Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-05-08

HANCOCK.

The Wing says on Tuesday, "Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of last week the Ca.
tine Normal School listened to three excel
lent lectures, delivered by Rev. James Kay
Applebee. On Saturday evening, May 18th
the school will have the pleasure Of listening
to an address by Rev. DR. Pepper, Presiden,
of Colby University. Prof. Woodbury. will
deliver the Baccalaureate sermon on May
Goth. in the Congregational church. Rev.
George Lewis of South Berwick. will deliver
the Commencement address of the graduating
exercises, Wednesday evening, May 23d. The
school will close Thursday forenoon with the
graduating exercises.
LINCOLN.
Business in the shipyards of waldoboro
will be good this season. Besides the two
three masted schooners now on the stocks
and nearly completed, five other large
schooners will be built there this
summer, making seven large vessels, the
construction of which will furnish employ
ment to an unusual numoer of men and dis
burse money which will be felt in every
branch of business H. Kennedy Co. and
Edwin o. Clark build two each and William
Fish, Augustus Welt Co. and A. Storer &
Co. one each.
PENoBscor.
painful accident occurred Friday on the
NJ. c. r. R. at Lincoln Dudley Phelps, a
workman, boarded freight train, which left
Bangor at 80 p. NJ, at Oldtown. bound up
the line. Ths train stopped At Lincoln late
in the afternoon for fuel. and Phelps got off
to assist in coaling up. When the train started
again he got on one of the forward cars and
started to walk back to the rear. While he
was on his way, walking over the cars, the
train reached the ''overhead bridge" which
Phelps had forgotten. He was knocked down
between the ears, several of which passed
over one of his legs. crushing the limb so
badly that amputation was necessary. Phelps
is about % years of age, and is unmarried.
He is now at his home in Lincoln. The
overhead bridge" has been the scene Of sew
eral accidents within few years.
PIscATAouIs.
The slate quarry at Brownville was opened
last June and seems to be doing good busi-
ness. The slate is of fine quality and is said
not to be excelled by the slate taken from
the most famous quarries of the country.
The best slate is of course found at some
depth where it has not been exposed to the
action of the frosts and weather. Slate veins
seem to be inexhaustible. There is quarry
in Wales that has been worked for 800 years,
and the bottom of the slate vein has not vet
organized under the laws of Maine with a
capital stock of $4,000. To date over Sls,-
600 have been expended in erecting buildings
and for machinery. Orders for slate have
been recently received from Boston, Bur
lington. VT, St. Paul Mimi, and other
places. firm is negotiating for 100000
school states. Thus far the capital invested
in the enterprise has been put in by Massa-
chusetts gentlemen, but some of the stock
will probably be taken in Bangor.
AT LARGE.
The report of the directors of the Grand
Trunk Railway shows the gross receipts
from the united system to be 81 ,4S9,222 in
1882 against FL 1904 1891 in 1881, the working
expenses having been 67.3s against 70 81 the
corresponding period in 1881. After paying
interest on the International Bridge, Chica-
go and Grand Trunk. Wellington, Grey and
Bruce on capital temporarily employed, div
idend on Detroit Grand Haven and Milwau-
kee shares Of f52S, ISL l6 $. I'd, and deduct
ing for interest on five per cent perpetual
debenture stock, rents, interest on bonds.
less interest received on land loans to
amount of f237. 243, there is a balance Of
net revenues of f52S, 75l Invisible in the pro-
portion of 20 per cent to the Grand Trunk
share capital, and 80 per cent to the Great
Western share capital.