Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-04

DR.. George J. Arnold Of Boston. formerl
an eminent physician in that CITY has b~eI
living with his family At Old Orchard durin,
the summer. Monday he attempted to cl-al
81 calibre revolver. supposing it vas IN
loaded. He vas using . hard wood ciesnin,
rod, ten inches long. presumably resting i
against the lower right side Of the abdomen
The pistol did contain an old charge and wa.
discharged while in the above position. Tn,
rod penetrated through the abdomen and va
taken out Of the left hip. As it VAS Withdrawn
the gas followed from the intestines, show ins
that the organs had been pierced and prebx
bly, in several places. DIR. Allen was al
once summoned from Saro when the accident
occurred, but Is he had neglected to bring
his instruments it vas Necessary TO telegraph
back for DIR. Hill Of Saco. DIR. Hill re-
moved the rod after it had remained in tn,
wound upwards Of two hours. DR. Gordon
Of Portland. Was summoned and siaid up ali
night with the sufferer and think. there is sons
chance for his recovery. The pistol which
caused the wound has, II is stated, been Is Ing
about the house all summer, and the variou.
members of the family have handled it care
iessly. never suspecting that 1t contained 4
charge. He has three daughters and son
a member of the junior class in Harvard
college, all of whom are with their father
Dock voted Monday To sell the real and per-
sonal property OF the corporation tor the sum
OF SlOU. 600, upon such terms as the director.
might deem 10 be for the best interests of the
Stockholders. The directors at later meet
ing authorized the president and treasurer To
execute An option, under seal. to the Cana
dian Pacific Railway Company for the sale vi
the properly of the corporation II 500. 600,
the option 10 continue three months. IL Is
understood thar the property of the Dry Dock
Company. provided il is purchased by the
Canadian Pacific, and provided the city sells
Ut leases its rights in the Portland and Os-
densburg Road, will be used and improved by
the Canadian Pacific for terminal facil ties.
Miss Lizzie Smith OF Portland y school
teacher in Lewiston, badly fractured both
bones in her right ankle ,on Saturday evening,
while jumping from q carriage in the latter
city.
The new brick conduit from Sebago lake
TO the second eate-house in Portland, over
one mile in len. tn which has been under
construction for the past four years, ut cost
Of over Sl20.0OO, is nov completed.
HANCOCK.
Mr.. Charles Eaton has on his premises at
Green's Landing. Deer I.le, an apple tree
whose branches spread 81 feet. 1t produced
this " ar between 30 and 40 bushel. Of ap-
pies (native fruit which is an average yield.
DIR. L. w. Hodgkins removed from the leg
of Allen Potter OF Branch Pond, Ellsworth
on Saturday last. an irregular piece of rebel
shell, which Potter had carried in his rere on
for little over 20 years. When the wound
was made the missile entered the hip, passed
through the hip bone and lodged Ii then
gradually worked down under the pelvis
bone, until few weeks ago it began to show
supposed it to be q bullet, until it WAS re-
moved.
Last Saturday afternoon while Miss Elzina
Dudley of Woodstock, lady 60 years Of age,
was assisting her brother.in-law. MIR. John
Day. in getting into the barn for the purpose
Of tying up some young cattle, a steer turned,
Diet. rmined to 20 out Of the barn Miss Dud-
ley tried to stop him. but in doing so was
knocked down with such force as to dislucate
her hip and break her left leg near the body
The doctor fears that Miss Dudley has aus
tanned internal injuries that makes her recov-
cry exceedingly doubtful. Miss Du Hey was
a sister to Col. Perrin Dudley Of Woodstock.
SAGADAHoc.
There is said to be a very interesting re-
vival going on in Richmond. Rev. Mr.
Leonard. of Mass, is conducting it in con-
nection with other Baptist clerxymen.
Mrs. John II. Coombs form, rly Of Bath
now OF Chelsea, Mass. has fallen hheir to
about two thousand pounds sterling through a
recently deceased aunt in England.
SOMERSET.
A, F. Bracket of Piusfield, has accented
the challenge of Thos McAloon and agrees
to ,rot his colt Harbingrr against Cluster.
ow ned by Z. q. Palmer, of Dover, b"st, 3 in
D mile heats. in harness, within week, over
Bangor track for $3.50 a side, on condition
that the winner receive all the gate money
except the percentage due the Association,
the race to be trotted under the National As
ISOLATION rules and day of race to be mutual
ly agreed upon.
PENOBscor.
Ia the Municipal Court, at Dexter, before
Judge Sprague, in the case Of Herring and
Atwater, vs.. Sawyer, the proprietor VI the
Shaw House al Newport, were tried Satur-
day Of last week. The action. was to re-
cover damages for refusing to furnish plain
tiff 8 meals at the Shaw House on their re-
turn from the State muster Mt Augusta. 1t 10
alleged that the plaintiffs suffered physical
injury and mental suffering in consequence
Of such r, fusai. Verdict for plaintiffs Dam
ages So each. Appealed.
OidtOwn Is really coming out of the 81 ugh
Of despond and improving every day notwIth-
stasding the terrible Bodwell cyclone that
struck the upper portion of our village early
in the spring sweeping away every vestage of
dam, the large four story cotton mill and
the wooden factory estimated to cost 500, 600
and shut out from employment prospectvely
seven or eight hundred men and women
But this terrible wind blast which scooped
up the dam that was to have been buili, and
the factories that were to have been erected,
has not struck out of existence the energy
and enterprise OF the business men of the viii
lsge for there have been more buildings
erected in the village the present season than
there has been for the past ten years.
YORK.
A remarkable case was disposed Of in the
Supreme Judicial Court at Alfred, Wednes-
day. In 1881 while william NJ. Roach was
returning from Great Falls to his home in
Springvsle. his team was sIcpp-d by Deputy
Sheriffs Geo. W. and Luke Roberts. They
searched his vehicle and seized liquors. Next
day they got a warrant and Mr.. Roach WAS
sentence, d to pay 500. lie appealed to the
Supreme Court. The jury confirmed the
verdict Of the lover court. He went to a
Law court and got the verdict reversed. A,
this term Mr. Roach brought suit against the
officers who seized the LIQUORS and recovered