Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-27

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wednesday. Nay n, 1886.
FINE JOB PRINTING.
=. Lab Printing Estabilshment Of the Kennehee
ns i n always we'll prepared for doing the nicest
JOEL - vell a the more common branehes M
90 ~. snpIoys competent printers. carries larre
saio X type wedding and whiting cards and enve.
~. N stock; also varied assorfment Of dance
- nroerams, announcements, etc., etc. Orvlers
. nall viii receive prompt and careful attention.
House hunters are numerous.
The sable crow awaits the sprouting Of
.he farmers corn.
Van Amburg's circus will make tour Of
Maine this season.
large stock of plants have been received
At the Fuller Drug Store.
Worthy Master Robbie is expected to visit
crshuoc Grange, vassalboro, on Friday.
Garden blowing occupies the attention of
,,.ov citizens, after their business hours.
# the blossoming trees are any indication.
.hs,e will be an abundant Of apples the pres
ept season.
The advance agent of Barnum's great
.hov has been in the State in the interest Of
the hippodrome.
Half iedged sparrows, just out of the nest
have been seen futtering about in different
horizons of the city.
The Cushnoc Gun Club will have a shoot
An the State Grounds, Thursday afternoon,
and another on Decoration Day.
The gold medal Was awarded Mellin's Food
At the New Orleans Exposition. in recogni-
ton of its great nourishing properties.
Dsndelions in full bloom now ornament
hutton holes. They are worn by some of the
Young ladies' and are becoming to them.
1t is reported that d. H. Thing, Esq of
Mt. Vernon is going to Washington to see
about the distribution of Offices in this dis
trict
IF. W. Brann, superintendent of the
the Kennebec Valley Camp-ground, was ip
the city yesterday. He reports that every
thing is looking finely on the grounds.
An Augusta fisherman while fishing at
East Winthrop, on Monday, captured three
large bass, all of which he returned to the
water. Bass are reported as being abundant
around the shores of Cobbosseec0ntee Pond.
There are four candidates for the vacant
Belgrade postmastership, viz: Abner Ham
mond, W. Y. Bartlett, E. C. Taylor, and
! Edna Yeaton. The latter has been clerk in
the office for some time past.
Talking about fast mails. an aged inhabi-
tsnt has a word to say about slow mails. He
relates that sixty. six years ago the mail be-
tween this city and Bangor was carried in
saddle bags on horses back. The messen-
ger made but two trips a week.
Mr.. Frank Brown, a % years old son of s.
s. Brown, chairman of the democratic State
committee, has been appointed mail agent
on the route between Bangor and Boston.
lie received notification of his appointment
Sunday morning. "Sime," it is reported,
will ask nothing for himself, but will give his
auentiOn to fixing" the offices.
The Board of Health of this city have is
sued printed code of Bylaws which have
been distributed for the criticism of our citi-
zens. These Bylaws will be submitted to
the City Council at their next meeting, Friday
evening, June 5, 1885, for their consideration
and action thereon. Any person having any
amendment to modify any portion of these
rules will have an opportunity to be heard at
said meeting.
Mr.. E. c. Allen is making rapid progress
inthe publication of his Revised Bible. The
copy for the Old Testament was received at
midnight on the Goth, and he now has so
compositors employed putting it in type. 1t
will require some rs days to complete it.
There is three times as much matter in the
Old Testament as in the New, and a. Mr..
Allen prints Parallel editions, it will be seen
that the labor of preparing the Bible for pub
ll'ation is very large.
The horse thieving season was opened
Monday night, in Belgrade, by the theft Of a
morse from the barn of Mr.. James G. Dam
ten' harness, and a wagon belonging to Mr..
Oeo. A. Clark. Mr.. Danren's wagon set 10
Tue barn floor, but the thieves went out Of
'nelr way to obtain Mr.. Clark's vehicle,
winch was in the bay. Nothing was heard
Oi The rascals BY the occupants of the prem
"e'' and the disappearance of the team was
NOT discovered until morning. The wagon
'" OF the Concord variety with very high
0ack to tho sost The hNr.o q LIGHT bav.