Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-24
State News.
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David Dunn. of Poland, is an Ex-Governor
of Maine. 1t happened 10 this way: In
1913. Reuel Williams resigned his seat in the
Senate of the United States, and John Far
Held, Governor of the State, was chosen to
MI the vacancy. Edward Kavanagh was
PRESIDENT of the Senate and became act
Ing Governor. Virgil d. Paris was chosen
President of the Senate in his place. But
Mr. kavanazh was so i'll that he was unable
to be present when Hugh ]. Anderson was
inaugurated Governor in January, 1874. He
died few days later. Mr.. Paris was absent
in Washington. Mr. Dunn was speaker of
the House and acted as Governor for twenty
four hours prior to Mr.. Anderson's assump-
ton of the office. He is accordingly the old
est living Ex-Governor, says the Portland
Press.
| ARoosTooK.
| Mr.. George P. Huckins, Jr, of Pressure
Isle, young man twenty-one wears old, had
his hand terribly mangled in threshing ma
chine last Friday.
! One Young lady of Blaine asserted her
rights by calling upon the town clerk few
DAYS ago and requesting him to register her
intentions of marriage, according to the Her
aid.
In the case of S. ketchum and his son.
| VIA SNh "itu PpisOuiuS MIS- IldUSell COWS,
in Blaine. the Grand Jury failed to find a bill
and they were discharged, reports the Her
aid.
CUMBERLAND.
| Capt George Weber, of Cape Elizabeth,
while on recent trading trip to Boston, re-
ports losing by fire $3.50 in United States
treasury notes. He represents the money as
having been thrust into an old tea caddy and
1 hAn Tarff int eln ~
hiding place. Later on, forgetting to remove
the ca'dy, fire was built in the stove, BY
which the notes were reduced to cinders.
Samuel Warren, of Portland, has Masonic
chair that was part of the original furniture
of Portland Lodge of Free Masons, organ
lied in that city in 1863.
As Mr. Stephen Sanderson, from Roches-
N. H.. wife and son, were driving up from
the depot at Bridgton on a recent evening.
they, on account of the pitchy darkness,
failed to steer clear of the hay-scales bank at
the corner of the depot road and Main street,
and the boy was hurt. Mr.. Sanderson claims
that the town is liable for damages and will
commence an action against Bridgton if she
refuses to settle.
HANCOCK.
Alfred F. Adams, young man attending
the Castine High school, over-exerted him
self while playing football, so that his heart
stopped beating for short time. and he re-
manned unconscious for five hours. He re-
covered so as to be out the next day, accord
ing to correspondent of the Wing.
KNOX.
A new pOstoffice has been established at
Razorville. Knox county. (between Washing
ton and West Washington, says the Argus.
| SAGAnAHOC
The New England Shipbuilding Co. OF
Bath have two contracts for four-masted
schooners; one for Jacobs Phillips, of Taun-
ton, Mass, of 1900 tore. Dimensions,
length 200 feet. beam As feet, depth 20 feet.
The other for Capt Anderson of New York
Tonnage 1900; keel $50 feet, beam 40, depth
Is feet
SOMERSET.
The Skowhegan Reporter says: To ascer-
tain the views of our business men as to the
effect upon Skowhegan of railroad from
here to Greenvile, our reporter called upon
a number of them Wednesday and asked
them to express their views. The variety of
expressions showed the different ways in
which different men will look upon the same
thing. The majority of those seen were of
the opinion that the road would be dsad-
vantage to the business of the town, while a
minority were of the opinion that it would be
the making of the town and would have the
effect to make it a thriving inland city.
WASHINGTON.
Game Warden French made quite stir at
Peter Dana's Point the other day, by taking
from the village and shooting dog that he
had once found hunting deer, says the Calais
Times. The indians have employed legal
advice, and will now finally test the question
of their right to violate the State game laws.
They have sent for copy of the treaty, I'M
der which they claim freedom and immunity.
Mllbridge contains man who served dur
ing the war in the Maine Heavy Artillery,
who perhaps carried at one time more cold
lead and iron about him than any other man
could and live. saws the Mt. Desert Herald.
His name is Benjamin NJ. Cousins, and on
June Is, 1864, in an engagement with the
rebels. he received at ore vollev, seven bull.
lets, nine buckshot. and piece of railroad
bar, all of which he still survives, though in
delicate health.
| YORK.
The Postmaster General has ordered the
removal of the postoffice at York to the Har-
Dor, so called, a distance of three-quarters of
a mile from its former location. This change
was made to meet the demands of the cor
staptly increasing population and business of
that portion of the town.
Colonel Chas. f. Blunt recommends an ap-
preparation of S25 900 for improving York
harbor, so as to afford better shelter for YES
sells in easterly storms. The Improvement of
Wood Island harbor by building breakwaters
so as to afford more anchorage and harbor
room, is recommended at an estimated cost
| of S547, 900. For continuing the improve