Daily Kennebec journal., 1885-04-22
State News.
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and washed away. The deck ventilator
was also washed away; the saloon skylight,
the upper bridge and rails were also stove
The vessel sustained other slight damage
The spring term of Bridgton Academy
closed Thursday evening. April 10th, with
the following entertainment: drama and a
farce entitled respectively "Worth a Strug-
gle" and ''The two Puddifoots-; also min
strels. Music was furnished hy the school
orchestra. The attendance was large AID the
receipts will be used for the library and gym
nasium. At the close of the farce the princi-
pal announced the names of the two to whom
the prizes had been awarded at the Junior
prize defamation exercises, which took place
two weeks before The first prize, a Web
ster's unabridged dictionary, was awarded to
Byron Nj. Small of West Sumner; the second,
Shakespeare's complete works, to Mamie L.
Wilson of Naples. This has been a very
successful term. The attendance has been
unusually large, reaching l53. The next
term begins Tuesday, April 2sth, and contin-
ues twelve weeks.
kENNEBEC.
William Lewis and wife of Oakland cele-
brated their golden wedding at their home
Thursday. About 40 relatives and friends
assembled, bringing many appropriate pres
ents.
PIscATAoUIs.
Messrs. Henessey & Angley are now re-
rigging the schooners Gertrude and Abby
Willard at Bangor. The repairs on each of
these vessels are expected to be finished very
soon.
The steamer Bon Ton was launched at Ban
gor Monday afternoon and began her regular
trips Tuesday.
Two Prince Edward Island men at Bangor
were having friendly bout at catch-as-catch-
can Monday noon, when ene of the coptes-
tants named Thomas Hayes, accidentally
broke his leg near the ankle, which will dis
able him for the spring work.
SAGADAHoc.
While Mr.. Jeremiah Mclaughlin was
climbing over freight train at the Water
street crossing in Bath, Monday. the train
started up just as he had placed his left foot
| on the shackle between two ears. The cars
closing up pinned his foot between the ends
of the two ''drawbars." Below the instep
the foot was crushed in an almost shapeless
mass.
WASHINGTON.
On Saturday daughter of Gilbert Cum
mings of North Lubec while playing with a
bonfire was burned to death. Age ii years
YORK.
John II. Gordon, on Sunday, visited his
old homestead. the Bemls farm, about half
way between the Hollis and Kennebunkport
roads. in Biddeford, which had been unten-
anted for some time While in the family
grave lot he discovered unmistakable signs
that the grave of child, Cyrus j. Gordon,
aged IL years. who had been buried some Is
years, had been disturbed. On digging up
the grave ii was found that the coffin had
been broken to pieces. and parts of the re-
mains were strewn around on the outside in
such way as to make it impossible to tell
whether any were missing or not. No mo-
tive for the crime can be assigned. The af-
fair has caused considerable excitement in
that vicinity.
Our correspondent writes that the prospect
for business in Springvale during the summer
is not encouraging The shoe shops are run
ming on about half time, says the Portland
Press.
About ten acres of grass land on Bidde-
ford Heights, owned by Mr.. Benz Clifford,
were burned over Sunday. His orchard was
greatly injured. The flames at one time ap-
preached dangerously near buildings in the
vicinity, and the steam fire engine, Eben
Simpson, was employed and extiDgushed the
fire.
The county commissioners are talking of
hiring Saco Jail for the accommodation of the
county prisoners. The number of cells at the
Alfred Jail are not sufficient to accommodate
the large number of those sent up from Bid
deford and Saco for simple drunks, and the ex-
pense to the county for each prisoner, for
transportation. is S4 80. Should the Saco
Jail be secured it would be only 62 cents
b,a ;,,t tba h.; L
bunkport is now very brisk, and there is
prospect for more tasty, convenient and
pleasant tenements. Cartley Lords new resi-
dence on Summer street will be finished by
the middle of May. The total cost of the
place will not be less than 100000 There
is nothing else in York county that can COM
pare with this elegent residence. J. II. Otis
also has fine house on Storer street which
is nearly finished. Edmund Warren and
Asa Richardson have begun the erection of
two tenement houses, and Geo. T.
Jones and Dana Richardson have purchased
lots on Brown street for the erection of
two tenements. Contracts are being made
for four houses on the Sanford road DIR.
F. NJ Ross has tenement nearly completed
il the village, and two new houses are being
started on Pleasant street.
Rev. T. p Adams is closing a successful
past0rate OF tnree years Win the Methodist
society at Kennebunk. The revival interest
that commenced during the winter, is still
continuing. Last Friday evening the place
of meeting had to be changed from the vestry
to the church, and even that was not large
enough to accommodate the people that
came. although the aises were filed with
settees and the standing room was all occu-
pied. Many have experienced change of
heart during the past months.
AT LARGE.
One million, one hundred thousand feet of
logs will come out of the Little Ossipee this
spring.
1t is reported by the fish commissioner that
short time ago there we're twenty-eight fac
tories on the coast, where understood lob
sters were continually caught. These places
are now being closely watched, and the gull
ty persons, if caught, will receive the full
penalty of the law.
One of the new Maine Central engines ar
rived at Bangor from Waterville on the
freight train Monday on its trial trip. The
locomotive is a beauty and was greatly ad-
mired bv the engineers there.