Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-12

fourty-nve more Swedes arrived at New
Sweden on Sunday last.
The Wing says the Hersey Light Infantry
$50 named in honor Genl S. +. Hersey) of
Oldtown, have just moved into their new hall,
furnished by the town. They have received
their arms from the State. and are making
arrangements for a uniform. They do not
receive clothing or its equivalent in money
from the State, not being one of the ''uni-
formed companies" authorized by law, and
are obliged to furnish their own uniform
The company is composed of excellent mate
rial, and promises well for the future. AL
ready much proficiency in drill has been at
tanned. The commissioned officers are NJ. M
Folsom, N. NJ. Hartwell and c, II. Lowell.
Messrs. A. & b. P. Young of Baldwin, are
getting out about GOO cords of bark the pres
set season, for which they get from 81 l2 to
IS cord.
Mr.. ID. c. Harden of Baldwin has manu-
| factnred, the present season, 1900 dozen rakes
which find a ready market
| David Weber the policemen, who was
murdered at Chelsea, Mass, last Friday
night, was born in Avon in 1881. He has
been an officer in Chelsea for II years.
Tho house, barn and outbuildings of Enoch
Blaisdell of Lebanon were totally destroyed
by fire on Saturday afternoons also 20 acres
of wood and tllage land were burnt over.
Loss about 5 900; insured for ST. 800.
The reunion of the LIST, 10th and 10Th
Maine regiments will take place Thursday,
August Eth, and will be Independent of the
reunion of the 18th Maine regiment.
Conductor Thomas o. Goold has been on
the Grand Trunk over twenty-three years,
and has not seen sick day nor been Oft SER
vice more than twenty trips during the whole
period
| The through car system between Boston
and Conway Centre has gone into operation.
| The first car came via. the Boston & Maine,
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth roads and
passed up on the Portland & Ogdensburg
Monday. rHt
| The Bangor Wing says Messrs. Pierce &
Rowe, at their quarry in Frankfort, selected
July ith as the time for starting an immense
mass of granite which they had been long
time preparing to cut into marketable pieces
to fill their numerous orders. The little
lump was over forty feet long, twenty-five
feet deep, thirty feet wide, and weighed be-
tween two and three Thousand tons. To pre-.
pare 1t for moving required about 20 blasts
First an angling hole was drilled about one
foot across and to the depth desired. Then
moderate blasts were made until the stone
gradually cracked. commencing from the bot
tom and taking the direction of the angle
Each succeeding blast extended the crack
until it was entirely separated from the main
body of granite and was ready for the final
removal A gentle slope of few feet a
pitch of thirty or forty degrees, and the stone
would be in Just the spot for use. On the
morning of the 4th blast of about one and
on r,rth boz .,f, ulor and > h..
immense mass of granite moved gradually to
the brink and remained poised for an instant,
then took Ethe final plunge, buryng itself
nearly up in the earth, scattering huge rocks
and tons of earth as if the ground was con-
vulsed; rocks weighing more than ton were
thrown thirty or forty feet, one passing en-
tirely over the blacksmith shop, and another
crushing through the side of their office, at
least thirty feet distant, and lodging on the
floor; the blacksmith shop, more than twenty
feet distant, was entirely demolished by the
rockd, earth and flying timber, and the crash
was tremendous, stirring the whole side OF
the hill. Its greatness will soon depart, and
before many weeks its separated pieces will
be doing humble service in the East River
bridge, in the fronts of new blocks or occu-
plying more ornamental places in the elegant
new buildings being constructed at Govern
ment expense for these gentlemen have con-
tracts for all sorts of work, in nearly every
important city in the North.
The Bangor Wing is pleased to learn that
Walter Brown, Esq, has SO far recovered
from severe and protracted illness, as to be
able to ride out. He will soon be perma-
nently restored to health.
John ID. Hamblet, an old resident of Port
land, and nearly seventy years old, COM
mitted suicide Monday morning by hanging,
at the house of his SON. in-law, with whom he
livedon Grove street, lie been out of work
the most of the time lately and was much dis
couraged IN consequence. He arose about
halfpas six and told his daughter he thought
he would go down town, but instead Of doing
so went and attached piece of cotton carpet
ing to strip of wood in the garnet over some
winding stairs and then walked off. He was
dead when found.