Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-17
STATE NEWS,

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bosworth, No. 2, of Portland. d IA sl3aas 80
| Several very favorable proposals. have
| been made by gentlemen of wealth and enter
prise to improve the water power at Water
vile. ~ -, - -
A number of converts to the Baptist, Metho-
dist and North Christian Churches, have re-
ceived the ordinance of baptism by INNER
sion. .t -e.f tsa s IN. = 4riss saasa fFHeX
The Observer says that the revival of re-
| llgion, which has been in progress in the
Free Baptist church in Dover for about three
months, continues unabated.i d -..-.ae "a. !,
The Baptist society at Groveiand, MARI.
| has engaged the PASTORAL services Of Rev
Mr.. Pepper, formerly Of PASSPORT. Mr.. PEN
per is to remove his family to that place very
| soon.
The Press says that Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher declines with regret the invitation to
deliver lecture before the St. Andrews So
ciety Of that city, on Sir Walter SCOTS BIRTH
| day. b laaa ssas3 sss Ia
An unoccupied house belonging to Clinton
d. M. Shaw. of Gorham, was burned Tues
day during the thunder storm. Il was doubt
less struck and set on fire by lightning. Loss
$500; insured for $3.50. so
The following gentlemen will represent the
Waterville interest of the Educational Board
in the same convention: G.. M. Emery, 8.
X. Smith, NJ. Lyford, J. Kicker, F. T. Haxle-
wood, H. s. Burrage, G. P. Matthews, A. K.
Crane. eEF ~ az 90 4 Ga
The Waterville Mail says that few as the
sugar naples are in that vicinity, number
OF farmers there have this spring demon.
strated that sugar making is an important
branch of industry that hitherto has been sadly
overlooked. iaae al,ga 3aas
The Grand Lodge of f. & A. M. holds its
annual session in Portland, Tuesday, May 2,
at o'clock A. M. At Z p. NJ, the Grand
Chapter meets. On Wednesday at P. NJ,
the Grand Council assemblies, and at z in the
evening the Grand Commandery.-
According so the Advertiser, it is no un-
common thing to see women drunk in the
streets of Calais. Within the past two weeks,
four women ). three of them with infants in
their arms, and the fourth leading q young
child, were seen to 60 rolling and plunging
along, very much intoxicated.
The Biddeford journal says that two
Frenchmen were badly bitten by rats one
night last week in that city. One had his
heel SO knawed that he could not walk on it
next day, and the other was bitten through
the nose and neck. -
Hon. Ephraim Flint and j. w. Symonds,
Esq, Commissioners on the revision of the
Statutes, are busily engaged in preparing an
index They will have it ready for the prin-
tiers by the first Of May. Persons who have
volumes of the statutes that do not contain
numbeav will be glad to learn that an extra
supplied. printed so that they may be
The following gentlemen
Colby University and Wateryille Classraaent
| stitute in the Baptist Educational Convention,
which Is to be held atsWofcestef, Mas, on
the Sd and 4th of May next: j. T. Champ
| lin, j. II. Hanson, c. f. Hamfin, j. B. Foa-
ter, Il. w. Hall, j. D, Taylor, Gardner
Colby, o. s. Stearns, VIM. H. Smaller, A. X.
P. Small az <AS0S 40 @@A@1s' ~
| The new military company at Oldtown was
organized on Thursday evening by the choice
of the following officers: Captain, M. M.
Folsom First Lieut., Hudson Sawyer; Sec
ond Lieut., N. M. Hartwell. 1t was unani-
mously voted to name the company the tsHer-
sey Volunteers in honor of Gen. S. F. Her
sey. The names of SO good able-bodied men
are on the rolls. o.lJ s1,s-l gsey = I ioi sae
A writer in theCalais Advertiser draws q
sad picture of that city, so far as temperance
is concerned. Drunken boys driving fright
ened horse through the streets, drinking as
they ride; notorious drinking places where
men and women constantly resort; drunken
women in the street a common occurrence
besotted individuals vainly trying to find thsiI
way home, in midnight hours. Verify run
works much the same results in Calais that il
does the world over. - at~s Sra
The Portland Advertiser says that Stephen
L. Stephenson, lately civil engineer on the
Portland s. Ogdensburg Railroad, has re-
ceived the appointment of engineer on the ex
tension of the Great Falls & Conway road,
through Ossipee to Conway. 1t is under
stood that the road will be located to Con-
way. and completed at an early day.
An ancient landmark is to be removed: the
store Il. Hyde & Co., was sold yesterday at
auction to Mr.. Fowler Bragg for $l04. The
small building adjoining occupied by I. ID,
Wakefield, was sold to Mr.. G. w. Harvey,
for S25. They are to be removed at once to
make room for the new flock which Messrs.
z. Hyde & Co.. are about to erect. So says
the Bath Times. 49,
The Wing states that on Thursday morn
| ing Wclshman named Saml Solomons, EN-
ployed in the quarry Of the Bangor & Piscata
quis Salt Co., at Brownville, by . prematur,
discharge of blast, had his head terribl,
bruised and mangled, his jaw shattered, on
eye blown entirely out and his face left
mass of raw iesh--the skin being burned of
His left arm was broken and IL is feared ths
he received internal injuries which will prov
fatal. e
The Bangor Wing says that Mr.. j. NJ
Gould, (son of Rev. j. b. Gould, formerly 0
, that city, now in the Senior Class of Brow
University, has recently received the frs
} Carpenter Premium. These premiums, Q
sixty dollars each, are awarded at the close Q
the First Term of the Senior year, TO tn
member of the class who, in the Judgment Q
the Faculty, "unites in the highest degree tn
three most important elements Of success II
'. Instability, character and attainment"
The Calais Advertiser learns that lette
/, has been received from Minnesota, BY Friend
: in that city, conveying the sad udings ina
$ Mr.. Joseph Townsend had recently kiiie'
d his wife. three of his children, and then Pu
G an end to his own existence Mr.. Townssse
1t formerly resided in Midtown, and Was hisnI,
= respected. Though in comfortable eisesh -
- | stannas ha oftav oiuad that Nc ~ - "