Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-09

Tor ten years.
Among the tramps who boarded the train
the other day, on the Maine Central, was
''Gunny" Ilawes. the well known democrat
ic politician ofthis city
The annual convention of the Maine State
Sunday School Association will be held at
Pennington Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 81
and % 1879. The usual reduced r. X. fare
and free entertainment may be expected
Our correspondent writes: The dwelling
with part of the furniture, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday morning. Probably caught
from defective chimney. There was no in
surance, and the loss was about $500.
DIR. Dillingham; left the city yesterday for
a vacation among the hills of Franklin cOun
ty. He goes in his own team, accompanied
by his dog and gun. He needs rest and
change, rs his duties were arduous during
the absence of DIR. Bell in Europe.
We understand that Mr.. Howard Owen
intends to make his Biographical Sketches
of members Of the Legislature for 1880 more
complete and valuable than ever before. He
has already begun to gather material for the
work. He will admit, as usual, few adver
tisements.
A young lady who didn't understand horse
flesh management came near receiving serious
injuries by her carelessness. She became
frightened, dropped the reins and jumped out
of the carriage between the wheels. She
was saved from being knocked down and run
over by the quick wits and ready hand of
young man who stood near by and caught the
horse.
There was good attendance at the meet
ing of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, on Tuesday afternoon. Matters re-
lating to the work of the Union in this city,
were discussed with interest, and reports
made by delegates and other members who
attended the annual meeting of the State
Union at Bangor last week.
Two young men went beech nuttng day
or two ago and tried the experiment of cut
ting off the limb upon which they were seat
ed The limb couldn't stand everything but
gave way, precipitating the lads into the lap
of mother earth. One named Parkman had
wrist spraincd and received other injuries
but Colburn was more fortunate, escaping
unnjured.
A splendid specimen of the plant or tree,
Ricinus Giganteus Castor oil plant, can be
seen i'm the show window of Partridges' Drug
store. Under Granite Hall. Though scarcely
three months from the seed, it is four feet
high, and has leaves nearly eighteen inches
across. Strange to say, the plant is in full
bearing, and is laden with bottles of Castor
oil, which makes it attractive to children
We learn that Mr. G. Z. Fletcher has been
engaged to give course of lectures upon
Didactics, at the Wesleyan Seminary College
at Kents Hill. As this institution sends out
large number of teachers every year the
wisdom of the managers is manifest in secur-
ing the services of one who has had twelve
years of experience in training teachers in
one of our State Normal Schools.
The Musical Committee of the First Bap-
and instrumental concert, to come off proba-
bly, the last of the present month. They have
effected an engagement with Prof +. X. llar-
low, the talented blind musician, and his
wife, Mrs. Augusta Blake Harlow, who has
received instruction from the best Italian
teachers and has taken the leading part in
several popular operas. These artists will
be assisted by home talent.
The other day u somewhat singular thing
occurred at Waterville. Men were at work
with span of horses using "a scraper in get
ting the ground ready for the new hotel, and
had just got beyond certain portion Of the
lot when it caved in with quite loud noise
and threw out large amount of water On
investigation it was found to be an old els
tern some ten feet broad and filled with twelve
feet of water. 1t seemed strange that the
horses and men were allowed to get out the
way before the breaking in occurred.
Our citizens are cautioned against man,
who is going about the city, calling at houses
and offering needles and other small ari-
eles for sale. He represents himself as sut
fering with consumption and trying to get
means to go to Florida, and gives the names
of our ministers and physicians as having di-
rected him to the places at which he calls.
He has given his name at some places as
North, but he probably changes his name
when it suits his purposes. He is an ar
rant imposter, whom people would do well
to avoid.
The Capital Guards of this city, celebrate
their anniversary to-day, by an excursion to
the Togus Military Asylum. They will leave
the city at about eight o'clock this morning,
in V. ID. Pinkham's big team. During the
day the company will have target shoot, in
which three prizes will be contested for, and
at twelve o'clock they will partake Of clam
chowder. Gen. TiltOn has kindly rendered
the hospitality of the Home, and the boys are
expecting pleasant time. large number