Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-02
State News.
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ANDROsCoGGIN.

ANDRosCoGGIN.
Travel over the horse railroad during June
is so far, much larger than it was last year.
The increase has been great in the past two
years, says the Lewiston Journal
Forty guests are now stopping at the Man
sion House. Poland Springs. 1t is expected
that the house will be filled by next Wednes-
day. A large party of guests arrived at the
Poland Spring House, Friday evening.
The position of agent of the Bates mills At
Lewiston, rendered vacant BY the resignation
of c l. Barker. ESQ.,, has been filled BY the
appointment of Henry L Pratt late of the
Stormont Manufacturing Company of Corn
we'll, Canada.
Four ladies rode from Livermore to North
Auburn on Ciough's stage line. Saturday
morning. whose ages were respectively 10.
76, 70 and so. They made a jolly party,
the driver says Clough remarks that there
is no keeping these Livermore girls at home
in pleasant weather
ARoosTooK.
man named Mcclellan, while handling a
revolver on Monday the 2Sth. at Mrs. Fitz
gerald's. near Houlton. received dangerous
wound the bullet entering the front abdomen
taking an obique course toward the left hip,
and lodging againt the bone. The doctor
probed successfully for the ball, which was
flattened by its contact with the bone. The
Pioneer reports the wounded man rapidly re-
covering.
CUMBERLAND.
man claiming to be Rev. +. c. H. Boyle
went to Portland lately claiming to be an
English cergymen and agent of the Msssa-
chusetts Total Abstinence Society. 1t is re-
ported that he stuck Gen. Nea. Dow, Rev.
DR.. Bashford and Others tor small sums of
money, and the Perry House for board. He
then went to ST. John, n. B., TO repeat the
game.
OXFORD
quantity of provisions were stolen from
the cellar of Mr.. Levi Phibrook of Gilead, a
few nights ago, says the Oxford Democrat.
PENoBscoT.
The Tarratine Club of Bangor, of hich
Hon Hannibal Hamlin is president, gave an
informal reception Monday afternoon TO ex-
Gov. Lucus Fsirchild of Wisconsin.
The town of Springfield is to celebrate on
the Fourth. Ii will be remembered that
the inhabitants only short time ago cleared
up the town debt and at that time planned the
grandest kind OF a celebration for Indepen-
dence Day, says the Bangor Wing.
SAGADAHoC.
During the hustle and confusion incident
to the arrival and unloading the circus trains
at Bath Tuesday morning, d mishap occurred
which delayed the early outward bound pas
senger train about one and a quarter hours.
As the train was shifting. from a side track
to the main track, engine No 20, owing to a
misplaced switch suddenly left the ends OF
the rail. She went of with such force as to
shift the forward truck frames from position,
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place it Owing to this mishap all of the cars
| of the circus were not ferried across the river
in tine for the parade.
Between the latter pare of Sunday night
and Tuesday morning. there was greater
rainfall than has before occurred during this
century in the same length OF time. Foul
and half inches were registered by Mr..
Hayden's rain guage, says the Bath Times.
An order was filled by Bath man fol
nine hundred and forty five pounds of meat
for Barnum's circus.
John j. Hardy, of Georgetown, last Satur
day trapped lobster which weighed Is;
pounds This large shell fish was carried tc
Bath, and exhibited by Mr.. Hardy.
WALDO.
Wednesday morning, James Curtis, o.
Monroe, committed suicide by hanging. HI
was sixty five years of age. He was thrown
from wagon some time ago and has since
been deranged at times. Two years ago he
attempted suicide, but was prevented.
WASHINGTON.
The owners of the Branch dyke at Colum
bia Falls, have large force employed in re
pairing the "break" made years ago, which
will necessitate the expenditure of about 500
reports the Machas Republican.
YORK.
Saturday forenoon little girl aged sever
wears, and two boys younger, children of Mr.
Leonard Allen of Wells, set on fire guam
tity of brush. The little girls clothe
caught fire, and in moment the child wa
enveloped in flames. Fortunately Mr.. Rufu
Williams was hoeing near by and hearing thu
screams of the child and Mrs Goodwin wh'
lived near, rushed to the child and tore of
her clothing and carried her home. Tit
childs body was severely burned. Her fac
and neck escaped being burned and hopes arr
entertained for her recovery.
Mate Wallace of the schooner Cora s. Van
glider, which was living at the wharves in Sa
co, set one of the deck hands, a Swede nance
John Johnson, at work at the pumps Monda,
afternoon. johnson worked until the pump
sucked and then quit. Ten minutes later
the mate tried the pumps, and finding water
in them, told johnson he had not done hi
work thoroughly. The latter said h
pumped until he could force no more waite
out, ~hereupon a war of words arose between
the two men, which waxed warm and termi
mated in fight. The mate struck johnson
in the face, cutting his lips and bruising thu
flesh about his eyes, and inflicting other in
luries. Later in the afternoon, at the insti
CATION of johnson, the mate was arrested or
civil process, and Thursday morning thu
matter was settled by the payment of $50.
Mrs. Murray, of South Berwick, over s!
years of age, dropped dead at the residence
of her niece Mrs. John Collins, Monday
morning She was in apparent good healti
Up to the time OF her death, which occurred
shortly after arising.