The Portland daily press., 1885-04-04
MAINE.
A YOUNG DAREDEVIL.
A Six -Kear-Old Boy ia n Gardiner school
Shoots "a Girl Aged Fourteen.

AOONO DAh hh-DkSV1Ls
A Six x-Kear-Old Boy in n Gardiner Sch osl
Shoots a Girl Aged Fourteen.
AUGUSTA, April "a shooting affair CO
Cured in a school located in Ward 6, Gardi
| ner, four miles from the city proper, Thursday
afternoon. The teacher was hearing reci.
tatiou when suddenly pistol shot rang
through the school room, and girl named
Lizzie Huntington screamed and held hel
haGd to the right side of her facs. A doctor
was summoned and he found that the bullet
had penetrated at the rear of the jaw on the
right side of the head, passed through the
| flesh of the cheek and lodged in the roof of the
mouth. from whence he extracted it, The
girl suffered much from the loss of blood but
will recover. Her age is IA years.
On investigation it was ascertained that the
pistol was fred by boy named W. Storer, six
years of age, also pupil at the school, aud il
is claimed that he aimed the weapon at Lizzie.
Attempt at Suicide.
Lydia Hammond, an invalid for many years,
who has resided in the family of John p
Wyman, builder iu this city, made des-
pirate attempt to commit suicide this fore
noop. She took Mr.. Wyman's razor, and,
climbing on 10 the hay in the top of the stable,
cat q fearful cash In her neck. When found
she was senseless from loss of blood, bat the
surgeons say there is a possibility OF her re
covery.
He Blew Out the Gas.
RooKLAND, April 3.--Horace W. Ash of
Steuben, sailor, blew out the gas in his room
at the Thorndike Hotel last night. The door
was broken open this morning and he was
found dead. His aged was about %.
"A Naughty Boy From Boston.
BANGOR, April 3.-Robert n. Dimmick, q
Boston young man, 81 years old, has been ar
rested and lodged in the lookup at Calais: 1t
is alleged against Dimmick that by false rep
resentation he secured from the post office
money letters belonging to Mrs. Toole, took
the money therefrom and appropriated it to
his own use. When arrested the young man
was on board a train en- route for Boston. He
has served five years in the Cape Eliza beth
rsform school.
The Agricultural Experiment. slati ON.
The board of managers of the State Agri-
cultural Experiment Station met at the Maine
State College today and voted to invite Prof.
W. FL. Jordan Of the Pennsylvania State
College to become director of the station The
board then adjourned to April 9th, When the
location of the station will be determined
upon.
The Calais Mayorally.
CALAIS, April 3.-George NJ. Hanson was
nominated for mayor by the Democrats to-
night. The vote Monday will stand vsry
cloae, with the chances slightly in favor OF
Hill, Republican.
Reductions on the Grand Trunk Railway.
MONTREAL, April 3.-The Grand Trunk
Railway Company has notified its Elm ployes
that all salaries of,over $1,000 will be cutsten
per cent, and all from $500 to $1,000 five per
cent
Existence Extended.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The Comptroller of
the Currency has extended the corporate ex-
existence of the Ssgadahock National Bank
of Bath, Me-, to April 7, 1905.
ATHENS.
n. d. Halsy's store was broken into re-
Gently and from $50 to $50 in goods stolen.
Mrs. Snsan Bunker, now in her 103d year,
rode to her granddaughter's, In Harmony,
distance of 10 miles, last Sunday, without IA
tigue.
AUGUSTA.
The Augusta Furniture Company ships two
carloads of furniture TO England this week.
State Librarian Hobbs has Just completed
box of public documents for Commissioner
Ham to carry with him to New Orleans, con-
sisting of statistics of the State Of Maine, in
dustrial, agricultural and financial, and reports
of the various departments and public institu.
tions of the State.
BANGOR.
There. were so cars on the four freight trains
which left Bangor Thursday noon going east
and west. This indicates rushing freight
business.
Few persons are aware of the large amount
OF money paid at Bangor to employees of the
Maine Central every month The pay day ia
the tenth Of each month and it requires from
$4,000 TO $4,000, and many months $4,000
to pay the men. Train hands running into
this city from the east and some of those from
the west are paid at the freight ofies in this
city.
CAMBRIDGE
The grist mill in this village was discovered
to be on fire last week. The fire was supposed
the basement. Mr.. Clark discovered it Just in
season to save it without serious damage,
cAsT1NE
The graduating exercises of the high school
occurred last week. There were six gradu-
ates.
GREENE.
Mr.. Charles Foss of Greene has horse that
was in the war of the rebellion with which he
has hauled his own wood for his fire and
yarded two hundred and twenty five cords
from the woods besides making several trips to
Lewiston and doing all of his other driving.
KENTs' HILL.
Thursday evening the students enjoyed 60
ciable in Sampson Hall chapel Music was
furnished by the philharmonic Cub under
the direction of Prof. W. +. Morse The even
ing seemed to be very pleasantly passed by all !.
The seniors of the different courses held q
joint meeting this week to make the necessary
arrangements for commencement. Committees
of music, printing, and arrangements were
chosen. Il. s. Merrill was elected poet.
A slight explosion occurred on Tuesday in
the chemical laboratory. The students of the
class were trying rather dangerous experiment
without the knowledge of the professor. One
lady was slightly injured and few pieces of
apparatus destroyed.
LEWISTON.
In the meeting OF the Salvation Army
Wednesday evening, Capt. Happy Jack was
obliged to come down and reason with gang
of peacebreakers near tbs door. Good people
say that the opening scenes of the service we're
| accompanied by rowdyism among the crowd
| such as have not before this been seen during
| their stay in Lewiston. The meeting was sus-
| pended for some time but afterwards order
was restored and the mesting went on.
MACHJAs.
Schooner M. B. Oakes, lying at Rim Bridge,
East Machias, was entered by burglars one
night last week, and all the provisions and
many other things belonging to the vessel
were carried off,