Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-30
state News.
CUMBERLAND.

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Mr.. Frank Hammond of Ferry Village
conductor on the Boston & Maine railroad
was badly crushed while making up train
/ in the yard of the company at Boston on
Monday of last week. There is little hope OF
his recovery, says the Cape Elizabeth Senti-
mel.
Nellie Morse of O,isield. was recently
wounded in the neck bv the accidently dis
charge of his gun. The shot went very near
the jugular vein and could not be removed.
He is now out of danger.
There are at this time nine vessels loading
in Portland for River La Platte, South Amer
lea. These vessels are all American except
three and will carry in the aggregate 1000
600 feet of lumber. To load these vessels
not fewer than sixty men are employed. An
important feature of this business TO Portland
is the fact that much of this lumber is now
coming forward To this port over the Portland
and Ogdensburg road, and shipments promise
to steadily increase as fast as the capacity of
that road will admit
kENNEBEc.
WOEkmen on the excava atoms for the Win
throp water works while digging near the
hotel Saturday, came across the SHELTON of
Child that to all appearances had been buried
a couple of years. The body was not entirely
decayed. A correspondent informs US that
no clue 10 Its origin has been offered OF can
De discovered. The body was found near the
old wooden water pipes that are being re-
placed by iron.
A strange case of abduction, in Nobleboro,
is reported by the Lincoln County News, as
follows: VIM. w. York's youngest child, a
little boy three years old, was kidnapped and
carried off recently. His father followed the
team, but did not succeed in stopping it.
brother of the little fellow met the team on
the road and forcbly took the boy and car
ried him home.
PENoBsCoT.
The enforcement of the prohibitory law is
being vigorously looked after by the commit
tee of twelve, writes a correspondent of the
Bangor Commercial. Within the past three
weeks, thirty places where the law was daily
violated, have been closed. and to-day there
is not place in Oldtown village, where liquor
can be openly sold. A town meeting will
be called to see what action the town will
take in raising money for police to rigidly
enforce the prohibitory law in Ol1town.
PIsCATAQUIs.
A fine granite quarry has been discovered
seven miles from Foxcroft village, which
works the best of any in the vicinity. The
Mayos are having large crew of men at
work uuder the charge of Mr.. Lunt, an ex-
perienced stone worker. He says this quarry
is inexhaustable and very easy to work. This
is what has been very much needed.
SOMERSET.
A case of alleged incendiarism has caused
much excitement in Pittstield. The Adver-
tiser has the following: Two weeks ago last
Monday evening the house of Thomas j.
Wright was discovered on fire. When the
fire was first discovered in this village the
flames were plainly seen and the ell of the
house had the appearance of being complete
ly enveloped by fire. BY the time the engine
arrived it had died down somewhat and was
easily put out by the crowd with pals of
water. The fire started in the attic of the
ell, and burned through the roof in some
places but the damage by fire was compare
lively small. The fact that the buildings
were fully insured and that the fire burned
briskly at first caused the belief to arise
in many minds that kerosene had been apread
on the roof and the house set on fire for the
purpose of detrauding the insurance company.
This belief was greatly emphasized when the
house was Dissolved to be again on fire on the
following Saturday morning. This time the
fire started in the attic of the main part of
the house but willing hands extingushed it
before it had gained much headway. On
this occasion kerosene was found on the attic
floor and the beams. T. j. Wright, the own
er of the kouse, was arrested and brought be-
fore Justice Moses Maxfield, Monday, charg,
ed with having set fire to it, but the warrant
being defective, he was discharged. On
Tuesday Mrs. Miriam J. Wright, his mother.
was arrested on complaint of +. S. Dexter,
Esq, on suspicion that she had set the fire to
detraud the insurance company and she was
brought before Justice Maxfield on that day.
John Frazier, a seamster, belonging in Bel
fast, had fit while on his team FRIDAY after
noon and pitched forward from his seat, but
his feet becoming entangled, hung with his
head between the thills and wheel, striking
against each spoke as the wheel revolved.
He was dragged two rods in this position be-
fore the horse could be stopped. He was
bruised about the head, but will soon recover,
as his injuries are more painful than danger
ons. He has been subjects to fits for several
years, and has fallen from his team before
while suffering from them, but has heretofore
escaped injury.
Professor Robert Odum. of Washington,