Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-15
State News.


SSAoEhLASDs
new society called the Cleveland Scien.
tlnc Soclety has just been formed at Bowdoiu
Honege Tor the purpose of prosecuting to q
oet,er advantage scientific studies There
VII De meeting once every three weeks on
oa1oioay evenings. At these meetings there
VIII be exercises of scientific nature az
the faculty belonging are Profs. Lee and
Robinson and Tutors Lathem and Hutchinss.
Mr.. James Hulet and his wife of New
gloucester, celebrated the 5Oth anniversary
OF their marriage Tuesday, the 9th dav ri
march. TWAS an occasion of much interes,
and pleasure.
The Salvation Army has departed from
BoothDay.
David Huston, while driving down Dam.
arlscotta FOND Tuesday. broke through the
ice ana would have lost his horse but for the
timely assistance of g woman, who, seeing
us prenlcament from the shore, rushed down
with rope, and with the assistance of some
men who had collected in the meantime pulled
the animal ashore. MIR. Huston lost part of
his load of produce.
report from Boothbay saws: The ground
IS bare here and no winter for years has af.
ioroed so little sleighing as the present. II
Is strange contrast with other sections of
Maine.
lot of men were sitting around the stove
IN humford store, the other evening, SAYS
the Norway Advertiser when, the fire getting
low. the proprietor threw in about half pint
OF Kerosene to start it up, leaving the stove
door open. An explosion followed knocking
over several men and setting paper wall on
nre. The conclusion knocked down a num-
Der OF articles in the store, including a mum.
Der OF bottles of different articles, which
were smashed
P1sCATAoUIs.
MIR. William Gray, gentleman about 50
years OF age, who has lived about a mile from
Gilman's Corner in Sangerville, for several
years, committed suicide in his room BY cut
ting his throat with razor, a little after
noon on Saturday, March g. His daughter
was at neighbours the most of the afternoon
and 1t was not until towards night that the
deed was discovered. The deceased was
found lying upon his face on the bed and he
was cold and stiff Mr.. GRAY has not been
right mentally for number of years, and has
been at the asylum twice; the last time he
was there he jumped out of window and
escaped. -EaStean State.
WASHINGTON
The Calais city government has finally de-
clded the water works question by accepting
proposition to build the works. The com
pany Is to place eighty hydrants for fire pro-
lection and to furnish all necessary water for
CITY purposes for the sum of three thousand
dollars per year. This sum about EQUALS the
cost of the present fire department, and the
yearly building and improvement of reser-
volrs. The present steamer will be sold at
the first opportunity Immediately after the
works are in operation, says the st. Croix
Courier.
The contractors for the water works are a
Gardiner Company comprising Wm E.
Gould, Weston Lewis and J. S. Maxey.
fishing smack landed 1000 lbs. of cod
at Spear & Primes market in Eastport, one
day last week, which were taken in the bay
in three tides fishing.
The report of the town of Lubec for the
year 1856 will make a very credtable
showing. The bonded debt has been reduced
81, 700 in three years and interest on bonds
reduced from $500 annually to SO. 80.
A young man by the name Thomas Bos-
worth, of Pembroke, met with = serious ac-
cident last week while cunning, in company
with Webster Anthony. Bv the accidental
discharge of Anthony's gun, Bosworth re-
ceived dangerous wound in the leg. Mr..
Boswsrth seems to be singularlv unfortunate,
as he had hardly recovered from severe cut
on the same limb caused by falling upon a
glass bottle.
YORK.
Leonard F. Foss of Biddeford was arrested
Friday for theft of valise from II Mich.
OILS of Massachusetts over year ago. The
valise was found at Foss' house, together
with large collection of goods of various
sorts, supposed to have been stolen at differ
ent times.