Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-06
state News.
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Mrs. NJ. ". Davis. No. 20 Canal street
Lewiston. was assaulted near her door or
Canal steeet, Friday 'evening, by a rough
who tried to seize her in his arms and tc
carry her of. She screamed, and bravely
struck him several blows in the face. The
ruffian dropped her and fed. Mrs. Davis ha.
complained to the police.
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The Aroostook County Cattle Show and
Fair will be held Oct. 2. in Linneus.
The Houltou Times says it is expected that
the publ.cafio of the katahdin Kalendar will
be resumed at Island Falls ere long, oy G.
II. Donham.
The fifth annual county convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
be held in Houl,on August 18th and 18th.
All members are requested TO be present
CUMBERLAND.
On Saturday. Mrs. Susan Lowe. who re.
sides near the Eastern railroad station in
Scsrboro, ordered some small children ont OF
Mr.. Geo. Arnold's field where they were
Deriving. Then while the children were
fleeing, Mrs. Lowe presented a revolver and
fired three shots presumably at them. This
is not the first time that Mrs. Lowe has re-
sorted to this method of frightening children
and IT seems hardly justitiable.
Levi T. Lincoln, of Portland. lief, his home
on Monday. He is over IS years old and is
partly deranged. The Boston Journal saws
he was found wandering around Maiden.
Mass. Monday night, by friends. He does
not remember anything since leaving home.
He was cared for by friends, and sent home
Tuesday afternoon.
The Supreme Court Tuesday morning
overruled the exceptions taken in the case OF
Thomas j. Libby, convicted of the murder OF
Lydia 4. Snow. Libby will be sentenced al
the next term of the Superior Court.
Tuesday son OF Officer Morse, of Port.
land, was whiting piece of wood, when his
knife slipped and cut deep cash four inches
in length in the boys knee. 1t was necessary
to take six stitches in attending to the
wound.
Mrs. Amos J. Dennis, a lady living neal
the Enfield depot. who discovered fire in
the roof of the wood shed there and gave the
alarm, thus saving the Maine Censral quite
an amount of property. has received from
General Manager Tucker pass over the
railroad for one year.
FRANKLIN.
Mr. Chester Greenwood, inventor ant
manufacturer of the Greenwood Ear Protec
tor, the making of which is rising industry,
has long needed increased facilities for hi.
increasing business. He now proposes
erecting in Pennington village a large brick
and granite mandatory, provided the lo
can be furnished, and he be exempted from
taxation for term of wears. Pennington.
business men were interesting themselves in
the matter, and meeting will soon be called
The location of this industry in Farm
ington village will be big boom for the
place.
KENNEBEC.
Yesterdays Boston Post says VIM. A
Steward, a man about 65 wears old aud claim.
ing to hill from Waferville, Me-, was tsker
care Of Sunday by the Lynn police as he gave
evidence of being insane. He believes tina
he is Secretary Endcott, and that he has in
vented mammoth fog horn. He was form
erly a clergyman.
The creditors of Steinberg Bros dry good,
dealers, Waterville, have been offered abou
40 cents on a dollar, but they do not seen
disposed to take less than 100 cents.
OXFORD
Thursday night, July 30th, burglars en-
tered the store of A. G Woodsum and at
tempted to blow up the safe. They drilled {
hole in the door of the safe and put in pow
der. and BY some means they did not succeed
in their undertaking. They took what none,
there was in the drawer, amounting to about
Sl2 They effected an entrance to the store
bv cutting the glass and reaching in and push
ing back the spring that held the window
As vet there is no clue to the perpetrators =
oxford Democrat.
PENoBsCoT.
Two schooners were recently sold in Ban
gor, one for 81 400 and the other for 5000
The prices were very low.
SAGADAHOC.
Philip Kingsbury shipped Saturday at Bath
with schooner Joseph NJ. HAYES" as cook.
The vessel started for sea, and when a few
miles below Bath, Kingsbury, who was or
the rail drawing some water fell or jumped
overheard. line was instantly thrown to
him, but he did not grasp it. as he easily
could have done, but swan ashore and came
to B 9TH The captain of the Hayes returned
after him and claims kingsbury deliberately
jumped overheard. A search was made fol
Kingsbury but he could not be found. He
left his clothes aboard the schooner. He had
obtained half his paw for his wife.
WALDO.
Barney c. Higgins. son of A. S. Higgins OF
Thorndike, was injured badly one day re-
Gently. He was going to the field with a
scythe when he fell, his right knee coming
across the edge of the scvthe, cutting into the
Joint and half severing the leg
w. II. Chandler, grocer, Belfast, has failed
He recently sold out to his son-in-law, and
claims to have been robbed since then of his
money, and now has no assets.
York.
Mr.. J. s. Bangs, of Ottawa, guest Of the
Old Orchard House, had very narrow es
cape from drowning yesterday. He went il
bathing about ll.30, with two of his friends
The surf ran very high, and in some way Mr.
Bangs was carried out, and at the same time
as he SAYS, lost consciousness. His friend:
were able to reach him. but were themselves
so exhausted. that upon reaching the shore
they were Obliged to rest before carrying Mr.
Bangs, whom they feared was dead, to the
bath house. Dr. Crandall saw the occurrence
and fastened to their assistance. He WORKED
over the unconscious man between two anC
three hours. AMI finally resuscitated him
The DR.. SAYS Mr.. Bangs was pulseless ant
there was only the fsintest indication Of
heart beat. Although greatly shaken BY tn
shock, Mr. Bangs is about as usual.