Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-18
Aoral anD State Mems.

Aoral an1 State Mems.
co. what is so rare day in June.
The light of other days"-our street lamps.
Don't forget the Summer Festival of the Ten
perance Reform Club at Granite Hall, tonight.
We see it stated that the Auburn Clipper is dead
Mourners are scarce.
It was good weather yesterday for cep,ennal.,
There was one in Boston, we believe
MI. d. L. Allen Of the Journal Office owns a
genuine sword Of the revolution. II was the blade
Of Major Nourse.
The bells of IIallowcll pealed forth with
,cnnial joyousness yesterday, commemorative Of
Bunker Hill.
The theme Of the preacher in the Haowell
Methodist church next Sunday. will he Little
Foxes"
One week from to-day Louis II. F. Wagner and
John True Gordon will be hung by their necks
until they are dead.
Tie "burst'' in the water company's pipe in
front Oh Deane fray mas Decn repaired, anu tnat
inconvenent street trench is filled up again.
The "expo.e" of spiritualism in Hallowell Mon
day evening, is said to have been hardly up to the
expectations of the audience assembled.
Dr. Briggs, dentist. has returned from his
Moosehead trip, bringing big string Of fish with
him. He extracted, among others of less size, A.
magnificent three pound silver trout.
The examination Of Crosby St. intermediate
school will take place on Monday forenoon, june
81 instead of afternoon, as announced in yester-
days Journal, the change having been made by
the Directors.
Two youngsters, last evening, while riding in a
phaeton of Cony & Farrar's, were tipped over
and the carriage badly smashed, the top being
torn nearly of-bent back like the cover Of a cof-
fee-pot. The horse was cut slightly.
Four ex-ohicers of the same regiment and COM
pany accidently met at the convention in Portland
Tuesday. AL were severely wounded in different
battles. They don't think as the democrats do,
that the chaps who shot them ought TO take charge
of the country just yet.
The two little boys-Tommy Buckley and Jamie
Baine-who narrowly escaped death on We'd
nesday by being run away with while the top
Of the State street sprinkler nicely yesterday,
though Tommy was pretty sore from bumps and
bruises.
The city is constructing cisteln the top
of Bridge street HILL to collect the water from the
springs in the vicinity. 1t has purchased of the
railroad company the pipe that lies buried from
the site of the cstern to the railroad track, with
view to supplying the street sprinkler and Water
street csterns with water free Of cost.
We know a gentleman who has destroyed the
first crop of currant worms on his bushes this sea-
son by spending few hours of different days in
picking off and destroying the leaves on which
the flies had deposited their eggs. He says little
patience and perseverance will save the bushes
and ensure crop of currans, in spite of the var
mints.
\ pair of exquisitely painted canoe paddles on
exhibition in the window of Frank Pieice's book
store, attract the passers by. The paddles were
made by an old Indian guide in the woods down
East Capt. Z. c. Pierce of Springfield, Mass,
formerly of this city, has decorated them in the
highest style of art and will present them to his
cid guide, Charles Meservey Of Creenvle, in this
state.
A gentleman Of this city recently brought home
from Moosehead fine specimen Of the beavers
Workmanship. 1t is piece of a stump of poplar
tree six inches in diameter, from which, the tree
was gnawed and cut into iunks, last autumn for
the ingenious animals, winter habitation. The
prints of the teeth plainly appear and look as if
made by chisel in the hands of an amateur car
penter.
The coming Fourth Of July will be celebrated
at the Jefferson trottng park July 9TH, at A.
NJ. by fantastic parade; at 10 A. NJ, opening
address by Dr. j. d. Montgomery-Suhject Re
publican and Monarchicsl Governments Compar-
ed at 10 80 an Grafton by Miss Hulda b. Loud Of
Rockland, Massachusetts,; to be followed in reply
by l.. NJ. Staples, Esq, of Washington, Me. sew
eral horses will trot for purses in the afternoon.
The Portland Argus has the following notice Of
theatrical company whose advertisement is found
in columns this morning: eve can assure
our friends in the eastern cities, where Arnold
and Calder are to produce Uncle Toms Cabin and
Rp:V an Wrinkle, that they will witness better act
ing than they have been in the habit of seeing from