Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-06
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GARDINER.

Mr. G. X. Small of Bates College ar
rives today TO spend a week in drilling the
first and second classes of the high school il
elocution. Mr.. Small is a fine eloeutionls
and under his direction the classes canno
fail to make rapid Advancement in the art
Should matters progress favorably an ex
hibition will be given either next Wednes-
lay forenoon or one week from that date
The work will be under the general super,
vision OF Mr.. S. 5. Wright, the principal Of
the school.
Workmen were busy yesterday removing
the shoe racks and shafting from the shoe
factory building in Randolph. The stuff
will be sent to Lynn. This looks as though
the move was to be final one on the par
of the leasing company at Lynn. The Kan.
dolph company will now have to look round
after a new concern.
Mrs. VIM. H. Houston died at her home
on ishland avenue yesterday forenoon
after long and severe illness.
Among the many and varied names which
have been attached to the new acquisition in
the train line, the legislative train. is that OF
intellectual" Gardiner people call it the
- intellectual train and rightly so.
For some time past the wives and daugh-
tiers of the members of the Ancient Order Of
United W0rkmen have been agitating the
organization of relief association. The
matter was taken up at the regular meeting
Monday evening, and il was decided to in
ylte the ladies to be present next Monday
evening to talk over the matter. The re-
suit will probably be the establishment Of
an association of this nature.
A six year old son of Capt. J. d. Given,
who resides on Harrison avenue, is very sick
with membranous Group and diphtheria.
The latest invention in the ice implement
line has recently been brought out by W. d.
Harrington, superintendent of the Clark &
Chaplin houses at Gooden's Point. The i'm
plenent is styled "crust breaker" and is
of simple construction, but powerful in eff
feet. 1t will take of layer of ice from
fortyfour inches TO eight feet wide as easily
as the ordinary planer will take off a two
inch layer % inches wide. Another advan-
tage in the new machine is that it requires
no growing before it can be used, but can
be run anywhere over hard and soft ice.
The article is destined to revolutionze this
department of the ice business. Mr.. Z. L.
Lewis, the architect, is making the drawings
of the machine for Mr.. Harrington, who has
already applied for a patent. One of the
machines has been made. is now in use on
the fields of the company and is giving good
satisfaction.
Mr.. James Dingley gives a progressive
euchre party at his home next Tuesday even
ing.
Sociable and entertainment at the Congre-
gational vestry Thursday evening.
Owing to the lack of quorum the city
council held no meeting Monday evening
The following report gives general
summing up of the business done at the Y
NJ. c. A. rooms during the month of Jan
uary Attendance at rooms, 1s1; attend
ance at gymnasium, 60 attendance at young
mems meetings 100; training class, 5 morn
ing prayer, ) mechanical drawing, A. com
mittee NEE ting, I.
Messrs. G. A. Birch of Greenbush, n. Y,
and David Boyd of Damariscotta Mills, are
in the city at the Johnson House. These gen.
tlemen are well known in ice circles and
represent firms manufacturing two patent
ice scrapeis of much merit.
Mr.. Jno. ID. Bartlette of Washington,
ID. c., of the Great Falls Ice Co, is in the
city at the johnson House.
Mr.. Samuel Marson of Pittston died yes
terday of heart disease. Mr. Marson had
been out to the barn feeding the cattle and
coming into the house he sat down in a chair
and Immediately expired. He was about ~
years of age.
At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen,
held Monda, evening, the following concur
rent business was transacted: The electric
light now standing near the house of L. d,
Cooke, was ordered moved to point one
hundred feet below the house on Water
street occupied by Messrs Donovan and
Peacock. Roll of bills No. 10, amounting
to S63s 10, approved and ordered paid. fhe
joint standing committee on accounts and
claims had reported $50 on the case of
Emma s. Rowe, who was injured by fall
near the foot of Brunswick street hill, and
the board -concurring with the action of
the committee voted to reduce the amount
to $50. The sum of S7i 80 was voted to be
transferred from the special appropriation
for improvements on the road to the steam
boat wharf to the highway department. The
board licensed Messrs. Milton S. Berry and
Wallace Atkins to keep billiard hall in
G. A. K. hall in South Gardiner.
The dates for the presentation of the
opera Olivette have been changed from the
18th and q tn to the 10Th and st, the latter
being the date for the appearance of the
company at Togus. The change was made
so that the date for this city might not con.
iict with the anniversary of the Knights OF
Pythias, which occurs on the evening of the
18th inst.
Tickets for the Odd Fellows fair will be
on sale Thursday.