The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-27
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BANGOR, May 26.-During thunder shower
In Vanceboro saturday evening lightning
struck the Coed Templars Hall directly over
the heads of three boyf. Lester Mitchell
was struck on the head, and the fuid passed
down his body through the foot tearing bis
clothes and shoes to pieces but not killing
him.: 1t also tore the shoes off a boy named
McGoldrieh and knocked the third senseless.
Caught i'm n belt.
In the Vanceboro wooden ware mill to-day q
hey named Pushor. 10 years old, was caught
In a belt and carried over the shaft, tearing
the flesh from his thighs. Tho wound is
I'll oughtn not fatal.
Damages by lightning i'm Washington
County.
CALAIS, May 26.-Reports from up river
state that very heavy thunder storm passed
over this section Saturday evening Ten men
ON raft of logs in Grand Lake were knocked
senseless, several being seriously burned. One
child was fatally hnrt and four others more or
less seriously injured while playing in an out
building which was struck and nearly DESTROY.
cd by lightning.
Scribner, the Kennebec County Murderer
Sent to ihe Insane Hospital.
THoMAsToN, May 26.-Warden Bean took
Jason P. Scribner, en- insane convict, from the
prison to the Insane Hospital at Augusta to-
day. Scribner, it will be remembered, MUIR
dered his child and nearly killed his wife and
another child in Kennebec county in 1879. He
has been insane ever since he was sent to pri-
sen and has been in close confinement thru
years. He has refused food for the past tw o
week.
Senators Hale and Frye Friendly to Mr..
Rlaine-A Boston Papers Error Cor
rected.
AUGUSTA, Msy 26.-The Kennebec Journal
of tomorrow morning will say:
The despatch which appears in Boston
paper of this morning reporting Senators Hale
and Frye as unfriendly to the nomination of
Mr.. Blaine does those gentlemen a great in
justice. We are authorized by Senator Hale
to say this report and all similar reports where
in he is quoted as being unfriendly to Mr..
Blaine are untrue in every particular. To nse
his exact language he says: 81 join you in
the feeling of Maine Republicans that Mr..
Blaine will he nominated at Chicago and
triumphantly elected" He will be at Chicago
as Mr. Blainees friend. Senator Frye is now
in Maine and is a. prominent member Of the
Maine delegation to Chicago. BE stated Satur-
day that he earnestly favored Mr.. Blaine's
nomination and, believes he would be. the
choice of the convention He had no question
of his election.
BEDDINGToN.
A new tannery of 40 watts, with a tanning
capacity of ten tons of leather per week, is to
be built at Beddington. Workmen are clear
ing the site, and portable sawmill will be set
up to get out the lumber. About twenty-five
.~,s1l fNv hal hail fr,xr a
yards.
Levi G. Maxfield of Casco appears to have
been under al unlucky star. At the age of
three years his clothes took fire, burning him
very badly and for long time his life was
despaired of, but he finally recovered, although
terribly SCARED about the body and arms. At
the age of five he was at play with an axe,
when it came off the handle and nearly cut
his nose OF, leaving an ugly scar. AT IL years
he fell into the mill.pond at Cooks mills, and
was taken ont for dead. AT the age Of Is he
sawed off his thumb of the left hand, at the
first joint. At 16 he fell from the beams of
the barn and was taken up for dead and lay
threesdays insensible. At the age of 10 he en-.
listed in Co C. 80 Me. VOL, Capt. Whitman
Sawyer, and served until the close of the war.
While in the service, he took the measles, bat
got home safe and sound. Then ne cut his
foot severing the main artery and nearly sever
ing the large bones of the foot. After this he
again went to work in the mills at Edes Falls
and Cooks Mills, and at different times has
sawed his hands six times but the last was
most serious OF any of the wounds as
nearly all the flesh and muscles Of the left
arm below the elbow were torn off, which re-
suited in the loss of the thumb and two fingers
and nearly impaired the use of the whole arm.
HALLowELL.
At the annual meeting of the South parish
Friday evening, the treasurer was authorized
to issue bonds for an amount not exceeding
$4,000, to raise funds for the completion of
the new church.
The house of William A. Fernald in Kittery
was entered on Friday night by burglars, who
cut window on the western side, passed
through the front entry and up the back stairs
to Mr.. Fernald's bed chamber. They CARED
off five 500 bills, 500 and IS gold piece.
sToNEHAM.
Mr.. Frank Moody while leading some colts
to pas lure was kicked by one o them, the
hoof striking him over the eye knocking him
insensible and cutting an ugly gssh. It was
thought at first that he was dead, but he soon
rallied and was carried home and physician
summoned who took several stitches in the
wound and pronounced his injuries not dan
gerous.