Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-18
STATE NEWS.

Mrs Barstow OF Freedom, so years
age, recently slipped and fell on Doorstep
and it is doubtful if she RECEIVERS.
The Belfast Journal gives the following lis
of vessels now in process of construction il
that place:
BY Henry McGlvery, ship of 800 tons
to be launched in November. Owned by Ba
ker, McNear and others, of Boston, and to b,
commanded by Capt. j. E. Scott of Wiscas
set
BY c. p Carter & Co.. a three masted
schooner of $50 TONS double deck, for A, j.
Bird & Co. of Rockland, to be launched the
last of October.
A three masted schooner of $50 tons, to be
launched in the spring. Owned by NJ. w.
Drew, c. B. Hazeltine and others, and to be
commanded by Capt. Fred Gilmore.
The Mtssrs. Carter have just contracted to
build three masted centre board schooner
of about $50 tons, to be owned by Messrs.
Drew, ilazetine and others, and commanded
by Capt. James Perkins. She will be
launched next spring.
At Mercer the clothing mandatory of
John Diggles keeps employed about 400 wo-
men, making coats for the New York, Boston
and Hartford wholesale dealers.
All the amusement troupes that had ar,
ranged tosvisit Portland this month, except.
ing Booth, have cancelled their engagements
1t is expected by those who have faith that
trains may be run between Portland and
South Berwick on the Boston & Maine by the
first of December if desired.
\. IL. S. Davis, Esq, of the Pennington
Chronicle delivered the address at the recent
show and fair of the North Franklin Agrcul-
tural Society in Phillips.
The shoe factory at Rockland is running
with reduced number of hands for the pres
ent, bnt ill probably employ all the force i,
can accommodate this winter, about 800 per.
sons.
The Lewiston Journal says that on Tues.
day. a little son of Increase Gould of Sout,
Lewiston was standing by the barn as his
father opened the large barn doors. The up.
per hinge Of one of the doors gave way. let.
ting it fail to the ground. The little fellow
saw it and attempted to run out of the way,
but his foot stuck in tlfe mud, and he fell to
the ground, and the door upon him. He suf-
tered a compound fracture of the thigh, and
had a severe cut on his head.
The Rockland Free Press says that the
Secretary OF the Treasury has approved the
for the new custom house in that city, and the
proposals tor the sale OF the property 10 the
government are accepted. The transfer will
be made as soon as the title deeds can be pre-
pared. The price to be paid is twelve thou
sand dollars.
BY the will of Mary II. Talbot of Boston,
81 900 is bequcathed to Wiscasset, the income
to be distributed to the poor of that town and
of Alma. A residue after all other requests
are paid is to be devoted to the same pur
pose.
The proprietors of the Belfast Foundry
company have made an offer to sell the stocl
at fifty cents on the dollar, to Mr.. w. w
Castle of Cleveland, Ohio, with ninety day
in which to accept.
The Fairfield Chronicle says that seventee
thousand two hundred dollars is the amour
paid for corn this season at the factory i
their village. The number of cans put up
430, 600, an excess of so 900 over the numbe
intended. The factory has been closed f,
| the season.
In Bangor on Wednesday, a staging ga,
way, which precipitated two carpenters, Nj
Levi A. Blake of Hampden ana Mr. Roya
to the ground distance of over twenty fee
Mr.. Blake's injury is quite serious, for in a
dition to severe jar, his jaw suffered co,
pound fracture, the flesh also being shockin
ly mangled. Mr.. Royals leg was mu
bruised. Two other men were slightly
jured.