Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-19

strsa.. &c srnaeIing upon and opening any of the
streets OF said city for the laying Of ia nine. o th
epostluction OF its worka, it will give bond of f;xs
thousand dollars, with sureties satisfacforv 70 ~
city agains III to protect and indemnity said
oy reason of any defects in said streets oc
e Dy any FAULT or neglect of said company dur
nan. ne Of its works. provided said com
pany thai nave notice of any suit Wherein such dam
ages shall be claimed and shall be allowed 10 defend
the same at its own expense, -
CIV Personals.
Mr.. f. c. Hendee has accepted a position
IN the express Office in Portland.
+. NJ Banding, Esq, of the Industrial
journal was in the city yesterday.
Mr. j. ii. Manley, Esq, is on a trip to
Washington. He returns next Saturday.
Mrs. j. II. Norcross, dressmaker, is ill at
her home, corner of Bridge and State streets.
Prof. Fl. NJ. Pullen will play at the Colby
commencement on the 9Th, 9th and 7th of
July.
Mr.. j. F. Chase has just returned from
Washington, where he secured patent on
the whiftietree invented BY him.
Mrs. Goodwin and Mr. Howard Goodwin
departed for Boston, yesterday, where they
sail for Europe in the Cunard steamer Scythia
on Thursday.
Herbert M. Heath, Esq, has gone to St.
Stephens. N. B. He is attorney for water
company which is DESTROYS of establishing
water works in that city
Saturday afternoon the Norfolk Club of
Boston rendered dinuer to Senator Hale at
Young's Hotel, Boston. Among the guests
was Orville ID. Baker, Esq, of this city, who
made remarks. There was an unusually
large attendance of members of the Club.
Crushed at the Mill.
Yesterday afternoon about four O'Clock, a
fourteen-year-old boy named Kicker, whose
father, George Kicker, resides on Capitol
street, was jammed between mules at the
cotton mill so that it is feared that he will
not recover. The machines crushed his body
just above the hips, and two hours after the
accident he was unconscious. He was in
jured internally.
Competitor is said to be the life of trade.
But it often drives prices down to a ruinous-
ly low figure. One day this week Water
street shoe dealer placed case of Bixby's
shoe polish at his door and labeled the goods,
'ten cents a package" Now this was five
cents below the regular retail price. deal
er on the opposite side of the street found
that his neighoor was cutting prices and also
put out lot of the polish, at eight cents a
can. Dealer No. retaliated with
another cut in prices until one was
selling at five and the other at
three cents. Another Water street shoe re-
taller remained quietly behind his counter,
and when prices fell down to hard pan sent
all the boys and men he could find, to dealer
No. l, each one purchasing two boxes Of
blacking for the speculator. As the purchas-
ing price was five cents can less than the
regular wholesale rates the margin was
a very satisfactory one. But the dealer
selling the polish found that his stock was
disappearing too rapidly and refused to sell,
except to ladies. Upon this the long-headed
speculator sent several of his lady friends to
the dealer aud bought more polish. Finally
the 'price cutter" concluded that he was
playing losing game, pulled in his shingle
and polish, and competition has been quiet
among the shoe men since.
lanes T., Stoddard Dpputy Collector of