Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-09
GARDINER.

The piers a. the Browns Island boom are
being rebuilt and newly topped out by the
Kene pee Log Driving company. New bal
lasting will be put on after the river freezes
so that teams can go on the ice.
Records kept in this city show that the
amount of rainfall for the month of October
was OIL inches, while the average for the
past fifty years is 40 inches. The rainfall
this year IS an excess of 2.22 inches above
the mean. These records show wide yarla-
uous. For instance in 1855 the rainfall i'll
October was 1915 inches, the greatest guam
uty known for fifty years; while the least
amount tor the month III the same period
was in 1888, hich Was less than half an
inc h.
There was quite rush AT Smith, Tobey &
Co.'S yesterday to obtain the free ice cream
Favored with somebody's fiayoring extracts.
One of the tn. test passages on record with
sailing vessel between the Delaware
brcakwater and Bath was made last week by
the schooner Bessie IL. Rose, loaded with
coal, which made the trip in fifty-one hour.
The Bessie is chiefly owned by parties III tn 8
clty.
The State and presidential elections this
year and their consequent rallies have made
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the services of which has almost constantly
been 10 demand. Several new instruments
have been purchased and the band has also a
good little surplus in Its locker.
1t will equre 72o electric lights to light
the Togus home, and will cost $4,000 per
year.
Some very heavy mill work for the Cara
tasset pulp mill at Skowhegan, isnow being
made at the works of Harvey Scrlbner.
Fred :. Tilton, the we'll known horseman
of Augusta. was on the stree syesterday with
the STA ear old mare Mollie NJ, owned by
| Mr. Charles Milliken of the Augusta house.
She is by the Lyon horse by Whalebone
KNOX out of Winthrop Morrill, mare, and
is made up for fast one. Fred put her
over the Augusta track few days ago in
> 50, during which she made a quarter in
50 seconds, and this with no training what
ever. With good training and on a good
track she ought to beat 30 another season,
and will undoubtedly do it.
The new iron storage house of the J. y.
| MaxCy Company is one of the best buildings
on HE stream. IL is on the site of the one
destroy ed by fire last Summer, But this one
cannot take fire from the outside, and the
tapping OF the sections of iron and then coat
ing It with the paint which covers the
JOINTS. makes the building practically air
tight.
a crayon portrait of the stallion Almont
Pa,chen. owned by DIR. c. +. Pickering
summer street, has just been drawn in cray
on by Rove Emery, which is n very recog
uizaDlc portal of this fine horse.
At no ime this summer has work been SO
rushing at the various lumber mills IN the
city as il is at present. The various firms
are behind their orders and have work enough
ON hand TO keep them running well into the
winter. some of them all winter.
The little friendly Well, Ill bet you's,"
are being settled at the captains office.
The Bridge street gas main is still under
going repairs.
All the street talk is about the election and
the magnificent victory. 1t is the al-absorb-
ing. all-engrossng subject Nothing else is
thought about just now, and but little else
will be talked about for some days to come
The celebration will probably take place this
evening, although we have not vet bad intel
hgence of the arrangements made at the
committee meeting last night. The plan is |
TO have hearty, spontaneous outpourng of
JOY aud glsdness; general illumination |
band playing, bell ringing tar barrel burn
nu aud cheering celebration. Q. b. Clason, |
Esq, is president of the republican city com
mttee, and j, L. Stoddsrd, Esq. secretary.