Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-12
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ham by the 4th of April next.
Mr.. N. r. Lougee, who has been for sew
eral years successful overseer in the Lewis
ton Mills, has resigned his position, and left
for Southern Kansas, which he intends here
after to make his residence.
Col. c. W. Lowell, Postmaster at New Or
leans, and United States Marshal Packard,
both Maine men, are among the numerous
Republican candidates for the United States
Senate from Louisiana.
A two story wooden building at Knightville,
Cape Elizabeth, occupied on the lower floor
as carriage shop, and in the second story as
a painters shop, was destroyed by fire about
o'clock last Thursday evening.
new bell has been hung in the steeple of
the Uniyersalist Church at Mechanic Falls,
the want of which has long been felt. The
Herald says it is fine, heavy bell, and the
tone promises to be excellent.
Application will be made to the Legislature
OF Maine, at its session, by the Androscoggin
Railroad Company, for authority to extend its
railroad from the town of Brunswick to tide
water in the city of Bath, and to connect the
same with the Knox and Lincoln Railroad.
man in York county recently sold off his
hay and stock and some land for $500, nearly
| all he possessed in the world, went down to
Biddetord for glorious drunk, fell among
the rum sharpers, and in one. week squan-
dered every cent of it.
The Observer says that a movement is on
foot and paper in circulation with many
! prominent citizens names annexed from both
places, to petition to the next Legislature,
for an act to incorporate the towns of Dover
| and Foxcroft.
| AT the annual meeting Of st. Adams COM
mandery of Knights Templar of Portland.
held Thursday, the following officers were
elected Charles M. Rice, Commander; VIM.
Ross, Jr., Generalissimo; Benz f. Andrews,
Captain General; VIM. o. Fox, Treasurer;
Franklin Sawyer, Recorder.
Last Tuesday some boys set fire to wood
in the cellar of a new brick school-house in
Brunswick. The fire was discovered and put
out before it had damaged the building much.
The next day the boys were arrested, and
had an examination before Judge Humphreys,
who reserved his decision until next Monday.
| The December term of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court for Knox County will commence
in Rockland on Tuesday of this week.-Judge
Tapley is to preside. The st. George man.
slaughter case will probably be tried this
term. One Attorney, who makes divorces q
speciality, is to enter forty divorce cases.
Hon. s. A. Patten and others, will petit
ton the next Legislature, for an act to in
corporate themselves into a company for the
manufacture of slate at Monson, to be known
as the Eureka Slate Company. The Piscata-
aquis Observer says a large number of men
are already constantly employed in these
quarries, where inexhaustible quantities of
the finest quality of slate is said to exist.
Belfast was settled one hundred years
ago, and the Journal says that the citizens of
that place propose to take suitable notice of
occasion. A committee chosen at a recent
meeting has correspondent with Hon. Joseph
Williamson, who has consented to deliver an
address on the 2lst or 22d inst, to which
other appropriate exercises will be added.
On Thursday the LIST inst, as the workmen
on the new school house in district No. 2,
town of Wells, were putting on the roof, one
of the beams being insuficiently supported
in the middle, broke, letting five men down
distance of fifteen feet on the sleepers be-
low. VIM. Rankin received injuries about
the head, Henry Clay had two teeth dis
lodged, and G. II. Rankin severely bruised.
The Herald says considerably stir was ere
ated in Mechanic Falls, one day recently, by
two traders trying to see which could sell kerr
! osene oil at the lowest figure. The price had
| stood for some days at 80 cents per gallon,
but the traders wanted to try each others
pluck, so they began to bid under each other
till they ran the article as low as 10 cents, at
which time men and boys were seen Fastening
to both stores to get their cans filled. The
effect of the mode was to drain both stores Of
the article.
| We see it stated that Gen. Nye, formerly
of Hallowell, but who is now agent of the
Dwight Company's Works at Chicopee, Mass,
recently engaged Drs. Dennison and Parker
to vaccinate the operatives in all the mills of
the Company, who needed it, at the Compa-
ny's expense. As they went into the mill No.
2, girl named Elizabeth Scott, who lately
came from st. Johns, N. b., was so fright
ened at the thought of being vaccina.ed that
she fell backwards, striking spindle, which
was driven into the base of the byain, killing
her almost instantly.
The Camden Herald says Talbot, Rust &
Gould have nearly completed at Rockport
new pile wharf, 200 feet long and As wide,
with two angles 100 feet each, with drop 80
feet long for the accommodation of steamboats,.
The other portion will be used for their ice
business. The foundation is 80 by 100 feet,
built of granite and rock, eighteen feet high
from low water, with band wall sixteen feet
high of rock. This foundation is to receive a
new ice house, and will adjoin their other
large ice houses. This wharf gives fifteen
feet of water at low tide. 1t will cost includ-
ing ice houses, $4,000. 1t is built by Mr..
Mark w. Robson of Belfast
correspondent of the Brunswick Tele-
graph objects to setting off Brunswick from
this County and annexing it to Sagadahoc.-
He is citizen of that town, and does not
think the taxes would be much lessened by
the change, especially since Sagadahoc has
got to build Jail and keep in repair the
Court House; whereas Cumberland has Jail
and Portland is bound to furnish Court rooms
for 999 years. The present county tax in
Cumberland is SLAB on $1,000. In Sagada-
hoe it is Sl.35 on $1,000. Moreover, in tho
last decade Cumberland increased her popu.
lation 6435, while Sagadahoc has lost $780,
Cumberland has property valuation of $4s,-
942,323, and has an outstanding bonded debt
of $4,000. Sagadahoc has valuation of
Sll, 04l $40, and bonded debt of S65, OOO.-
The valuation of Cumberland has increased
during the last ten years $l2,5sl ,2ss. The
" N mi IF hoe has \.