Dec 20, 1881 Machias Union (Washington Co. Maine)
Date:	98-02-01 05:06:47 EST
From:	ctyankee@BIGFOOT.COM (Kenneth A. Dill)

Drowning Accident

About 8 o'clock Tuesday evening George Mitchell, of Harrington, while
trying to clear away an anchor on board the schooner Jane H. Crowley, of
Machias, off Cape Elizabeth, lost his balance and fell overboard. As the
man could not swim and the night very dark, it was impossible to save
him, though the captain, A.L. Cotton, spared no exertions to that end.
The sch was from New York bound for Calais.

                          Local and Miscellaneous Items

Col. John W. Forney died at Philadelphia Dec 9 aged 64. He was well as
usual two days previous to his death.

Louis Ketcham, an Oldtown Indian, lately killed a bear on Machias river
and took it to Bangor. The carcass weighed 140 lbs.

Mr. Charles E. Soule Jr., died at Morrisana, NY, Nov 19 aged 30 years.
He leaves a widow, a daughter (Jessie) of the late S.A. Morse Jr. of
Machias.

The town of Lamoine has several aged people. Hazen Whittaker, aged 90;
Benj. Huckins, 84; Francis DesIsle, 80 and Mrs. Lydia Gilpatrick, 82;
all hale and smart and show but little infirmities of years.

Cyrus Elsmore, one of his sons and another man fell through the ice in
Hadley's Lake evening of Dec 14 and had a hard scrabble to get out. They
had crossed the same place in the early part of the day.

Mrs. Margaret Dickey, widow of the late Wm. Dickey, of Monroe, died Dec
2d, at the age of 91 years. Mrs. Dickey was the oldest person in town.
Her son died at Rockland on the same day and hour.

James Hinckly, ten years old, skated into a hole in the ice at Baring,
Me., Dec 12 and was drowned.

Asa Russel, of Brighton, died Nov.[paper says 80 bit I think it should
be 30 ken], at the ripe age of 89 years. He settled in that town over 64
years ago. He has reared twelve children and seen them all married and
settled in life.

MARRIED In Salem, Mass., Dec 4, 1640, John Marston and Miss Alice Elden
both of Ormsby, Norfolk Co., England. This was the first marriage of the
Marston name in New England.

                                Married

In East Machias, Dec 10, by J.C. Talbot, Esq., Frank F. Lovett of
Harrington and Miss Susie S. Cole of E.M.; Dec 15, by D.S. Johnson Esq.,
Henry S. Beverly of Calais and Miss Laura A. Andrews of E.M.
In Milbridge, Dec 10, by Rev E.L. Walbridge, Fenning F. Wallace and Mrs.
Priscilla Wallace, both of M.
In Lubec, Dec 4, by N.W. Marston, Esq., Samuel A. Marston and Miss Alice
W., daughter of Warren Small, all of Lubec.
In Pembroke, Dec 3, by H.S. Bridges Esq., Bernard Rogers Esq. of
Pembroke and Miss Almeda Cullin of Robbinston.
In Robbinston, Nov 19, by Rev Mr Turner, Jeremiah Taylor of Eastport and
Miss Hesekial Tucker of R.
In Winter Harbor, Dec 3, Capt. Nathan Hammond and Mrs. Martha C. Tracy,
both of W.H.
In Steuben, Dec 5, Wilber Giley of Tremont and Miss Emily S. Dyer of
Steuben.
In Milltown, Dec 7, Ernest D. Morrell of Calais and Miss Nellie Lord of
M.

                               Died

In Machias, Dec 17, Percie D., only son of Luther and Rebecca P. Stone,
aged 25 years, 11 months 22 days.
In Machias, Dec 9, John Aitchinson, aged 74 years.
In Whitneyville, Dec 11, Joseph, son of Daniel and Catherine Hurley,
aged 15 years 9 months.
In Cutler, Dec 6, Mary, widow of late Samuel Dennison, aged 89 years 5
months 12 days.



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