Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-14

-: s.e,s House, or sent to the Journal Office
St Valentines Day.
Ash Wednesday, 18th.
This is bright winter weather.
The return of the crow is looked for.
hack on wheels is seen on the streets.
The bows were skating on tine river again
yesterday.
The mercury stood at degrees below zero
Yesterday morning.
The social season in Augusta has been full
" as CAV as any previous ones
Large quantities Of apples were hauled
INTO town yesterday for shipment
One inebriate was before the Municipal
Court for Drunkenness yesterday
The j. d. Rs and Elites of Waterville
nave polo contest at the rink this evening.
lodge of Good Templars has organized
at North Sidney and is in fourishing con-
ditou.
The regular meeting of Prof H. NJ Pull
lens juvenile class in dancing has been
postponed one week.
MI W. r. Stone, the shoe dealer. recently
sold 100 boxes to a Riverside man, a. six
cents each to be cut up into material for
vegetable crates.
TIN. has been favorable winter for par
tridges. The snow being deep. they have
been ahle to plunge into it and protect them
selves from the severe cold weather.
Hon p. o. Vickerys double team loaded
with paper. took start on Water street yes
terlay forenoon, and ran by the journal office
The runaways were captured on Rhine's
Hill
The concert by the pupils of the Halowell
Classical Academy announced for last Tues
day mas been postponed to Monday evening
The 5olcert is to close with the Kinder Sym
phony Admission 10 cents.
There will be special meeting of Au-
gusta Lodge Free and Accepted Masons or
sunday morning, Feb. 18th, at 10 o'clock, tC
attend the funeral of our late brother Isaac
B. Howe. Services in the lodge room.
The J. ID. RS and Samosets PLAYED at Cap.
ital Rink, Thursday evening. After two
goals mad been played by each. the Rich
mono club withdrew the decision of the
referee not being satisfactory to them.
The annual statement of the old Home In
suraDce Co. Of New York is found in oul
coluEns today. This company still keeps
close - the top of the list among American
fire insurance companies with its cash as
sets u 81 ,395 900 55. In it's list of agents
for TINS county are found some of our mos
reliable business men.
There is to be a course of lectures at the
Methodist chapel at North Sidney. The first
one occurred last Monday evening, with Rev.
A. ). add of Biddeford speaker, his
subject being Temperance" good audi
ence was present AMI listened with much in
teres:. The next lecture will he next Mon
day evening, when Rev Mr. Libbey of North
Augusta will speak on THE Great West"
The correspondent of the Lewiston Jour
nal writes to that paper; I'm canvassing the
yarioss localities for the new post
Office building the general impression
seems - be that the site now occupied by
the Maine Farmer office on Water street will
be pur released for the reason that the govern
men, demands an open space of so feet on
all sides of the building. There is no othe,
place in the business part of the city where
this. can be obtained without tearing dowr
other buildings"
4 reduction was made some time ago in the
rates Of postage on some classes of printed
mater which does not seem generally un
derstood, On mail matter Of the third class,
such A. books, postage is still to be paid al
the rate of one cent for two ounces. But
newspapers, magazines and periodicals regu'
larlv issued at stated intervals as frequently
as four times year, are charged postage
at the rate of only one cent for four ounces
Most people, however, when mailing papers
or magazines to friends in the country, still
stamp them at the old rate. Better save the
odd cents and mail more papers.
Yesterday General Mattocks,in his eloquent
speech on the G. A. Il appropriation Dill.
referred to the 10th regiment, which, at the
battle of Gettysburg, was nearly all taken
prisoners. Rather than surrender thei
prescious flag, members of the regiment tore
it into shreds, each taking a fragment KEEP
re>entative Moore of Gardiner was one OF the
regiment captured by the enemy ana ihcar-
cerated in Libby Prison. All through 'na'
chapter of horrors he carried his bit OF 'he
flag, and today it is in the possession OF MS
wife. priceless momento of the civil war;
and the part which brave soldier took III
the great conflict.
City Personals.
Gen. l. $. Bangs, Wsterville' was IN 'ne
city Friday.
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