Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-05
GA RDIN Err.
A Match Between Daily and Nc Auiiffe
The Eagles to Celebrate-A Novel
Puzzle Coming Masquerade Ball
Other City News and GOSSIP

GARDINER. Nov. /.
2. A. Houlehal of this city, the hacker
and manager of Mike DAILY, the lightweight
pugilist, received a letter Monday from Dan.
J. Saunders, who is connected with the
sporting staff of the Boston Globe. making
proposals for DAILY to fight Jack McAuiffe.
The substa nee of the letter was as follows
Larry Kilisn, prominent Boston sporting
man, offers to take charge of the affair and
guarantees purse of 81 COO, the winner to
take all, the money 10 be placed in the hands
of J. n. Taylor of the Boston Globe. before
the men step into the ring. McAuliffe ac
cents the offer and states that he will fight
DAILY in three weeks from signing articles,
with two ounce gloves, the men to weigh 1856
pounds twelve hours before the fight, both
men to put up a forfeit of 500 to fight and
be at the stated weight. The referee is to be
chosen at the ring side, and at the end of fif
teen rounds if the referee is unable 10 decide
winner, he shall have power to call for
extra rounds The above terms are salts
factory to McAuliffe, and in conversation
with the writer Monday afternoon, Daily
stated that he was perfectly willing to fight
under the above conditions, with the excep
ton of the time, and the Globe has been no.
titled to that effect Daily wants six weeks
TO get in condition and this the McAuliffe
party will probably agree to. In closing his
letter Mr.. Saunders says Every man in
the country is anxious to see Jack and Mike
meet and hope this will go through all right. J"
DAILY is confident he can down McAuliffe
and it looks now as if fight would be ar
ranged at once.
A. l.. Stephenson. one of our leading shoe
dealers has got up an advertising scheme
| which the bows are wild over. Ii is in
the shape of a card puzzle aud the plan is as
follows: The card is about five inches long
and two inches wide. and in the card are
three holes, one in the shape of square,
another in the form of cross, and the third
a circular hole. The idea is to cut one piece
of wood or cork to pass through each of
these holes and fit exactly while passing
through The first person who gets the cor
rect solution of the puzzle is to be given a
| pair of boots for their trouble.
The Randolph cad of the keanebec Cen
trail K. R. is being rapidly pushed, and be-
| fore long one may expect to hear the shrek
| of the locomotive, which must, necessarily
owing to the close proximity to the main
| road and street. be terror to nervous horses
and timid women.
Everybody who holds ticket for the
Rusgles St. Church Quartet entertainment
are looking forward to the appearance OF
those star soloists with great deal of eager
anticipation. They will be with US nex'
Thursday evening. Don't miss them.
The !. H. Wilson. of which so much has
been said in the papers of late. in connection
with the so-called "Ofphan's Home" ir
China, spent about three weeks in this cit,
the latter part of the summer, soliciting sub
scriptions for the above Institution. He
visited great mary of our leading citizens
also several of the clergy, but in the iarge'
number of cases was unsuccessful in his de
nands for money, although there wers
"a few that gave small sums. He
is described BY several as being very peril
nent in his manner, especially whs
not securing any subscriptions or whei
he thought parties were not giving him a
much as he thought they were able. People
in this city are glad the papers have sites
, the matter
We understand that the Eagles are plan
ming to celebrate their recent victory in tn
contested referee case for the silver cup, be
tween themselves and the Consinentals, by
grand jubilee and parade some evening thi
week.
a The first drawing of C. A. Woodward
] Watch Club will take place next Saturda
4 evening, At the Office of H. E. White i
4 Depot square.
officer Connor, of Randolph, took fou