Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-16
sac News.



AHDRoscoGaIs.
Mr. /. B. Harvey. workman ct the An.
eroscoegin mills. Lewiston. fell distasce Of
nfteen feet from ladder 1t the mill, Wed
nesday. He sustained . very severe fracture
OF the leg below the knee. and severe strain
OF the other leg. Other injuries are feared
wednesday forenoon, L. L. Burrill, agent
OF the Farnsworth Company, Of Lisbon, vas
assaulted BY Charles Bickford, and was lef,
unconscious, and received bad cuts about hii
face. Mr.. Burrills injuries will not prove
serious. The cause of the assault was trouble
about employing Bickford's family in the
mill.
CUMBERLAxD.
Capt. John F. Hughey of Long leland
While loading boat with salt II Custom
House wharf. Portland, clipped and fell over.
board In the fall be struck the side Of the
boat and was quite badly injured.
Charles Hafbrouck, Of Portland, in stepping
from the sidewalk, Tuesday, snapped . lies-
ment in the leg
George Macomber, who vas sentenced to
pay fine Of $40 and furnish bonds for a.
sault and battery upon Melville Clark,
skipped out on the day Of his trial. Macomber
went to SaccsrAppa, and from there went 70
Portland and took the bost back 70 Rockland.
There he was arrasted BY the sheriff On
Monday Constable Davis vent down and took
the prisoner to Ellsworth. It 10 probably
that after serving his time for the assuai,
case he will be kept handy for trial for
granddaughter, he being considered guilty
to the same extent that the others, recently
released from Penobscot county Jail, with
whom he was associated, we're.
KENNKBEc.
Mr.. Joshua Gray, Of Gardner, has made
= large purchase Of logs of Orrison Burrill,
of Fairfield. amounting to some 5000. 900
feet
Captain Conary, pilot of the steamer Mt.
buoy OF Otter Creek ledge. The govern
ment put the bell down Friday last.
Thirteen years ago, says the Courier-Ga.
zette, A. c. p. Willis of Rockland was blown
up while blasting rock in one of the quar-
ries. He was told by his medical advisers
that his eyesieht was entirely destroyed. Not
having given up all hope, however. he went
to Boston for surgical treatment last October
and was told there that he would ultimately
partially regain his sight. He is still con-
tinuing the prescribed treatment. Pieces of
rock and tamping clac as large as peas are
working out of his eyes constantly, and he is
confdant that he will regain his sight IN a
measure.
OXFORD.
The Oxford conference of Congregational
churches will meet with the Second Congre-
cation church at Bethel June I'd and Sd.
PENoBscoT.
A serious accident occurred at West Etns,
Saturday. A little six-year old son of Otis
C. Friend fell from an apple tree and receiv-
ed serious internal injuries. Hopes are en-
tertained for his recovery.
PIscATAoUIs.
The Piscataquis county commissioners on
Wednesday accepted the plan submitted by
G. M. Coombs, architect, of Lewiston, for
remOdelling the court house. Plans and
specifications will be at once made. Proba-
bly, the work will be done by contract
On Monday afternoon man named Frank
douglass went into Macombers barber shop
in Monson village, while intoxicated, and got
into an ARRAY with one of the proprietors. In
the melee Douglass fell into a glass show
case and his throat was badly cut. 1t il
feared he may not recover.
SAeADAHoc.
At the Orphans Home at Bath they have a
windmill costing $3.50 to run a three inch
pump in the new well recently bored through
one hundred and six feet Of solid granite and
eight feet of softer ledge, at a cost of $3.50.
The water is of the best quality and flows in
an abundant supply to within 20 feet of the
AMI fo NJ
its level more than 40 feet from the ground.
WASHINGTON.
Schooner VIM. M. Boardman of Calais,
Jas. M. Richardson, master, sailed from
Sagua, Cuba, Feb. 9Th, for Philadelphia,
since which time no word has been received
of vessel or crew, and all hope of their safety
has been abandoned.
Mr.. R. w. Tweed, who lives near East.
port while working on his farm recently un.
earthed an old Indian tomahawk. 1t was loi
stone and had evidently been in the ground
for many years, but the blade was in a good
state of preservation.
1t will be remembered that two men named
Knight and Parker broke Jail at Machias re.
Gently. One night last week they broke into
the store of Mr. Newton, at Grand Manan,
and carried off about S40O in goods and
money. On Friday night last thev stole a
horse and wagon from barn IN Edmunds
drove to Sips Bay in Perry and left the team.
Afterward they went to Pembroke and stole
another horse and wagon, drove it to Whiting,
and left it. On Sunday Deputy Sheriff
Pettingll of Pembroke, with a posse
of six men, went to the house OF
Charles Wheeler in Whiting, where
it was reported Knight and Parker were
secreted. Two men were found there, but
neither the sheriff nor any of his aids knew
Knight or Parker, and while the sheriff wa.
talking with Parker, who gave his name al
Brown, it was reported that Knight had gone
out of back window. The sheriff went il
pursuit of Knight and Parker started at the
same time and soon joined Knight When
little distance away from his would be captors
Knight raised gun and Parker pistol, ant
told them to come on. They did not go or
and the pair escaped.
York.
Saco is to have a new industry wooden
mat and buster factory-and it will be the
only one in Maine.
AT LARGE.
The Knights Templar of Maine have q
membership of 1.040; 80 were knighted the
past year. A charter has been granted for q
new commandry at Calais.
Many of the log drivers who are at the
head waters of the Kennebec are living idle,
waiting for rain, the streams being reported
as dry as in midsummer.
An exchange says MANS average life il
SO years DR., Bulls Cough Syrup will al
wavs live