Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-01-23

Local AMI State Mems.
Thirteen inmates now at the aims house in Gar
diner.
joseph Francis Of the Penobscot tribe of In
diaus, is spending few days in the city.
Several gentlemen in this city have expressed
their intention TO visit Boston during the Moody
and sankey meetings.
There will be a special meeting Of Augusta
lodge, F. and A. NJ, this evening at us O'Clock.
Work in the third degree.
The Oxford Democrat one of the best local pa
pers in the State, begins its forty-fourth year
with dress of new type.
The Portland Advertiser says that Mr.. Reuel
Small, court stenographer, i. confined to his
house with dipthoria.
The Society Of Friends hold social and preach
ing meetings at the North Parish church in this
city, on the first and third Sunday Of each
month.
The annual meeting of the Eastern kennebec
Agricultural Society is TO be held at Greeleys
corner, in Palermo, on Wednesday, January 3lst,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Rev. NJ. J. steere, for several years pastor of
pastor of the church at Mechanic Falls, died
Thursday, of pneumonia, at Athol, Mass.
We refer to the Advertisement Of Samuel
Thurstoa of Portland, in another column. Per
sons sending him orders may be sure Of good
usage and perfectly honorable Treatment.
Mr.. Lewis Selbings confectionery and refresh
irent sta nd at the State House. is well patronized
by the members Of the legislature and others who
have business at the State House.
The teacher in the school on the "plans," in
Whitefeld, has had some trouble with a few I'M
rally boys. The school committee was called in
en now everything is going on all right
Dr. +. s. Lambert of life insurance fame, well
Auown in this city and vicinity, in recent lee
ture stated that he had never known of blue
eyed or hazel eyed person dying Of aPopiexy.
The annual meeting of the Department Of
the Maine Grand Army Of the Republic, will be
held this Tuesday, evening, with Heath Post
No. g. Of Gardiner. Besides the election of ofh-
GERS, other business will be transacted.
The various corporations in the State are very
lax in performing the duty of sending to the Office
of the Secretary Of State full lists of their stock
holders. Twenty five in all have thus far report
od--not quarter of the number in the State.
L. III all m
Wednesday (to-morrow) evening. at o'clock, Of
Masons. their wives and lady friends, to make ar
engagements for the coming levee. full attend
ance is earnestly desired.
As,he team Of Mr. James c.. Boyington was
being driven down Court street hill, yesterday
morning, about seven O'Clock, when crossing the
railroad track the sled was struck by the shifting
engine Bath" and stove up considerably. The
horses were not injured.
General Dow had a good audience at the Rep
resentatiyes' Hall, last evening, and delivered a
very interesting lecture upon England and her in
situations. Gen. Dow has lost none of the vigor
of thought and foIcible u,tersn ces Of his more
youthful days.
We understand that Hon. Joshua Nye. Insur-
ance Commissioner, will bring libel suit against
the Portland Argus for recent articles from Au
gusta recently published in that paper. Mr.. Nye
has engaged Hon j. II. Drummond of Portland
as his counsel.
A Richmond correspondent writes under date
of Saturday: To-day, at one Of our ice COM
panys houses, because q poor horse would not
pull, man had to beat off one Of the horse s
ears, and not satisfied with this, he had 10 tie a
string around the pitiful horses tongue until he
had pulled the life out of the animal"
The school at Newcastle. In Distric. No. 10,
closed on Friday last, after a successful term Of
eight weeks. 1t was taught by Mr.. W. y. Titus
of Alma, of the Sophomore class in the State Col
lege, and who is one of the substantial and prom
ising young men of Lincoln county. The school
committee speak in high terms of both the teach
er and school.
The young folks of Belgrade have formed a
dramatic club for the purpose of giving a series
of entertainments to raise money to pay for re-
pairs on the old meeting house. The first enter
tainment will be given at Belgrade hill on Thurs
day evening Of this week, consisting Of the pre-
sentation of the drama Of zone Hundred Years
Ago, or the Boys of '76," followed by laughable
farce. If stormy, the performance will be post
poued % the next Tuesday evening.
The annual State temperance convention will be
held at Granite Hall, commencing this afternoon,
at o'clock. 1t will be in the form of mass
convention, and the call, which is a liberal one.
embraces "the men, women and children Of
Maine, of all temperance organizations, and of no
temperance organizations, of all religious denom-
nations aud political parties, total abstaners, pro-
hibitionists, and those who have doubts with ref
erence TO prohibition" 1t calls upon them to