Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-24

The Free Baptists will have Christmas
tree at their vestry, Thursday evening.
The call for an Indignation meeting at
Richmond, Friday evening, will appear in
our columns Thursday morning.
The city marshal and police made search
at the Farmers Hotel yesterday, and succeed
ed in taking away two gallons of gin and the
same amount of rum.
Good fat turkeys were selling at the differ
ent markets, yesterday, from Is to 20 cents
per pound: chickens, 10 to Is cents; ducks,
10 to 10 cents; geese, IA to II cents.
]. ID. Sisson, log Court ST., Boston, will
give $500 in cash for one of the new aliases
of Kennebec county. Write him for in
formation.
The Weekly Journal just issued, contains
full reports of the Augusta, IIaiiowell and
Bangor indignation meeting as well as other
interesting matter.
Sliding down hill on Court street, over the
railroad crossing, by boys knee high to a
grasshoppers size, looks to be rather danger
Gus sport. Those who have children should
look after their safety.
The citizens of Readfeld will hold an in
dgnation meeting at the town hall, Friday
evening of this week. A call is being circu-
lated, and receiving the signatures of all re-
spectacle citizens.
poor foolish dog planted himself in front
of the dummy" engine yesterday, regardless
of the signal to 'git", stood still and allowed
himself to be run over, and thereby lost his
head. 'Poor dog Troy is ever faithful, cars
cannot drive him away, etc.
The recent cold snap made things merry
among the water pipes about town. Some
dozen 'freese ups" are reported. At Lewis
Tibbets' store, the pipe for conducting the
water up into the second story burst and con-
siderable damage was done to his goods.
There was very decided change in the
temper Of the weather, after ten O'Clock yes
terday morning. twas amost delightful day
and the ladies made it their opportunity to
ego out" shopping. The streets and stores
were crowded, holiday goods are in coed de-
mand.
1t speaks well for cur law abiding city to
have SO small municipal court record of
late. So near the holidays, and two cases
before the police court, one Of these for va
grancy, and the other for intoxication and
disturbance Both of the unfortunates were
furnished quarters at the county Jail for thir-
ty days.
An Augusta born boy, whose residence is
in a Western city, recently sent home to his
sister in this city, three hundred dollars, for
her to spend at her discretion for the worthy
poor. He is, as the writer of this knows,
one of natures noblemen, and feels that he
is but steward for the means given him.
People on the street yesterday looked hap
py. Business was brisk. The country folks
came in to see and buy. She came in with
her father to sell chickens and eggs, attired
in her new bottle green overskirt, and side
up hat. When asked by the young fellow at
the store to give her forward name she blush
ingly answered, ".Sarah-Ann."
Roll of honor of Kendall street schools for
the term ending Dec. 20:
Observation-Disclosures Dyer, Charles Mil
Ter, Edith Murch, BERTHE Miller, Matte Fish
er, Russell Pernette, Melvin Stone, Sadie
Doughty.
Primary-Isma Greedy, BERTHE Percival,
Mabel Stone, Ellie Murch, Mabel McQuillen,
Eugene Doughty, George Furbush, Howard
Moody, Frank Holmes.
1t is very dangerous for people to pass
between shackled freight cars while the train
is making up and liable to start at any
moment Attention was called to this yester-
day while the long freight train bound west,
was hating at the foot of Winthrop street,
some half dozen men and boys, out of town
folks, passed between the cars. No bones
broken, but look out the next time may crush
you to death. A word to the wise &C.
The following are the names of scholars
not absent one half day from Grove Street
intermediate school, term ending Dec. 10Th
Fed Boynton, Della Brown, Matte Chick,
Fred Wilson, Mamie Pillsbury, Harry Good
rich, Lottie b. Mason, Alice Hall, Maud
Wills, Nellie Breen, Linda Rowe. Harry
Reid, Eddie Reid. The last eight and the
following, Lizzie Sullivan, Alice Means,
Helen Walker, Martin Fox, Arthur Freeman
and Fred Kimball were not absent during the
term ending Oct. oath.
countryman with knit comforter around
his neck, with the long flowing ends encir-
cling the heads of the crowded pedestrians,
on Water St., yesterday, got hitched to the
button of matronly woman as they passed.
The hurrying crowd gave no time for them
to get unbuttoned, and sudden jerk brought
the twain into close embrace, and a lively
little spat ensued. The outer garments OF
the woman had become very much demon
allied, and the old mans face was red from
the close drawing of the comforter. which
had now become not comforter, but rather
discomforter. A few moments of picking
and milling set the unhappv pair Mt liberty.