Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-13

Yofal and Stair Hetrs.
Friday. August Is, 1885.
Campaign Papers.
nh, wIll be sent from now till September Is
iu ,he eection-for so cents month. Cash
ras weekly will be sent till Sept. Is for 10 cent?
Ssh down.
FINE JOB PRINTING.
T., Printing Establishme mt of the Kennebec
,,nrns always well prepared lor aong .ne incest
uork' nIovs competent printers, carries large
Sne sac ~ paper stock, and keeps on hand the latest
Taley r. tyne Wedding and visiting cards and enve-
styles u ..gorck: also varied assortment OF dance
lspes ~ ,,ograms announcements, ETC.. etc. Orders
Of nail will receive prompt ana careful attention.
~ MAJ
rhere is an abundance of green corn IN
sbe market.
cool breeze from the northwest mitigated
!, anne degree the ferceness of yesterdays
beat
Manager Hendee proposes to place the in
...;o, Of Granite Hall in thorough repair
Ibis fall
Tho directors of the Cony High School have
.,,;mou,lv reelected the old corps of
teachers
lancaster G. Southland have dissolved part
..,,b;n The latter has opened an Office on
| 4. s,,t floor of the Granite Bank building.
Il !. nroposed to have first class lyceum
,on,.e in the city the coming season, and
..,s,sl we'll known gentlemen are interested
10 the project.
Lewis Burleigh and Michael Bowes
.x.m from the end of Long Point to Ham,
mouds Grove, at Cobbosseecontee, Tuesday
distance Of over mile.
Owing to the large amount of water accum-
Mating in the pit dug on the site of the new
ubic building, steam pump was placed in
oDeration Yesterday to remove it.
Some forty tons of pipe, the deck load of
,be schooner detained at Hallowell with a
cargo for the Augusta Water Co., is being
placed on lighter which together with the
vessel will be towed to this city.
Ticket agent Drew of Bar Harbor, sold
sl2CO worth of tickets, on one day of this
week. which evidences the fact that the
Maine Central is doing big business from as
we'll 40 to Bar Harbor.
The Augusta Water Co., purchased large
quantity of clay on the Mullken farm yester-
reservoir Ten double horse teams will com
mence to-day hauling the clay to its destina-
ton.
List of Maine patents, Aug. 10, 1886. fur
nished by j. W. Bates of Portland, solicitor
Of patents: VIM. c.. Robinson and VIM. Fl.
Cothren of Brunswick, treating articles made
of paper stock; John H Varney oe Hallowell
apparatus for stretching cloth.
The following figures gives the products OF
the farm at the National Home, Togus, for
the year ending June 30th, last Beets, 81,
$50 lbs. carrots, $3.50 lbs; parsnips, l57,
$50 lbs. cabbages, 64,470 lbs Z; oats. $50
bush. corn and fodder, 40 tons: straw, IS
tons hay. 1853 tons.
The elegant steamer Wiwurna brought an
excursion party of three hundred persons to
Augusta Yesterday, arriving here at | | o'clock
A. NJ. The party saw the sights about town
and at LIS P. NJ. the excursionists departed
for Gardiner, where they spent two hours,
several taking trip to Togus.
On Wednesday Isaiah Handy, who lives on
the river road, east side, was affected by the
heat to such an extent that his life is despaired
Of He was at work in his grain field and
was overcome by the extreme heat. Chas.
ufover also suffered partial sunstroke on
the same day, and other cases are heard Of
The schooner Maggie Mitchell, loaded with
coal, came up to one of the wharves yester-
gay and at low water she rested upon a ledge
the bottom of the river so that bad leak
W" created and large quantity of water
rushed into her hold. Her crew were en-
p'Oyed last night in pumping the water out
20 she cond float.
1eneral Manager Tucker has arranged for
especial train to leave Oakland at 7.45 A. NJ.
A'r week, Aug. 3lst, Sept. I'd and Sd, arriving
IN Bangor at l2.l5; returning leave Bangor
No'2o T. NJ. arriving in Oakland at 7.40.
Leave Gardiner at 6 40 A. NJ, connecting at
""erville with train to arrive at Bangor at
L o. Returning leave Bangor at sop. M.
Au exehange says that Mr.. 0. w. Littlefeld
'uu MIR. Amos Church of Chelsea. have re-
~'neu from very successful fishing excur-
Wv" 10 the lakes in Western Kennebec.
lucy landed ~ black bass in one day, some
f" which would WEIGH two noupds or moro