Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-13

and New York, and the FIJI Islands are rep
resented.
The Capital Band are circulating sub
scription paper for the purpose of purchu
ing uniforms The band will subscribe sl0
and it is hoped to raise the remaining S9N +
which is necessary, among the citizens
Auditor Capen recently examined the &C. i
counts of W. II. Libby, ESD, Secretary Of I
the Augusta Loan and Building Association
and found them correct in every particular
The association is in very ilourishng con
diton.
Asylum Lodge /. o. q f. CLOSES il
Work in the Third. lee cream and sirs.
| berries will be served in the banquet hail. /
All members aud Odd Fellows stoppInsm [
the city ire invited.
The Maine Homeopathic Association
through its secretary. DIR. Gtu1ru of Var
mouth has extended thanks IN Landlord
| Charles MillIken of the Augusta House 70,
courtesies extended during thcr recent
meeting in this city.
Our esteemed contemporary the New ige,
.hows commendable enterprise by publishing
this morning excellent plans of the improved
State Capitol with full dcscr ption AMI an
interesting historical sketch FROM the pen Of
a well known Augusta historian.
NJ S. Moulton & Co. recently hal on eI
hibtion an eight pound tautog. one of The
denixens of the briny with which Angus.
ia people are but little acquainted After
being gazed upon by large and curious
crowd it was presented to the Od Ladies
Home.
Schooner John Calwalaler from rhla
delpbia with 2lO tons egg coal for F. Stone
& Co., went aground on the llallJWcll flats at
high water recently. A, the river is Loser
ing rapidly portion of the cargo will Probn'
bly, be removed in lighters. The schooner
draws nine feet.
An exciting trot occurred At the Park.
Tuesday afternoon between Fred Moore''
Fred G. ard Harry Pinkham, SnoT storm
for purse of s25 Fred e. won the race
in three heats to Snow Storms one. The
third heat was very exciting large nun
Der of spectators were present,
Sugar is still fast advancing AMI Is nov up
to old time prices II nov sells At the
refneries in Boston for .! ccuts and IN this
city it cannot be purchasei D., the barrel tor
less than 81 c.nts There are prospects
that the rise vail be even gre ter than ih,
before the low figures are again reached.
The report of the ninth annual meetngo'
the contributors TO the Maine Farmer. NJ
manac just issued from the press Of Charle'
T. Nash. makes neat volume Of loo page,
1t contains excellent accounts of the meeting
as reported by DR.. William MrDayil with
the salutatory roll call, poem, Grafton, ,oa'i''
etc, in full.
| The workmen on the cellar of th" Sap
House extension are finding very little ledge
in their excavations A small outcroppn'
near the wall Of the present structure will
blasted next week. During the blasting the
water pipe now in use will be shut Of and
the building will be supplied by temporary
pipe laid from the hydrant on the north side
Clerks in the postal service say never"
use square envelope. Women are more u
the habit Of using them than men. square
envelope, large or small, bat ~
pecially large, is an anathcma in tue
eyes of postal clerk. He likes an Oh
long envelope of moderately large sne-a
Government number 10 or :. corre'pona'
ing TO the stationers number SIX.
The ladies of Morrill, Commanlsry no
1886 U. o. G. c. will give their second enter
tainment in Golden Cross Hall on Tne'dr
evening, June 18th. They promise piI
Of high order and well worthy the patron
age of the public, whose presence they cor
daily solicit. This will probably be the IA"
entertainment Of the season and they ea'neF
ly hope and trus, their friends will all JOS
with them in making it grand success
The crowd Of young men Who play iSoF
ball on Winthrop street every evening hsl
some trouble last evening with one MGR"
land, who inhabits the Cushr oc House Inc
ball was kicked against Mcfarland. sindo''
He retsliated by throwing water on 'n'
crowd beneath and war Of words en'as,
till Officer Breen appeared on the scene a''
dispersed the crowd by capturing the i'''
ball. 10 future the game will be proh'O'S'
in this loo ,lity.
The State convention Of the Young r"
pies Society of Christian Endeavor VII !"
held in Bath. August 81 and ~. There w
some 200 societies of this order II h'"
alone, and though the movement vas o's'N
lied in 1881 there is now a national memOs'
ship Of more than 100000 Among wv
speakers who will address the convehtio"'
Bath is Rev. Francis 4. Clark of Bo'''h'
Committees have been appointed to soho"
accommodations for the delegates al pf'''
residences.
The rules Of the Maine Central IN fes'''
TO mileage tickets are now much more eio'
ly carried out by its officials than previous -
the operation Of the inter state comh'e''.
law. The road nov issues three classes"
mileage tickets l. Five hundred miles"
8 cts. per mile which allows the man oui"s
it to use it for himself and wife. 2 Wv
thousand miles at 2 cts. per mile
Fifteen hundred miles at l-2 cts per mus
The two last are made out in the name oil 'D'
person purchasing them, and can onp
used by such person. Ladies can parc"'''
mileage tickets IL they choose. -