Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-08-01

from his vacation AMI occupy his pulpit to
morrow
The fall term of school in the village dis
trict will begin on Monday, the oath OF Au'
gust three weeks from next Monday.
The Joint committee on Masonic accommo =
dations will hold an important meeting at Ma
sonic Hall, this evening, at l'2 o'clock.
The match game of base ball between the
Remedies of Hallowell and the Dirgos of
Augusta, which was to take place to day, has
been postponed for the present.
During the campmeeting at Richmond, be-
ginning on Tuesday, the Daily Journal will
b, sold on the ground by Charles II. Leeman,
who will be supplied with copies by the early
train on and after Wednesday.
The Unitarian church in this city is to be
closed, for the summer vacation, during the
first four Sundays of August. Rev. Mr..
Beckwith, tie pastor, will appropriate that
time for his vacation period.
The republican city committee met last eve
ming, and organized by the choice of Paul p.
Hall as chairman, and Milton NJ. Stone as
secretary. They voted unanimously to hold
the caucus for the selection of delegates to
the county convention, on Tuesday evening.
A letter was received the other day, at the
post office in this city, addressed to "The
Al Lev, 1atta
ceived at the office for long time that could
not be delivered, and for which there was no
call.
Rev. Mr.. Kinds of this city is off on his va
cation there will therefore be no services at
the Winthrop Street Universalist church to-
morrow, The Sunday School will meet at
quarter to twelve. There will probably be no
preaching during the month of August.
An admirable portrait of Past Grand Mas
ter John II. Lynde has been engraved under
the direction of the Masons Of the 32d and 33d
degrees. Copies will be bound with the vol
ume of proceedings OF the last session of the
Grand Lodge.
Misses Thomas and Downs, clerks for Ken
nebec county, in the short space of three
months, have completed the second volume
of Index, containing correct and systematic
arrangement of conveyances &C., from 1870, to
1874.
The building is up for the manufacturing
establishment at Leeds Corner, erected by an
incorporated company having capital stock
of some 200. Machinery is to be put in
for the manufacture of boxes, such as salt and
other small boxes. First class machinery will
also be put in for grist mill.
We call public notice to the advertisement
of an excursion on Tuesday next from this
city, Halowell Gardiner, Richmond aud
Bath, on the Barge Yosemite. Augusta peo-
pie designing to attend the excursion, will take
the 7 80 train from Augusta and join barge at
Gard ner. 1t is designed to have the barge
return to Gardiner in season to take the s 30
train for Haloweil and Augusta, if they de-
sire to do SO.
Mr.. f. p. Shaw is now the sole proprietor
field of operations, supplying customers in
this city and Hallowell, and having large
country trade. With the endeavor to sustain
first class bakery we have no doubt that Mr.
Shaw will have the fullest success. Man does
not live by bread alone, but that forms very
important item in this mundane sphere, and
coupled with butter, is what the majority Of
humanity are struggling for.
Our readers are reminded that, according
to the postal law passed at the last session of
Congress, newspapers now circulate IN the
county where published without any charge
for postage. All of our city subscribers who
desire it, may have their daily or weekly
papers put into their post office boxes without
charge. So that the cost of a newspaper in
the county where published, will be confined
to the cost of subscription. The obnoxious
part of the law, requiring publishers to pre-
pay postage on papers sent out OF the county,
goes into effect next January.
The next reunion of the Second Maine
Veteran Cavalry Association will be holden,
this year, at Bucksport, Maine, Wednesday,
have been made with the Sanford and Inside
Line of Steamboats,, the European North
American Railway, and the Knox Lincoln
Railroad. The exercises of the day will COM
mence about noon and consist of procession,
Grafton, banquet, toasts, speeches &C. Gov
ernor Dingley, Senator Hamlin and Congress
man Hale, are expected to be present. 1t is
hoped the members will be there in full force,
The funeral of the late Ralph B. Kinsman
took place at his fathers residence on Crosby
street, yesterday afternoon. There was a
large attendance, hundred or more being
unable to gain admission to the house. show
ing that the deceased had many warm friends
in this community. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Martin, Presiding Ell
der of this district, and Rev. Mr.. Sanderson,
Pastor of the Methodist church. There was
singing by the Methodist and Baptist choirs.
The deepest sympathy was manifested by all