Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-31

local anD State Mems.
The burden of the newspapers--Tramp, tramp,
tramp.
The Republican County Convention has been
called to meet in this city, Thursday, August 10Th.
There is Sunday school with from seventy
five to one hundred scholars on the Old Orchard
camp meeting grounds.
Yesterday the 3lst and 32d regiments held their
reunion in Portland. The programme included
sail down to Peaks island, clam bake, ETC.
Mrs. G.. White, formerly of IIallowell, is build
ing comfortable 2-story dwelling house, 25x3S
feet, at the corner of Capital and Grove SITS.
Tramps and bootblacks have been ordered away
from Old Orchard, much to the relief Of the pub
lie there sojourning.
Mr.. Geo. l.. Dodd, reparer and tuner ofpianoes
is in this city, where he VIII remain pl OCCASIONAL
ly for few days.
that water pail in Winthrop, and were picked mp
between the bank and depot.
A refreshing sca-breeze came up river as far az
thisyicniy yesterday afternoon Squirrel Island
ers can't keep them all down there.
Senator Hamlin has made donation to Colby
University $1,000 for the benefit of the library
fund.
wag says the good people of Winthrop could
have shown those robbers little more considera-
ton by escortng them out of town with band Of
music.
DR.. c. Fuller of Lincoln, has been appointed
Examining Surgeon by the Department Of the
Interior at Washington, for the town Of Lincoln
and vicinity Of North Penobscot county.
The Catholic church in Skowhegan is undergo
ing repairs, both outside and IN. The Reporter
says it is to have a new spire 81 feet high, and
pulpit recess at the back.
new way to raise money in Portland, is for
nice, sober young man, to hand You bogus tee-
gram, and collect Of your unsuspectng self, 80
cents, before you open it.
The Eastern Railroad Company have just built
in Salem lot of freight cars bearing the inscrip-
ton "Hoosac Tunnel Line, Eastern Railroad.
No transhipment between the Pacific and New
England"
We again remind the public that CalIendcr's
Original Georgia Minstrels-the great Southern
slave troupe,-four END men, twenty artists, appear
tonight at Granite Hall. They Will give you your
moneys worth, and more too.
Rev. Mr.. Curtis, pastor of Christ church, Uni
tarian) in this city, will take a vacation during
August, and the pulpit will not be occupied dor
ing that month. Services will be resumed the
first week in September.
A large number of people awaited them
selves Yesterday of the opportunity to 60 Belfast
bay and Castne. The weather fine and the
train well filed the exeursioni-ts returned in
good season in the evening, well pleased with
their days trip.
The thanks of the public are due the Augusta
Water Company, and to Mr.. Deyinc, for the add
mrabe drinking fountains supplied gratuitously
ON Water street. The Market Square watering
trough is also furnished gratuituously with water
by Mr.. Johnson's directions.
A contributor says an assault was attempted on
high officer of this county near Whlthed's store,
yesterday, which promised at time to be quite
4 serious affair. 1t was suddenly squelched by
the interpositon of members of the Bar Gas,
not rum, was the cause of it.
Tho Somerset Reporter speaks Of a sad street
scene the other evening in that village. some
seventy-fve hundred people, big and little,
gathered about the depot to see father take his
intoxicated son home to prevent him going to the
lookup.
The editor of the Bridgton News complains as
follows;
THE farmers are busy travel is light, peace
and and quietness reign with undisputed sway,
and, consequently, there is an unwontcd dearth
of local news of interest just now"
Mr. Charles Crossman exhibited to the editor of
the Brunswick Telegraph, one day last week,
piece Of bed rope of whales sinews, only eighty-
sir years old and which is now in use, having
never been taken out of the bcdstead since it was
first set up. He obtained it from family in
Harpswell
The Rockland Free Press says ii is glad 10
state the fact that the two girls frs. sent to the
Industrial School from that city, and who at first
escape are now happy and contented, and no in
ducement which could be offered them there
would be sufficient to carry them back to their old
life.
During the recent serious fire in Waldoboro,
the Lincoln County News Office was almost sur
rounded by the destroying element, but Fortunate
" escaped with small loss. The copy Of the
last issue of .he News which reached this office
bears marks o. damage to the paper stock. One
page of the sheet is smoked to a dingy brown.
Glad Bros. Miller and Atwood escaped so luckily
The authorities of Skowhegan made a seizure
Of liquors, Thursday evening, 29lh, taking $500
worth from the Turner House, and smaller
quantity from the Elm House; the landlords were
warned Wednesday evening not to let the river
drivers have any liquor but they did not heed it,
and the latter procured enough to'make the night