Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-06


act as train dispatcher OH the NJ. c. II. r., during
the absence of Mr.. Wilkins who has gone West
for few weeks
The cheeses produced at the Dxield factory
are of excellent quality and find ready sale in
the Augusta market. They are making at the
factory ten forty pound checses per day.
f. Wilder Farley, the old democratic horse,
is represented as being entirely Indifferent as to
the result of the present canvass. He don't care
a fg whether Roberts is voted up or voted down"
Mr.. l.. Il. Hill assistant Postmaster, has relics
of the Winthrop Bank robbery, in the shape of
bills and factional currency, stove into pretty
small fractions by the explosion, pieces ofglass,
and portion of the unsafe safe.
Another of those popular excursions to Squirrel
Island, by the barge Yosemite takes place to-day.
Passengers from Augusta and IIallowe take the
train leaving this city at 80 this morning, for the
barge at Gardiner, and return the same way in
the evening.
The City Trcasurer's time is fully occupied IL
receiving the money of tax payers, who are avail
ing themselves of the eight per cent discount the
time Of the discount expiring on Tuesday next
After that, all taxes remaining unpaid the lst
Of October, will be charged with interest TIL paid
\ very pretty chandelier, from a New York
mandatory, costing one hundred and fifty dol
las, has just been placed in the First Baptist
church in this city 1t i, suspended from the cell
Ing in the centre OF the audience room, and will
furnish an abundance of light, which the previous
fixtures failed to do without additional help.
That excellent family and political newspaper
the Maine State Press Che weekly of the Port
lond Press, is published thi, week in enlarged
form, without any enlargement of price. The in-
crease in size affords about three columns OF space,
which viii allow q greater amount and variety of
reading matter.
1t is now understood that surveys will be
menced at Wateryillc, on the railroad from that
place to Augusta, on Monday, August 23d. Prob
ably surveys on the Lewiston and Augusta road
will commence at Lewiston the day. Par
ties have been looking the route, so that the
work will proceed rapidly when taken in hand by
the engineers
The announcement of the Old Orchard Camp
meetings will be found in our columns this
ing. The National Campmeetng, now in pro
gress, will continue ten days; the National
Temperance Campmeeting commences August
Eth, and continues ten days and the District
Campmeetng commences Sept. 9Th, and continues
one week. Tickets to this delightful place of
summer resort may be had at half price at any
railroad station.
The contractors OF the Somerset Railroad, re-
sumo work this week, and intend to have the road
bed ready for the seepers and iron in about five
weeks. The job Of getting out the stone for the
abu,rnent, and piers has been let to Mr.. Leayitt
OF Lewiston. The road will be completed TO
North Arson this fall, if possible The Directors
are doing everything in their power 10 forward
the work, and It's completion TO North Arson is
very anxiously looked for.
Our Catholic friends had good courage ye,ter-
day, and started oft on their annual excursion in
the barge 10 the mouth of the Kennebec river. So
we presume, after the previous postponement, that
Yesterday was 'fthe first fair day." though we
haven't seen it rain harder for a long while. Some
two or three hundred persons went on the eXcur-
sion, and before arriving home in the darkness
they must have been thoroughly drenchcd COM
munity of patriots.
The Progressive Age has the following sensible
remarks
Another nuisance is prevailing in cities and
villages, which is set of hawkers who are peram-
bulating the State, and making stand at street
corners, where they exhibit some worthless gm-
crack or quack medicine, and palm them oil upon
the people by false preences as 10 their merits. If
those articles were of any vaue they would be
found in the stores Of our local merchants and
their not being there is IN that they are not
what they are recommended. the City Govern
ment should pass order forbidding the use of
the streets to this class Of cheats, and the City
Marshal should be instructed TO execute It,
OF all the seventy-four degrees of L. ID. be-
slowed at college commandments this summer,
none meets with more general and hearty APPROX
al than that recently bestowed by Colby University
upon our distinguished townsman, Mr.. Blaine. 1t
has peculiar significance as the honor is conferred
by Institution of learning in bis own district,
and near his own home, whore he is best known.
Speaking of the action of the college boards, DIR.
Quinby in the Gospel Banner, says;
"The title of LII. d. conferred upon Hon.
J. q. Blaine. Ii will be worthily borne. Ii we
mistake not Bates College conferred this degree
upon Mr. Blaine two or three years ago.
The violent rain has caused sudden rise in the
new plank and timber reservoir, in process of
building on Bridge street Although embedded
in the earth, apparently not subject to any acci
dent of the kind the great flow of water under it
Causeu tue structure 10 rise some tuite or
feet, prohuding that distance from the surface of
the street. The work would have been completed
in few days and the reservoir filled, when the
accident could not have occurred. As it was, the
reservoir being perfectly tight, foaed like ship
After the Storm the structure will be righted and
loaded with water and made perfectly safe and
secure.
Mr. S. S. Brooks, the well known hardware
merchant in this city, yesterday forenoon bad
ly bitten by horse. In the absence Of the man
who usually performs that duty, Mr. BROOKS was
Harvesting horse into the truck wagon prepare
tory to driving to the store When in the act OF
bridling the horse, the animal suddenly and most
violently seized Mr.. Brooks by the right wrist and
shook him about as though he were but child.
When the beast dropped his victim, Mr.. Brooks
wrist was found to be badly lacerated and bled
considerably. There were three gashes made by
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