Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-12-19

tells nothing but the naked truth when he
says that Charles NJ. Bailey of Winthrop. is
man who has the means and the heart to do
for others. Out of the hundred men he EN-.
ploys, to the forty married ones he gave each
fat turkey few days since-a fore-taste of
Christmas; also at his Branch Works al
Skowhegan, thirty more. He pays the en-
tire rent of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Hall.
Mr.. Henry Potter, truckman in this city,
seems to he particularly unfortunate in
horses. On Sunday morning last one of the
span he recently purchased Of Richards & Co.,
died. The horse was worth $500. This
is the third horse Mr.. Potter has lost this
season, and the total loss to him, in horses
and time cannot be short of 81 900. He is a
hard working man, and his neighbors are cir
cuating a subscription for him, to help make
up his loss.-[ Gardiner Reporter.
Smeltfshing has commenced on the Ken
nebec. Fifteen cents per dozen are the quo
tations.
There is no use denying the fact that the
small pox has effected Judgement in several
portions of the State, and it is tor the inter
est of the people to know it, that they may do
all that is possible to prevent its spread. A
SASuS icPOits diC Ill
concerning its ravages that need excite no
apprehension, but the main fact remains, and
it is to this that serious attention should be
turned Portland Star.
The Camden Herald says Dr. Isaac Bart
lett OF Hope, man over 60 years of age, and
weighs over 200 lbs. says he never tasted of a
bit of meat of any kind in his life! He lives
almost entirely on bread and milk.
The Press says that Mr.. Lockwood, of Bos-
ton, so widely known as manufacturer, will
in compliance with the invitation of the Board
of Manufacturers, give his views at length.
before that organization, on some evening of
this week, upon the general subject of manu-
featuring in Portland.
John n. Atkinson was brought before the
Trial Justice at Machias, on Thursday last.
on two complaints, one for drunkenness and
disturbance, the other for larceny. On both
OF these complaints the respondent very sensi-
bly, plead guilty, and was fined, on the first
five dollars with costs, and for want of the
scrip, was committed. On the other, sem
tence was suspended until the first case
should be disposed Of True to the drunk
ards policy, Atkinson, who is only about
twenty years old, refused to disclose the
name of the. rum seller Machias Republi-
CdIl.
The Wing is informed that John Z. Simons
Of Pittsfield, who has arraigned on the charge
of forgery before Trial Justice McCrillis at
Newport, month ago, and who failed to
find the $500 bail required for his appear
ance at the next term of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court attempted to few days since to
commit suicide by taking laudanum, but
was unsuccessful.
A Lewiston giant has ordered shirt man.
ufactured, the circumference of which is 81
inches.
The Portland Star is panied to learn of the
death of Mr.. Henry Bailey, Assistant Super
intendent of the Grand Trunk road. He was
a most amiable young man, modest and de-
serving.
The Argus says that as the Bangor Pullman
train. due in Boston at o'clock Saturday
morning, was approaching the Somerville
station, and just after leaving the Mystic
River bridge, the axle of pair of wheels of
the smoking car, belonging to the Maine
Central railroad, suddenly broke, owing to
flaw in the iron, and demolished the trucks
before the train was stopped. No serious
damage was done to the car, nor were any
persons injured.