Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-11-28

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| Five fanilies moved into Gardner last
week. aud two moved oct
The traders have commenced stocking up
with Christmas cards.
Tasker { Co. have got Eve rioters in their
stable that can beat 2 40
The city got $50 for the old fire engine.
"Washington.'
The tug Stella was hauled up for the sea-
son Wednesday last At Dlngley's wharf
where she will winter.
Bradstreet Bros. estimate that Il, 00O, 900
feet of timber was broken down on their tract
alone during the recent gale.
The schooner ]. NJ. Morales arrived Wed
nesday with cargo of coal for the steam
boat company.
2. F. Little has leased the Wheeler house
in Farmingdale, sold at auction, and will 60
to housekeeping.
A despatch received Friday last from Chas.
Trask said that he should arrive in Gardiner
Saturday with twenty-five fine horses for this
market.
Workmen from Fall River arrived Tues
day of last week and have been engaged in
putting the electric lighting apparatus into
the machine works of Messrs. P. c. Holmes
& Co.
Fred T. Bradstreet has commenced the
erection of his new dwelling on the garden of
the Gay property on School street. The
foundation has been laid, cellar dug, and
things made ready for the wood work.
The regular meeting of Wadsworth Camp
s. of v. will be this Wednesday evening in.
stead of Thursday evening.
Six car loads Of hard pine timber for the
repairs on the G. &. P. bridge, arrived at the
freight depot last week. The timbers comes
from Wilmington, N. c., and some of the
sticks are SO feet in length.
The piping Of the shoe factory is nearly
completed, and work on the elevator has
commenced. 1t is hoped to have the build
ing ready to occupy about the Goth Of De-
cember.
Fred r. Bourne, brother to the wife of L.
Clay, Esq, and formerly of this city, arrived
from California Thursday on visit to his
relatives and friends in this section.
Mr.. George Bush of Waterville has &C.
copied q position in the Shoe Store of F. W.
Cox vice A. C. Jackson who has gone to
Augusta
James Clifford of Hudson, N. Y. with q
patent to regulate the running of the chain
over an ice slip, was at the johnson House
Thursday, endeavoring to dispose of the
right to some of the kennebeckers.
John Harrington has accepted a position in
the general office of the Florida Southern
Railroad Co, at Palatka: This position in
addition to his orange business will be liable
to keep "John" pretty busy.
Messrs. =. II. and Geo. NJ. Holmes and 1.
Hopkins arrived home from Boston Friday
morning where they had been on business
connected with the new pulp machine We
learn several States were sold the right of
the patent the past week.
J. X. Osgood Of this city, AMI j 4. Chase
of Windsor have been doing good temperance
work of late in Knox & Lincoln counties.
They have instituted three new Divisions,
Sons of Temperance. and obtained applica-
tons for three more charters and revised two
lodges of Good Templars.
The members of Heath Post G. A. X. are
busy making arrangements for their enter
tainment and fair. Among the articles that
will be voted for has been added a sleigh and
ladv's gold watch and chain. Also pre-
sented by A. Sager, lady's hand bag; by
Preble & Keene, lady's rocker; by Isascson
the clothier, a boys suit of clothes by Little
field Bros, a whip; and by Wadsworth Bros,
gents office chair, besides several other
articles. The prizes will be placed on exhi-
biton in the show windows of the vacant store
in Davis Block.
Rev. MIR. Minard of the Free Baptist
church, baptised III converts on Sunday nOUn.
at the town landing. These are the first fruits
of the revival which has been in operation in
this CITY for two months past. A large number
of people were in attendance at the baptism.
Twelve members were received into the
church at the afternoon service.
There were no services at the COngrega-
tional church on Sunday. parish meeting,
to be held next Friday evening at 80 o'clock,
has been called by the parish committee, to
see if the parish will unite with the church in
extending q call to Rev. r. w. jenkins to
become their pastor.
The shoe factory is rapidly approaching
completion. The pipes are in for steam heat
ing the building, and carpenters are at work
on the elevators. The machinery will be put
in position for the operatives in few days,
and very soon our staid citizens will be glad
dened with the sight of 200 workmen and
women entering the shop for labor and re-
turning therefrom at the call of the whistle
blown on standard time.
The skating rink is well paironized, and
Mr.. johnson is doing everything essential for
the comfort and enjoyment of his patrons on
rollers.
At a meeting of the city government
Monday evening, there was a disagreement
between the two boards relating to the new
time" The Aldermen passed an order to
adopt the standard time and the Council re-
sponded with an order to adopt Meridian
time, or to put the clocks four minutes faster
than Boston time.