Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-05-30

Local anu State Nems.
The wandering nnstrels are plenty in this city
Mr.. Lewis, editor of the East Boston Advocate
has been spending few days in the city.
Sturgis has another large schooner at Wscas
set, loaded with deals, and ready to sail for Eng
land.
Mr.. Chas. A. White of Gardiner, Is building
one of the finest and most expensive residence:
on the Kcnnebec river.
Hon. John L. Stevens and Hon. Nelson Ding.
ley, Jr. delegates to the Cincinnati convention,
left yesterday for Cincinnati.
The Kennebec Land & Lumber Co. have com
menced the manufacture of deals at their mill in
Pittston, and will commence shipping them to
England soon as vessels can be procured.
Ii is indeed "kool look" but Putnam, whose
advertisement appears elsewhere, has the happy
faculty of making shirts that fit and will not rip
But that is more than all wives can do.
Mr. G. F. Potter was elected Secretary of the
Augusta Reform Club, at the regular meeting, last
evening" and all communications should be ad-
dressed to him.
No matter how warm the weather may be,
Moulton has at his neat market, oysters fresh and
NICE right from the she'll They are appetizers
indeed, and appeal to every ones "lnard feel
inks"
On account of the decoration exercises occur
ring this afternoon, the meeting of the Woman s
Temperance Union will be held at the usual place
at o'clock tomorrow Wednesday, A full at
tendance is earnestly requested.
An Augusta gentleman, receiving an invitation
to dine out, hastened homeward to make change
in his apparel. Inquiring for a well known and
we'll worn suit of clothes the hest he had, howev-
er,) his dear wife informed him that they had been
swapped for vase! That was an evasive answer
The Good Templars Lodge in Manchester is in
houiishng condition, doing good work for a
young lodge. The young men who mostly COM
pose the organization, are working with will foi
the good Of the lodge and the cause of temper
ance
Granite block, has something of interest for those
who contemplate starting for tie Centennial ex
hibition. A policy in the Travellers is as good as
gold draft. Mr.. Macomber is one of our mos'
capable and honest young men, and we are glad
to know that he is working into good business
Randall at the branch cfice of the old standard
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, in
this city, has put out golden machine. These
machines, with their latest and best improvements,
are great labor- -ghteners, and no household in
these days of enlightenment should be without a
sewing machine.
Mr.. S. S. Reynolds, the veteran builder, has
gone to Squirrel Island, where he is to erect sew
eral buildings, do repairing etc. lie is to build
an addition to the house of Mr.. Ethan Chase. He
expects also to build bowling alley on Mouse
Island The two islands never looked more beau
tiful than at the present time:
Decoration Day is legal holiday, portion Of
which the hands in this office will diligently seek
to improve. Therefore paper will be published
tomorrow wednesday, morning. The Daily
will appear on Thursday morning, with Mr.. Cur
lis Grafton in full and detailed account of the
memorial service. local and political news, and
regular telegraph dispatches. The weekly Will be
issued as usual this afternoon.
Dr. {. I. Norcross of Bangor, has recently very
successfully treated Of cancer at Manches
ter, in this county. Mrs. Mary A. Collins had a
cancer in her right breast, that began to make its
appearance some fse years since. The doctor
first prescribed his Cancer Aptidote to cleanse the
ont tbc tnifa hot
ever being used in the operation. The lady is
recovering, and is very grateful at being relieved
from this distressing disease.
A correspondent writes follows in relation to
u recent meeting conducted by Eli Jones
Mr.. EDIToR:-I had the pleasure of attending
the Friends quarterly meeting, held at China, on
the 26th inst We had very able discourse from
our brother, Eli Jones. Subject: Faith AT
the opening of the business meeting, Bro. Jones
gave us interesting account of his travels, from
the time he embarked at Boston till he embarked
at Queenstown for home, and it was very inter-
esting. At that meeting there more than thirty
persons by the name OF Jones'
On Saturday evening last, at about 10 o'clock,
The family of Leander N. Worhing, heard noise
IN the stable, and son of Mr.. Worthing went
out. The door of the barn and the gate of the
yard were open. Some one had broken into the
barn and stolen horse belonging to Charles r
Parks of this city. A neighbor was aroused, and
the parties were pursued in the direction of Lib
erty. The forms of two men were seen, but they
were frightened and left the animal loose in the
road, where he was found
Somewhat of an impetus has been given to the
ice business ON the Kennebec, by the warm wealth
er. As the thermometer goes up, so goes up the
value Of the ice. Between this city and Gardiner
some eight vessels are loading daily with ice for
southern markets. Rich, the knickerbocker, and
the Kennebec Land & Lumber Co. are shipping.
Considerable ice has been sold for $3.50 per ton
About l75000 tons remain unsold. With a hot,
dry summer, all will be disposed of at good prices,
and these houses be ready for next winters opera