Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-12-03
State News.
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Il A10ACcNNtO4AN
Amos Hadley. Esq. formerly Of Lewiston,
but for some years past q clerk in the interior
Department az Washington, has recently beer
acting as chief clerk of the department Mr.,
Hadley has long been division chief, and
one of the most competent in the Interior
Department
| Willie B. Mosher, the Lewiston boy who
recently disappeared mysieriously. has been
found. He had been sleeping in q barn. and
could not account for his strange conduct
The Umbagog Pulp Co. made reduction
in wages of from to 10 per cent recently.
CUMBERLAND.
Another case of .'didnt know it was
loaded" occurred in Gorham. Thursday
morning the 27th. Mr.. Cyrus Abbott and Mr..
Fred Libby we're preparing 10 shoot skunk.
While MIR Abbott was cleaning his revolver,
Mr.. Libby picked up another one. and being
of an inquiring turn of mind. snapped il to
| see If il was loaded. 1t was, and the bullet
passed through the ball of Nr. Abbott's
thumb. The wound was dressed by physi-
clan. The injury is not q dangerous one,
though quite painful
Geo. Walker of webb's Mills, Casco,
committed suicide Thanksgiving Day, by
drow ming.
Edward Chandler of Brunswick, we'll
known in mu-ical circles, member of the
Chandler Quartette, and holding a lucrative
position at the Dennison Manufacturing Co.,
is soon to be nnited in marriage to Miss
Martha Colby of Topsham.
FRANKLIN.
Mr.. C. B. Russell of Pennington, was
severely injured. recently bv being thrown
from his carriage. His wife, who was with
him, was also somewhat hurt.
KESSEBEc.
Hon j. Warren Merrill has offered five
prizes of 500 each to the class entering
Colby University in 1885, for various degrees
of excellence.
Rev DR.. II. p. Torssy and wife of Kent's
Hill. have been spending a few days with
Prof. c. H. Fernald and wife of the Maine
State College. They are now visiting Mr..
r. S. Morrison in Bangor.
PENoBscor.
II is expected that the next meeting of the
Penobscot County Farmers club which occurs
the 18th inst, will be held at the new Grange
hall at OrringtOn Centre.
Messrs. Brown & Frye, of Pstten, recently
purchased fox hound. The first time they
used the dog he started fox which was shot
after he had run about twenty minutes.
Much to their surprise and pleasure the fox
was found to be black. The skin is worth
from $50 to 500
On Friday evening, Nov. 3Sth, forty or
more of the young people of Carmel village
surprised their pastor and his wife, by calling
on them at their home, and, after spending
an hour very pleasantly, expressed their kind
regards by presenting Mr.. and Mrs. Page an
elegant easy chair and a tea set
Mr.. Barrett has been commissioned post
master of Berry's Mills.
PIsCATAQUIs.
Mr.. George S. Cushiag of Lowell, Mass,
who has filled the positions of general mana
ger and treasurer of the Monson slate quar-
ries and Monson railroad for the past two
years has resigned. His position as general
manager will be filled bv George A. Mat
thews, Esq, of Msnson and as treasurer by
Mr. Kimball, a resident of Lowell
SAGADAHoC.
The lumber mill at Bowdoinham has shut
down for the winter after doing the largest
seasons work ever done at the mill. Barrel
heads will be made two months longer.
YORK.
The fishermen of Ogunquit suffered quite
loss of property in the recent storm. Nets
were lost and boats were torn adrift and
damaged
Mr.. c. Favet'e Staples of the Old Orchard
House, and Mrs. Mary A. S. Hudson. pro-
prietress of the Western House, Old Orchard,
was united in marriage at the residence of
the bridegroom, Thursday noon. Mrs.
Hudson, formerly resided in Portland, as the
wife of the late Joseph Hudson, where she
has many friends.
young son of Theodore Phillips of
Ogunquit caught the fore finger of the right
hand beneath a wood saw and had a norton
of it taken off