Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-12-23
STATE NEWS.

lie IresS says 1t Is rumOred that a bond
purporting to have been issued by the town
OF Cape Elizabeth for $1,000, numbered IL,
was taken up by the Treasurer few weeks
since, and that on examin alton by the Select
men it was found that only ten bonds were
issued in that series.
A railroad meeting was held in Belfast on
Thursday for consultation between parties
interested in a through shore line connecting
Bangor and Portland. The parties present
were the President and Directors of the Knox
and Lincoln Company; President and Di-
rectors of Penobscot Bay and River Com
pany, and Arad Thompson and NJ. S. Drum
mond Of Bangor, committee from the Eu-
ropean and North American Railway Com
pany. The meeting was of private nature.
Mr.. John Q. Lander, formerly of Bangor.
while taking care of young colt in his sta
BILE at Dover, on Tuesday last, was kicked
by the animal in the face and chest, and Sc
verely injured.
The Times learns that Mr.. David II. Clark,
one of the carpenters on Messrs. T.. 6 A.
SewalPs ship in Bath met with quite q seri-
Gus accident on w ednesday. He was at work
on staging when another man who was on
a staging over him slipped and let fall a wind
lass iron, weighing about forty pounds, which
struck Clark on the head fracturing the skull
and rendering him insensible
We have seen specimen of the slate late
ly found in Islesboro'. 1t has but little re-
semblance to the Brownfield slate or that at
Burnham. 1t is a kind of slate rock. and we
jngde would prove of but little value as slate.
Possibly, however, by sinking shaft better
specimens may be discovered. The state
ment that persons, in this city have become
interested in it is erroneous. A Thomaston
man has made conditional bargain for it
and proposed to open it to ascertain its quail.
ity.-f Belfast Age.
The Skowhegan Reporter says that James
Lewis run all the fingers of one hand into the
dough roller in James Harmon's bakery on
Wednesday and crushed them very badly
Patents issued the past week:
VIM. Hammond Brown, Bangor; Baggage
Truck,
r. Leach, Bangor; Rotary Engine.
Erasmus T. Doyen, Portland; Steam Rad
iator.
Patrick kellehen, & James c. Rundlett,
Bangor; Mocasin Boot and Shoe.
Under date of Dec. Goth, 1871, 220 patents
will be issued. During the week ending
Dec. Is, 1874 applications for patents and A
caveats were filed.
The following changes in Maine post. Of
fees have been made, viz William j. Emer-
son appointed Postmaster at Bowdoin Ceu-
tire, vice David A. Coombs, resigned; Sam
uel Br Wing at North Turner Bridge, vice
Albert Baker, resigned. and Jason Wood.
man at North Leeds, vice #. G.. Foss, re.
moved
1t speaks well for the Principal and teach
9 bn Nnrpal School in 10.
their pupils are sought after as teachers in
all parts of the State. Although the present
term does not close until the 18th of January,
Prof Rounds has consented to have the grad
uation exercises of the first class take place
on Thursday, Dec. 2Sth, as four young la
dies of the class have been engaged to teach
in Calais, commencing Jan. 3D.. Nineteen
graduates of this school have taught in Calais
within the past thirty months, all of them
proving excellent teachers and giving good
satisfaction-of course, or the educators of
that city wouldn't want four more. We think
Prof. Rounds has reason to feel proud of the
success which has attended his labors as
Principal of the Western State Normal
School Pennington Chronicle.
The Bangor Wing says that George d.
Stowe and Benjamin F. Terry of Boston,
were arraigned in the Bangor Police Court,
Thursday forenoon, charged with obtaining
twenty thousond dollars from Joseph W.
Pollard, of Oldtown, under false pretences.
The warrant alleges that they pretended 10
be doing large business in silk and other
goods in Boston, and thus deceived him into
letting them have money until the above
named sum was reached. No examination
was held Thursday, and the case was con-
tinued to next Tuesday, each of the respond
ents being ordered to furnish $40, 900 bail for
his appearance at that time. Stowe found
sureties, but Terry was committed. The
case eXcites most interest.
Z. F. Pillsbury, Esq, of Augusta. de-
livered his lecture upon Labor" at Town
Hall, Dexter, last Tuesday evening.
The Rockland Free Press says that Mr..
Silas Kalloch, the faithful driver of the East
ern Express in that city, was thrown from
his wagon Saturday evening at the railroad
depot, and suffered broken shoulder and
serious bruises about his head. Many friends
will sincerely regret this accident to MI
Kalloch, who, though well advanced in years,
has retained the jubilant spirit of boy, and
up to this time has been an active and useful