Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-31
State News.
DROPPED DEAD -THREATENING THE Po-
LIcE.-NARRow ESCAPE FROM HoRRI-
BILE DEATH.
ASDRoscoGGIy.

BILE DEATH.
ASDRoscoGGIS.
Nathan Auger. of Auburn. well known
and hiohly esteemed French Canadian citizen
dropped dead ST bis residence on Third
street. Wednesday. He had been we'll up to
the moment of his death. He was unload
ing hay at his barn when stricken. He fell
dead without warning. He was sixty eight
years of age.
CUMBERLAND.
The 26th quarterly convention of Reform
Clubs for Cumberland county. will be held at
East Raymond, August 10 and 20. Free en-
tertsinment for all.
KESSEBEc.
Colby University has bought of II. c. Bur-
leigh, Esq. of Vassslboro'. the old Briggs
house on College street, TO be used As
boarding house for the young lady students
attending the institute.
Bert Whitten, of Clinton. aged 10 years,
died Wednesday morning. He had the diph-
iberia and was thought TO be over it, being so
10 do some work His brothers rho slept
with him heard him breath hard. and called
his parents, but he died in few minutes.
Monday. Attic, son of Alton Richardson. of
Clinton, while puftiog a horse in the stable,
was kicked in the face. Ii was some time
before he came TO his senses. The wound
was dressed by nr. Brock and the boy is
doing well.
Friday evening Constable Orne visited the
establishment of A J. Small. of Rockland
and proceeded to institute a search for liquor
A crowd soon assembled, filling the saloon,
covering the sidewalk and blocking up the
street. Howrs, y ellis and threats of personal
violence to the constable ant his assistant
were freely uttered. SATURDAY. evening an
other raid was made upon A. j. SmalPs place
and another crowd collected. II was not as
boisterous and demonstrative as that of the
preceding day, but still was far from being
an orderly assemblage. Smothered threats
of violence and jeers were heard from all
sides. The police were present, however, and
kept the walk clear.
OXFORD
A. c. Hugo stabbed his wife in the cheek.
Saturday night, at the Fryeburg depot.
Last Friday Miss Nellie Gould, weaver
in the wooden mill, at Oxford, went out into
the dye house to wash before going home.
There is barrel of soap and water in the
dye house, in which the girls wash off the
dirt and grease of their looms, and then
rinse their hands in a big tank near by. few
feet back Of this barrel runs the belt which
operates the pump. Miss Gould caught her
dress in this belt and was thrown violently
to the floor. Her clothes were almost entire
ly torn of her BODY. Some men who were
near by caught hold of her and pulled her
away.
PENoBsCor.
Two Bangor citizens met with rather a
dangerous experience at Pushaw a day or tw
since. While out in boat fishing on the
lake they got becalmed and while waiting for
breeze, came very near being struck with
bullets fired from one of the islands where
some persons were probably engaging in rifle
practice.
There was a collision in Bangor harbor
Wednesday afternoon. The steamer Howell
had the schooner Minnehaha in tow and lille
passing the steamer PenObscot a line parted
and the tug lost control of the vessel and she
ran into the steamer Penobscot. The jib
boom of the schooner was broken and she
was otherwise damaged while only a small
portion of the hurricane deck railing of the
steamer was carried away.
YORK.
Tuesday forenoon Charles Fl. Prince, a
driver of one of J. G Weymouth's delivery
teams in Saco, met with an accident. He was
engaged in loading heavy box of pork into
a wagon at the Boston & Maine station in
Saco. and while standing in the cart the seat
was in some way struck and thrown upon the
horses back, causing him to start suddenly.
Mr.. Prince was thrown from the cart and
struck the ground with great force, injurng
one of his legs quite severely.
Joseph Langtord, of Biddeford, a noted
| II
Saturday afternoon, at the request of City
Marshal Harmon of BiCdeford. Langford is
wanted for the larceny If $40 week ago at
Biddeford. and for obtaining good, under
false pretences Friday he stole a gold
watch at Kenuebunk
Wednesday about ten o'clock in the fore
noon two Young men, one giving the name Of
/ Frank Chase, of Lynn. the other Tallys T.
| Douitt of Raverhill, Mass, were arrested by
| Constable Currer through the instrumental
ty of exChef of Police Whittier at Old Or
chard. charged with the larceny of ten dollars
IN money from a guest of one of the hotels
| there.
| Young man placed a huge cannon crack
er under the feet of companion in a place OF
business on Main street, Biddeford. Tuesday
evening, and touched lighted match to the
fuse The cracker exploded with report
! ike twenty FOUNDER, but the victim of the
joke never moved muscle. He simply
smiled Didn't it startle YOU 2" asked a
bystander. 'Stsrtle me Well. guess not
i belong to the Light Infantry. and it
would take more than that to move me-
The horse of Jeremiah Young. of York,
ran away Saturday afternoon, throwing his
neice, Bessie NJ Young. aged eight years.
out Bessie was instantly killed Young
was badly injured.
Ar LARGE.
Desiring to keep the sails of his windmill
constantly turning. wind or no wind, in order
to add picturesqueness to the landscape, a
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