Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-03-28
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We had pleasant call yesterday from MI.
Colby, of the Fairfield Chronicle.
VIM S. Badger, Esq, will begin work on his
new house, at the beginning Of settled weathe'.
The Governor and Council will meet at the
State House this evening, at seven o'clock
The shrill notes Of the blue-jay are now heard
in the land Soon the melodious bultros VIII
wake the evening echoes.
The Kennebec rose eight inches yesterday al
ternoor, and rising slowly at nishtiall. There
arc no serious apprehensions of damaging freshet
A goody number Of the Augusta Reformers
went to Hallowell last evening, TO attend meet
ing of their brethren there.
Hon. Joshua Nye yesterday, sent into the he-
form club room a couple of baskets of oranges Tor
which the boys were duly thankful.
The recent rains have made bad work with some
of the roads in the country, and about ruined
some of the city sidewalks.
The storm penetrated some buildings in this city
that have been deemed water tight until this con-
ccit has been taken out of the owners.
The Reform Club of Gardiner have taken room
next door TO the Reporter office, and are mt ting 1t
up for reading room and business Headquarters
The Unitarian sociable will meet this tuesday
evening with Mrs. Geo. F. Potter, at the corncrof
Green and State SITS. All friends are cordially in
yted.
The city officials paid visit to L. w. Webbs
saloon, yesterday. No liquor was obtained, but
libation had jus. hecn poured out on the cellar
floor.
Yesterday noon the city marshal seized live
gallon key of whiskey from an express cart.
Those who had the "critter" i'll charge thought
the city marshal had gone to dinner but they
found out to their cost that he hadn't.
j. Wyman Phillips, Esq, representative IN the
last legislature from Orrington, was in the city
Yesterday. He accompanied home Mr. Zachariah
Thayer who has been on treatment at the Insane
Hospital, having fully recovered.
\ republican was held at the court
house last evening, for the nomination OF candl-
date for Alderman in Ward .. Forty-three votes
were thrown; all bu. six were for Col. Henry >.
Osgood, who was declared to be the nominee.
The election is to be held to-day
We should have stated in our report Of the Re-
formers meeting, on Sunday, that one of the best
speeches of the afternoon made by Mr.. Val
eutine Holt an aged man, well known in this com
munitv. Mr. Holt was the first to sign the iron
clad pledge on the occasion Of the visit OF the
Auburn Reformers 10 this city.
The letter from Fort Fetterman. referred to in
Yesterdays paper, written by the wife OF capt.
Chambers, and states that twelve companies left
the Fort on the lst Of March mot the l5h). The
report that this expedition reached the Indians and
engaged in fight, is confirmed by our dispatches
Yesterday morning.
While We often record the deeds of smart old
ladies' in the knitting and spinning line, 1t is grai
fying to know that the smart old men are not all
dead The other day Mr.. William Csircn OF Read
field, celebrated his Sith birthday by going into
the woods, cutting, hauling, hewing, and placing
in position new sill for his piazza and all tins IN
the ordinary course of daily work VINO ncxtf
Atarecent meeting of the Directors OF the VII
ase school district all the teachers of the astteFm
were reelected. Miss Marcia NJ. Chase resigns
her position as teacher of the Crosby street Inter
mediate school, Miss Carrie kempton, teacher OF
the Kendall street intermediate School, takes Miss
Chase's place, and Miss Celia Arnold will NIL the
place made vacant by Miss kempton.
There are in the city Of Augusta nine large pow
err printing presses, pretty good showing Tor
small city. Following is lis. Of the above
Hoe presses, Potter press, Cottrell " Babcock
presses, Taylor press, Campbell presses,
Adams press There are dozen more job
presses not included in this list, that are quite live
" little affairs, and which turn out annually
large amount of work.
Mr. H. s. Roberts of this city, has shown us an
old pocket book and lot of papers that belonged
to Col James Wasson who was in the Revolution
ary war. Among these interesting relics of a past
age are ga purpose of marriage between Mr.
James WATSON and Miss Ann White, both of
BROOKLYN" dated March 9TH, l16S. A hay bill,
weighed in Boston on the 18th of june l169. y
certificate of payment Of the sum OF Sooo Tor SER
vices in the army, dated at the Auditors office,
West Point July 9th, 1919. receipt for money
to be appropriated to the establishment OF fund
for the institution Of the "Society of the Cincin-
natl" There any quantity of old deeds and
other papers of interest. The pocket-book in
which these are enclosed might have been the one
used by Noah in paving off his sailors on the ark
An item has been going the rounds. charging
Encouragement in the conduct of the several
National Soldiers Homes, intimating very strong
w. that "the cost ofmantaining these institutions,
especially the one here, would keep the soldiers
at frst-class hotels and clohe the m in broadcoth
This somewhat sweeping charge cannot, even IN
the remotest degree. apply to the Home at Iogus,
near this city After careful examination ofthe
books it is found that for the past year. to run the
institution, it has cost $l65 per man. That III
cudes the entire cost of maintaining the lnsti'u-
ton, management, salaries of6ficers, board cloth
ing, and every expense to which the government
i, subjected Now if $l6j year, or about 20
cents day, will keep the soldiers at first-class
hotels and clothe them in broadcloth, there are
any quantity who want to find the landlord of that
hotel, and that right speedily. Sensational items
like the one to which we have referred will hardly
bear few CLEAN, Of daylight They flourish
better in the dark.