Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-12
Personal.

Councilman Carter is in the city.
NJ. A. Cushing Of Skowhegan, was in the
city Saturday.
Mr.. John X. Day of Vassalboro wa, in
the city Saturday.
Mr.. F. W. 5. Blanchard of Richmond
was in tos Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Andrews of Thomas
ton, were in the city Saturday.
Senator Frye and Congressman Dingley
will speak at the republican jubilee in Lewis
ton Monday night.
| Mr.. A. 5. Hines of the Portland Press,
was in town Saturday. Mr.. Hines will re-
port the coming session of the legislature
/ for tie Press.
Gen. Gallagher and several other Angus
Ia people sill attend the prize drill of the
Nealey Rifles and Coburn Cadets, in Lewis
ton, thursday evening.
DIR. A. &. Young leaves on the 18th of
this month for Milwaukee, Wis, where he
viii attend the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Public Health Association, as a delegate
from the Maine Board of Health. The con-
yention will consist of some 700 delegates
from the United States and Canada. Maine
was not represented at tle last convention.
! Albert 5. Nichols was seen to enter the
residence of Mrs Gilman Smith, near the
State House last Saturday evening, and re-
appeared soon after with basket full of
bed clothes. He was Immediately seized by
| Henry 5. Turner, whe had been watching
/ him, and being turned over to Special Officer
Wade, was taken TO jail 1t is said that
/ Nichols, who is an old offender, has broken
into the house several times before and sto-
/ len clothing, books, aud domestic utensils.
Mrs. Smith has, for some months been an
/ inmate of the Insane Hospital, AMI the resi-
dence has, since her departure, been unoccu-
/ pied.
An official ut the State House who went
! home to vote, said that when he boarded he
train for return he fclt mewhat anxious
| about the result, but when the train started
| the rumble of the car wheels made only one
one sound in his ears as they seemed to say.
ala Brother Watkins, Harrison and Nor
ton, Harrison and Mort IN" and at every
station the escaping steam seemed to say in
aspirated tones, "Cleveland's defeated,
Cleveland's defeated When he reached
Augusta he had been luled into a frame of
mind of mind that enabled him to receive
the good news with equaminity.
At the NJ +. church yesterday morning,
Rev. Caleb Fuller, one of the oldest minis
tiers of the gospel in kennebec county, gave
an interesting account of his early experience
as preacher Mr.. Fuller began his labors
over sixty years ago, having for his pasto-
rate more territory than is now included in
the whole county. For many years he
preached three and four times every Sab
bath besides riding long distances and at
tending frequent week day meetings. The
sum paid a single minister in those primitive
days. was 500, which doubled when he
took to himself better half.
Charles, alias Happy" White was convict
ed of drunkenness last Friday morning and
being released in order to obtain bonds dis
appeared for parts unknown. Yesterday
morning Marshal Morse and Deputy Me-
Kinney drove to Whites residence near the
Hospital. but found that he had departed
about twenty minutes before, and was then
crossing the river in small boat White
had just moored his craft at the foot of
Bretl's Gulley when Officers Doe and Spear.
no had been waiting his arrival, stepped
out and took him to jail.
There will be just half dozen represent
atiyes and county officials who, though really
/ elected. will, through mistakes in the re-
turns, be counted out These candidates
will be notified as soon as the official count
is over ard if within the next twenty days
/ they can prove TO the governor and council
| either by reference to certified copies of
town clerks records or otherwise that they
received the votes OF a plurality of electors,
they will be allowed to take their seats.
i The fifth volume of Appleton's Clyclo-
pedia of American Biography was received
at the State library Saturday. Among the
other late additions OF interest to the legal
profession are Vols. and of the American
States Report-a work which takes up the
noted cases of interest and value, decided in
courts of last resorts in the several States
and subsequent TO those contained in the
American Reports and American Decisions.
Mr.. L. Frank Little of Gardiner has our
thanks for copies of his beautiful and artis-
tic calendar for lSS9-a gem of the engra-
ver's art. The design is group of fat,
chubby, contented puppies; and the work is
the best of the celebrated house of John A,
Lowell 4 Co, Boston. Although Mr.. Little
is the prince of advertisers, the calendar
contains no advertisement.
, For the week ending Nov. s, the ship
ments of American apples abroad reached
81, 500 barrels. The demand for all vsrie-
ties wa. good excepting for Newtown Pippins
I Baldwins sold for S3.04as3.2s; Greetings
/ the same; Spys IS O4as3.l6; Kings s3.l6s
E IS SO fancy Pippins Sc.
The Cushnoc Hose Company are making
elaborate preparations for their grand ball
which will occur on Thanksgiving Eve.
;. Members of the company will appear in full
uniform, and dancing to the strains of Pull
lens full orchestra will be prolonged unit
dawn.
e 4 good time for the hungry visitors to
}. night is coming. For the repast Hayes
E Keown of the domestic bakery will furnisl
n so gallons of coffee, $500 sandwiches an
us dozen doughnuts.