Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-11-16
state News.


The amount of timber to be cut this sea-
son upon the Aroostook and Upper St. John
is estimated at 225 900 ,OO0, divided a. follows
| Upon the Upper St. John, Is, 0OO. 900; Aroos-
took, &C, 600, 900; St. Croix. Is 0OO, 900 ;other
localities in the Provinces, 155, OOO, 900. Last
season the total output by these operators
was 35s, OOO, 600.
PENOBsCor.
man BY the name of P. Cronin was re-
Gently killed BY the Bangor express train near
Fairville station, N. B. 1t 10 thought he
| stepped from the track to allow the train to
pass, and miscalcultatinR the distance it is
surmised he was struck on the head by one
| of the cars and instantly killed.
Deputy U. s. Marshal Marble arrived in
Bangor Wednesday morning in search of one
| Eli Davou, a Frenchman. who is wanted on
| the charge of selling liquor without . U. S.
license. Officer Doughty visited place on
the Hampden Road about two miles below
Bangor and captured Davou, who has been
| in that vicinity about . month. He was for
merly located in Watervile. The Deputy
Marshal took the prisoner to Portland Wed
nesday night.
During Tuesday night trunk was broken
into at the mill boarding house at Basin
Mills and about $3.50 in money was taken
away. Suspicion fell upon one Charles
Hutchinson, of Bangor, and he was. Wednes-
day evening, arrested in Orono, being
brought to Bangor by Officer Chaplin. The
money stolen belonged to several of the
workmen in the mill and had been placed in
the above hiding place with the expectancy
that it would be secure.
Mr.. W. E. Mansur of Bangor, is draught-
| ing plans Of hotel to be erected next season
at West Cove, Moosehead Lake.
SOMERSET.
The Union meeting house in Athens village
has been thoroughly repaired and was re-dedi-
Gated on Thursday the 18th inst
The twentieth convention of Reform Clubs
| of Somerset county will convene at Madison
Bridge, Arson side, Dec. 4th, at ten o'clock,
A. NJ. All are invited to be there and do all
in their power to slay the great giant of in
Temperance and promote the cause of total
abstinence and reform.
At q meeting held BY the manufacturers
and citizens of Skowhegan for the purpose Of
considering the question of the ''change of
tme,' it was voted to adopt the same, and
also voted for the convenience of the manu-
facturers and those who employ help, to
commence the days work of ten hours at
G. 80 A. NJ. and request the ringing of the
bell at that time.
I The Somerset County S. s. Association
meets in the Congregational church Skowhe-
gan. Wednesday. the 2lst. The programme
which has been sent out covers much practi-
| cal ground. The Sunday school the central
theme of the day, will be considered under
several heads: LIST, The qualifications and
duties of its officers, teachers and scholars;
| I'd, ito helps, lesson. library, and teachers
meetings; Sd. its relation to home, church
and State; 4th, the work in Skowhegan.
On Sunday evening the ii inst, DIR. Mer-
ril of Skow hogan, was called to see a man at
Crowell's Mills, Cornville, who was suffering
| from knife wound in the neck either self
| inflicted or otherwise. On arriving the Doc
tor found young man by the name of Geo.
NJ. Booker. whose home is in Canaan, but
who is employed at the mill in Cornville.
His face was covered with blood and on wash
ing it of, it was found that he had cash in
his neck made with 4 large pocket knife
and which had just escaped the jugular
vein owing to the weapon being dull.
1t seems that Booker was in Skowhegan Sun
day with a companion and they purchased a
bottle Of rum upon which thev got very
drunk. On arriving at the stable on their
return Booker was taken sick and laid down
under the crib of his horse. Some boys saw
and attempted TO assist him into The house
but he told them he would be better in
q little while and so they left him
Under the straw where he lay was found a
knife which did the cutting. He says he
remembers laying down and telling the boys
to leave him but nothing further beyond q
feeling that someone or something was hurt
ing him. He says there is one party he wants
TO see when he gets up. Some of the neigh
bors think it case of attempted murder
while others call it An attempt of suicide but
all agree that rum did it.