Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-02
GARDINER.

iWo ufuhAs ohiy iy-Anu CIRCUS uaY 100!
Col. S. II. Allen arrived from Thomaston
last evening and is at the Evans.
Capt f. ID. Haley returned from Boston
last evening on the 1.02 train.
The meeting of the Building and Loan
Association fixed for next Wednesday eve
ming, will be held at Grand Army Hall.
DIR. W. 2. Gidjngs returned from q
shooting excursion last evening, with big
bag of fine plovers.
The street parade of Wallace's Circus
yesterday was exceedingly good; it was not
large or varied, but comprised some of the
finest horses ever seen in street display of
any circus exhibiting here. The elephants,
camels, and other animals were good. and
the men in charge of the teams were quiet
and orderly.
The excursion of the Y. NJ, c. A., under
management of Lambard Cox, which left
here yesterday morning on the Islander, was
one of the largest excursion parties that has
left our port this season. More than three
hundred persons were on board, and as the
doubt had fine time. The Gardiner Band
accompanied the excursion,
The meeting called for Tuesday evening
for the purpose of organizing a Cleveland
and Thurman Club, was adjourned to Tues
day evening, August Z, at City Hall.
The Winnie Small is discbargng load of
bed Stats at Gray's dock for the Oakland
Manufacturing Company.
Confidence men are said 10 have taken
in good many inspecting ones about the
grounds yesterday. Many complaints were
made to the authorities yesterday by parties
who lost five and ten dollar bills, but 1t was
impossible to find the fellow who got them.
The little suggestion made by your cores
pondent few weeks ago that a subscription
should be started for the purpose of improv-
ing the grounds about the public library,
has borne good fruit thus far, and is likely
to bear still more in the future. An old res
ijent of this city now in business in Boston,
sends a check for S25 to Editor Morrill,; just
''break the ice" and others will be sure to
follow with additional sums. 1t is to be
hoped he will soon receive a sufficient sum
to warrant the grounds being graded and
fitted up in 4 style in keeping with the char
acter and uses of the building.
The grounds of the Base Ball Association
are nearly finished and will be naugurated on
Monday next, August 6, when the Gardiners
will play the Boston Blues. The Gardiner
Band has kindly volunteered its service for
the day, and good time may be anticipated.
1t is the intention of the Gardiner club TO
pnt as good a nine in the field for the re-
mainder of the season as there is In the State
With the exception of the battery the nine
will be made up of local men. After the
game next Monday it is proposed to have
games here with the Baths, Lewistons, Aus
gustas and Skowhegans.
| The shop of the new Shoe Company In
Colburn building, Bridge Street, will be
ready to start up September !, and will At
once commence work on samples for the fall
trade.
The Holmes Company will finish work at the
Il
have set eight of their wheels. They are
now at work on wheel for the Bruns~ick.
Light and Powder Company, and have =
large order on shafting for the Great Falls
Mfg. Co., Dover. N. ii.
The Wallace Circus Company reached
here yesterday morning in train of IL cars
and made fine street display. In the after
noon your correspondent spent a few mo-
ments at the grounds and was shown cour-
tesies by Mr.. James Anderson, the general
manager, and Mr.. Willis Cobb, the well
known press agent. We much admired the
fine imported Arabian horses, splendid speci-
mems of equine intelligence, as well as many
beautiful American horses and Kentucky
J mules. The performances were well spoken
Of
Chief Marshal Il T.. Norton, with a posse
of men including Officers SpragLe, Bussell.
Milton and Dunlap, made raid last night on
crowd of tramps, evidently hangers-on
upon the circus, who had secreted themselves
> in a thicket of willows below the freight
r depot and we're making themselves obnoxious
to passers-by in insulting women, frightening
children and, whenever they could do 90. ex.
: torting Quarters" from countrymen. Five
: Of them we're arrested and put In the lock-
, up, and more forlorn, weary and haggard'
2 looking set of tramps have seldom beer
$ seen. Our citizens breathed easier last even
ing after they knew the tramps wefe In safe
quarters for the night. and thanked Chief
i Norton and his men for their quick and
8 effective work. One man who evidently be-
$ onged to the gang escaped.