Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-08-31
State News.
CUMBERLAND.

The Press says that while the Emmets and
Portlands were playing base ball on the
Western Promenade, a; Portland, Monday, a
bat slipped from one of the batman's hands
striking G. A. Flahertv, manager of the En-
NETS. in the jaw. He was carried to the
Maine General Hospital where medical treat
ment was procured Ii was found that half
of his upper teeth had been driven down into
the lower jaw, and his lip badly cut.
The Advertiser says that, Monday, Mrs.
Bell, colored, the W idow of the late John
Bell of Portland. died of heart disease on
board she Eleanora shortly after the boat left
Vineyard Haven. She leaves two children
The corpse of a man that had been washed
ashore at Ocean View, Va. is supposed to
be that of James Boyd of Portland, who as
previously telegraphed, either jumped or fell
overheard from the brig Henderson on
Thursday. last when off Thimble Light in
Chesapeake Bay. BOYD was the second
mate of the vessel. and shipped from Nor
folkto Demarara.
FRANKLIN.
Mrs. Samuel Carlton of Pennington Falls
met with a severe accident Saturday fore
noon, while visiting her sister at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Fifield Luce, Pennington. She
entered what she apparently thought was a
.
to the cellar, and fell distance of some
eight feet. striking upon her head and shoul-
ders, and was taken up bruised and insens-
BILE. She is now getting on as well as could
be expected under the circumstances.
There is family in Chesterville, consist
ing of six persons, whose united ages are AZ
Wears; and at another home in the same tow n
are found representatives of four generations,
the youngest being a great grandchild two
months old, and the first female born there
in over half a century. Are not these rare
cases?
Mr. Lowell Sprague of Washington, re-
Gently swan the length of Mendomak pond,
a distance of six miles, in a few seconds over
three hours. Mr.. SPrague intends to attempt
as his next natatorv feat to swim across Pc
nobscot bay, from Rockland to Vinalhaven.
WALDO.
The Maine Deaf Mute Mission held its fifth
annual convention at Belfast on Saturday
Over fifty members were present. The fol-
| lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
wear: President. George Wakefield. Brown
| field; Secretary, b. A. Brown. Belfast; Treas
urer. James Andrews, Paris Hill The next
convention will be held in New Gloucester in
| Bellville.. Cnt., Institute, and Prof. W. B.
Sweet of the Beverly, Mass, Institute, lee
tured to the mutes on Saturd evening The
proceedings were interpreted to hearing peo-
/ pie bv Mr.. l.. c. Curtis of New Gloucester.
AT LARGE.
! The press says Monday morning was a
cool one for the season. The mercury fell to
I 4Ss at sunrise, and there were frosts reported
at Pine Point, Scarboro and Cape Elizabeth.
/ In the afternoon it grew warmer.
| The great lumber raft which has been en-
route from St. John to New York since the
| eth inst. arrived on Saturday. The tugs Cy-
ciops and Haviland brought the $50, 900
worth of timber on the long voyage. The
I llth they were obliged to put into Portland,
where they remained three days. The capt
ain. Ellis. said notwithstanding there we're
three days Of rough weather the voyage vas
not half so dangerous as he had been led to
believe. In future they will have an improv.
ed way of fastening the chain, and in that
manner he would be willing to take one
across the Atlantic