Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-24
State News.
AyDROsCoGGIy.

ASDROsCOGGIN.
Mr.. lothian johnson of Durham cole.
brated his l02d birthday last Moudsy. He i
still in good health and in possession of hi.
faculties. Of his eight children all but one
are now living.
An event of great interest took place at
Greene on Tuesdsv the 2lst inst, in the
placing in the Baptist halfry the frs, church
DELL that was ever 10 This town. TIE hell
weighs upwards OF 1000 p0nuds and xas
raised from the outside of the belfry, and
placed In position TIE first strokes Of the
bell were runr b. iir Isaiah c ,burn. amt
Col. Spfague, tsn 81 he piie>' inhabitants.
both OF whom were ur->ent 80 wars ago
~hen the Resent hens Of worship vas raised.
HASccc OK
Georee Birte-, you fellow living on an
island near Green. Landing. met With Sc
rlous accident. Sept. l4,h Wbue blasting
logs he carelessly put his face close down 10
the log thinking the fuse was not on fire
when it exploded. sending the fire and pow
der in his face. He will lose one eve and
possibly both. 1t mangled the flesh on his
arms and face badly.
PEN1Escor.
Sometime during Tuesday night bursIsrs
entered the house of George NJ. Fogg at
Veszie. through cellar window and pro-
Gee ded to ransack the entire lower bart of
the house, opening every closet and drawer
A purse containing twenty dollars, and a
gold ring worth about eight. were taken.
The Wing says that Samuel Higgins, the
jockey. who was thrown from the running
horse at the races during the New England
Fair, still lies in very critical condition at
the Aims House. to which place he was
moved after the accident, He is unconsci-
Gus most of the time and bis brain is no
doubt affected. The physicians hope that he
will recover.
Two years ago the attention of game
warden Allen of Bangor, was called to the
killing of several moose up on the West
Branch. OF course this was hard case to
handle, but Mr. Allen found conclusive evil
dence after much hard work, and then set
trap for his man. He heard shat it was a
Boston sportsman who came to Moosehead
every year about this time, and he therefore
procured a warrant for hs arrest and went
to kineO Tuesday of last week. As luck
would have it, his man was there ready to
leave on trip the next morning He was
arrested in bed, and placed the whole amount
of the fine, one hundred doll~r- for each
moose, and probable costs of r., uion in
the hands of the officer as sur, y I his
appearance for trial. He was then i. owed
10 continue the trip.
A day or two ago says the Commercial. a
dog belonging TO VIM. H. Dow of B,ngor,
bit the seven year old son of Mr.. b. F..
Hazelton, making a severe wound on his
arm. Proper medical aid was summoned
and the authorities ordered the dog either to
be removed from the city or killed. Mr.
liazelton has now sued the owner of the
vicious animal for $1,000 damages
The Maine Central is putting in a new
crossing siding at Oldtown.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Bartlett of Bangor are
making a tour of the State in novel manner.
Mr.. Bartlett goes on bicycle and his wife on
horseback
SAGADAHOC.
Fire, in the nigh wind of Tuesday even
ing, consumed a barn belonging to the estate
of Levi Mustard, at Bowdoinham. Herbert
Mariner looses its contents, harmful of hav
J p. & d. Plummer's pickle factory at
Bowd"nham, has about completed its stock
of cucumber pickles. The receipts have
ranged from two to six tons of cucumbe rs
per day. Farmers report this crop, at Sl.lO
per hundred, the most profitable of any of
their varied products and that the acreage
was largely increased this year in this and
adjoining towns.
WALDO
The Belfast soldiers monument fund
amounts to $1,000. 1t is hoped that enough
money will be raised to erect the monument
next year.
As Mrs. w. X. Morrison, of Belfast, and
her sister Miss Matte Pendleton, Of Sears
port, were driving through piece Of woods
in East Jefferson last week, two tramps made
an appearance and stopped their horse. By
prompt application of the whip to the horse
the ladies escaped
The Treasury Department has awarded the
contract to make the repairs and alterations
on Belfast custom house and post office to NJ.
c. Foster & Son of Waterville. The contract
price is Sl0,96l, and includes all the labor
and materials.
WASHINGTON.
Howard McCarty, aged six years, was
drowned in the mill pond at Whiting. Mon
day, Sept Goth, reports the Machas Union.
He WAS standing on the stone dam, fishing,
and tell in He was alone at the time, and
when found life was extinct.
About thirty conversions are reported as a
result of the Salvation ARMY meetings in
Whiting.