Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-05-26
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Smoked Beef at D ow & storel's.
The little horse thief, Miss Mary Brown. didn't
stop long at her quarters in the aims house in this
city 1t Is not known where she has gone.
DR.. Croker, P. o. viekcry, e. c. Allen, and
several gentlemen from Boston, are on a trip to
Moosehcad Lake. to return some time next week.
Cap. Edward |. Merrill of Pennington will de-
liver the Grafton at East Wilton on Decoration
Day
Hon. Josiah III. Drummond will deliver an ora
ton at Rockland. st. Johns Day. Col. Spaulding
of Richmond, will deliver the Decoration D ay ad-
,'ress at Belfast.
For two days past there have been no strawber-
es in the Boston market. Mr.. Clapp received
10 quarts last evening and hopes to be able to
KEEP supplied hereafter. He has an ample supply
for Saturday.
The Riverside Reading Club gave dramatic
and musical entertainment at Citizens Hail. on
the 18th. 1t was pronounced good show, the
parts being all we'll taken. The plays were "Abovc
the Blends" and sour Boys of &C."
Mr.. Ed. Sands Of ssco, gave his inimitablc lee
tare on "Sunsh inc, or How to Make Home Hap
py," in the Amusement Hall Of the Soldiers
Home. Thursday evening. The hall was nearly
lied, and at the close the boys gave Mr.. Sands
three lusty cheers. Isl E
Rev. Arthur II. Locke Of this city, who has
been filing an appointment at Hastings, Mich,
has been spending few days with his relatives in
this city He has now gone to Camden, where he
has been placed in charge of the Episcopal church
The Gardiner Journal relates that the maddest
woman the editor has seen for some time, was
one who has been wanting to hear Cough all her
life, and forgot to 20 when the evening came
aud her husband had secured ticket, too, and also
forgot it.
The stock Of hardware 60 DDS in the store re-
Gently occupied by e. w. Stafford & Son, was sold
yesterday. to Edward E. Vaughn of Portsmouth,
n. II, Tue price paid was AZ per cent on the cost
Mr.. Vaughn Is . young man who will continue
the hardware business at the old stand.
Flags for marking the graves of Soldiers, to aid
in the work of decorating, may be procured at
Lewis selbingS, Quartermaster of the G. A. r.
The Gags may be had for the asking, and it is
hoped that the friends Of the deceased soldiers
will see to il that no grave 10 overlooked.
There are At the present time $50 inmates at the
Soldiers Home. near this city. where the disabled
"boys in blue" have good care, nice home, and
comfortable, heshhful quarters. There are four
institutions of the kind in the United States. No
nation inthe world has such kind and jealous care
nf disah odd ~
You win fud the largest assortment Of Summer
Woolens for mems wear at Huntington Mason &
Cos. Their facilities for doing frst-class custom
work are superior to that Of any other tailoring
establishment in Kennebec county. Mr.. s. A.
Niles still continues with them as cutter, and is
giving excellent satisfaction.
Tue house, shed and carriage house of Freder-
lick WsClark. in Oh na, were burned to the ground
on Wednesday afternoon, 23d. at four o'clock.
The most Of the furniture and farming tool. were
saved. A hot FIRE had been built Tor ironing, and
it is thought that the FIRE orig mated from . de-
feet in the chimney, . it was first discovered on
the roof. Loss $1,000; insured for 500.
Not only have the tent catterpillars put in the ir
appearance, and settled down into camp life, pre-
psraory 70 sending out their squirms hers, but
the other FLOWS have also got along-those pes
titential varmints, We mean who shin up ropes Of
their own making. and then come down upon the
unsuspecting orchard;st unawares. carrying death
aud destruction in their trail. Eternal vigilance
" i'll be the price of apples this year.
Memorial Services, in commemorstion of
the Patriot Dead and pre- lmin mary to the exercises
of Wednesday, will be held at the Granite church
10 morrow evening, att IL o'clock. The sermon
VIII be preached by Rev. c. A. Curtis, Chaplain
OF Seth williams Post. All are invited and the
usual evening services at the other churches will
BE- omitted. Thecomrsdes of the Grand Army
will meet in their hall at seven o'clock, in uniform,
and proceed to the church in a body
This from the Lewiston Journal We insert as q
hint to the graduating class in the Augusta High
School, although it may be too late THE young
ladies of the graduating class Of the
Lewiston High School have acceded to
the request Of the Superintendent to dress in
American prints At the exerc Use, Of graduation.
The young gentlemen are also arranging TO make
the graduating expenses merely nominal. This
course meets the approval of all the teachers of
the school, and removes what has sometimes
proved an onerous burden for parents"
Huntington, Mason & Co., open to-day a new
line OF all wool business suits of their own manu-.
facture At the extremely low price of twelve dol
lars per suit Customers in examining their large
stock Of ready made clothing will notice that the
work 10 their cheapest suits is first class and