Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-03

Aocal anu State Nous.
Did you leave off all your bad habits last Satur
day
Mrs Amanda Gordon of Vim, has been carried
home from the Insane Hospital.
The people will be glad to learn that number
Of local fares have been reduced on the Maine
Central.
Rich was sliding ice into his houses at Farming
dale, en- Saturday, notwithstanding the springlike
weather.
Our correspondent in South China says that
there has been but two or three days slcighing in
that place the present winter.
Mr.. Amos Evans, who died in North China, on
the 18th of November served through the Mexi'
can war, and also through the Southern rebellion
without getting wounded.
Dea. f. A. Mason, ON passing into his garden
Saturday morning, found pansies in full bloom
the leaves as fresh and the flowers as fair as in the
spring time What a wonderful season
On Saturday morning. Mr.. Z. f. Mckinney
found upon the sidewalk in front Of the Universal
list church, young cricket, cheerful and clipper
brought out by the pleasant, spring-likc weather
The New Years Ball, given by the Pacific boys
on Friday evening, was complete success. Over
one hundred couples were on the floor, and the
company was in every way well behaved
Was the beautiful sunrise on Saturday morning
prophetic of prosperous and happy new year
The whole eastern horizon was radiant with glory
and it was more like May morning than a morn
ing in winter.
The most costly house built in this city the past
season, is that of Oscar Holway, Esq, on State
Street. 1t is also model of architecture, and
adds much Of beauty and permanency to that very
popular part of the town.
The next season Benz. G. Davis, Esq, is TO en-
,irely rebuild his dwelling house on State street,
spending thereon several thousand dollars lhe
honse is to have French roof, and is to be entire
ly modernized.
Bangor is to have a celebration and public test
Of water works on Wednesday Of this week, Jan.
9TH, There will be Il streams thrown at one
time, $50 feet high, and l-2 inch stream 80
feet high or more. There will be other displays,
showing power of machinery and efficiency for
suppressing fires. Also duty test showing econ
omy in pumping for ordinary purposes.
good deal of eloquence will be poured out
this Centennial year. Here is what the author OF
MY opinions and Betsy Bobbetts' has to say OF
a 4th of July celebration in Joncsville
"You NAV talk about honorin' the old heroes
and going through all these performances 10 please
EN-. But if they are in Heaven they can get
along without heerin' the Jonesville brass band,
and II they hain't, they are probably where ire
works hain't much OF rarity 10 en-
The Providence journal snIounccs that Mr..
Chafee, trustee under the Spraguc mortgage, will
not be able to meet the interest that came due last
Saturday. Owing TO the fact that there have been
no earnings since last July, Cup to which time the
interest was paid from the earnings Of the ma
chinery,) and to the exceeding difficulty at this
time Of realizing to advantage on the property,
the trustee deems it advisable to fall back upon
the sixty days provision in the trust deed.
YESTERDAY forenoon double team containing q
| ady and gentleman and three small children, be-
came frightened. just as they were entering the
east end of the Kennebcc bridge, dashed into the
bridge, and ran into another team that was pass
ing over. This brought the runaways to stand
still, and strange to say, no one was ipjurec'
The lady was somewhat faint. Several persons
were present to render assistance We 10 not
learn the names of the parties.
Beware of peddlars Of goods, who impadently
intrude themselves into Your houses, ofefinS
great bargains, and talk you blind and deaf, and
who will finally CANNON You into cash purchase
against your better judgment, or the signing of a
note. which other parties will compel you to pay.
Many persons in Clinton, Unity, Albion and other
towns around have benn vctimized in this way.
One who gave note in this way is confident that
they must have put him under mesmerc influence
for in no other way can he account for the delu-
sion under which he acted.
The week of prayer will be observed in this city
- follows union prayer meeting Monday evening,
at Methodist lecture room; on Tuesday evening
at Baptist vestry; on Wednesday evening the diff
ferent churches will hold their usual meetings at
their several vestries. On Wednesday afternoon
there will be preaching service, followed by q
prayer meeting, at the Baptist lecture room. I'm
ion prayer meeting on Thursday evening, at the
Free Baptist vestry, and ON Friday evening at
the Congregstonalis. chapel! Probably no meet
ing will be held on Saturday evening
Gardiner Locals.
The good people of Gardiner celebrated the in
coming of the Centennial year by the ringing OF
bells, and other lively demonstrations. The peo-
ole there are wide-awake, and it wouldn't do any
harm for the other river towns to catch the same
spirit.
The remains Of Mr.. Sumner Knight formerly a
prominent business man in this city, who died in
arr;uod In the afternoon train from