Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Five persons We're Killed and eight in
jured. Sunday, in a collision on the
Northern Railroad. outside the Paris,
France, terminus
Henry Carlson, Jr. aged 12 years,
broke through the thin ice while skating
on the Blackstone river in Millvllle.
Mass, Sunday, and was drowned. The
body was recovered short time after.
His mind weakened by i'll health. John
Kimball. aged 70 years, drove his wife
from their home at New Hampton, \.
H.. with a loaded shotgun, late Sunday
then returned TO the house and blew his
own head off He had been farmer
there was the past 20 years. a widow
and several children by a former wife
survive.
More than 100 fishermen are adrift on
an ice foe on Lake Peipus, from which
the water supply for st. Petersburg, Rus
STA, is drawn. AS all the lake steamers
have been laid up for the winter some
time will elapse before rescuing parties
can be organized and sent out to search
for the missing men. whose position is
consequently extremely perilous.
A fine set of farm buildings situated
in Bow, on the west bank of the Merit
mac river, opposite the village OF sun
cook, n H., owned by Walter Hartford
We're burned to the ground at $50 o'ciock
Saturday morning. They We're situated
beyond the reach of help. Several neal
of cattle, a large quantity of hay and
many farming tools We're also burned
| The loss is estimated at between $hoo'
and 5000
A new revolver record is announced
| by Secretary-Treasurer J. 3. crabtret
of the United States Revolver Assocla'
| ton, in which John > Dietz OF th'
/ Manhattan Revolver Club of New Yorf
! recently scored AIS points out of pos
sible 800. The record was made with u
shots at so yards. and is considered re
, markedly high. 1t was previously heie
! by DR.. /. r. Calkins of Springfield, Mass.
at 465, until raised few months ago u
ACT by J. f. German of San Francisco.
The shoe shop of the National Shoe
makers at Main and Mill streets III
Lewiston, which has been shut doWr
for y considerable time. has beer
leased to the Bartels & Thelen Co. o.
Chelsea, Mass, the closing of the dea
being announced, Saturday afternoon
The new firm will begin to line up the
machinery. next Tuesday morning
and expects to have the shop running
at its fun capacity within a shor'
time.
/ Announcement has heen made a
Portland that beginning Monday the
Boston & Maine will make one of thu
most drastic changes that has taker
place in the Worcester, Nashua &
| Portland division, so far as its freigh
| service is concerned. The orders, &C
c0rding to information received at
Portland call for the discontinuanct
of 20 trains a day. 10 in each direction
The through freight that has beef
maintained for years on this division
would be sent out over the Portland
divisions as far as possible.
Friday and Saturday We're grea
DAYS for cod fishermen along the low
er Kennebec. The fish also have beel
caught up the river, even above oil
Fert Popham and in such number
that every one who could get a boa
has been out. The fish have been o
good size, the best Of steak cod. Levi
Oliver of Popham Beach with han'
lines, caught more than $50 pounds
in few hours, Saturday morning. m
fishermen can only account for IN
presence Of the cod by the belief tina
smaller fish preceded them.