The Republican journal., 1874-08-20
That Horse Railroad.

EDITOR OF REPURLICAN Journal: Your
| l-incolnyille correspondent of last week is not
well posted up i'll regard 10 all matters about
town. In speaking Of the Horse Railroad he says
appearances indicate that il Is 4 dead enter
Prise Now he was never more mistaken in
his lie. The enterprise is not dead but full of
life: the road-hcd is about all graded, and over
| onc-thrl OF the track laid and the materials
all ready on the road for its completion. We
! have twelve ears all finished, and four of them
at work on the road The road win probably
be completed and ready for work i'll the course
of four or five weeks. When completed il will
be mostly employed in hauling lime rock, wood
&c, and can be very proitahly employed dur
ing the winter in hauling ice. as the road passes
directly along the edge of large pond. In con
| nrction with the road We are building ona Of the
best patent lime klns in the State, with all the
modern improvements. Our Railroad track
will run directly on the top Of the kiln, 50 that
the rock can be taken from The ears into the
Kiln thereby -aHin" quite IN item OF expense
iii starting the rock, ;> i usually done when
rock il hauled hy teams This i 4 new enter
prise here, and Ike n,W enterprises in all
intend 10 complete il, and feel assured Of its
>Ur..r~~ NfOGhIIoI u. f..
The Portland Press interpoScs' a list of
scandals, historical and otherwise. 10
brral, the fall OF Brother Heecher They
range from iIcl0i,c and Abclard 10 Mrs
Stoves Recommendation of Lord byron
Then come The whispcril@7 oi later times
thus
Nor j. Ibis The first time hat scandal has been
perSistrntly associated with the names of the
greatest and best Americans. Even Washing
ton has not escaped, though in his ease oral ira
dition has for the most part kept alive what
history would have willingly let die. Yet there
is very prominent gentleman in his city, and
one whose interest in the Reechrr ease has
been quite overwhelming. who believes that
The father of his country had numerous other
offspring. and that he took the cold which re-
suited in his death while visiting a remote part
OF hi, estate on very improper errand. Alex
anier Hamilton acknowledged publicly "Wth
the full assent and concurrence OF bis wife," an
amour in Philadelphia, rs the only means Of
explaining circumstances which Indicated OF
fetal misconduct. And the all-heaing Parton.
who wrote the latest biography of Jefferson,
has been At great pains to clear his reputation
from namcleSS rnnors Of the same bad kind.
These, however arc but spots on the
Snn, while the Becchcr's lrminaly is in
total eclipse
In Guelph, Canada, Mr. Hazel, not lib
ing the company his daughter kept at
night, followed her, rs he thought, to 4
secluded place in company with man,
and shot both They proved 10 be man
and woman who were strangers to him,
and are both fatally wounded.
Frank Moulton has been in Portland re-
Gently. 1t is hoped that he stayed long
enough to attend an Allen Mission meet
ing and listen to the celebrations of Capt
Sturdieymt. They would be good for his
case.
Portland has elected anti-Ilamlin dele
gates to the County Convention, but the
grim and determined Hannibal apparently
has the pole in the race, nevertheless.
Hon. Timothy II. Hubbard, died at his
house in North Berwick on Monday. lie
was 4 prominent lawyer Of that section, a
man of uncommon ability, and kind
hearted, genial gentleman