Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-20

Local ann State Minus.
Monday, October 20, 1879.
Mr.. p. o. Vickery has new span.
II is said that new clothing establishment
is to be opened here.
The prize baby of Aroostook county re-
Gently paid its respects at the Journal office.
Rev. Mr.. Penney baptized four converts at
the river side, yesterday afternoon.
This is DIR. Hcnion's tenth week and posi-
lively the last but one of his stay in Augusta.
The moon for October is called the Hun
ter's Moon, and will be at its full the last of
the month.
The Postmaster General has changed the
name of the National Military Home post
Office to Togus.
Parmelee & Griffith, in addition to their pa
per hanging business, are to put in stock
Of groceries.
About one hundred tons of sugar beets
will be sent from Bowdoinham to Portland
this fall.
Miss Bertha Howes picked from her garden
on Gage street, Saturday, tumbler full Of
large, luscious looking raspberries.
Some of the Gardiner manufactures were
expecting to shut down this week on account
of scarcity of water in the Cobbossecontee.
The young girl, the subject of recent To-
cal under the heading "a Pitible Case has
been taken to her home by her father.
Mr.. Granger was in the city Saturday to
look after that chest "about three feet long,
and about the same depth"
The town of Richmond is to sustain
heavy loss in the removal from it Of the fam
lily and interests of Mr.. James Hagar.
Leighton, Scruton & Co. are out with
half column advertisement this morning an
nouncing rare bargains which may be had at
their store.
Twenty-Five hands are now in the employ
of Messrs Litchfeld Haskell at their cor
set factory. They hope to increase their
force to thirty this winter.
The Star of the East has changed her time
of leaving Boston, starting now at 8 instead
of 6 o'clock p. NJ. She reached Gardiner
Saturday morning at quarter of five.
Mrs. Andrews is soon to occupy one of the
stores under Hotel North as fancy goods
and millinery store. Miss Jordan is to change
her quarters to the store to be vacated by NJ
NJ. Swan.
Three new cars, which were fairly dazzling
in new coats of paint, and which came from
the repair shops in this city, were sent to
Portland, Saturday, by the forenoon train.
One was postal car and the other two pas
sengers, and both will run on a night train
The Rev. Almon Gage, who was the first
greenback candidate for Governor Of Maine
and who for time was pastor of the Univer-
salist church in this city, is this fall candi-
date of the greenbackers ofthe Twenty eighth
District for Senator in New York State.
The delegates to the Grand Lodge, I. o.
G. T. from Capitol Lodge of this city re-
turned from Skowhegan and report the Order
in a most furnishing condition. The dele
gates from here were Messrs, Black and Pull
len, and the Misses Ida Piper and Ella White,
who satisfactorily fulfilled their duties.
Mrs. c. S. Whitney spoke to crowded
audience, yesterday afternoon, at the hall of
the Reform Club, giving an effective gospel
temperance address. She was followed by
Mrs. Quinby in brief but encouraging re-
marks. After the speakers had concluded
the pledge was circulated, and seventeen new
names were added.
The Bath Times says that the past season
a number of Bowdoin farmers have been try
ing the experiment of raising sugar beets for
the manufacture Of syrup and sugar, and
that they have met with good success in the
undertaking, although laboring at a disad-
vantage for the want of more perfect ma
chine to grind the cane. The syrup obtained
is of good quality, and the yield, they
think, sufficient to insure success in its man
ufacture.
At the recent session of the Maine Board
of Agriculture at Dennysville it was decided
that the Board needed recognizing and re-
modelling and select committee composed
Of Messrs. j. NJ. Brown, Z. A. Gilbert and
S. L. Goodale was chosen to take charge of
the matter and report plan of reorganiza-
ton, at the annual session, which will be
held at Augusta during the next session Of
the Legislature.
Two well dressed, dandifed looking young
men came to town few days ago and put up
with Mrs. White who lives near the depot
and takes boarders. They brought valises,
apparently we'll flied, with them, and pre-
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