Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-30
State News.
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STATE NoWA.
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The store and stock Of J. F. Lsmb.a 1t Liv-
ermore Falls vas damaged $500 BY Ore Tues
| dav morning.
Brown 4 Co.. on the cross canal, Lewiston,
either In BODY or limb. No chop Of its kind
in the United States gets out more or better
| work than this.
While w. B. Bunker, . plumber, was AT
| work, FRIDAY in lewiston. strange acct lent
occurred to him coupled with an csc ,pe Q,
| narrow that it made his hair rise. Mr.. Bum
ker was kneeling d .wn at work. Above
him an open scuttle led to the roof, where
| carpenters were at work. He didn't notice
| that he WAS directly beneath the scutte un-
til he heard furious whizz and felt blow
upon his neck thst partly stunned him. About
an inch from where his head had been was
broad-axe, the handle still vibrating with its
fall. The handle had struck his neck, and the
blade had just grszed his face. The axe had
fallen the long distance from the scultle
| above
F. A, Hale, of Lewiston. reports number
of entries already to his June trottiug meet
ing on the State Fair grounds.
The Lewiston Journal saws: The depart
ing Lucier Comedy Co was beset BY party
OF ro"ghs on the way To the train Satur lay
night. One of the troupe, named Harry
Woodbury., was in company with three of the
la,lie, of the troupe. Near the dark entrance
to the station one of the women was seized
fellow in a crowd Of half dnzen or so who
were lettering near by. all OF them partly in
toxicated made grab at the woman's ear
rings. She screamed and resisted. Wood
bury came to the Rescue. A hand-to-hand
fikht followed, in which Woodbury. beat OF
three of his assailants and caused the rest to
run. One or two passers helped him He
was struck once or twice in the face during
the fight and his tall hat was knock d in. He
had a bad bruise on one of his knuckles.
CUMBERLAND.
Mrs. Susan knight of Falmouth, fell from
a chair while cleaning house, Monday, and
broke wrist, b-sides bruisin9 herself badly.
Miscellaneous bows SIT fire to the grass and
underground on Graves hill. Por land. Sun.
day, and the n-ixhborina houses had a mar
row escape. z iite tract was burnt over,
and people had to turn out in considerable
numbers to save their property.
Officers Stevens and rra.her of Portland,
were putting the liquors they had seized Sat-
urdav night, on a cart. when Martin Fiaher-
~ tried to seize keg and to push Officer
Stevens out of the wav. As q result of the
scuftis which ensued, Stevens clapp.d the
handouts on Flsherty and took him, with the
liquor, to the station, AMI he will have t.
answer to the charge of interfering with an
officer.
Tuesday afternoon John Morrisey the man
arrestet Monday. charg ID with assaulting h,s
wife in Gray last Saturday, was brought be-
fore the municipal court in Portland. He
plead guilty to committing the assault, and
Judge G 'uli sentenced him to four months
imprisonment in the county Jail.
KENNEBEc.
Two oil portraits, one of the late Abner
Coburn, the other of G ,rdIner Colby, are b.,
ing painted bv A. II. Bckn-ll, an artist of
Boston, at cost of $500. Thpy are design
ed as memorials Of these gentlemen. who's. do
nations to Colby were 80 generous, and will
be placed in Memorial Hail.
OXFORD.
The Odd Fellows lodge of Denmark have
bought an addition to the lot donated by J
N. Smith. and proposes to erect a building
as soon as the ground is settled. The pro-
posed building is t, be sixtv feet in
length. The lodge is increasing its member.
ship and appears to be in very prosperous
condition.
As Partridge and Percival were at A. A.
Vests in Andover, Monday, Percival fell
down the Ladder on which he was at work to
the ground some twenty feet: the force of hi.
fall was broken by the presence of mind of
Partridge, who caught him in his arms.
Both were badly shaken up, but not seriously
hurt.
H. w. Ball is going to commence putting
in the foundation of the new church at West
Peru, in a few DAYS
Lucius Pomeroy, a son of A. A. PomerOv,
about IL pears old. left hi, fathers house in
Peru, during last Sunday night for parts I'M
known. and his father is quite anxious.
Merritt Parsons of Blu. kfield, lost his
horse by singular acci lent. One morning
last week he was leading him out when he
got away from him and plunged into the
chain fence of Mrs. Ingraham's gateway. and
got entangled so badly that he could not get
ur, rupturing blood vessel and breaking
his hip.
s. Taylor visited and sprung his taps on
his black cat or fisher line, near Buckfeld,
last Friday. He found large wild cat in one
trap, measuring from tip of nose to tip of
tail, "A inches; this one makes six taken the
present season.
PENoBscoT.
Mr.. Alex Ross of Oldtown. we'll known
railroad bridge builder, injured one of his
hands so severely some time ago,as to render
| amputation necessary, Tuesday.
Monday night as Joseph Mullen, of Old
town, was on his way hsme he was attacked
by Thomas Madden, the pugiist. Henry
Crennis and John Humphreys. After
severe struggle Mullen succeeded in getting
away. After a hard fight Madden and
Crennis were arrested, bnt Humghreys sue
ceeded in escaping This morning the two
prisoners we're brought before Trial Justice
Cushman and were each sentenced to the
county Jail for 80 days. and bound over in
the sum of $500 for their appearance at the
August (criminaD term of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court.
SAGADAHoC.
Tuesday forenoon, schooner Kate K. Morse
was launched from the yard of John G.
Morse, at Winnegance. She registers 735. O5
tons, and is l64 feet in length, 35 feet wide
and IS feet deep, and is owned by the builder
and others of this city.
WASHINGTON.
large business is done in Steuben this
season at lobster fishing. About so hands
are making preparations to engage in this
EMPLOYMENT which is TO be carried m, in