Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-04-27

Mr. Ossian ID. Pillsbury leaves Augusta
next Monday on trip to Chicago and other
Western cities. He will probably connect
himself with some large Western Wholesale
house. His MANY friends in this city wish
him success.
At the Court of Insolvency in this county,
on Monday, Il full discharge was granted to
Tobias b. Gerald of Albion, who filed his
petition on the 18th of May, 1880: and to
James +. Elwell of Gardiner, who filed his
petition on the fifth day of April. 1879.
A business man of large experience says:
"A good advertisement in a newspaper pays
no fare on railroads; costs nothing for hotel
bills; gives away no boxes of cigars or merino
dresses to customers; drinks no whiskty
under head of travelling expenses, and does
its work better than a multitude of drummers
could do it,
Major VIM. Dckey of Fort Kent, the vet
eran member of the Legislature, paid the
Journal call yesterday. Since the adjourn
ment of the House the Major has been visit
ing friends all over the State. lie is now on
his way to his hyperborian home in upper
AroostOok, where his townsmen have during
his absence elected him first selectman.'
Back in the winter the Journal announced
that Mai. Dickey had received a letter in
forming him that the Congressional commit
tee had voted to report bill appropriating
$50 900 towards the construction OF four
bridges across the st. John and st. Francis
rivers. Mai Dickey has received recent in
teiCence to the effect that there is no doubt
that. upon the reassembling of Congress, the
bill will pass the House as reported.
A. NJ. Yeaton of Hallowell, who is 81
years of age, performed an astonishing
amount of labor on a recent forenoon. Rls-
ing at half past four in the morning he gave
his garden of three quarters of an acre,
coat of dressing; walked out into the country
nearly two miles, engaged a man. came back
and held plow until every foot of the ground
had been gone over. so that when his son-in-
| law. ST. Huntington of Augusta, came down
at noon he found him quietly sleeping, ap-
parentlv not at all overtayed by his labor
It's with sadness that we chronicle the
death of our fellow townsman, Mr.. Chas. r.
Aver. whose earthly sufferings ended with
the first hour of morning, after an illness OF
one weeks duration. Mr.. Aver had been
aresident of this city since childhood, In
his younger days being employed in the
tailor shop of Mr.. Bosworth, afterwards
engaging in the same business on his own
account, which he had followed until his late
Illness A large circle of friends will mourn
bis loss both in social and business relations.
His age was ~ years.
Mr.. L. p. Hersey of the Boston Shoe store
paid g. for pair of spectacles. Monday
and they weren't very good spectacles elther'
An itinerant yender of these artificial aids to
vision called into his store, and soon sold hih
spar of glasses, saying that the price was
one dollar Mr.. H. handed him five dol
Mbll While the man fumbling IN his
pOcket-book for the change, some customers $
came in and engrossed the proprietors at
tenton. The spectacle dealer took advan-
age Of this and skipped out without return
ing the four dollars to the owner. Mr. her'
sy now looking for him through his hve-
dollar glasses
Yesterday afternoon two Frenchmen were
1work in drain on Grove street, near the
mead Of Swan. laying pipe for Andrew ward
The trench was about four feet deep, and
great pile of clay, thrown up by the work
mems shovels, lay on the brink. All at once
ne mass began to cave in. Mr.. Ward saw the
unger, and shouted to the Frenchmen to
ook out One of the men scrambled out
outhis companion. named Thomas lie Combe'
:" buried up to his neck in the heavy earth
ewas got out as soon as possible, when II
vas found that his collar bone had been dls
"ca'ed. He was taken to his home on Cush
AOe Heights, and there attended.
everybody seems to have new and nopp!
~ this spring. The Hammock" hat, II
aae and white. is generally worn by young
.su0w' who want to be in style. 1t is quit'
sa'qae, and is creating great sensation. I'm
..'etchell, corner of Water and Bridge
eets, carries one of the heaviest lines
and caps of any man in Maine, makini
peciaity Of that business His stock II
Usually full and varied this year. He ma
se assortment of tall hats, stiff hats ant
esin hats. There is no place on tn
's' With so large a stock to select from
" masculine readers should at once visi
ue'chell's store, and look over the styles
.hl never get left, or be behind tn
II. taey purchase their head covering