Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-04-03
Zoral anu State Mems.

| AoraI AMI State Mems.
| The floating debt OF the city is $S4,5Sl
| Mr.. A. T. Emery the popular market man, re-
Gently lost pair of twin Knox colts, shortly after
! their birth.
/ Rev. Miss Lorenza Haines of Haowell, will
preach in the Winthrop street Cnyersalist church
tomorrow morning.
There will be special meeting of the managers
of ST. Marks Home, this (Saturday) afternoon, at
IL o'clock.
Mr.. W. \. Newcombe, of Newton Theological
Seminary will preach at the Baptist church, Hal
lowell, tomorrow forenoon and afternoon.
The Portland Transcript appears this week in a
dress of new type, clear and beautiful. The Tran
script has the largest circulation of any paper in
the State.
Mr.. A. H. Merchant, living in Ward T. who has
suffered quite severely for several months from
stroke of paralysis, was the streets yesterday.
lie is still unable to speak above whisper.
One gentlemen on the Kcnnebec, who doesn't
live far from nallowcll pledges $4,000 to the pro-
posed Lewiston & Augusta Railroad. Others are
ready to "follow suit" but perhaps in smaller
sums.
Charley Nye formerly of IIallowell, now one of
the most finished and artistic printers in the old
Bay State, was next to the last to "miss' at
spelling match recently held in Worcester, where
be lives and prosrers.
A large flock of wild geese, bound northward,
passed over the city yesterday forenoon. Their
music was the melody of spring. and furnished
another evidence that the backbone of winter is
broken.
There is now in Storers Market some twenty
quarters of as nice beef as ever was seen. This
firm keeps nice, whitfield market. 1t probably
takes about twenty beevcs a week to supply our
city with its roasts, etc.
We are obliged to reject the communication of
"B. Al" The statements made therein may be
correct-some of them doubtless are-but at this
juncture of the reform movement, the publication
might prove prejudcial to the interests Of The
club.
During the past season there have been from
100 to l25 dwelling houses erected in Waterville
Many stores have been enlarged and improved
and some new ones erected; so that the business
prospects of the beautiful and hourishing town
are very fatering.
Lucius Hill, provision dealer on Water street,
is cutting up a splendid rair of beeves the live
weight of which was 1900 lbs. They will dress
thirty hundred handsomely. They were raised
by Mr.. Lancaster Of Farmingdale Mr.. Hill al
ways keeps excellent stock Of fresh and inviting
goods on hand; and that his goods are appreciated
as shown by his large list of customers.
Under the influence of warm sun, genial skies
and spring breeze the ice in the kennebec must
be wearing away rapidly, and the apprehended
ice freshet may not come off as advertised. Thus
may it be, in the interests OF all who dwell in the
valley of the kennebec 1t may be we'll to eau.
ton those who venture the ice with their teams.
with as much boldness they had in mid-winter.
Mr.. Walter S. Bolton, one of our old and re-
spected citizens living on Bolton Hill, in this
city, died very suddenly on Wednesday morning
about two o'clock He was out to the city on
Tuesday, marketing, and appeared well and lively.
His age was so years. Two of Mr. Bottoms
daughters wcre.school teachers; one married and
lives now in California
a young man just starting in life, writes from
Washington County as follows please send the
Weekly Kennebec journal; after having it in
fathers family from the time could first read
paper, up to the present, consider it one OF the
iadispensables to my new home" May he live
long and prosper, and lis children, and Mcir
children mbibe his principles and follow lis ex-
ample
And this from the Bath Times is an absolute
fact -
Within few weeks at least thousand dollars
has been wheedled from Bath people for adver-
ising the chief, if not the sole benefit to the ad-
vertisers being the pleasure they enjoyed while in
the act of being duped by the glib-tongued solicit
ors who took their money. BY far the largest
part of this money was paid by men who never
spent penny in saying word to those whom
they actually depend upon for business through
an advertisement in their home paper.
Another meeting Of the friends OF temperance
will be held at Granite Hall, tomorrow even ing.
The Augusta Reform Club will be re-organzed
and put in working order by the election of the
necessary officers. A meeting large and en-
thusiastic as that of last Sunday evening, is eX-
pected. Capt. j. II. McKclvey, the President
of the Portland Reform Club, will address the
meeting He is said to be forcible and interest
ing speaker, and is reformed man. The club
I, IL