Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-06-11


Eoeal anb State Mems.
Monday, June II, 1859.
Wedding Invitations
Can be had at this once printed in the neates
manner. We keep typ. on hand specially for thi
tske orders for It,
There are but eight Kennebec county pris
oners in the Jail.
Thirteen divorces have been decreed in this
county since the frs; Of January.
Mr.. F. II. Russell of Boston. connected
With the Edwards Mfg Co. was in the city
on Friday and Saturday.
Camp l3, Sons of Veterans will be mustered
in at Haliowell to-day. The camp starts
with 20 charter members.
The thirty-frst annual meeting of the
Maine Medical Association will be held in
City Building, Portland, on June 18th, 18th
and l4th.
Postmaster General Gresham is disposed
to recommend that all transient newspapers
he carried through the mails at one cent, re-
gardless Of weight.
All the members of the Kennebec Bar,
with the exception OF two who are absent, have
signed petition in favor of Judge Peters
for Chief Justice of Maine.
Orvile ID. Baker, Esq. has been in Provi-
dence, r. L., the past week taking evidence
on law cases connected With the property Of
the Edwards Mfg Co. in this city.
Another "Greatest show on earth is com
ing and will exhibit in Augusta very soon. Its
name is "John b. Doris Great Inter- Ocean"
The youngster will now be obliged to double
his store Of coppers.
The Local Circle. &C. l.. s. G. of the
Chautauqua University" will meet at F. H..
Beale's, No. 10 Green street, this Monday
evening at T. as Members will please bring
their March and April Chautauquans.
Many of our residents will be pleased to
learn that Augusta is to have roller skating
rink. Gannett & Morse will be the propre-
tors, and the hall recently occupied by the
Capital Guards as an Armory is to be fitted up
for the purpose. new floor expressly for
roller skating will be laid. The hall will be
known as "Novelty Hall"
A Portland gentleman recently took a con-
tract to furnish Forepaugh six center poles
or masts for his mammoth circus tent. the
largest ever made They were to be seventy
feet long, eighteen inches in diameter at the
base, and eight inches at the top. 1t was
with some extreme difficulty that they were
at last obtained and even then had to be
transported from Maine to Philadelphia.
On Friday, while inebriated, Mike Burns
kicked over a Frenchmans pile of baskets.
He was arrested and arraigned before Judge
Andrews for malicious mischief; also for
drunkenness. Burns was found guilty and
sentenced to pay So and costs on each count
During the trial Mike used threatening Ian
cordingly he was placed under $1,000 bonds
to keep the pesce for one year.
Two years ago the old law requiring
hawkers and peddlers in this State to take
out licenses was declared unconstitutional by
- the court. Accordingly last year they were
not required to procure licenses. But last
;tk bn
obiectional features omitted and peddlers are
now required to take out licenses, the law
having taken effect in April. 1t is asserted
that many peddlers have been doing business
without a license since this law went into
effect.
On the week of August 2lst, the Triennial
Conclave of the Grand Encampment X. T..
of the United States will convene at San
Francisco, Cal. This Conclave is made up
of the four highest ranking officers of each
State Commandcry. The officers from
Maine who will be in attendance are Grand
Commander |. S. Bangs of Waterville
Deputy Grand Commander John Shaw of
Bath; Grand Generalissimo c. B. Morton of
Augusta and Grand Captain-General Leavitt
of Bangor.
Saturday afternoon horse stood on the
street near the Augusta Bakery. afflicted with
a capcerous disease. The animal was a dis
gustng sight and plainly could not survive
many weeks longer. The case was reported
to Mr.. Hiram Reed, who is the agent of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to All
mails Mr. Reed came down street and. ex-
aminiug the horse, decided that the society
ought to exercise its authority, and accord
ingly took the horse by the bride and led him
up Court street. over the hill. The owner
who was a half inebrated Irishman followed
after, and plead earnestly for the posses
sion of his horse that Mr.. Reed finally al
lowed him TO take the animal on his promis-