Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-09
State News.
ASDRoscoeers.

The quee- result of q dog fight on the pave
ment in front of the Manufacturers National
Bank in Lewiston, the other day, was the
immediate sale of the dog that licked. at
double the former market price.
The corporations at Lewiston ordered the
ice on the canal broken, last week. to prevent
the possible loss of life. The canals are
deep and cold The ice under which is the
swift current is always thinner than in still
places The corporations do well to keep
boys off the canal until there is no danger.
CUMBERLAND.
The Brunswick Telegraph understands
that operatives at the Denison box shop, who
went out few weeks ago, including pastors
and many satin workers. have been recalled
| TO the shop. The shop, however, is run un-
| der the nine hour rule. 1t 10 hoped that
work will be sufficient to keep the force busy
until the LIST of January. when there is an
annual shutdown for repairs, taking stock
| &c.
| Prominent gentlemen of Portland engaged
in the fish business have contracted with
David Clark of Kennebunkport to build fast
sailing steamer of 300 tons for the msckeral
and general fish business. The steamer will
be l40 feet long, and IL feet deep, with
beam 264 feet. Ii will have a capacity for
| fifty men and Is to be completed in season
for an early mackerel catch. The engine
and beiler are TO be built at the Portland
companys works.
One night recently, the family of Mr..
Rines, at Cash's Corner, were awakened by
the smell of smoke, which was found to pro-
coed from trunk with wooden cloth, which
had not been opened for a long time. The
cloth was all burned and several of the
floor boards were burned through. The fire
was no boubt due to spontaneous combustion,
says the Sentinel
Josiah Bracket of Otisfeld, one day last
week, returned from cunning excursion and
placed his loaded gun against a chair near
where his son sat reading. says the Oxford
Advertiser. The piece fell to the floor. ex-
ploding at the same time. the charge passing
the lads head near enough to SINCE his hair
and completely demolish one window.
FRANKLIN.
Thur sdav, Dec. 4th, Eugene Simmons of
Kingfeld, lost yoke of years old steers
in singular way, according to the Franklin
Journal. They were yoked and turned out,
thinking they would run more peaceably so.
They went to a spring to drink, pitched on
their heads and drowned. They had not been
out of sight over half an hour when he
found them stone dead. There was only
about six inches of water, but two feet of
mud in the spring.
HANCOCK.
Advices from Gonaives, West Indies, of
Nov. 20, state that Captain George w. Rum
mil of fremont, Maine. late master of the
schooner c. H. Macomber of Boston, died on
the passage from Wilmington, N. c. He
! was an excellent man of about 30 years of
age, and unmarried.
The Mount Desert Herald says: One day
last week Edwin T. NJ. Richardson of the
Sound. shot dog which he found chasing a,
deer, IN the vicinity of Northeast Harbor.
The owner of the dog with another man
soon put in an appearance, and set upon
young Richardson, with threats to kill him
for shooting the dog. They not only took
his gun from him. but handled him pretty
roughly; and had it not been for the timely
interference of A. c. Fernald of Somesville,
who happened to be passing, it would have
resulted seriously.
KENNEBEC.
The scholars of the Dresden street Gram
mar school, Gardiner, will give an exhibition
Friday evening, Dec. 18th, in their school
room. There will be small admittance fee.
the proceeds to be employed in replenishing
the library.
The Rockland Opinion suggests that the
~ " olhSidis oVCuitu W nave ONtTlOOhSu lile
fact that the government no longer owns
Widows Island, on which it was proposed to
establish quarantine station. The island
was held by the government for many years
with view of placing a lighthouse there,
but last summer it sold at auction.
Messrs. A. f, Ames and NJ. A. Achord of
Rockland, were the purchasers and will prob
ably put either cottages or a hotel on the
island
LINCOLN
December ls,, the mail route from Damar-
iscotta Mills to No. Newcastle was extended
to South Jefferson, and Mr.. Calvin Tominson
who has been carrying the mail left the route,
and it will now be carried by MIR. Henry L.
Trask of jefferson.
A few days ago Edward Card of Dresden
while engaged in filling the walls of an ice
house, a: Cedar Grove, was precipitated more
than % feet by the giving way of the staging
, He was seriously hurt, but is doing well, SAYS
the News
Mrs. o. X. True and daughter Fannie of
Hope, left for England last week for a sew
eral months visit to Col. E. A True of
Liverpool.
PENoBscoT.
three yesr-old colt belonging to BENJAMIN
Friend of Etna, and a fve-year- one
belonging to Mr.. Lsdd of Massachusetts,.
were killed by the train Tuesday evening of
last week, on the pile bridge near the Burnett
crossing.
Prof. w. w. Allen. graduate Of Dart
mouth College, is teaching the Dexter High
School.
Mr.. Robertson, the father of r A.
Robertson. who was Thursday bound over in
the sum of $1,000 for the attempted safe
| burglary saws that his snn hos hoop &c