Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-18


o'clock.
On account of difficulty in the piers of the
new railroad bridge at Lewiston, the freight
train, for the past few days have passed
through Augusta. The Journal says that the
dfcuity with the stone piers under the Maine
Central ncH iron bri l.r, arises from the fact
that when the piers were built, instead of be-
ing made solid of cut stone, the inside was
filled with loose stone and the top covered
with cut stone. The iron posts of ;he bridge
were placed over this filled portion of the
stone work which not being sufficiently firm
to resist the enormous pressure. settled about
three inches, causing like depression in the
track above Men are at WORK now to rene
dy the defect.
Builders materials are quite low at this
time Iron i, lower than ever, having dropped
from y cents per pound to Il cents. Nails
down to -. are worth s. 80. Spikes sell for
the same. Linseed oil is little lower axd
sells for G3 cents. Turpentine sells at 20
cents. Leads have been down, but have gone
back to the old figures. The price OF the best
grades of white lead is cents. Second quail
itv grades sell for 6 and cents.
Palmyra pays her town officers 81 a da,
while on duty
Special meeting of Augusta Lodge, F. and
A. NJ. this evening, at a o'clock Work in
the second degree.
The wood surveyors have sinecurc at
present Few loads are brought in for sale,
owing to the heaviness of the roads.
The ) cent counter retains its popularity.
Some of our merchants are doing quite an
extensive business in small articles.
\ contemporary suggests convention of
paragraphcrs. The project is feasible. If
ARRANGEMENTS can be made to secure free
II. r. transportation and entertainment by
hotel keepers during its progress, perhaps
majority can borrow enough respectable
clothes to enable them to attend.
The Argus says that IA butterfly WAS seen
in the streets of Portland last week" Evi
IDENTIFY there is much room for Temperance
reform in the Forest City. This is an i'm
provcmcnt on the conventional "suakes"
We have received TIE fifty-ninth annual
catalogue of the Theological Seminary, at
Bangor. There are II in the Senior class,
II in the Middle class, AMI in the Junior
class, making a total of SO. The Seminary
is open to christians of every denomination;
candidates are expected to produce testimony
of their church membership and of their ecu
cation at some College or University. APP
pication for admission. or letters of inquiry.
should be addressed to the Secretary of the
Faculty, Prof. S"wall Bangor.
4 gentleman recently about to pay his doc
tors bill. said ''Wcll, doctor, as my little
bow gave the measles to all my neghbors
children, and as they were attended by you,
think YOU can afford, at the very least, to
deduct ten per ccntum from the amount
of my bill for the increase of business We
gave you.
One of our tradcsmen on Water street, has
lately become affected with the Astronomical
fever. 4 diagram of the solar system was
drawn by him on the floor with piece of
chalk. and the relative positions cf the var-
Gus planet delntated for the benefit of a few
of his friends. While he was expounding two
countrymeu entered and on asking for an ex-
PLANTATION of the drawing were requested to
guess it, One remarked that it was plan
for a boot-heel, Jupiter's moons representing
pegs. the others concluded it must be a spring
for locomotive. twas explained by gen.
teman well posted on such subjects as dia-
gram bearing upon the election. The sun
being the larger planet represented the green
back vote last fall, and each of the lesser
lights as they decreased in size, the ratio in
which greenbackism is dwin'lling down.