Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-07
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Agents wauted-S. T. Cannon 4 Co
10 let-rvnement.
Lodge no,icc-Augusia Lodge, p. SAM
For reut-Cottage.
Commissioners notice
Socol 2Nciicrs.
String beans are in the market
Yesterday was all smiles and tears
Mr.. l.. l.. wellman is raising barn on
Cushnoc Heights
Hailstones large as hens eggs fell on the
east side yesterday morning
The streams are both high aud muddy.
and the trout fisherman has for the presep,
hung up his rod,
\ beautiful rainbow spanning the eastern
sky just before sunset yesterday gave prom.
sc of return 10 settled weather.
In about two weeks Dr. Amos wilder will
start his oil cloth factory near Halloweu.
which Las been closed for the past eighteen
months.
Miss l. NJ Jordan has aided pare slas,
windows TO her millinery ,st,b ,,nmeut
which greatly enhances the appearance of
her store.
Work on the new sewers commenced yes.
terday and ditch seventy five feet in length
was excavated at the corner of Bridge and
Water streets.
Judge Larrabee of Gardiner has turned
into the county treasury, Slii.6i the result
of the fines for three months in the municipal
court of that city
County Treasurer blanchard Yesterday re-
ceived the last instalment of the County
Tax for 1855. Vsssalboro was the town
which brought upthe rear.
The Rice mansion on Chandler St, now
owned by Mr.. Il +. Goodwin, has been
raised twenty-s and II half inches and a
granite foundation placed beneath i.
Kate Curtin, for being drunk aul disor
derby, was taken to the kennebec jail in an
express wagon yesterday afternoon. There
Kate was Icy to recover from her Mysteries
Rev. Miss Pratt is now attending the New
York yearly conference of Friends at Glenn
Falls, n. Y. Miss Pratt will attend the
yearly meeting of Friends ia Portland June
Is.
| Frank +. Baker prominent young law
yer of Cherry field, has been stopping in the
city few days. Mr.. Baker is candidate
for consul at s.. Stephens in place of VT
Patch, Esq.
| Sixteen men and ten horses were at work
o. the capitol extension excavation ycsler
day. The ground is full of small rocks but
the ledge does not crop out much Was
anticipated,
! Four companies have already made bids
on the building of Augustus new bridge
The committee appointed for the purpose
will soon meet and after proper investigation
award the contract.
The large glass to be placed in Photo
grapher Duntons new display has ar
rived. The case is to be placed at the stair
entrance to the studio, and will be SIX feet
long and three feet wide.
The Commissioners of Pharmacy hold their
next regular meeting at Bangor wednesday,
June ~, at 9 A. NJ. The meeting will be at
the Bangor House and quite a number of
applicants will be present.
The game at Gardiner between the home
team and the John +. Lowell Arms Co.'S
club will begin at F. NJ. today. As the
game promises to be exciting, many will
| probably attend from this city.
| Mr.. S. +. Hammond of Sidney has field
of corn to be proud of 1t includes three
and half acres AMI was hoed the first time
the day before Memorial bay. The corn
was then over four inches high
| Two drummers, an insuted lady and
partly intoxicated Augusta man who wished
to redress her wrongs. were the d,Gmah
persona in little comedy which enacted
in front of the Cony House last night.
| The most interesting comment on yes,ct
days atmospheric phenomena, was that made
by a Winthrop farmer. who, after listening
open mouthed to a detailed account Of the
damage, asked "Did the cyclone burn down
both housesS"
| Captain H. + Blanchard of this city re-
Gently purchased of T. T. wyman the we'll
known horsemsn of Vassalboro. matched
pair of sorrel horses, weighing about 1850
pounds each. They are said to BE- about the
best matched pair in the city.
We are sorry to learn that Col. Moses b.
Lakemau. the heroic commiuler of the old
Third Maine. formerly of thi. city, has
failed in business. He W.. a provision
dealer in Maiden, Mass We trust he may
soon get upon his feet again
Some cowardy boys amused themselves
Wednesday evening by throsing in front OF
iadies passing on State St, near the Court
house, two long green snakes which they
had captured. special policeman came up
but the boys saw his approach and lied
The country road. were never in sor'e
condition at this time of year, said WI
Vernon gentleman yesterday II many
places the annual repairs had just begun and
the protracted rain changed the mas. Of bose
dirt and -ods into unfatbomable mud
Mr.. John A. Quinby anne near losing
valuable horse last evening The animal
was in the arsenal stable and Incoming
frightened rushed down the path and cleared
at one leap long fight of stone step. The
carriage AID harness were somewhat dam
aged but the horse was not Injured