Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-18
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M Ma Z. Perkins, youngest daughter of
| .. Iefkins, was severely 1scalded receutlv..
by the accidental overturiin0 81
Another Coolest living graduate Of Row
SIN o,n mas 91eh iound- hs name, is, Seth ,y
The Bath Times says that $4,000 h.xa
| been offered towards sugar riamfactorv IN
that city with the promise of stiIl further as 81
| sistance. - 5e .sEgg1 Egia3so9 s'TsT3E1s nj
A project is on foot in Portland to build !,
| safety vault for the use of our citizens, which
shall be both fire and burglar proof, and
large enough for all depositors in that city. q
Messrs. J. M. Wiswell G Co, sof, East Ma,
chias, have recently purchased the planning
mill at the lower bridge, formerly owned by
Whittemore & Wiswell. -. .,.,,., ,.t, - -.
Hon. Washington Gilbert formerly Of Bath
is now settled in Junction city, Kansas. He ~
is in partnership with another Maine man, d
Col. j. H. Fitzpatrick. 5sf,n4gesg an
Mr.. John H. Garlic, the Ethiopian come
dian, formerly of Portland, was recently pre- @
sented with an elegant banjo, valued at &75,s
as mark of esteem from his friends in De-
troit, Mich. .3ei~1 IN iGas.ila1fIs s8t !,
Mrs. Jennie M. Pride of ,Windham was
found last week in Boston, laboring under,
insanity, and brought back to her friends
She was taken care of by the ovefseers Of
the poor. She has not lived with her husband
for several years. t@iaiai"f9 ~ ,Tsaio'
The Topsham Farmers Club meets this
evening. 1t is ono of the most fiourish1ng
societies of the kind in the State. We hope
some friend present will favor us with brief
report of its proceedings f "a
The Herald says that the expense Of re-
pairing the schooner E. G. Knight, Of Cam
den, which met with disaster of Bermuda
few week since, and was ordered to be re-.
paired by the Board Of Survey, amounts to i
$500. She was owned here mostly by men
of limited means. sa14 oR 6ls5 g.Ts5gl
"Nothing of much consequence, the
Argus police report begins with. It only
| shows that for Sundays work, two men were
| arrested for fighting, one for assault, one for
assault and battery, and two for breaking the
Sabbath. Nothing of much consequence ID
all that The sensibilities of the Forest city
are not easily disturbed. a ~ .assas vi
Monday last, boy seven years old, child Of
Luke Durgeon of Dalton, fell into the reser-
voir of a mill. fourteen feet, and broke his
thigh bone. A boy in a lumber camp near
Dalton, cat himself and nearly bled to death
before help could be obtained. LluAQ ak
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The Bath Times says that . despatch was
received in that city Saturday evening, an
nouncing the arrival off Queenstown of the
ship North Star, Capt. Charles Owen Of this
port, in 26 days from New Orleans. This il
a remarkably quick passage, proving the ship
to be good sailer and the captain good =
sailor. .i st'9E -G0a a-ao IH0 81 sss6
The Ellsworth American says that there is
considerable religious interest felt in some of
the districts of the town of East Harrington,
frequent meetings being held which are quite
fully attended; christians are quickened, and
several have risen, expressive of their desire
to become christians, and for the prayers Of
others. 1t is expected that some will soon 60
forward in baptism. 43G&13sT isaisU sm
A correspondent of the Ellsworth American
says that in the thunder storm Of Friday
night It'll, the tightening struck the ground q
few rods from the house Of J. G.. Chilcott, in
Sullivan. From the point of its first contact
with the earth, it ran westerly twelve feet,
thence dividing into two branches, the longer
extended to the northwest fffy-two feet, and
the the shorter to the southwest twenty feet, i
ploughing up the ground the whole length Of
its track. I - e s..r,+..-. +.
launched from the yard of Jabez Simpson,
in Sullivan, April It'll, superior schooner
called the Angola, SO 69-100 tons burthen,
N. NJ, and owned by Jabez Simpson, L.. M.
Bragdon and others. The dimentions are as
follows length of keel 81 $40 feet, breadth
of beam % $40 feet, depth of hold g. 10 feet.
The Angola was built uuder the supervision
of Master j. S. Foster of Sullivan, and is to-,
be commanded by Capt. Michael Belatty of
Ellsworth.
The Portland Press says that on Friday a
man from Pennington came to that city in
of hiS dal Ubt for 7voo I'll -h hoA
been attending school at Wilton, and who
about week ago eloped with her teacher, q
man of 40, who left wife and several chill
dren. The pair were traced to = hotel here
where they stopped short time as man and
wife and then left The father left for Bos-
ton Saturday to see if he could discover any
thing of his runaway daughter. 1t is under
stood that he has found her. @
The PASSPORT Sentinel says that at the pres
ent time there is some little activity displayed
in fitting out for the Magdalens. There will
be two vessels cleared from Welchpool this
season, the ANN Leonard" Capt. Bar, and
princes Augusta" Capt Owen Parker.
They are now busy in taking in salt, and be-
fore this appears in print they viii be we'll on
their outward bound voyage. Although con-
siderable money was lost last year in the
Magdalen speculation nearly all of the losers
seem to have sufficient confidence to try
again. ra-.
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The Lewiston Journal says that c. B.
Stetson, Esq, the able Supervisor of Schools
for Androscoggin comfy. has just published
in a neat phamphlet valuable essay entitled:
classification of Schools, with Hints on
Assignment of Lessons and Manner of Pro-
dncng REGULATIONS" He makes his motto:
''No good teaching without good classifca-
ton" This timely discussion is one OF the
most valuable contributions to the cause OF
common schools we have seen, and contains
more real meat than many octavos on the
same topics. ai "
The following circular to the s'Uniyersa-
lists of Maine" is signed by the trustees of
the Second Universalst Church Of Portland:
Messrs. w. L. L. Gill, S. II. Colesworthy,
Thomas Pencil, Edwin s. Shaw, Alonzo
Wentworth, and Rev. w. E. Gibbs. ls
On the last Sunday of April, l87l,-the
Universalists of this country will with crate
| full joy celebrate the Tooth anniversary of
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