Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-25

spehuiiig rev days here, went to Capito
Island yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lesdbetter of Chicago, for
merly Miss Pauline Lawrence of South Gar.
diner are at Mouse Island where thev will
spend the summer. being annual residents
there. They are members of party of
Chicagoians who are now en- route East, who
VIII, IN about week, all meet at the Mouse
Island House, where they will spend the
month OF August Thus do the attractions
of our magnificent coast entice the wealthy
people of the great West to Maine. Mr..
Leadbetter is one of Chicago's successful
bankers.
Misses Jennie and Hattie Roberts are spepd.
ing two weeks at their fathers, in West
Gardiner.
MIR. A. w. McCausland, superintendent
of the Oakland Manufacturing Company
and of the Electric Light Company, will have
house warming at his beautiful "Idlewildp
cottage, Capitol Island, on Saturday evening
next, The occasion is the first anniversary
of the occupancy of this charming retreat,
and Augustus has invited few friends to 20
down with him, where they will smoke the
pipe of peace and celebrate the laying of the
corner stone" There will be creams, and
music, and fireworks, and a good time.
Coats, hats, canes, and even whole suits
are beingput up freely,to be changed hands in
September and November next,
Miss Jane Lambard of Boston, daughter
of j, 5. Lamhard Esq, of this city, spent
Sunday here, and has gone with the family
To Capitol Island for a month
About three hundred persons went ON the
moonlight excursion under the direction of
the Randolph Band Monday evening, hav-
ing most enjoyable vacation.
The two masts and sails of yacht are vis-
lole above water in the dock opposite the
railroad station. She went down about noon
yesterday.
The y. NJ. c. AS excursion takes place
Wednesday next, August LIST, the Association
here uniting with that at Augusta on the
occasion.
1t is expected that the electric light plant
on Summer street will soon be discontinued
and the city lighted from Augusta. The
circuit between the two cities, and to con-
meet here with the fifty lights now set, will
be be twenty miles long. No trouble is an
ticipated in lighting from Augusta, AZ cir
cults are working well ON the are system u
distance of thirty miles and furnishing sixty
lights.
There seems to be a serious defect in the
street in front of the Evans hotel, which
could be repaired at small expense, and
which now causes much annoyance. Al
though there is sewer opening near the
corner of the hotel, the paving has so settled
south of the cross walk that the water in
the gutter instead of being carried off re-
mains there constantly, causing a number of
disagreeable pools of stagnant filthy stuff,
unpleasant to all passers-by. We are sure it
only needs TO have the attention of the au-
thorlties called TO the matter to have it imme-
diately repaired
There was generous attendance at the
city rooms Monday evening at the organiza-
ton of the Gardiner base ball club sc.
Whitmore called the meeting to order and
invited Mr.. W. J. Landers to the chair as
presiding officer. Mr.. L. S. Lincoln was
made secretary. After some general discus
sion in regard to the purposes of the meeting
committee on bylaws was appointed con-
sistng of S. c. Whitmore, Esq, o. B.
Clason, Esq, and Mr.. b. NJ. Partridge, who
subsequently reported set of bylaws for
the government of the club, which was
adopted. The club then proceeded to the
election of permanent officers, which result
ed as follows President. o. b. Clason;
treasurer, Mr.. W. S. Whitman;
secretary, +. S. Lincoln; directors, B. w.
Partridge, G. W. Ileseltine, Thomas Nc
Laughlin, S. c. Whitmore. Subsequently
the directors elected Peter A. Houlehan as
manager of the club A sufficient amount of
money has been subscribed to make the
club a success, and the proposed grounds in
Randolph will at once be leased, fenced and
fitted up in irst-class manner