Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-19

chant on the square, has eight horses dis
aeled by it out of a stable of sixteen, and
two more show symptoms of yielding TO
the disease. Several horses have died from
ii in various stables.
Miss Margie johnson is in Boston visiting
friends this week.
Mrs. E. c. Din and Miss Gertrude Dill
are on visit to Nova Scotia.
J. IL. Potter, Esq, ami Hon. Mark Rollins
of Augusta were in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Eben White, son of Postmaster
White, went to the Island yesterday.
The Misses Emerson of Chelsea, Mass.
are stopping in Rsnlolph, the guests Of Mr..
Daniel McDufy
Mrs BroeAlebank and daughter Of Ip-
switch, Mass, are visiting her sister, Mrs. J.
c. Morrison.
MIR. Fred W. Hunton left Monday on his
return to Atchison, Kan, after weeks visit
in the city.
Ii is high compliment to the professional
ability of Mr. f. +. Lewis, the architect
that he was successful in the competition for
plans for the new library building at Show
hegan, to be erected under the provision Of
the will of the late Gov. Coburn, and which
is to cost about $4,000 MIR. Lewis plans
were submitted in competition with those of
forty other professionals and have been &C.
cepted by the committee. MIR, Lewis is also
under commission 10 design the new office to
be erected at the National Home, Togus.
Wednesday, July 20, has been fixed as the
date of the Catholic excursion to Fire Isl.
and, They have chartered the Islander for
the occasion.
Extensive repairs and improvements are
being planned by Landlord johnson of the
johnson house upon the interior of johnson
hall. The gallery will have new front, the
seats being built on n curve; the stairway
entrance to the gallery will be enclosed, and
the dressing rooms removed to the lower
floor. When the changes are made the seat
ing capacity of the hall will be fully nine
hundred. The interior will be painted
throughout and the ceiling frescoed ,., !.
Mrs. win Snow is visiting friends in Wis
cassct.
Mrs. Geo. W Hunt of this city, who for
merly resided in Randolph has just been
granted a pension of Sl2 "a month with $500
back pay. @
Workmen ares engaged in laying a sewer
across the library lot to connect with the
large main extending to the river across
Gray's dock. Well, come to look at it now
that the earth is being thrown out, the
library grounds do look rather slack and un-
kcmpt, don't they2 All overgrown with
weeds and not half as neat and cleanly rs
they should be. who will start ten cent
fund that they may be graded, sodded and
then taken care off,
Miss Minnie Barstow reached here from
Kansas City, Monday evening, and will re-
main all summer
The Gardiner post office since July /. has
been rated as second, instead of as former
ly, third class office.
The Star brought another big load Of
passengers yesterday most of them bound
on an outing to the lakes, woods, farm homes
and summer resorts of our splendid State.
Mr., John Town of the Berlin Conn. and
n " Iron Bridge Co, is in this city, and
is preparing to submit figures Of cost of an
iron bridge to be built on Winter street, which
he will have ready to day, although it is not
likely that the committee will dec de to build
of iron. The Winter street bridge is 100 fts
long aud 80 it. wide, and one great item Of
expense in connection with it il the covering,
1t is made of spruce timbers inches thick and
it is necessary to have them rer&~ed every
or an annual expense of Si00 Built Of
either wood or iron and the expense of cov-
eiing would be the same. Most of the men,
bcrs of the committee think that if an iron
and the cost of rebuilding, when II has to be
rebuilt, with the added interest, then 1t will
be best to build of iron. Mr.. Town informs
your reporter that since he has been in Maine
the city of Bddeford for one span Of bridge
across the Saco, / 10 feet long, and with the
town of Piltsfeld for bridge Of three spans,
2G9 feet in length, over the Sebasticook. at a
place known as Peltoma Point, between the
towns of Pttsield and Detroit. The last
named contract was made on Tuesday Of this
week. As to the covering of a bridge, Mr..
Town says, oak plank as covering, will
last eight OF nine years, but it is hard and
igid,-almost like iron,-the best, easiest
and most elastic wood for the purpose being
spruce.