Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-20

HoraI 'an1 State Mems.
An awful lyer-a soap maker.
There is good caws TO hail the appearance O
crows as harbinger Of spring.
The rcappointment Of ostmaster Berry give
great satisfaction in Gardiner. lie has shown
himselfan excellent officer.
After several months experience as pugllistit
editor, Abbott of the Biddeford Times, now 'nos'
how it is himself"
1t is now expected that Speaker Blaine will
leave Wa hington with his family for his home il
this city, about the first Of next month.
Rev. Mr.. Cox of Waterville, will occupy the
Baptist pulpit in Hallowell, tomorrow morning
and afternoon, at the usual hours of service.
The Rev. @ Thomas Rnes is holding forth in
Furbush's Hall, on Cushnoc heights. If Rines
can preach as well as he used to swear, he will
be power on the hill.
Hon. w. J. Corthell of Calais member Of the
present Maine Senate, has made application for
the position of Supe rintendent Of the Schools, OF
Portland
The Maine Methodist Conference will be held
at Bath May 4th, and the East Maine Conference
at Calais May 18th. Bishop Andrews will preside
at the former, and Bishop Haven at the latter.
Spring, spring, gentle spring
What horrible weather thou dost bring
The river is in its bed asleep,
With iCe-claQ cOyerlld ten feet deep!
Nwn reported last evening that the wife OF
Mr.. Linniken, of the Augusta Bleachery, had Sc
verely scalded herself by upsetting large guam
IT, Of boiling water, but no further particular
could be obtained
You can buy good farm down in Aroostook
county at fifty cents an acre. Here is profitable
and easy field of labor for hundreds of half starved
individuals who are oycrcrowding larger
cities.
Mr.. Caldwell Couillard, a former student at
Colby University, but now employed on the edi-
toral corps of the Boston Herald, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the Grafton at Fairfield, the
coming Decoration Day.
On Sunday afternoon last, the First Christian
Union church on Cushnoc heights, voted to change
their place Of meeting from Furbush's Hall, to
some other locality. They now worship in
Sprague's block on Water street, opposite the
Farmers Hotel. The hours Of worship arc given
in the church directory.
The Brunswick Telegraph comes out in q dress
of type procured in the purchase by Mr.. Tenney
Of the Griffin effce. We shall now take more
pleasure than ever in reading its lively locals. Mr..
Tenney has all along given the people Of Bruins
wick a better paper than they deserve, and in the
course of hundred years or so they viii realize
that fact
The new compulsory educational law requires
that children between the ages of Q and - years
shall be sent to school for period OF at least
twelve weeks each year, unless excused for cause
upon the certificate of physician. 1t is made the
duty Of the school committee town supervisor
to enforce the several provisions Of the act.
The regular union religious services will he held
tomorrow afternoon, in the First Baptist church.
At the request of many who desire to hear him,
the sermon will be preached by Mr.. NJ. T.. Stevens
of Portland. Mr.. Stevens has also engaged to
preach at the same place in the forenoon. Seats
free TO ell.
The ice in the Kennebec river, although frozen
in some places the depth Of fonr or FIVE feet, has
not had any scrous pull backs the past few days.
1t is the hope of all interested in the stability Of
the Kennebec dam, the Kennebec bridge, the rail-
road bridge and other property all along the
course of the river that the work of dissolution of
this compact mass Of ice may be gradual; and
that we may be mercifully spared the disastrous
effects of an od-fashioned ice freshet.
A powerful tobacco reform is in progress in SOM
erset county. One curious tact is revealed that
though many of the well-to-do and wealthy are
addicted to its use, yet the poorer classes and es-
pecially paupers, are almost invariably worshipers
Of the vile god. When benevolent ladies visited
the poor for the purpose Of rendering them some
assistance 10 pass through this rigorous winter,
that, though they found wood clothing and pro-
vison very scarce yet in almost every instance,
they found liberal supply pipes and tobacco.
Our able correspondent at Hallowcll, Maj. Eli
phalet Rowell, who has just received his reappont-
ment as Postmaster, must have "bowels OF COM
passion" to stand with cquanmiv the mistakes
the papers have made in printing his name. They
have had it Eliphalet Bowel, Eph, Gowell, and
Eliphalet Powell. But with all these inaccuracies
the good people Of sister city sure that the
person meant is none other than Maj Rowen, who
has so faithfully served them in the past. We
congratulate them and him on his reappointment.
despatch from Biddetord was published few
days since stating that the chaplain ofthe Reform
Club in that city, Rev. Ammi Ladd had resigned
"bccause the members did not live up to their
principles" The Journal of that city says this
rather conveys wrong impression, and misrep-
resents Mr.. Ladd He announced that he could
not be a candidate for reelection, for the reason
that his pastoratc in that city would close in few
la.-s he ynnld leave the city Ihcre are