Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

serves to deepen the impression that
something must be done to restrain
the person subject to fits of idiocy in
the handling Of deadly weapons: A
young man named Smith, who lives
four or five miles out Ohio street, says
the Bangor News,was shot while hunt
| ing cartridges in the woods in that
vicinity. Thursday afternoon. He was
, accompanied by another young man;
\ a neighbor of his After they had been
| in the woods short time, they separated
starting off in different directions
While Smith was among the bushes,
his companion, who had arrived at
nearly the same point, noticed a rust
ling among the shrubbery and leaves
and upon looking more closely thought
he saw partridge on the ground, and
fired. He was greatly frightened when
he heard an cutlery. Rushing to the
spot he found that he had shot Smith,
the charge having entered both Of his
feet. Smiths wounds, although pain
full, are not considered serious, as
luckily the shot were small
Now some Of the Washington county
towns say they are not getting red in
the face over the excitement supposed
to attend the building of a railroad
through their midst
Some OF the wOuldbe sports Of East
port are pining for chance to wear a
striped suit and break stone in a Jail
yard. They broke and entered a stable
and got therefrom dog with which to
match another dog in fight and the
next morning the owner of the dog
found him torn and bleeding where the
bigger brutes than he left him.
Now some think musical festivals t.
boom in June would be better than
those we have had in October.
A Lewiston man unconsciously
scared some Of the Lewiston policemen
the other day. Under the desk of tn.
city treasurer is button which |
pressed gives an alarm in the police |
station. 1t began to ring the other |
day. The police sprang to arms and |
hastened up stairs expecting to NEE; |
Kelley on the way. When they got |
there 1t was found the visitor had his
foot accidentally on the button and
the perspiration on the brows of the
''fir.est" was wiped away with a sense
of relief.
There's more than slang in saying
the last Rigby races met with frost.
About all the apples appear to be
cider apples.
Bears are reported to be very plenty
in Oxford and Franklin counties A
West Weld farmer claims that the
tails of his steers have been bitten off
by bears. Bruin is likely to find OK
tail soup an expensive dish.
little 3-year-old miss of West
Franklin recently attended an enter
:ainment given by the Foresters When -.
supper was served and she had dis
cussed one bowl of oyster stew she
passed the dish for more stewed
Forester
1t has been claimed that Maine sar-
line packers, or a few of them. have
injured the industry for all by putting
| poor article on the market Accord
nSly a law was passed making re-
Iuirements as to the number of fish
amount of oil, etc, that should be used
The grand jury of Washington county
has found indictments against two
packers for not complying with this
aw. The packers, it is said, have en-
gagged the services of Ex-Governor
Cleaves and the case is to be fought
through to the law court In doing
his the public ought to get pretty =
lear insight into the mysteries of the
business and sardine eaters ought to
tote the desire on the part of some
,ody to have the Maine sardine equal
n merit to any on the market. Per-
laps the trial will help to raise the
,rice of our sardines.
legislature, Hon. B. F. Hamilton of
siddeford, declares that if he goes back
mother winter he will have law
'assed that no gunner who goes into
he Maine woods shall be allowed to
boot more than one man at a trip. He
kinks there is more need of fixing the =
init upon the number of dead men fl
han upon the number of dead deer. la
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