Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-13

Coral aud State 4etvs.
Saturday, Nov. 10, 1888.
n, f. G. Briggs has returned home and
81. rooms are open for business.
The favorite Snow apple is seen in the
.n.rket and meets with ready sale
The frame for the new extension of the
asnot awning was being raised yesterday.
Several hundred barrels of apples are
.bipped from the city at each trip of the
boat
Devne & Coughlin are enlarging their
store by setting back partition, giving them
additional counter room, and space for their
holiday goods.
There seems to be two secretaries of the
Kennebec Law Club. One of them has got
tho hooks and the other threatens to bring an
action to recover them.
The police s. lied two twenty gallon kegs
of liquor, one of rum and the other of whis-
kew. from Hoyt's express Yesterday after
,oon. 1t was marked - c."
Many of our clearinghouse keepers are
preparing for the reception OF legislative
bosrders. They usually pay we'll and are
given the best accommodations that the house
can afford.
We have received from VIM. Ware & Co.,
Boston, the familiar yellow covered "Old
Farmers Almanac" for 1887, by Rob't B.
Thomas This is the 95th number of this
valuable publication.
A petition will be presented to the next
Legislature from citizens of Lincoln asking
for village corporation charter. This
movement, is made for the purpose of OBJ
tanning water supply.
1t is said that polo will be revived in Maine
this winter and a league formed in which
Bath is to be represented by several profess
SIGNALS and one or more amateurs. Where
is the Augusta polo team?
The next meeting of the managers of the
Howard Benevolent Union will be held
at the house of Mrs. Conner on
Saturday afternoon, Nov. ID, at o'clock
Members are requested to be present prompt.
ly.
The Free Baptist Social Circle was enter
tanned by Mr. and Mrs. William Maxwell,
Tuesday evening, at their home on the Bel
fast road. Between sixty and seventy were
present, and the evening was greatly enjoyed
by all.
Mr.. John May has just purchased Col.
Aliens splendid span of browns, paving in
the neighborhood of $500. Pilot Knox is in
fine condition and will winter ia Boston. Mr..
May went to Searsport yesterday afternoon
to purchase horses.
Mr.. ID. p. Gosline of Boston, agent of the
New York Exhaust Ventilator Co. was at the
Hospital yesterday to place fan in the laun-
dry for the removal of the steam which &C.
cumulates there in very Objectionable quanti-
ties during the winter. Mr.. Gosliue has
done similar work for this institution here
before.
A Maine detective who had been over
Ellsworth way was in the city yesterday and
says that many of the inhabitants are afraid
to 90 out and hunt the murderers of the game
wardens, as they are such desperate men.
The same detective regards the visiting of
the houses of the two fugitives as a mistake.
The buildings should have been Swallowed.
The coming season promises to be an un-
ceptions, dances, parties and society events,
and spicy variety of entertainments, local
and otherwise is booked. The advent of the
legislature is always accompanied nv the be-
ginning of brilliant term of social festivi-
ties and those of the coming winter will be
second to none of the past
List of patents issued to Maine inventors
for the week ending Nov. 9th, 1886, Wheel
wright & Clark's Block, Bangor Maine; c..
+. Dearth, assignor one half to A. E. Dearth.
E. Sangerville, foor-clamp; F. o. Getchell,
Augusta, machine for printing oil cloths,
ETC.; C. G. Jones, Ripley, attachment for
road scrapers; II. Middleton, Houlton. wood
en- shovel; G. A. Sylvester, Blue Hill Falls,
saw setting device; A. d. Ward, Augusta,
wrench.
Ex-Gov. Common, who has shot deer in
Washington county, informs us that he was
well acquainted with the murdered game
wardens, Lyman o. Hill of East Machas and
Charles Niles of Wesley, and had camped
with them. They were brave, determined
men and had done very effective service in
curtailing the depredations of the poachers.
Herbert M. Heath, Esq, knew Mr.. Hill and
the latter told Mr.. Heath that the poachers
had often threatened to take his life and burn
his property.
The committee of the Governors oun-
Gil find the returns from Portland the most
incorrect OF any sent in. By the errors of
ward clerks the short term of the County
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