Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-17

Yofal and State News.
roesd,y, February II, 1885.
Prices Of Daily Journal.
..,n,rs of the Legislature and others will be sup.
Aes n;.h the Daily Kennebec Jourcal at the fol.
having rates
single copies. x cents
Trreuty five or more, 2c.each.
:. .vtrs copies are wanted orders should be given
-, before either to the Journal carrier at the
tae n ll,onse. or sent to the Journal office.
There is slight rise in hardware.
The shipping of veals to Boston has COM
neneed.
r,sre are about 1850 public schools in
the State
cd R S. Pardee is on two days trip to
Washington.
ro.norrow is Ash Wednesday, the begin
ning Of Lent
heavily ea.terly gale and storm prevailed
last evening
There will be socable at the Augusta
House this evening.
III IA uall IN,
d,ior for travel Yesterday.
ws,d & Cogan broke ground for their new
oo,r.ea,ed iron building yesterday.
medical talk for Young men was given at
,bey NJ. C. 4. Hall last evening
Ire from above the dam is being housed at
,be Hospital % inches in thickness.
The Y. NJ C. Association hold their ami
yar.s,y the second Monday in March.
0ne man from Togus unable to pay 81
and c,.ts for drunkenness went to Jail YES
terlsy
The going" is fairly good, the unevenness
Of the asst storm being pretty thoroughly
gorn down.
Tho,. will be game of polo at the rink
This evening between the J. ID. Rs and Mas
cots OF Gardiner,
AnAIgusta young man counted nineteen
loafers in country store of neighboring
town, one day recently.
The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies
Auxiliary will be held in Y. M. C. A. parlOr,
Wednesday at P. M.
The Oak St. stone steps were almost inn
passable yesterday, being covered with
mass Of ice from top to bottom
The Aroostook delegation to the legislature
voted against raising the salaries of any of
their county officers at a recent meeting,
Lawyer of this city has seventy-fve keys
to locks of various property which he owns
or CONTROLS He is obliged to label them.
The Hon. J. E. Moore of Thomaston will
give familiar talk" on Rome and Athens
before the Y. NJ G. A., on Monday evening
next
The ease of Geo. B. Luzarder VS.. inhabi-
tants of Monmouth, was argued before Judge
Danforth Yesterday Farr & Vose for the
pif. Potter & Bean def.
One If the handsomest and most unique
and original ideas in acknowledgements Is
the Columbia Valentine, just issued by the
Pope Bicycle Manufacturing Co., Of Boston,
Mass
The Governor signed the Megantic bill
YESTERDAY, and the matter is settled beyond a
doubt. Legal men interested remained here
until the last gun was fired, not returning
home until Yesterday afternoon.
Col Jacob Kemple will lecture in Repre-
'entativys' Hall this evening. The lecture
will begin promptly at 7.45, to accommodate
the guests at the Augusta House, who have
their weekly social hop on that evening
The peanut trade looks up. Peanuts have
advanced two cents a bushel and are worth
81 SO per bushel This augers well for the
big tent shows. Ia the peanut on the
wane :" Is a serious and oft repeated query
Just now. among the dealers.
The sale of seats for "The Dixies' has
been very large. and the tickets are selling
rapidly. We would advise those who con-
template attending to call at c. c. Hunts
and secure seats,as few more COED ones are
left and thus avoid the rush at the door.
1t understood that large number OF me-
MORALS some fifty or sixty in all, will be pre-
'ented to the Legislature the present week,
IN favor of an appropriation for the Maine
exhibit at New Orleans. The amount asked
Tor is $4,000. The Finance Committee have
not reported on the matter as yet.