Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-07-25

The Granite Company IN Jonssboro. have
shipped eight eafsoss Of granite this season.
The Press ssys that the loss Of The ..e.me,
New England brought the anticipaced nles..
ure Of the Colt excursionists to sudden tor.
mination. They collected at Boston Tues.
day in expectation Of embarking, but were
disappointed, 40 the New Brunswick, char.
tered for the trip, had been Withdrawn 70
take the place Of the New England The
party were to 60 up the Hudson. Withou,
doubt the programme can be carried out in q
short time on some other steamer. Mr.. Geo
B. Peckham, who had collected large party
for pleasure trip to Mount Desert and East
ern Maine, BY the same steamer, on the 5tl
of August, IL also one of the unfortunates
He had sold large number Of tickets, and
the demand was active, when the disaster wal
announced. He is now making an effort to
charter the "Forest City,"
The Machias Union says that at Marshfield
Mr.. Geo. 8. Getchell 10 burning q kiln of
about one hundred thousand of brick. He
says he has crew of ten men, mot one of
them using tobacco or rum"
The cheese factory in Dixfeld is doing
quite smart business. 1t 10 a complete sue.
cess to the farmers a. they think. The wo.
men get rid of much hard work. and are bet.
ter paid by carrying their milk to the fac
tory.
Accident items from the Gardiner Home
Journal ION Monday last, VIM. Peacock,
while haying had sun-stroke. He began to
be sick At the stomach, and to lose his sight,
and thinking what was coming, made for q
tree that stood near, and fell Immediately up
on reaching the shade, and became insen sible
he was soon found and carried to the house,
when after whole nights effort he recover
ed, 90 a. to be out Of danger. Had he fallen
in the sun it would have probably been the
end Of him. Herbert A. Hartman sprained
an ankle on Tuesday, while at work in Nor.
rell's brickyard. William Gardiner, employ ed
In Capt. Arthur Berry's mill in Gardiner,
Friday, while trimming log, cut the large
toe OF bis right foot nearly off.
The Biddeford Times tells of a woman
worth $500 600 who called for half an ice
cream, and made the change in spruce gum
At the annual meeting Of the Portland
Company the old board Of Directors were
elected, viz John b. Brown, S. 4. Spring,
RENSSELAER, Cram. H. J. Libby. H. N. Pay.
son, H. N. Jose, E. II. Daveis. At suhse.
quent meeting Of the Directors T.. Fl. Daveis
was reelected President.
The parties who are to inves, s5o, 900 ia a
paper mill at Saccarrappa. ha We completed
the foundation OF the building. 1t i. 10 be
three stories high, and forty five by eighty
five feet in size.
The Messrs. Houghton OF B1yants Pond
have nearly completed building in the third
story of which is to be one Of the finest Ma
sonic halls IN the western part Of Maine.
The Argus states tina. in Portland new hay
il bringing S25 ton.
The cooperage OF George Burnhau, corner
OF Commercial street and Franklin wharf in
Portland, was partially burned at 80, Wed.
nesdAy morning. Insured building 81 900,
stock $500. Loss partial.
The Lewiston Journal says that cargoes Of
Southern Pine for the Continental Mills have
arrived, one at Bath, and the other at Port
land. The larger portion is already piled in
the Franklin Company's yard, where plan
ing machine is constantly employed in fitting
it for framing
The iron for the Maine Central Railroad
bridge at Brunswick has all arrived at Bath.