Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-01-25
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The Calais Advertiser says there were 90
deaths in that city during the past year.
Lumbermen in Northern Piscataquis have
been highly favored this winter-there being
| just snow enough to operate.
The ladies of the Episcopal society, of
| Dalton lately held fair, and realized about
SO toward the completion of the new church.
The bill of Thomas B. Grose, Sheriff of
Knox county, for the execution of Clifton
| Harris was $37I.5S.
A new style slasher warpcr, with improved
stop motion, has been invented at the Lewis
ton Machine Company's works and is meeting
with very rapid sale.
Monday may rs well be set down as the
| coolest day experienced in Maine for many
years. The cold was not at all confined to a
! little circle, but extended to almost every
part of New England.
Rev. Lyman Abbott, formerly of Farming
ton, has been elected editor of the new illus
trated newspaper, to be published by the
American Tract Society, New York. He is a
son of Rev. Jacob Abbott.
A. j. Banks, while working the single-saw
in Patterson's mill, Silver Ridge, Saturday.
Jan. 18th, sawed off the two middle fingers of
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| severely.
| Funeral services over the remains of the
| late DIR. L. &. Stockbridge, were conducted
in Bath by the Rev. John o. Fiske, Monday
afternoon. large number attended and fol-
lowed the body to its last resting place.
| Captain David Patten, who died in Bath
Monday, Jan. 23d, aged ~ years, was one of
the most esteemed and worthy citizens, and
his death is great loss and causes general
| sorrow. Thus, all silently. the loved and
| loving pass from the shores of time.
1t is said that Maine has been represented
in Congress in the House, by 90 lawyers, 10
merchants, 6 farmers, 2 physicians, 9 clergy
men, 3 manufacturers, 2 editors, contractor
and l mechanic; for the 3lst Congress, by
| lawyers, and in the 25th, by six lawyers and
four merchants.
Petitions are in circulation for a Citizens
Meeting, both in Lewiston and Auburn, to
consider the subject of loanng the credits
of the two cities, for the building of the rail-
road extension from Lewiston and Auburn to
the Grand Trunk Railroad. The Journal
says there seems to be deep degree of public
interest in that vicinity in this enterprise, so
important to the two cities.
AT the annual meeting of the Rockland
Sumner, N. A. Farwell, Francis Cobb, Jona-
| than White, Thomas Colson, Timothy Will
liams, and William Ii. Glover were chosen
Directors. Maynard Sumner was reelected
| President, and William Ii. Titcomb, Cashier.
| A semi-annual dividend of six per cent. was
declared
The British Government have awarded
handsome gold watch and chain to Captain
Morse, commanding the American ship James
A. Wright, belonging to Bath, Me-, for the
very humane and meritorious services rem
dered by him to the master and crew of the
English ship Malabar, on the Goth of last
July, when that vessel was destroyed by fire.
On Monday afternoon, in Portland, while a
horse was running down the street, and men
and boys stood on one side waiting for a smash
up, all at once big black Newfoundland dog
belonging to Mr.. VIM. Allen, sprang at the
horse, seized him by the bit, and with the
force of his dead weight brought him to full
stop. That isn't the first time, either, that
this dog has acted very like human being.
On Sunday morning the steam mill at
Bethel. used for the manufacture of spools
and salt boxes caught fire, and as there was
but little wind the flames were extinguished
after an hours hard work on the part of the
citizens. This is the second time within the
fire, and both times there has been hardly a
breath of wind stirring or it would have made
an extensive conhagration.
The Press says that Patrick Conley, of
Portland, was arrested on Monday eveing by
officer Hanson for .robbing Frank Miller of a
silver hunting watch. Miller, with a friend
of his named Brooks, was on Commercial
street, and meeting Conley, inquired of him
the direction to certain house. While Con-
ley was directing their attention to a light in
the house, he made a grab at Miler's watch,
broke the chain, and ran off with it.
The stockholders of the National Insur-
| ance Company elected the following Directors
for the ensuing year, at meeting at the
Company's office in Bangor, Monday after
| noon; Michael Schwartz, Samuel II. Blake.
John +. Godfrey, VIM. T. Pearson, John
Littefeld, Hiram Rugges, and l.. M. Part
ridge. At a meeting of the Directors, the
! following officers were chosen: Michael
Schwartz, President; Herbert Fuller, Secre-
tary; Geo. p. Field, Assistant Secretary I;
II. Hartman, Marine Inspector.
| The Pennington Chronicle says dastardlv
attempt was made to burn the house of Edwin
| Thurston, in Temple, last Sunday morning
week About o'clock Mr.. II. heard noise
as he supposed in the stable. Going into it,
and seeing or hearing nothing, he returned
( to the house. Upon going into new house
| which he is building, few rods from the one
occupied, he discovered that pile of shaw
ings had been collected and fired in one of the
rooms. 1t was about half consumed, and five
or six matches were picked up near the spot.
The guilty party is suspected, and any future
attempts in this direction will lead to his ar
rest.
Senator Edmund's bill increasing the PEN
sions of disabled soldiers and sailors passed
the Senate without word of debate. This
bill will increase the drafts on the pension
fund About four millions and half annually,