Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-08
STATE NEWS.

There was a meeting in Portland on Satur
day afternoon of railroad officials and the
city council of Portland, to consider the mat
ter of union depot. Hon. A. w. Clapp of.
fered to donate to the different companies
free of charge, sufficient flats between Chest.
nut and Pearl streets, TO accommodate the
proposed depot,-between six and seven
acres. Judge Rice thought the land is out Of
place and the size inadequate. He said tina,
the company which he represented are dis
posed to look at the subject carefully. Mr..
Woodward remarked that Portland does not
ask the location of the depot on the front
side of the city, but to build the depot on the
back side where there is room for. future
growth. Mr.. Morrill, was in favor of the
movement. Without coming to any decision
the meeting adjourned to meet at the call OF
the chairman of the citizens committee and
of the committee of the city council.
The Wing says that the dwelling house in
Lowell owned by James Cables was DESTROYED
by fire on Wednesday morning last, will
nearly all the furniture, provisions, &c. Mr.
Gables and his wife were absent from home
at the time. Mrs. Gables was a very industri
Gus woman, and had on hand among other
things, about forty pair of blankets of hel
own manufacture. The loss falls heavily, a.
they are quite advanced in years. Loss
about $1,000; no insurance.
AT the annual meeting of the North Ken
nebec Agricultural Society, the following off
GERS were elected:
II. C. Burleigh, Fairfield, President.
VIM. Dyer, Waterville, LIST Vice Presi-
dent.
VIM. II. Pearson, Vassalboro, I'd Vice
President.
X. ID. Howard, Fairfield, N. r. Boutelle,
Waterville, Benz. G. Mitchell, Waterville,
ard w. Il. Drummond, Winslow, Trustees.
Daniel Il. Wing, Waterville, Secretary.
w. II. Lew, Watervile, Treasurer.
ID. r. Wing, Waterville, Libra rian.
Eph Markham, Wateryille, Agent.
List of patents issued to citizens of Maine
for the week ending January I'd, 1872.
j. Bridge, Augusta; Apparatus for Manu-
facture of Paper Pulp from Wood.
j. E. Coffin, Portland; Cop-Tabe and ma
chine for making them.
A. II. S. Davis, Pennington, Car Coup
ling.
j. S. White, Portland; Whitewash and
Paste Brushes.
During the week ending Jan. LIST, 1872,
go applications and so caveats were filed.
Under date Of January 9th, 206 patents will
be issued
The Secretary of the Treasury has re-
ceived letter from w. w. Ware, superin-
tendent of the life saving station at Cape
May, giving information of saving of the
brig Mary L. Roosevelt, of Maine for Georgia,
wrecked near Long Branch on the 22d ult.
Also, an account OF the saving Of the schoon-
er William McLeon, of Rockland, Me-, from
Baltimore, with a cargo of corn for Rock
land, which struck on the night of the Goth
ult., on the shoals south of Little Egg Harbor
Inlet.
At the New Years festival of the Orphans
Home in Bath, remarks were made by sew
eral gentlemen. We copy the following
paragraph in the Times report:
"Iion. Ira 2. Sturgis of Augusta was then
called upon and congratulated the good peo-
pie of Bath and friends Of the Home gener-
ally, upon the rapid growth and success of
the Institution since it's commencement five
years since. Mr.. Sturgis was a member of
the Legislature when the first appropriation
was made by the State to the Home; and
warmly advocated the claims for the chill
dren Of our soldiers