Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-16
State News.
FRIGHrFUL RUNAWAY ACcIDENT-AN INTEL
LIGEST ELEPHASI-NARRow ESCAPE FROM
DEATH.
ANDRoSCoGGIN.

on SduudAi> street. Lewiston,
Tuesday Mr.. Peter Field of Brunswick
together with his son. had the team of his
brother-in-lau, Policeman Benz. Fowles OF
that city. They were thrown out. painfully
injured snd the carriage was wrecked. Their
horse went rioting into the crowd, knocking
men. women and children. right and left.
The arm of Thomas Kelley, Lincoln street
boy, was broken. Benjamin Gilbert, OF
Greene. was severely cut about the head.
Other horses started and ran, but were
stopped.
The farm buildings of Jehn F. Edgecomb.
of Fox's Ridge, were burned last Thursday
morning. about O'Clock. Supposed TO be
the work of tramps as the fire was discovered
in the hay on the scafiold. Insured for $500.
ARoosrooK-
The Houlton Pioneer says: One of Bar
NUNS heaviest wagons was badly taken In
by the deep and deceptive mud on Willard
street, Saturday morning. After desperate
but futile attempts bv the drivers, "hsppy
thought" struck them. and one of the most
intelligent OF Barnum's elephants soon walked
to the scene of action, took in the situation
al g.snce. and placing his head against the
rear end of the wagon, casually ''histed' the
sunken craft to solid footing, then. with a
plaudts of several hundred spectators.
CUMBERLAND.
Monday afternoon one of the laroe iron
grew horses belonging to the Portland Horse
Railroad Co., was attacked with the blind
staggers on Pearl street while attached to a
car. The horse is large and powerful. and it
looked as if he would do good deal of dam
age before getting through. Charles Reer
was passing, and held the horse while he was
being removed from the car. The horse
plunged around the street in all directions,
scattering the crowd and frightening the men,
with the exception of Reer, who kept his
hold. Three times he threw the horse to the
ground, but could not hold him. Finally the
horse and man went down together, but the
man came out on top and, with assistance, sub
dued the animal.
Cumberland Mills, lost two fingers BY a lawn
mower. Friday, at the same village, Frank
Lewis accidentally broke his wrist.
Saturday, Herbert j. Lombard was arrest
ed in Portland, charged with having stolen a
lot of household goods from the house of
Mrs. Lewis, at Gorham, in April. He is
twenty-five years old and called hard char
acter.
A few nights ago, as Mrs. Lambert, wife
of the captain of the schooner Clara Leavitt,
lying at Browns wharf, Portland, was
going down the wharf to the vessel, she was
struck in the face by some coward, who was
evidently waiting for some other person.
During the severe thunder storm of Thurs
day afternoon, lightning struck an elm tree
at Pride's bridge, killing a COW that was
standing beneath it, belonging to Mr.. George
Hodgdon. fine barn which MIR. Samuel
Pride had just finished, was moved from its
foundation, and completely ruined.
Yesterday, while the workmen were en-
gagged in tearing down the LYMAN building in
Portland, large piece of timber fell into the
office of A. B. Stevenson. the ship chandler,
breaking the sash and glass. Some of the
glass was driven into Mr.. Stevenson's face,
bringing the blood A gentleman from Bos-
ton was standing back to the window. and the
timber just missed him by about four inches.
FRANKLIN.
Last Saturday night thieves made an en-
trance into the cellar of the farmhouse of
MIR John w. Randall, of No. Chesterville,
and stole about 100 pounds of nice pork.
This is the second time thi. season that Mr..
Randall's cellar has been entered. The first
time the robbers secured nearly 100 pounds
of pork, making nearly 200 pounds in all
stolen from him.
PENOBsCoT.
Proposals for dredging 40 600 cubic wards
in Bangor harbor. and 20, 900 cubic yards at
Moosabec bar at the entrance of Machias
bay were opened by Col. Blunt at the United
States engineers office in Portland Monday.
Boynton Bros, of Boston, bid 40 and As cts.
per yard: the Bay State Dredging Co of
Boston, 81 cents, and Moore & Wright. of
Portland, 36 and 80 cents. The contracts
were awarded to Moore & Wright.
The Eastern Maine State Fair Association
has one of the best trotting and exhibition
parks in New England. 1t is located at the
western end of the city of Bangor.
SAGApAHoc
A twelve year old miss. who is visiting at
Mr.. Geo. NJ Shephard's at Bath. while at
play on the street Saturday, was bitten quite
severely on the hand BY a dog belonging to
Albert Craven. The dog was shot
The Allaquippa House, Small Point, in
clu1ng the large lot of land, owned by the
Lowell heirs, of Bath, has been sold to sew
eral New York gentlemen, the price paid said
to be $4,000, and it will be converted into a
Grst-class watering place. The partie. maxi
ing the purchase of it are the Cogswells of
New York City.
The steamer Mary Lee is being raised.
She is already nearly to the surface of the
water.
A drunken row occurred in Bath, Sunday,
during which two men were quite severely
injured.
YORK.
Sunday afternoon a large wagon filled by
French people who bad been in search of
blueherrIes down in the woods near the beach.
was being driven up the Ross road. Bdde-
ford, and when near the home of Granville
Tarboy the rear seat of the wagon. upon
which were seated number of persons gave
way, letting the majority of its occupants
into the bottom Of the cart, but sending a
woman, in whose arms was a little child. out
onto the groud. The child was asleep and
was not even awakened hv the fall, but the
woman was severely injured.
lively fracas occurred at the upper end
of Main street Biddeford, near the Eastern
station, Tuesday afternoon, during which, in
order to enforce obedience on the part of the
husband. a woman was compelled to strike
him in the face. One OF the blows opened
his upper lip to such an extent as to require
the services Of surgeon with his tn cad and