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

her sback. A sailor BY the name of John
Otumas was caught in the sheet and hurled
down, breaking one of his legs, and tearing
the flesh terribly in several places.
Knox.
Fire Saturday afternoon destroyed the
house of the Daniel Hsskell estate, occupied
BY Chas. Nye, on Crescent street, Rockland.
There was no insurance.
Tuesday. the I'd inst. the large rock which
spanned the south end of the culvert or
bridge on Atlantic avenue, Camden. cracked
and fell, and was followed By heavy slide
of stone work and earth above it. 1t will
probably cost $500 to repair the damage.
The two days races at the Knox trotting
park, closed Saturday. The 2 IS class was
won BY Ira Woodbury's Hoosac. The free
for-all race was won by Haines' Nellie NJ.
LINCOLN.
The old house at Dsmariscotta Mills,
known as the Jake Waltze House." was TO-
tally destroyed by fire on Friday, the Sd inst.
The occupants had barely time TO make their
escape.
Gen. Cotton of Damariscotta Mills met
with curious accident the other day. He
had been killing crows with strychnine. placed
in his corn field, and in removing one of the
depredators which was not quite dead, he
got a blow from its beak on the back of one
hand, since which tine the hand has swollen
badly, making dangerous wound.
PESoBsCoT.
The first train of Barnum's circus going
from Ellsworth to Bangor, Saturday, broke a
coupling at Reeds Pond. The forward part
stopped and the hind part ran into it with
A cd nuhp "a
Woonsocket, R. had leg broken, and w.
C. Matthews of Washington, d. c., was in
jured quite badly. One horse was killed and
four cars were smashed.
house in Hampden owned by Henry
Packard and occupied by Capt. Stillman C.
Smith and Mrs. Whitney was burned Satur-
day. 1t was insured for 5000, which fully
covers the loss.
Quite fracas occurred at the lower end of
French street. Bangor, Saturday afternoon.
Two fellows named John Mcnamara and
John McTigh attempted to enter the house of
Richard Price to get some liquor, and were
forbidden to do so by Thomas Price, where
upon McTigh seized a club and struck at
Price. The latter got out of his wav, but
was at once struck in the back by an axe in
the hands of Mcnamara. Had the weapon
been sharp Price would have been killed,
As it was he was badly injured and the pysi-
clans think that the blow started one of his
ribs from its place. Both of his assailants
were arrested and taken to the police station.
PIsCATAoUIs.
French boy named Fred Lessaur, about
nine years old. fell into the river near the
Dover bridge, Friday afternoon, while pick
ing up drift wood and was drowned. His
body could not be found, although diigent
search was male.
SAGADAHoC.
The city hospital at Bath was destroyed by
fire Saturday morning. Supposed to have
been incendiary. Loss $1,000; no insurance.
The war against the liquor dealers in Bath
was opened Friday night. Several places
where liquor for some time has been almost
openly sold were visited by the police, and
large quantities of liquor were seized. 1t is
said that the raid was made because the deal
ers, after beg requested by the police not
to sell Friday evening or Saturday openly de-
fled the orders of the city authorities. The
temperance advocates are jubilant over the
action of the police, and now propose, it is
said, to inaugurate general warfare against
the saloons. The seizures are the first tina,
have been made in that city for nearly year
WALDO.
Mr.. Henry b. Heagan came weary near be.
ing crushed to death one day last week while
at work cutting a stone at Mt. Waldo. He
was at work in stone shed and had his rock
partly done, when MIR. Qugly made blast
in his quarry a short distance off. One stone
about the size of half bushel measure, struck
on the top Of the shed and crushed through
1t struck fleagan's rock and stove it into
fragments, Mr. Heagan barely escaped bv
stepping one side when he heard the report
of the blast.
WASHINGTON.
The celebration at Eastport was one of the
largest fer years.
| The engineer of the nine o'clock freight
| from the West at Biddeford Friday morning
while shifting the train from the main track
in the Boston & Maine yard to the track tina,
runs ito the Pepperell yard. lost control OF
the train, and the cars started and ran along
a side track at full speed. There is no bunteI
at the end of this track, and the rear cal
went off the iron. and the truck plowe ed
through the earth distance of a dozen fee
or more. The body of the car struck large
elm tree before it stopped, cutting nearly
through it, and leaving one of the truck.
canted over upon its side at an angle of about
45 degrees. Had the coupling that connected
it with the next car parted, the car would
have fallen upon its side.