Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-08-16
state News.
CUNBERIAyD.

pany, corner of Middle and Pearl streets
Portland, was recently entered by burglars
who carried awav sll in coin. which was ly
ing exposed on the desk. An entrance wa.
effected through an unfastened door on the
lower floor. thence upward to the third fool
occupied by the company as their office and
work rooms. There was something ovel
| $50 in temporary money drawer which wa:
| not discovered.
A company of the State reserve militia has
recently been formed at Yarmouth, with 5s
names on the enlistment papers. On the
3lst day of July in accordance with an order
from Adj. General Beals. Capt. Neil ID
Winslow of the Portland Cadets, assisted BY
| DIR. Jas. NJ. Bates, medical examiner
mustered in 10 men. and presided at the elec-
ton of the following officers Captain. +. B.
Merrill; First Lieutenant. Frank Pendexter
second Lieutenant. DIR. II. A. Merrill. Capt
Merrill then appointed the non commissioned
ofic rs-This organization is TO be known as
the Yarmouth Rifles. and last week received
State arms and equipment The town hall
has been engaged for armory and drill
room, and the prospect for successful COM
pany is promising.
| Maria Lewis. a woman about 81 wears old
| jumped from the stone wall at the rear of IS
Beacon street, Boston. into the Charles riv-
er. She was rescued in an exhausted con-
dition. She was taken to Division 3, where
| a physician waa summoned. Some fifteen
years ago she separated from her husband
at Brunswick. Me-, and went to Boston with
| five of her children. Some four months age
she was sent TO Tewksbury, where she re-
mained till about a week ago when she went
to Brunswick, Me. She went from that
town to Boston, Tuesday morning by the
Portland boat. While the boat was at the
wharf in Boston, the woman started TO jump
overheard as stated above.
horse was stolen from the barn of Anna
sa Winslow, Saccarappa, Saturday night, and
no trace of the animal has yet been found
About six o'clock Tuesday evening man
| of about 35 years of age named Thomas
Miller, attempted to commit suicide by
jumping from Portland Pier Portland. He
was rescued and taken to the station in very
| exhaustes state. When he recovered in
some measure he stated that he was sick, out
of money, without a home, or friend and so
concluded that he had better die at once
He was taken tc the Greely Hospital. Mr..
Miller is tinsmith BY trade. and is believed
10 have worked as long as he could. He is
married. but his wife left him some time ago,
and alone. friendless, Respondent and out of
money. il is no little wonder he was anxious
TO die.
Saturday afternoon barn in Wihdham
containing twenty tons of hay, farming tools,
&c, were burned. The loss Is estimated at
$500, on which there is said to he an insur-
ance of $1,000. Saturday night Mr.. Lemuel
Thompson owner of the barn was arrested.
charged with setting fire to his property, and
Monday bv order of the county. his wife was
arrested AS being an accessory He was brought
before the Municipal Court Tuesday morning.
Col. Mattocks appeared his counsel. He
waived examination and ordered to
recognize in the sum of 81 900 for his appear
ance at the September term of the Superior
Court For lack of bail Thompson was
committed.
5000 River Valley Lodge. No. Is6. l. O.
G. T., of Fryeburg, installed officers Wed
nesday evening, Aug. lst. as follows: c.
w. Warehouse. w. c. t.; G. w. Thomp
son, p. w. c. 7. Abby Waterhouse. w.
V. T. S. W. johnson. W. S.. Nellie
Heald, w. A. S, Frank J. Hall, W. c.
The Argus says Governor Long in
Frvehurg last We week.-A rousing temperance
meeting was held at Fryebnrg, Sunday, it
being the second anniversary of the Fryeburg
Temperance ASSOCIATION. Senator w. Z.
FRYE, Gen. Dow and several others addressed
the the meeting.
On Black mountain Rumford, have been
found very good specimens of red (or pink
green and black tourmalines, lepidolite, and
common mica both in masses and crystals.
The vein from which these were taken is
about six feet wide an uncovered length of
tour or FIVE rods. and has been broken into
bv only one shallow blast. In other places
on the same mountain are garnets, quaatz
crystals magnetic. and yellow beryl.
| About firteen miles from the B. & p. r. II.
and nine miles from Monson village in the
township of Eliottsville is Lake Onaway.
about four miles in length, of an irregular.
odd and curious shape having many quaint
coves and bays skirted and fringed with the
comely and graceful white birch trees and
unique looking islands. 1t is in the midst
| of a vast and unbroken wilderness aud is
surrounded by several mountains some of
which rear their majestic heads ten hundred
| feet above its crystal surface and success
sion of rounded forestclad hills, huge and
broken bluffs and fragmentary boulders en-
circle its shores.
| SAGAIAHoC.
| George aged years. son of William Nc
! Neil, of Bath. while playing near Soule's
ship ward Saturday noon, was injured to such
degree by cart body falling upon him,
that he died in few hours.
WASHINGTON.
Last week the six year old daughter of Mr.
S S Pineo of Milltown, was found in her
uncle's well, where she had fallen few mo-
meuts before in attempting to get drink with
a cup. She clung to the projecting rocks at
the waters surface, until drawn up some
twenty i've feet in the well bucket and crme
out with only one slight cut.
| frankie Palmer. young man at Kezar
| Fall met with a serious accident Saturday,
! the llth, inst He was coming from Bald
win depot on horse team. He had been
down With load of bobbins, and on his way
he observed there was a hook on one side of
his load with the point turned upwards. He
tried to pull it out, but could not succeed in
doing so. After unloading he fergot to put
the hook in proper position, and when
| about a mile from keZar Falls he stopped his
team to get off to uncheck his horses to wa
ter them and he thinks he caught one of his
| feet in the bend of the hook. which tripped
him and he tell. The sharp point of it passed
through the side of his right foot and held
him fast He was hanging over one of the
wheels with his head on the ground /; could
neither get up nor down. but managed tc
| support himself a little with his hands For.
iunaiely there was another team only a few
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