Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-17

The Wing says Thursday night the house
of DR.. A. F. Page in Bucksport was entered
by burglar who carried off his pants and 800
in money which was in his pocket. The
burglar was probably some one acquainted
with the house, for an entrance was effected
through the window Of the chamber nv a lad
der, and it was necessary to pass through two
occupied rooms before coming to the Doctors
sleeping apartment. The keys of the Office
were in his pocket, but the thief kindly left
them on the front dooor steps. No trace
leading to the identity of the burglar has vet
been discovered.
The catholics, as we learn from the Mail,
have purchased of Mr.. John Ware the old
Sanger homestead in Waterville, on which to
erect church. After a large outlay they
have concluded to abandon their enterprise
on the Plains, though it must involve quite a
loss.
AT stated Convocation (annuaD of Drum
mond r. A. Chapter held at Masonic Hall,
West Waterville, July 5, the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year: VIM.
Mccartney, M. E. Ii. p; George w. Gilman,
Elk. King; S. A. Allen, Elk. Scribe; VIM.
II. Wheeler, Captain of Host; John U. Hub
bard, Pri. Soj'r; II. G.. Winslow, r.. A.
Capt; A. J. Parker, Treas. w. A. Farr,
Secy,; George +. Allen, Mas. Sd Vail C.
E. A. Winslow, Mas. I'd Vail; N. Clemson,
Mas. lst Vail; J. p. Phillips, Sentinel.
Stated Convocations for ensuing year first
Wednesday of each month.
w. A. FAIR, Sec.
Wyman, an operative in the mill of Silas
Bates & Co., stuck an axe into the side of
his foot, Saturday morning, July 9Th, injuring
him quite severely.
Friday afternoon, in Portland, boy named
William Durham, Jr., aged IA years, son of
Mr.. VIM. Durham of Deer Isle, met with a
serious accident while attempting to get from
the rigging of the schooner Tannis Scott on
to Custom House wharf. He fell distance
| OF twelve feet, striking on the rail and a fish
| barrel. His cheek and under his jaw were
deeply cut and his hip bone badly fractured.
July sth, as Mrs. Francis Chute and Miss
| Rebbecca Knight of Bolster's Mills, were re-
turning home, having spent the day about two
miles from the village, their horse became
frightened at the barking of dog, and tnrned
corner, upsetting the carriage and throwing
both ladies violently to the ground. Strange
to say, no bones were broken although both
were terribly bruised.
| At a legal meeting of the voters of Gorham,
held Friday last, John C. Card, Esq, was
elected Town Clerk, to fill vacancy.
The Waterville Mail says DR.. Boutelle and
Mr.. c. w. Darrell attended the recent -auc-
ton sale of Jerseys in Canada, and made
| some very choice purchases. DIR. B. returned
with four very valuable animals, two cows
| and two heifers. They will make marked
improvement in his former superior herd
| unquestonably the best in Maine, if not in
New England. Mr.. Barrel bought a COW and
heifer at high figures; but the offer of a hum
dred dollars advance in gold, after the sale,
| induced him to part with the cow. The heifer
he brought home. These purchases are an
important addition to the choice Jersey stock
in Waterville.
The Houlton Times says the buildings in
Guiding the powder magazine, at Hancock
Barracks, were sold at public auction on
Wednesday. They brought about $3.50.
Rufus Mansur was the principal purchaser.
The powder house brought So, and the hos
pital building $40.
Among the graduates at Amherst last week
| is Geo. +. Sawyer of West Minot.
| Monday morning the 10th inst, Mr.. Henry
Maxim of Sumner had his house, barn and
| out-buildngs entirely destroyed by fire, to-
gether with about ten tons of hay. The fire
was supposed to have caught from sparks
| from the chimney. The house had been late
| ly thoroughly repaired, and the barn was al
| most new, having been built only a few years.
| The buildings were insured for $1,000 and the
hay for 500.
The buildings of Mr.. Withee, on Centre
Road, in Corinna, were burned on the night
| of the llth.
| A river driver named Joe Redman, last
Monday afternoon, on a wager of $40, per-
| formed the very daring feat of riding a log
| no toll hriI tba g
water to the eddy just below Skowhegan
village. The Reporter says Redman did the
deed with ease and dexterity and as though
| he was entirely at home on his log, dashing
| through the boiling waters with only his pick
pole to steady himself. Several times the
log plunged beneath the water, but still its
rider chung bolt upright He jumped up
from his log several times, turned and rode
backwards and performed other feats.
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hart
ley will spend part of his vacation in Maine.
| Richard Grant White, the distinguished
Shakspearian critic, is expected to visit
Maine.
| The First Congregational meeting house
of Westbrook, now Deerng, an old land
mark of hundred years, whose doors have
been for some time chQSed by parish vote
against Unitarian and Chiversalst preaching,
have been opened, and the house is being
renovated and repaired through the unremit-
ting perseverance of the ladies.
The July meeting on the Bangor Trotting
Park opens on Thursday, July 9th, and con-
tinues through Friday. The first day two
purses of 500 and $40, respectively, will
be trotted for-the first by 3-minute horses
and the second by 245 horses. The second
day, purse of Sl20 is offered for horses
that never beat . 80, and another of $50
for 40 horses. All the races are mile heats,
best in to harness, and governed by
Fashion rules. The Wing hears that large
number of trotters will be entered, Entries
close at 8 p. NJ. on the 25th.
The Rockland Gazette hears that the
"Bodwell Granite Company" contemplate
building steamer to carry there stone to
market; also that the "Cobb Lime Company
talk of building steamboat to carry line to
the Boston market.
Bristol correspondent of the Press says