Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-27
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The oranges in the market are nice and cheap.
Remember the Republican caucus tonight at the
Common Council room.
Boys this way say kites no hette' il made of
fly paper.
Sailing parties have been quite plenty on the
river lately.
The Portland people have recently been RECALLED
by "can-can."
Cherry parties about the latest thing out in
the party line.
Hen roost robbers OF the mephitc species are
providing about.
The rain that came yesterday was certainly
needed.
Mosquitoes are said to possess the hest family
blood in the country.
"Choke cherries" have now arrived to please
the little boy and girl.
Silver ornaments of all kinds very f,shiona
BILE among the ladies now.
In Aroostook county the earth Is reported to be
thoroughly soaked with water.
Rev. Mr.. Chase of Portland will preach in the
Free Baptist Church to morrow.
The man with the trained bear is reported to
have crossed the State line.
Wstermelons are found 10 some markets with a
handle for convenience in carrying them.
Qrite number Of people in the city will go to
the islands upon a vacation to day.
"when Red meets Red" upon the bali ground
io-dsy) 'then comes the tug of war
This noble sentiment of Billings is now begin
ming to be appreciated: 81 hate III; darn a hi.'
Yesterday had re ally the appearance Of dog days
weather; and the temperature was uncomfortable
An exchange rises to say that this is a danger
ous world, and few persons can hope to get out Of
Il alive.
Rev c. A. Curtis will return to the city today
and occupy the pulpi, of the Unitarian church to-
morrow.
Yesterday was a good day for the fish to bite,
aud number of fishing parties visited the ponds
not far from the city
No order has been received at the post office 10
this city not to reissue the three-cent silver pieces
when taken.
The concert at the somoset House. Mouse
Island, by the Germana Band, is said to have
hecn very fine affair.
II is laid to be the first duty of man that
f,unds a town to name one of the p incple streets
after Washington and the other after himself.
There is a probability that Gen. Garfield will
lake part in the coming campaign in the State.
The General is fine and very effective speaker.
The Augusta Band had good number to hear
= playing Thursday evening at hc band stand,
nd the audience were no doubt well pleased with
III music.
The trsmps won't walk in the hsrves; fields. 1t
is far better to sit 10 the shade and be told nv
greenbsck orator that he ought to have q carriage
nf his own.
Nennor, the weather prophet, publishes a letter
Predicting cold weather soon, to be followed by
p'ester heat; again cold weather, and poss ible
hurry of snow the latte pert of August.
1t was a very cautious reporter who wrote that
"hlackberries can be gathered almost anywhere
r.pecislly 10 localities where there plenty of
hes with plenty of berries on them"
rhe Bangor Tribune. the new gre enback paper,
ha. pate MT outside. that IS half of the paper is
p,ound out 10 New York, and tie rest got up in
E,ngor.
over two hundred men have been employed on
Il Kennebec drive, says the Fairfield Chronicle.
The drivers left the place last week having made
clean drive of over 100000 feet.
espondent of the Boston Herald, writing
from Portland, expresses the opinion that the
,,reenback movement in Maine has reached high
" ter mark and begun to recede.
It is the sun that is to be eclipsed this time and
not the moon And so the young man that was
tending to sit up until two or three o'clock in
the morning to witness the eclipse with his Julia
Ann will not be able to come it on the old folks.
Mr.. Miller son of John T. Miller, peddler Cap
iial Street, bad his right hand punctured by
pick-axe in the bands of fellow workman at the
Knickerbocker Ice Co.'S house in Chelsea, Thurs
day. The wound is not dangerous and is doing
well.
The Commercial suggests that Bangor may
probably engage in the ice business. II says
considerable business is done in harvesting ice
on the Kennebec river Yes, there is coHsdsrd-
he leo cut on the Kennebec! This year the crop
harvested aggregates some nine or ten hundred
thousand tons
The Dsmariscota Herald saws there seemed to
he q scarcity of porgies toward the last of the
week, but it was found by dlgent search they
had only rallied round the Russian steamship,
now at anchor in Southwest Harbor. Two large
loads were taken there by Church's boats on Sat-
urday, the Humphrey bringing in 20o0 barrels
and the Boomer 1900 barrels.
An exchange says: "Did YOU ever notice, among