Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-03

The body of DR.. Verrill of Oxford
drowned three weeks ago by the upsetting Of
q sail boat, was grappled and recovered Fri
| day forenoon. 1t was found some ten rods
from where Edgecomb was found. The depth
of the water was from rs to so feet, and the
body was in bad condition.
Portland ''goes in big on her fourth Of
July celebration
| The Press says that Mr.. William w.
| Thomas, Jr., the State Commissioner of emf
grafton returned from Sweden on Thursday,
and gives a very gratifying report of the col
ony there. At present there are one hundred
and sixty eight acres of land under cn!tiva-
ton, and the crops are looking finely. The
buildings have been much improved, and are
more comfortable for winter. The colony
now numbers over four hundred, and 2OO
more are expected to arrive very soon from
Sweden. By winter the colony will be IN
creased to one thousand persons, Mr.. Thomas
expects, all of whom will have a good amount
of pecuniary means. Some of the present
residents are engaged in building turnpike
to Caribou, the nearest settlement. Others
are engaged on the railroad and in Kingman's
great tannery, and all are prosperous and
happy.
The Gardiner Reporter says that a little
son of Mr.. Evans, the engineer ofthe dummy
train, took ride on the hind end of the car
on the trip when the collision occurred last
Tuesday, contrary to his fathers orders and
unknown to him. When the trains came to-
gether the little fellow was thrown quite a
distance but was unhurt When his father
discovered him after the accident, the first
inquiry was, of course, as to whether he was
hurt. The lad replied that he was not, and
begged his father not to whip him. He could
not comprehend that there had been col
lision, but still insist that somebody must
have kicked him off the car
Col. John Jameson of Windsor, who is
now in his eightieth year, hoed 1852 hills of
potatoes one day last week are but
few men of that advanced age who can per-
form such days work, and in fact but very
few young men at the present time that can
excel him.
The Reporter speaks of a mean affair last
Tuesday evening, Mr.. Lorenzo ID. Moody of
Chelsea. a man in very feeble health was
called to his door by two young men, Frank
Morang and Fred Moody, both his nephews,
who proceed to settle an old grudge by CIV
ing him a severe beating. A brother of Mr..
Moody, hearing the cutlery, came out of the
house and drove off the assailants. 1t was
found that Mr.. Moody had received savage
cut upon one of his eyes that may ruin his
sight. As his other eye was destroyed when
a boy the probability is that he will hereafter
be totally blind. There is much excitement
in the community in regard to the affair.
Rev. Smith Baker of Orono, being about
to remove from the State, has resigned the
office of G.. w. c. T. of the Grand Lodge of
Good Templars. His constitutional success
| or is the G. w. Counsellor, Rev. David Boyd,
| of Rockland.
List of patents issued to citizens of Maine
for the week ending June 81, 1871.
| J. w. Bowden, and J. D. Leach, Penob-
scot; Device for Worning and Sewing Rig
ging.
| L. Carleton, Cape Elizabeth; Blower.
| w. II. s. Lawrence and c. j. Collamore,
Bangor; Pan Litter.
S. II. Morse, North Jay PAIRING and Chop
ping Machine.
j. w. Stockwell, Portland; Drain Ripe
Machine.
f. Weber, Gardiner; Machine for Sap
ping Logs for Clapboards.
W. r. Close, Bangor; Friction Pawl or
Clutch Mechanism.
Z. A. Graham. Bddeford; Loom Shuttle
S. Il. Thorne, Marlborough; Chain
| Hook.
L. Goodwin Bangor; Sash Balance.
Bates College has conferred the honorary
degree of A. NJ. upon Rev. S. ID. Church of
| Bangor.