Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-10-08
State NeWB.



WilliAm N. Paterson. Master of III
schooner Jefferson Borden. has again beeI
arrested, charged with cruel and abusis,
treatment Of his crew, and has been held B.,
Commissioner Hallett in Boston for MONDAY
1t il alleged that Paterson has beer
under arrest on 50 many similar offences tha
he has acquired 4 notoriety among sailors
He figured quite prominently in the fsmou'
mutiny on board his ship ten years ago, il
which the mates we're killed
The Press says Aessrs. Geo. E. Brown
& Co., the celebrated importers and breeders
of cattle in Aurora. H., have imported by
BY steamer Durham City, superb herd OF
sixty-seven Holstein calves and yearling.
from North Holland. and the herd was
brought to Portland, Wednesday, and taken
to the quarantine in Deering. These Hol
stein cattle are splendid mixers, giving a
tremendous yield of milk. which is also rich
in quality.
| FRANKLIN.
Mr.. r. S. Morse of Wilton. in a fit of in
sanity suicided by hanging. Mr.. Morse has
been one of the active business men of the
town for many years. He had been slightly
unwell for few days, and Monday night was
taken violently insane. He threatened the
life of his attendants, and then, escaping
about a mile from his house and there did
the deed.
The farm buildings owned and occupied by
Mr.. Ingalls, Lumbert of kennedy's Corner,
Jay. we're destroyed BY fire Thursday, p. NJ,
week before last The family were away
| from home and when discovered by the
neighbOrs the fire was beyond control. 1t
| caught in the shed from ashes stored il a
barrel. The contents of the barn, so vs'u-
| able at this season, were consumed and all
the household effects. There is a small in
surance.
Dummer Bros. oe Weld, finished their
corn canning Sept. Goth. They have put up
about 5000 cans. They also expect to put
up large quantity of pumpkin and squash.
HANCOCK.
The Bar Harbor police have, during the
past summer. seized and spilled % barrels of
beer. Il gallons of whiskey, three boxes of
lager and one box Of ale.
The actual loss to Hancock county by for
est fires during the month of September can
not be less than 100000.
kENNEBEC.
Mrs. Maria Field employed at the Hath
away shirt factory in Watervlle, met with
a serious accident recently. While standing
on the edge of a sink to wipe the dust from
a window, her foot slipped and she fell upon
her side across the edge of stone tub,
breaking two of her ribs.
A large crew of workmen are driving
work on Coburn Institute, Waterville, which
will soon be all protected from the weather.
WOrkmen from Boston have recently done
some fine ornamental carving on the free
stone pillars at the entrance.
A serious accident happened to Mrs.
Melcher, Elm street. Waterville, a few DAYS
ago. A scythe carelessly hung in the wood
shed, fell across her arm, cutting a deep
cash that required half dozen stitches BY
a surgeon.
The Waterville Mail says The New Dam
grows daily. large force being now ged
upon it. 1t will be $50 feet long, and the
bottom tiers Of logs are now laid through all
but about 100 feet. while a good beginning
has been made upon the stone abutmeDt or
bulkhead. A cable has been stretched from
the west shore to the east end Of the dam, to
pass gravel and rock for loading the struct-
ure.
The Mail Gays: There was a serious and
shameful fight Monday night, near Mr..
Spratt's boarding house, Front St, between
two young men who had been drinking hard;
one Yankee and the other a Freedman.
The Frenchman knocked his opponent down
and kicked him in the face in most brutal
way. Constable McFadden took the wounded
man into Hotel Smith, where he was properly
cared for.
OXFORD.
1t is asserted that in the nothern part of
Oxford county the apple crop will be but one
third the usual quantity.
X. $. Morse OF East Dixfeld, a well known
and active business man was taken violently
insane few days since, and, escaping from
his attendants on Monday night went to
neighbor's barn and committed suicide by
hanging.
PENOBsCor.
The Whig saws that an ocean steamship is
coming to Bangor this month to load for
Glasgow.
The Commercial SAYS complaints are made
that dogs are used in hunting deer. 1t is
said that a party that has been camping at
Brandy Pond, with the aid of dogs, have
slaughtered several deer. Deer are reported
plenty this season.
The Wing says that the prospect of legal
| settlem. mt between the Dexter Savings Bank
and the Barron estate does not seem very
imminent. 1t is stated that the executor of
the Barron estate will shortly bring a suit
against the Dexter Savings Bank to recover
the $1,000 note which was donated by the
late Cashier Barron tn the Bank and on which
the Bank has realized out of the money OBJ
tained from his life insurance. This note
with interest amounts, at the present time, to
S2,123.61.
SAGABAHOC.
An unknown man, Thursday evening of
last week in Bath, struck Mrs. c. Brooks on
the head with stick, as she was passing him
on the side walk, and knocked her down.
| She got up and walked home and when her
husband came home a short time after the
| occurrence she told him about it, and he at
once notified the police. Quite a scalp wound
was caused by the blow and the wound bled
quite freely.
| SOMERSET.
The Reporter says that recently Mr.. Albion
Mclntire, a wealthy farmer living near La
rome Mills, left his home, apparently in good
health to come to Skowhegan on business,
reacbing there about p. NJ. He was taken
| ill., and was taken into DR.. Patten's house.
grew worse and died Monday morning. A
post mortem was held which resulted in
| finding two feet of his intestines to be in a
dark, mortified condition with general infla
nation Of the bowels. Some Of the pbysi-
clans give as cause Of this very remarkable
case the rupture OF blood vessel.
| AT LARGE.