Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-11-08

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The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
will give q band concert and ball at CIV hsli,
Portland. Nov. 22d.
The Mupjoy Lodge Knights of Py,hias Of
Portland, gave q complimentary banquet to
the members Of the Westustogo Lodge Of
Yarmouth, Monday evening. A large num-
Der we're present.
A fire broke out on the roof of bull ling
used for store and tenement house. owned
BY John NJ. Menamun in Portland, Monday
afternoon. The goods in the store we're hurt
very little Nearly all the furniture was re-
moved from the tenemepts- The loss on the
building will amount to $50 or $500 covered
by insurance.
Mr.. Charles Caswell, q man 81 years OF
age committed suicide, on Tuesday night
the Goth ult at Tenants Harbor village, in
ST George, BY shooting himself in the fore
head with a gun loaded with q ball. We'd
nesday morning, a neighbor went to Caswelfs
shop to carry him some food and attend to
his wants and found the door and windows
closed and fastened. Entrance was effected,
and Casweirs body was found lying on the
fioor, with terrible wound in the head, which
must have caused death instantly. gun
and cane lay BY his side. He had evident
| ly placed the muzzle of the loaded gun against
| the center of his forehead, and discharged
the piece by pressing the trigger with the
cane. The body was cold, and the deed was,
10 doubt. done early Tuesday night.
Nearly fifteen dollars in money was found in
] his pocket, and a note was found d.
rected to Mr.. Aaron Watts, one of the select
men of the town. In it Caswell asked Watts
to take charge of the remains as soon as they
were found; to wrap the head in a towel and
the body in blankets. and to pnt the remains
in box and bury without delay. He also
requested that no one should follow the body
to the grave. Near the body were disposed
two towels and two blankets. Mr.. Caswell
had lived at Tenants IIarbor but few years.
He went to Rockland about thrtv-six years
ago, and worked at shOemaking there. He
came from Gardiner. He was poor but had
money enough for all his immediate wants.
His ill health and lonely life, with no rela-
tives about him to care for him in his age,
caused him to become very Respondent.
LINCOLN.
We notice in several OF the newspapers,
and are often asked by strangers, good deal
about Sheepscot oysters and wish to correct
the idea that some have in regard to the ex
tent of the supply, remarks the Damariscotta
Herald. They are found from Sheepscot
Falls up the Sheepscot river to Bass Falls, a
distance of about one and half miles, and
are only found in small numbers at any other
place than near Bass Falls, where during the
present season. there being but little fresh
water in the river, there has been taken per-
haps ten bushels; with deep, fresh, muddy
water but few can be obtained. There are
few taken in Dyer's river near its junction
with the Sheepscot. The full grown seldom
exceed seven inches in length by four inches
in width. They do not seem to increase.
This it is said is largely owing to the sawdust
from mills above, which covers the bed of
the river most of its length. No effort has
been made to increase the supply in our river.
OF Dresden matters, the Richmond Bee
says On Tuesday of last week the court at
Wiscassett appointed as referees to appraise
the upper bridge, Augustus Colburn. of Pitts
ton, Alex. Johnson of Wiscassett. and Capt.
Nickerson Of Boothbay. Capt. n. is one of
the County Commissioners of Lincoln county.
The middle bridge was bought of the town
some two months ago.-Mr Handy. the local
preacher. thinks the new church can be COM
pleted before winter, as carpenters are busy
on the inside work.-All the ice at Hathorn's
has been sent forward, but at Berry's and
Oler's vessels are reporting with orders
The last vessel, until Monday last, left Oilers
Sept 2Sth. On Monday last, the new schoon-
err Joshua Buker, built in Waldoboro for
Capt. James Kelley, tied up for load. The
Joshua Buker is a spar decker, and will take
a large cargo, say 900 tons, on Is feet draft.
During October they have filed in a large
area near the site of the old house that broke
down last winter, done some tearing down
and building up, and improved matters gen.
orally.
PENOBsCOT.
| man named William Thompson was ar
rested at the depot in Bangor, Monday, on
the arrival of the through train from St.
John. telegram had been received author
! izing his arrest. but the charge was not
specified. He will be taken back to St.
John.
A few days ago a train between Carmel and
| Hermon Poad ran into flock of sheep and
killed fifteen of them.
Alta meeting held in Hibernian Hail. Ban
gOr, Sunday afternoon, says the Commercial,
members of the Land League voted to send
| fifty dollars to England to aid O'Donnell in
his trial.
| Three members of the family of Thomas
B. Davis of Saco, have been very sick lately
from poisoning, supposed to have been caused
by Paris green on potatoes which they had
| eaten.
| The fall term of Limington Academy
closed last week with literary exercises by
the school and a supper. The school was
never more successful than at present.
SAGADkUOC