Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-07-29

dressed the Club at Fairfield last Friday even.
ing, being very happily introduced by Francis
Kenrick, Esq, the President. This Club is
doing good work.
Launched from the yard of ]. B. Mutt at
Frost's Cove, Perry, on the 18th inst, the
schooner Vashti r. Gates. She is a finely
modelled schooner of about $50 tons burthen.
Her dimensions are, 81 feet keel, 20 feet
beam, 3.4 feet depth of hold. The vessel
is owned by parties in Calais, Perry, East
port and New York. Gates & Wentworth of
Calais, are the managing owners.
Mr.. E. Sanborn has leased the upper mill
privilege, on Moose Brook, in Denmark, sew
en- years to the Water Power Co., of Saco,
and intends to Thoroughly repair the grist mill
and saw mill on said privilege, and is prepar-
ing to do large business in saving pine,
hemlock, and oak lumber next season.
The Houlton Savings Bank is prospecting.
The small sums which have been deposited
since it commenced business March l, have
amounted to over sl2, 1000, the most of which
if it had not been deposited there, would have
been spent in some way of but little benefit
to the depositors.
In Presque Isle, child of David McCu
bry, one year and seven days old, climbed up
flight OF stairs to platform attached to the
house in which the family live, and fell to the
ground from the end of the platform, twenty
feet. One of the child's legs was broken just
above the knee, but no other serious appar-
ent injury.
At the election of Trustees of the Gard-
ner Savings Institution recently held, the fol-
lowing were elected for the ensuring year:
Jos. Bradstreet, J. S. Mitchell, VIM. Palmer,
Jas, Stone, F. G.. Richards. The Trustees
choose VIM. Palmer, President, and II. d.
Hoskins, Treasurer and Clerk. Mr.. Thomp.
son, the former President, declined a re-elec-
ton.
The returned Bowdoin crew say the best of
feeling exists among all the college crews, and
that everything passed off very pleasantly at
the races. Five Of the men will be in the
University crew next year, only one gradual
ing this summer.
Messrs. West, Wing Co., Lewiston, have
used 5000 feet. 800 tons, of Norridgewock
granite since the opening of the year. The
above has made about fifty carloads.
Frye's two story wooden block on Main
street, Rockland, took fire on Friday night in
the upper part, and the roof was partially
burned out and the building otherwise dam
aged. The occupants of the stores below
w. II. Priest, tailor, J. +. Taylor, clothing
and w. II. Keene, fancy goods, etc., removed
their goods, the latter suffering the heaviest
damage to atock. Losses of owners and ten
ants covered by insurance.
Messrs. Treat, Lang G Co.'S Mill, in Bath,
makes lively music both day and night.
James II. Smith and William Ladd of Port
land, Miss ~. d. Moody of Bath, d. c.
Heath and J. X. Mason of Maine, were in
London on the 18th inst. j. NJ. Bachelor of
Portland, was in Paris on the Sth.
Capt. James Runnells, of Gardiner, has
engaged to run raft of Eve hundred logs
from that city to Portland.
The Camden Savings Banks, now about
twenty months in existence, has $lG5,000 on
deposit.
There is good deal of interest manifested
in the races which are to occur in this city,
August 27th. Mr.. Pompilly, the proprietor of
the track, is putting forth every effort to place
it in the best order. He has also arranged
purses for two days of races, following the
great Stallion race of the 9th. 1t is quite
likely that there will be a larger display of
horsehesh in this city, in the trottlng line, on
the 9th, 2eth and Goth of August, than has
ever been had in Maine. Arrangement will
be made for special half fare trains on the
railroads. Lewiston will doubtless see a
larger crowd than we have had for long
| time. Meantime the famous stations are the
objects of not little attention. liking Will
liam" is at the Maine Hotel stable in Auburn,
and ''Sheridan" is in Poland. We hear that
Hull of Windham, will drive "Sheridan,
| and George Bailey of Portland, the we'll
known horse fancier, will hold the ribbons
over 'King William" Both horses are aaid
to be in excellent trim.-Lewiston Journal