Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-02

Daily Htunsbsf 3uurual.
TUESDAY, APRIL Z. 1855.
HEw ADVERTISEMENTS ro-DA
NEW ADvEErIsENkSTs.
wanied-sAle.men.
wantsd-Son union ias,ers
0ocol 20oliers.
What's the news. Joef
Winter fingers.
Y. VI. c. A. tea in the rooms this e'
ming.
The commission on enlargement Of /,
State House meet today.
The repairs on Francis O'Connors' jul
shop are progre-.ing rapidly.
The Capitol Band will play at the Memo
ial Day exercises in Chelsea.
The city committee on accounts and Il
mayor transacted considerable business Ia
evening.
The Tufts College nine will make a Mali
tour during May and wish to play here De
Grafton Day.
Pink shirts without dot or stripe are b
coming very popular among the your
business men.
The April term Of the superior court opel
today. A large number Of the jurymen a
already in the city.
The cold weather OF the past week Al
the drop Of half dollar in price has great
increased the sale Of coal.
The exterior Of Hotel Bowman shines III
der new coat Of paint. The hotel will
opened about the first of May
The latest canine arrival is a pure bloode
pug pup which Mr.. o. II. Groves has ju
imported from Lewiston. He is valued
s25.
Cony & White have finished driving pile
a, their ice house, and expect to ship tire
cargoss Of about : 900 tons each in the nes
future.
The stock market looked frmer yesterda
than for some months May wheat has bee
boycoited by the dealers. Atehison va
down to 80 IA. the lowest for many month,
Smith & Reid have just finished binding a
edition Of 1900 copies of Labor Comni'
sioner Matthews reports. During the legi'
lativs session 2500 copies were bound in tw
days.
The overseers Of the poor now have thei
h. adquarters Mt the store of the chairman
j. J. Maher. City Marshal Morse has take
up his official abode in the office of Judg
Andrews.
Augustus wood of Chelsea is in jai
again. He tried to go into the wholesal
4 IA
selling sever raj bottles of rum to a couple o
small boys who sold it to passers by on tn
Togus road.
The slight snowfall of Sunday night mad
excellent sleighing Monday morning. Thos
who came to the city from distance on run
ners repented their boldness, however, for b
noon the white covering was transforme
into black ooze.
During the last few days the publishin
houses in their efforts to issue all thei
March publications before the end OF tn
month, have crowded the mails. All da
Sunday the whole of the post ofiice fore
we're at work end yesterday more than 90
sacks were sent out.
The w aldoboro stage, instead of srrivin
at quarter past 5, Saturday afternoon, didn
reach Augusta until ten o'clock in the even
ing, owing to the terrible condition of tn
roads. Each wheel in the -four in hand
was caked so lid with mud. thar it locke
like the solid truck of Roman chariot.
Geo. Lord of Belgrade, on Wednesda.
last, caught in snow Pond square taile
speckled trout weighing ii "A lbs
dressed weighed over Obs Las
year Mr. Ned Foster caught IN the SAINT
place three trout. their aggregate weigh
being 20l-t lbs. the largest weighing 3 g.
lbs
Mr.. +. A. Lawrence. State secretary, lee
the services in the Y NJ. G. A. rooms Sun
lay afternoon The condition of the wori
was discussed at some length. Mr. Law
rences remarks were vigorous and forctbl'
and several others spoke IN Il way thAt man
Tested a deep and increasing interest in The
work
Freeman aud Wilson of last years bas'
ball team have written letters expressive @
their desire to play here this summer To
iay. Manager O'Brien will begin the solicit
ing of subscriptions. The plan OF seihn.
stock, each certificate emitting the holder tt
a season ticket will be adopted, and severa
have already expressed their desire to pur
chase several shares.
The directors of the Augusta, Hallowel
and Gardiner Railway Company met II
MAYOR Maycomber's office yesterday after
noon and voted to iI the capital stock OF tn
the company Each director then pledge
himself to purchase a certain amount o
the stock. The expected contractors no
being present the meeting adjourned till mex
Monday at . A. NJ.
The last of the Florida oranges are in TIL
market. Messiuas and Valeucias are plent'
at ,oc nor doyen Lemons from Palermo