Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-09-23

local anu State Mems.
The September Tern S. J. Couyt opened at Au-
burn on Tuesday, Walton j. presiding.
Again the rumor is started that the night trains
on tie Maine Central are to be discontinued
Webb, at the South End market, has begun to
shell out oysters, and sell CLANS and lobsters
The wife Of Mr. A. d. Locke Of this city, died
yesterday morning, Of congestion Of the lungs
The Alphas played with the Gardiner boys yes
terday in this city, and beat them badly, the score
standing "a to 9.
The will Of the late Mr.. Sayward is to be admit
ted to Probate Court at Haverhill, Essex county,
Mass, on Monday, the llth of October.
The committees of the creditors and stock
holders of the Z. &. A. Railway, viii meet this
afternoon in Bangor.
The reunion in Portland this week, Of the sur
vvors of all the Maine batteries, will bring to.
gether lots of the boys who the army blue.
Hon. Fred Atwood of Winterport, who has just
been defeated for the State Senate, is agent for "a
little sulky" We hope that useful implement
does not represent Mr.. Atwood's true feelings.
The tasty and sklful milliner, Mrs. Vcsta Tur-
ner Blackwell, has just received fre,h lot of mil
inery, embracing the fall styles, with the various
"riggings' that go with the millinery depart
ment.
An order has been issued by the Maine Central
officers, forbidding the fireman of a locomotive to
handle the machine at any time, including back
ing in and running out of the round house. The
engineer is to run the locomotive from the time it
leaves the pit till it is again safely housed.
The second examination Of candidates FOR ad-
mission 10 Bowdoin College will take place to-day,
and the fall term of the college will also COM
mencc to-day A good class will enter. and the
prospects of the institution more tattering
than they were ayear ago.
Mr.. Arthur Mason, Of the journal Office has
heen presented with cluster Of branches, gath
cred in Maryland, from sweet gum tree. The
branches have the appearance Of being dead when
severed arc interlocked with each other, and in
shape resemble somewhat. stag's horns
Edward Carswell, who is to lecture in Gardiner
on Saturday and Sunday, spoke in Portland the
other evening. A Portland exchange says he "dc-
liyered one of his peculiarly earnest, impassioned
aud humorous addresses OIL temperance. The au-
diencc was immensely gratifed, as well it might
be-"
We learn that Mr.. George 5. Rowell, son of
Major E. Rowell, of Halowell, who for the past
three years has been engaged in business at
Presque Isle, Aroostook Co, in this State has re-
Gently returned home to Por,landt to fill his old po
sition in the counting room of the Portland Daily
Advertiser as financial manager OF that establish
ment.
On the advent of cold weather stove and
furnace dealers very busy in putting in new
furnaces and stoves, repairing old ones. We
take pleasure in referring to the advertisements of
these dealers, and assuring friends and their
patrons that orders left with them will receive
prompt attention, and those pattonHIng them may
be sure Of being well used.
The proprietors of Fairfield Trotting Park are
to have two days trot. Sept. 10Th and 5oth. with
the following purses First day. purse of 500 to
horses that have never beaten minutes Purse
Of Sl75 to horses that have never beaten 335.
Purse of $50 open to year old colts. (Stcond
day) Purse of $le5 open to horses that have
never beaten 2.42. Purse of 500 open TO year
old colts. Purse Of $3.50 oreu to all horses.
The Lewiston journal states that the old cloth
peddling game is again in this State. In several
quarters we hear of parties who under heavy
bonds not to sell to retail dealers, visiting parties
with piles of goods cut in patterns as they say to
escape duties. They make tempting pile, which
will be sold for Sl50. In default of cash a good
note is taken, and of course sold. In one town
8l450 of these notes have been taken and the par
tics are Offering their purchases at half the rate
paid.
The plot thickens. The furniture at the Angus
to House has been advertised for sale to-day, by
auction, but we understand that the L. S. District
Court at Portland, has, petition, granted to Mr..
Baker through his attorneys Lancaster & Black, an
injunction upon the officer, W. H. Libby, ESQ., his
servants, agents or attorneys, njoning and re-
straining them from making sale or in any way
disposng of the property of the Augusta House,
until the further order of the L. S. Court The
public care nothing about the legal squabble; they
only ask that the house be opened
The Society of Friends have had important re-
vival meetings at Durham and West Gardiner
within few days; also at Vassalboro' Meeting
House. Rev. d. Douglass of Ohio and j. B.
Daniels Of Massachusetts are the active leaders
in this revival work. Other ministers from the
West have been laboring meanwhile in Thorn
dixie and its vicinity, and the end of the present
week series Of meetings will be started in
China The spirit Of that invincible revivalist,
George Fox, seems to be visiting the Friends So
ciety just now. $50 mote it be-"
The venerable and successful preacher in the
Society of Friends, Eli Jones of China. now in his
Goth year, who is ON his fourth visit to Europe to
proclaim the gospel there writes under date Of 4th
inst. from Waterford, Ireland-"My health is ex-
cellent. have since leaving home, six weeks