Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-02

HANCOCK.
R. Hamor Sons saw mill at Duckbrook
near Bar Harbor, was burned early Friday
morning. Cause unknown. Loss 5000
no insurance
dispatch dated Boston, May 80. says
Steamer 'sFrances" formerly of the Stonina
ton line. arrived Thursday night She vii
run beteen Annapolis, N s., Eastport anc
Sullivan, Maine. commencing neat Thursday
With the Shore Line at Sullivan
The exercises at the close of the presen
school year of the Eastern State Normal
School are a. follows: Sunday evening. June
l, baccalaureate address to the class of "a
by principal Woodbury.; Wednesday, exam
ination of the school: Wednesday evening,
address by Rev. A. w Moore of Lynn. Mass.
Thursday. examination and graduation o
class of 's3.
KEyyEBEc.
Mr.. S. Bates of Waterville has been en-
gagged to lay out q system of sewerage fol
the city of Hallowell.
Lyon. Bragg & Hubbard. of Oakland, have
dissolved co-partnership.
Knox.
Schooner Oregon. Shaw. Of and from
Rockland for New York, at Vineyard Haven
on Friday, had her cargo of lime on fire
She was sealed up and the fire probably ex
tinguished.
LINCOLN.
A dispatch dated Nav 80, from Boston
says: Schooner Eliza Jane. from Damaris
Gotta. Me while coming up the harbor Friday
afternoon ran upon Minot's Ledge, capsizec
and was dismasted. A tug went to her as
sistance and towed her to Boston. In the
confusion a sailor, name unknown, but be-
longing in Pembroke. Me-, was knocked
overheard and drowned.
Chas Hanscom of Oxford, was severely
cut in the wrist by the accidental handling OF
an axe in the hands of another person. He
il a brother of o. NJ. Hanscom of the Boston
police.
PESoBsCOT.
J. +. Fiske, of Boston, arrested Thursday
in Bangor, charged with embezzelment. was
bound over in the sum of $500. Bail was
procured.
Mrs. DIR. Thelbere, formerly Miss Lizzie
Burr of Brewer, graduated last week at the
Woman's Medical College of New York city.
Her essay was highly spoken of by medical
men in attendance at the exercises.
VIM. F. Blanding OF Bangor, editor of the
Industrial Journal, has been appointed by Gov.
Robie, Commissioner from the Fourth Con-
gressional District to the Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial exposition at New
Orleans. in place of S. o. Brown Of Dover,
resigned.
The Conley-Teemer race was pulled at
Pullman ILL.,, Friday, but for some unac-
countable reason the Associated Press neg
lected to telegraph an account of it. Teem-
tt,n
made is not known. This fact robs the race
of much Of its interest to Maine people.
SOMERSET.
The time for the anniversary exercises of
the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfeld, is
near at hand. The date of the graduating
excuses is June l9, while the other exercises
will occur earlier in the same week.
Recent rains have raised the Kennebec riv-
er. bringing down a large number of logs.
The Somerset boom in Fairfield has broken
repeatedly, and the logs are running through
without being checked. The Fairfield boom
below is filledto overlooking. large jam
of logs has formed at the head of the boom
fifteen million feet and piled thir-
ty feet high. The proprietors dare not break
the jam for fear it will go through in body
and sweep the river below of logs and booms.
L
son high up on the banks, making it expen.
sive driving for the lumberman.
WALDO.
A little boy some l3 years old, son of Mr.
Olmstead of Lowell. met his death the other
day in curious manner. He went out into
the pasture to get the horse as he had often
done. He got the bride on and mounted the
horse which started in the wrong direction
toward juniper tree under a low hanging
limb; on the side next to him was a short
stub about two inches long. with a branch
growing out on the other side directly oppo-
site. As he lowered his head to escape the
limb, the stub ran inside his shirt collar, the
back of his head being against the branch on
the other side. When the horse went ou
from under him, his BODY fell, breaking his
neck instantly. His father found him hang
bright little fellow and will be missed outside
of the family.
WASHINGTON.
Eastport and Calais shippers who lost
goods by the wrecked steamer City of Port
land. are organizing for the purpose of bring
ing suit ageinst the company.
The Eestport Sentinel reports that bear
are destroying sheep in large numbers ir
some parts of Washington county. At Cut
Ter bear is said to have entered barn-ysrC
AZ night and taken sheep out of the flock
Notwithstanding a lighted lantern and an ole
coat were hung upon pole in the center o.
the yard to frighteu him away.
YORK.
A large force of men are engaged in intro
ducing a system of sewerage at Old Orchard
Arrangements have been made for all del
egates aud others wishing to attend the dem
ocratic convention at Biddeford, June 10th
at 10 A. NJ.
AT LARGE.
A despatch dated Bangor, May 80, says
Thursday nights frost though quite heavy ,diC
little or no damage in this section. Snow
fell here at noon Friday. 1t is very cole
weather in the northern part of Maine.
was showing in Piscataquis and upper Penob
scot Thursday night, and on the morning.
train from the east the car roofs were whit,
and the platforms were covered with ice.
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