Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-29


two-story dwelling house, erected by the Ken
nebec Land and Lumber Company, near their
steam mill on Arsenal street The interior
will be finished in season to accommodate
workmen at the commencement OF the sea-
sons work in the spring.
The corporators of the Northern Aroostook
Railroad ask to have their charter amended
so as to relieve them from the necessity OF
building branch road to Houlton, and to al
low them to go north of lioulton through GER
tain special townships, and to have till 1874
to complete their survey.
Rev. c. Il. Moor, pastor of the Winthrop
Street Universalist church in this city, has
closed his pastoral relations with that church
and society, and preached his closing dis
course last evening to large congregation.
We shall give brief abstract OF the discourse
which was on Il subject Of local interest, in
to.morrow's paper.
The Adelphians had crowded house Sat
urday evening. Although small the company
is lively, and each member good performer
Munroe, the man of mystic changes, is truly
awonder. It's worth double the price Of adj
mission just to see him. This evening the
company again appear with entire change
of programme.
Mr.. Lewis Is. Hamen has shown us a copy
OF the "Kennebec Intelligcncor,' published
by Peter Edes at Augusta, September %,
l797-nearly seventy-fve years ago Ii con-
tains l6 columne, and is devoted to politics.
the news and advertisements. 1t contains
the marriage of Mr.. Hemlen's father and that
of John Quincy Adams in London. The pa
per is of interest as being the record of
events of past age.
The people down East are ali crazy over
railroads. Every man wants a branch to
his back door. TIL Passport Sentinel says:
"A petition i, In circulation asking the
Legislature to grant charter for a Shore
Line railroad from Castine to Calais, running
through Pembroke, and with a branch to
PASSPORT. Every man in Pembroke should
sign this petition. Let US all talk Railroad.
Where there's will there's way Weneed
the road, and if we work with a will, we will
obtain it."
VIM. c. Garland and Moses Potter Of Car
diner, were tried in municipal court on Sat
urday, for drunkenness, and sentenced to pay
fine and cost, amounting to SEQ each, Com
mitted for non-payment of the same. Will
liam S. Chase of Farmingdale, for assault
and battery on Peleg Morton and SON. con
victed and sentenced to pay fine and cost.
Paid and discharged On Friday, Sylvester
+. Kimball of Brewer, for drunkenness, was
ordered to pay s7.G3, fine and cost. James
Sullivan, for larceny of three pairs of pants
from the store of Deane Pray, plead guilty,
sentenced to thirty days in county Jail and to
pay fine and cost amounting to slG60.
The annual report of the State Librarian,
Hon. Joseph T. Woodward, shows the pres
ent condition of the library and the additions
that have been made thereto the past year.
The amount appropriated at the last session
of the Legislature was 81 900. This, with a
balance of So. So, reserved from the funds of
the previous year, with sl0.j2 for waste pa
Ter collected and sold, amounting in all to
Sl,l23.37, constituted the entire resources of
the library for the year The expenditure
has been S1,005.13. The library has been
increased by the purchase and addition of As
volumes: consisting of law books, II vol
umes miscellaneous, $40 volumes, and peri
odicals, 80 volumes. BY donation, l5S vol
umes have been received, and by exchange
the increase has been 277 volumes A steady
progress has been made in completing imper-
feet sets of books. Exchanges have been
carried on with different States and the Do
minon of Canada. The losses during the
wear have been but twelve volumes. Under
the direction Of the accomplished librarian, a
classification of pamphlets has been affected,
suitable induces prepared, and they have been
bound in serviceable manner. While tempt
ing inducements are presented to all purchas-
ers of books in the very small prices at which
the lighter kinds of literature are afforded, so
that large number of volumes of books not
especially Objectionable may be secured in
bindings that will adorn the shelves of libra
nv at the same rate of some single work of
permanent value and less prepossessing ex-
terror the librarian is of the opinion that if
such considerations are allowed to govern in
the selection of books, the results of the addi-
ton of large number of volumes each year
may often prove, if not positive injury, at
least of very little value.