Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-25
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State News.
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both legs cut Oh at Actondale. Canada, Tues
day night. is now lying in q critical condition
At the Montreal General Hospitel. He is a
Lewiston man, married, and about s5 years
of age. Some ten years since he lost all the
fingers of his right hand in the Picker of
the Hill mill. His parents state that he had
gone on trip to visit his grandfather, Who
resides near Montreal.
ARoosrooK.
The ice left the Aroostook river on the
9th, about two weeks earlier than in former
year,
CUMBERLAND.
Work is rapidly progressing on the new
Grand Army building at Long Island.
A man is going the rounds of Portland
raising money on false pretenses. He is
gentlemanly in appearance and address. He
first ascerrains what acauaintances, leading
citizens and business men possess. in Charles
ton, S. c. He then introduces himself to
his intended victim as a lawyer who has lost
his ticket from Halifax to Charleston, and
wishes to raise q loan which he will repay
when he reaches home.
The Dover papers tell of Portland man,
who neatly dressed, with his hair oiled, who
made his appearance at the citv clerks office
there the other day in company with q wo-
man and wanted to be married. He was
about to be accommodated when he nearly
paralyzed the officials by saying he wanted a
two months marriage. He said he had heard
that was the Law in New Hampshire. He had
had trouble with his first wife, from whom
he was separated, and felt little risky about
another experiment, and so he and the wo-
man with him had agreed to try the married
state for two months for a sample as it were
and then if they liked it they would order
some more. He was greatly surprised when
told that they did not do things that way in
New Hampshire, and went his way SORROW
fully. The Dover papers omit to give his
name. but say that he was a dealer in fruits
and small wares from Portland. Me.
KNOX.
Hurrican Granite Company has been award
ed the contract to furnish the granite for
Lubec Channel jetty. About 5000 tons of
granite will be required and work will be
commenced at once, The job will probably
be finished by the first of July.
James Nicholson. who killed his wife in
Boston Tuesday, is a native of Thomaston,
Me . where his parents reside. He is about
five feet ten inches in height, and some l6O
pounds weight, age 81 years. face clean shaw
ed, hair and eyes dark. Mrs. Nicholson had
contracted habit of drinking much more
than was good for her, fact which appeared
to worry her husband very much. Whether
or not thev had any serious quarrel on this
account does not appear. but. at all events.
last summer Nicholson, hoping to wean her
of her love for drink. sent her to his father S
house at Thomaston, where she remained fol
some weeks, coming back thoroughly resus
citatad in body, and as he had reason to be-
lie.e with firm resolve to let intoxicants
severely alone. Ere week had elapsed, she
is said to have returned to the cup
PENoBscor.
| Mr. Charles B. Grinnell of Exeter, Me-
died in that town on Monday of consumption
after a protracted illness. aged sc years,
months and 3 days. Mr.. Grinnell was 9
native of Exeter. his father having been one
of the pioneers in Telling the forests in tha
section of Penobscot county.
| A special to the Portland Argus from Ban
gor, dated April 23d says: The Penobscot
is steadily rising and the situation grow.
serious. At Kingman the track was so much
under water that trains from Bangor for st.
John could not get through Tuesday. and
had to return. A train this morning for the
Provinces went through with water up to the
cab floor. No freight trains since Monday
to or from the east. The great railway bridge
at Oreno is steadily giving way and none but
the lightest freight trains are allowed to pass
Passengers for the east will be transferred to-
night in carriages by another bridge.
To-day a bulk head at Reeds Pond gave
way. letting an immense body of water into
Union river, and it is expected it will sweep
away mills and briGges.
YORK.
John Earl of South Berwick. Me-, was ar
rested Tuesday at Dover, n. H., for setting
fire to the farm buildings of True Good
win recently, and sent to Alfred Jail Tuesday
night.
AT LARGE.
Labor trouble on the Grand Trunk has
been avoided by the employees along the road
in Canada accepting reduction of per
cent. in wages for six months. The first
offer of 10 per cent was peremptorily refused
and subsequently modified.
The Monson railroad which suspended for
few days on account of washout, resumed
the running Of regular trains on Tuesday,
the 22nd.
A. N. Conforth, dealer in general mer-
chandise, Pitts6eld. owes about $1,000, and
has assets of about 81 900.
Travel over the z. & n. A. division of the
Maine Central has been resumed. There are
numerous places along the line where the
track Is submerged, notably short distance
above kingnan and also just South Of that
town. The trains, however, passed these
points all right Wednesday and the day train
from St. John arrived in Bangor Wednesday
evening only about half Al hour late.
An enterprising Maine town has recently
erected new guide e-boards at every street corn
er II every town in the State should follow
this example it would save a great amount of
bother the coming summer. While riding,
to come to place where two roads diverge,
nothing to show where either leads, and no
house near, is at least, vexstion. A great
many, now in place. are so defaced that to
read them is about impossible.
The police court, civil session, in Lawrence
Mass. Tuesday, Daniel w Proctor. claim
ing to be an attorney belonging to the Missou-
ri bar, but for the past two years practicing
in the local courts. was bv request of the
members of the local bar. excluded by Judge
Harmon from further practice. 1t is only
three or four years ago that Proctor was dis
barred from practicing bef, the Maine
courts, for some underhand practices.
Mr.. P. NJ. Reed of Bath. wrote TO Sena-
tor in Washington-a friend of his-askiug
him to see if the Navy Department would
undertake anything for the rescue of the peo-
pie of the lost ship Rainier, and has received
a telegram from the Secretary of the Navy,
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