Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-31
LARGE SCALE
On Which Farming Operations Are
Conducted at Togus.
Commanding Officers Of compsnies-Popu'
lar Physician Leaves.

TOGUs, Me-, Aug. 3O.-(opecial.)--
Speaking of doing business here on large
scale. stated recently that there were 22
acres of fodder corn. This crop is now
being harvested. 1t will average somewhat
over Is tons to the acre, making total of
400 tons or more.
It's Icing RAPIDLY converted into silo.
Yesterday forenoon 80 heavy two-horse
loads were run through the cutter in l-2
hours. The cylinder where it is fed in is
only l5xG inches. Pretty lively work, Mr..
James Libby, assistant foreman of farm
work, feeding il in. The power is fur
nishsd by THE portable engine General
Butler" formerly used here as fire en-
CINE. Tie silo building is 60 feet long by
90 wide md u feet pest. This building
will hold the greater part Of the silo.
There are over 1900 men here, and they
are divided into six companies for the pur-
pose of Simplifying clerical work, and for the
general management of the men.
Below give each company its command
ing officers, etc; it may not be uninterest-
ing:
Co. A-Capt William Jones of the Tooth
NJ Y, was severely wounded at Fort
Gregg; Lieut. John Meloy, 9Th Massachu-
company, 3GG. Number present. today,
294.
Co. B.-Capt LeMagre Simpson. Sd
Penn. artillery, wounded at Plymouth, N.
c., in 1868, was a prisoner 10 months in
Andersonvile Lieut.. Eleazar Hull, lst n.
j., wounded at Spottsylvania in 1864. Ag
gregate number of men in Co. B, $40 pres
ent, 1863.
Co. Capt. Richard Gohell, 90 Penn,
wounded at Gaines Mills, sabot wound.
Lieut.. Geo. i. Smith, 18th and 10Th Mass,
shot through the body in front of Petersburg.
Aggrf gate number of men in this company,
1888 present, 2533.
Co. D-Capt b. Frank Cakes, 9th
Mas. Infy. seth L. S. and 4th Mass.
Cav. Lient Richard b. Archer, 55th N.
Y, wounded at Fair Oaks in 1862. Aggre-
gate number Of men, 3l2; number present,
2i3. . -
Co. Capt. Daniel McAdams. 20.h
Mass, shot through both thighs at Gettys-
burg. Lieut. John w. McGoyern, Goth
Mass, taken prisoner at Winchester, but
succeed in making his escape. Aggregate
number Of men, 81 I; number present, 295.
Co. G-CApt. james Donnelley, 20th
Mass, shot through both legs e: Bristol
Station, Sept II, 1850, and severely
WOuUuPu GDpOlSJlkdHli, 4hBl 10, l0bt
suffered from his wounds ever since.
Lieut. Edward Wetharell, 79ih N. Y. High
landers, severely wounded at FIRST Ball
Ran.
These are a fair sample Of the men here.
have only given The regimen. each be-
longed 10. Some of these men were officers
in the regiments to which they belonged,
but all are on a level here, colonies and
privates. These men are selected by the
governor of the home for company officers,
and great care is exercised in their selec-
ton. Changes are very rare and the most
of them have held their positions for a
number of years. There is no difficulty in
obtaining plenty of good men for any posi-
ton made vacant here.
When you begin to investigate personal
records here you will be surprised. These
men may look to be quite well and strong
but they have diseases and ailments that
have followed them from the field of battle
down to today.
Dr. Geo. +. Libby, lst assistant surgeon
here, leaves tomorrow for an extended
European tour. lie will spend year in
travel and study, his objective point for
tudy being Berlin.
Or. Libby graduated from the medical
department Of Bowdoin college in June
lNIl. lie ItCtlNeH Tie appointment VI
second assistant surgeon in Sept. 1891, and
has thus been three years on the hospital
staff here. He was promoted to first as
sistant surgeon one year ago and has served
as such since. The doctor will 20 from
here to his home in Portland, where he will
remain until Oct. l when he will sail for
Europe. He leaves an army of friends be-
hind and if his future success depended
upon good wishes it would be unbounded.
DIR. Elwell, who has been away at Bangor,
for few days, will return today.
A day or two since Deputy Ames and
Officer Rollins put OH their war paint and
struck out for scalps. When they start in
dead earnest they can usually succeed.
They called upon Grin Kicker on the Gar
diner road. Results, FIVE gallon keg
partly full Of Togus lightning, also a num-
Der of bottles of the same. One hundred
of Uncle Sans dollars settled the bill be-
fore Judge Stevens.
Yesterday gay party numbering over
200 came up from Boothbay, they had a
good day and a good time. Many Mas
sachusett people who are at Boothbay ac-
companied the excursion, among who were !:
Messrs. A. b. and +. g. Moorehouse and
Helen w. Moorehouse of Medford Chas.
III. and l.. II. Woodwork and Miss Eliza
beth Ball, Newtonville, Mass. Miss J. M.
Sherman of Boston, and others. The
kennebec Central receives many compli-
ments for the comfortable manner in which
cares for excurSio nists and all others.
Supt. LAYTON is the right man in the right
place.
George Crosby Sheldon, Populist candi-
date for Congress from the third district,
passed through here, with male quartette,
this morning en- route for Gardiner. Mr..
Crosby is stumping the district in the inter-
ests of his party, and carries his own music.
The party travel by blackboard and span,
Total number on morning report, 1871.
Number patients in hospital, 25S Died
Aug. 20, William Freeman, Co. 6, 10th
n. Y.