Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-05
GARDINER.


secured the Coliseum for Tuesday evening.
at which the result of the election in the diff.
ferent States will be received by wire. An
admission fee TO the Coliseum will be
charged.
! The board of Aldermen was in session ON
Friday and Saturday last for the purpose of
correcting and revising additions to the vot-
ing. But very few names were added and
but few corrections made, the voting list for
the September election being practically un.
changed.
The rooms of the Y. NJ. c. Association
have been receiving Improvements for the
campaign. The association now numbers
NIFTY active and one hundred and fifty asso-
cate members.
train of six or eight snow-plows went
over the Maine Central Saturday, making q
stop at this station. The managers of the
road are evidently getting ready for winter.
Great quantities of pressed hay are now
being shipped to Boston on the Star.
The horse attached to w. II. Rings deliy-
cry wagon became frghted Saturday fore
noon and came down Church street hill at
furious rate In front of Stephensons shoe
store the team collided with DR.. Turner's
carriage, which was somewhat damage
Running upon the sidewalk tie ho o. fell
was going sent him through the iron screen
just under plate glass window, and betw, On
that and the sidewalk which was broken
completely in, the horse came very near slid.
ing through into the cellar. Had the whole
pane French plate glass window been broken
1t would have been S75 job to havs replaced
IT, As 1t was, fortunately the damage was
slight, The horse was a new one which Mr..
Ring had owned but a day or two. The
team was in charge of Mr.. Rings brother.
who has driven on the streets in his business
for twenty years, and this is the first time
any accident has ever happened to him. He
was in house delivering goods when the
horse skipped and is not known what started
him.
Sevent-four car loads of freight left the
Maine Central station in this city, last week
including twelve of hay, eighteen of lumber,
two of apples and six of paper.
Seven young ladies' of this city, nsnbers
of the first and third classes in our high
school, walked to Augusta and back Friday
afternoon. They left here about one O'Clock
7. NJ. and returned at 6 80, having enjoyed
the tramp immensely. They visited the
State House and were received kindly by the
superintendent, who showed them over the
several departments.
little bit of beautiful rainbow was
seen about half past four Saturday afternoon,
by several gentlemen in this city.
The Star reached her wharf Saturday
morning about nine O'Clock. Among her
freight were twenty-four horses, twelve of
which were for c. +. Trask, two were billed
to Skowhegan, and the others were for par
ties in this vicinity, to whom they were sent
to be wintcred.
Gardiner Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will
.nta . IA, s c.. III. n
Richmond, at their hall this evening.
Two druuks.
The meat and provision market of J. 4.
Elwell Co, just south of the johnson
House, on Water street. was entered by bur
glars Friday night, sometime between the
hours of l0,30 L. NJ, and 4l5 A. NJ. This
beat was under the oversight of Deputy Mar
shal Sprague aud Officer Buzzell that night,
and between the hours above named was
passed at least fifteen times. And yet the
doors were sprung SO that the bolt to the
lock allowed the doors to be forced open.
The cash drawer was then forced open and
some three or four dollars in change taken.
No other damage was done, and nj thing else
is missing from the store. No clue has yet
been obtained which would lead to the de tee
ton of the robbers, but it is not difficult for
the police authorities to connect this with
v u
that have been perpetrated during the past
summer in this city.
All of the residents of this city as well as
of Ilalowell and Augusta, and indeed all the
people in the State by whom he is known,
will hear with regret that Rev. j. $. Gled-
hill, pastor of the Universalist church here
has accepted call to the pastorate of the
Church of Our Father" in the town OF
Spencer, Mass, and will begin his labors
there December lst, next. Mr.. Gledhill 10 a
native of Ohio, and was formerly settled
in Ludlow, VT. II was from that town he
came to Augusta in December, 1888, as pas
tor of the Winthrop Street Universalist
church, where he was located for two years.
During this time the church gr atty pros
p red i'll all its interests. The Sunday school
steadily increased in membership, debt of
$40 was paid and Sl25 worth of new books
added to the library. The Sunday evening
conference aud prayer meeting became q
popular and helpful church auxiliary, fifteen
children were chrlstened and thirty -four per-
sons added to the church membership. Mr..
Gledhill became pastor of the Gardiner and
iallowell societies, Nov. 1885; previous .
which he had, in addition to
his Augusta labors, supplied the Ilallowell
pulpit for one year,-thus making q four
years service at the latter place. During
this time the church edifce was completely
remodeled at an expense of nearly $1,000;
new and elegant organ, costing 81 200,
was placed in the church, and a fine piano
purchased for the use of the Sabbath SCHOOL,
In iIallowell during this pastorate, twelve
children were christened, and eleven add,
to the church membership. The history Of
the church in lIalowell affords an instance
OF but one longer pistorate than that of Mr..
GledhiFs That was the first pastorate Of
Rev. n. Gunnison. The church in this city
has been very prosperous and united under
Mr.. Gledhllfs administration. Substantial
repairs have been made on the church build
ing, a large aud splendid orgln purchased,
a floating Indebtedness of $500 paid of and
mortgage of Indebtedness of 81 900, which
has been standing some fourteen years sub
stantially secured. Seven children have
been christie ned. Two years out of the Ave
of Mr.. Gledhil;'s pastorate in this State. he
has been Secretary of the Maine Universalist
Sunday School convention, and it was large
y, if indeed not wholly, through his efforts
that the present method of systematically
establishing new schools and aiding weak
ones, was adopted, and the permanent fund
established. Mr.. Gledhill's pastorate in this
city has been a successful one in every re-
spect. lie is an able scholar and preacher;
earnest and pleasing in the conference meet
ng genia, IN social intercourse, and highly
respected and held in sincere esteem by peo-
pie of all denominations and by our citizens
generally, who regret to lose him from our
midst. The town of Spencer, Mass, to
which Mr.. Glsdhill is going, is twelve miles
west ofWorcester, on the Boston & Albany
railroad; and the parish in that place 10
among the best of the Unversalist order In
the State. 1t has a splendid church thorough
ly equipped, large congregation and Sab
bath School of one hundred and fifty men,
bers. The call to this church was received
by Mr.. Gledhill Friday last, and his accept
ance was transmitted to the committee on
Saturday. In leaving this community Mr.
Giedhiil may rest assured that he leaves be-
hind hosts of warm friends all up and down
these beautiful valley cities, and all over the
State, who wish him prosperity and happi-
ness in his new field.
The Lewiston delegation Of representa-
tyes including j. F. Cloutier w Rnav