for foxes,
which he dragged a mile or more, and then
across the Saco, till it was caught in the root
of tree. Here he was found by three or
four men in pursuit, and when approached
he jumped fiercely at them and fought brave
ly till he was finally despatched by several
shots. 1t was reported that young man in
that vicinity had been attacked few even
ings before and his clothing badly torn. it 10
supposed by the same animal.
AT LARGE.
The order of Good Templars has been ex-
tended all over the world, and finds home on
some Of our Men-of-war. VIM. M. Evens,
seaman of the U. s. Ship Richmond Lieut..
Boutelle Noyes' ship-writes to the Water
vile Mail that lodge has been established
which is doing much good. tits named Nep-
tune No. 3, and Rev. Geo. A. Crawford, of
Maine, is Worthy Chief Templar. As a
consequence, there is less drinking on the
ship than is usual on Men.of-war, and the
crew bears a good name. Mr.. Evans, a
Maine boy, is proud of his State and of his
temperance ship.