Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-18
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BuRLEIoH 4 FLrxr.
The mildness Of the present winter has
made business rather dail for tn. plumbers
There has been a recent rise in aour Of
,,on tsenty TO twenty-five cents per barrel.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
,ill meet at the rooms Of the Association,
Tuesday, =. NJ.
Hereafter on stormy days when there il TO
be- no school Aliens whistle will blow three
time, At quarter past eight in the morning.
Mr. and Mr.. W. II Ganueu ate nded the
funeral Of Mr.. G's uncie Mr.. +. Gannet. on
Saturday. he was a prominent Bath mer-
chant.
Pqllen'. Orchestra is to furnish the music
for the grand bail to be held in Dexter Tues
day night, the 18th anniversary Of Pythian
Knishthood.
j c Knoslton, who was arrested at Togus
in December on the charge OF selling liquor
without license has been acquitted by the
T. s Court at Portland.
II the life Of the late immortal Washing
ton had been prolonged till next Friday he
would have attained the ripe old age Of one
hundred and fifty seven years.
NO fun pickerel fishing" said man yes
,erday who had tried it. The ice is so
thick that you cant cut enough holes. The
fish aren't biting we'll, either"
Mr.. II. X Randall has just completed =
contrac; for paIntr Z the advertising cards to
be placed IN hotel desks at Bangor, Water
vile. Gardiner, Beverley. Mass. and other
places.
The sealing of letters is again coming
into fashion. The ordinary red wax is pre-
fsrred to that of fancy shades, aud plain
initial Is considered more correct than an in
tricste monogram.
During the quarter ending with January
the fees of the board of pension examiners
in this city amounted to more than twelve
hundred dollars, During January more ap
pcsnts were examined than in any previous
month for ten years.
Though ST. vsneptines Day is past, Il G
dealers are stll selling a large Number cf
the pretty tokens of esteem Those WHO re-
ce,ved but didn't send Oh tin 18th are now
trying to make up for lost time. The Gus
tom i. continued during the rest of the
month
pretty grammar school ziri 'ho is ford
OF coasting writes to know If it il aly more
dangerous for girls AMI bnysto enjoy tn M
selves sliding % Winthrop street during the
evening hours than for som Of the citizens
OF Augusta who own fast ,r4e' 10 exercise
them At the same place. We refer the ques-
ton to the city authorities
The demand for embemrtlr jewelry 10
steadily increasing every year, said jewel
er yesterday The Mssons. hll Fellows.
knights of Pythias and dozen other differ
.>, frs,ernitles end soci-ti g all have sleeve
buttons. scarf pms and watch chains Of var
lou, designs ornam rented with their emblems
We sell great many of tn m to the recent
initiates
The exciting horse casa between Lewis
Stone alias Sunshine AMI Joshua G Rob
bin. Of fIalowell. which was assigned for
YESTERDAY ha, been settled 10 the sstsfsc
ton of all parties, II seems that last sum
mer sunshine HIT upon the ingenious device
Of palming off a whistliug horse As sound by
plugging his nostrils with sponge. and re
ceivlnga good steed in exchange. The |
trick wa, found out, the horse recovered on
awrh of replevin and Stone brought tie
present suit to recover him
Mr.. John q, Walker of tbs city is another /
addition to the list of victims to the slippery /
Granite Hall steps While coming away
from Dockstaier'. Minstrels some four
weeks ago, Mr.. Walker fell heavily. Since I
that time he has been unable to leave his
house and i, is feared that he has received /
severe internal I'M uries, After almost every /
entertainment in the hall some one receives
a tall on this icy descent, and tbs hoped that
in future the propretors may have sand
enough to keep it in proper condition.
"Gslvsuic batteries. said the druggist ss
he pointed to row of square leather boxes
some Of which showed the marks of hard
usage. I'VE sell them for seven dollars
each, or let them out for a quarter week.
People who have rheumatism or pen paralysis,
use them TO some extent, but our best class of
customers are those who take shocks as
kind Of general tonic. All sorts OF medica,
appliances are hired by the week now.
good pair Of crutches are let for twenty-five
cents week reclining chairs bring dollar
And other things in proportion"
Among the latest fsnces for ladies writ
ING desk is the real tortoise-shell string box,
set IN old silver, aud metal paper weights In
the form of the pensive adju,ani bird stand
ing on one leg Then there are the tambou-
hne caenders, and banjo stamp trays and
'e'oncelo letter clip, with an oak back
ground. The prettiest thing in notepsper is
aolue gray English wedge wood. There are
nfee sizes of paper and envelopes the
smallest Of the latter being four inches