Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-22

02A1D 0oU01 3OyDoD.
1ews 0ysesn Of oeAool lganeesnsnt
h ~ 0eass.
Amosg The many istesssting qusslionS
~ viIl probably cone bsfose tbe sext
Lssblssuse il thsf pssaaising = the apvn
eysosu Of school msnagsmsns. I. N.
wsdsvovh. Esq., Of the sspssiatendsnt Of
schools once i engaged in csupiiias ssasis-
bsssisg - tbis question which win psob-
sbx.bs brpusht n H. stteutien Of ~
csaniftee % sdscstion the coming winter.
Thsssh these aasistics m y m ineem-
pIsts In soae sespects il 10 seen fspa
hem thet Of, ~ the towns il IL 6tsss,
fessy.one per cent are usder the town sys-
~. n twelve coualies fifty per cent sss
sndef ttis systsn ia ten eounaiss A1sy.six
pcs cent; 10 eight COUNTESS. or o6s half the
shs Stats. sfxty-one sad four fifshs per cent
As.lroscosgin county has ninssy-one ~
cest under the town sysssm; CunbssIssd
seventy per cent; Kennebec. sixfy -siop
snd one.hslf per cent; Penobscos, fifsy-lvs
asd third; Sagadahoc, seventy -four |;
Washington, foyty. fous and half; Aroos-
spsk, tssnsy-ssvea and third; Piscatsqu is
tvsnsy-nine; Somerset. swenty-eight and
. half. In Waldo county there are no
schools Under the town system; in
Kssssbec halt the tosns have adopted Il.
Mr. wssdsvortb asys that In many towns
vhess the towns have not sdopsed the town
system Is yet there are large minoritiss 10
isyes Of Il.
Stsae Treasurer Beal vent 70 Norway
ysstsrdsy where he will visit his family
ssu the 6sbbssh.
Cesncilles Carr Of Bowioinhsm was in
~ city ssd called a the Ssste Housc FIJI.
~ On business.
Mr.. Brnsst ". Emery, son Of Mr.. En-
cry, clerk In the Tfsssurer's Office, 10 act-
ING = librarian In the absence Of State
Nbsssisn Hobbs.
Ihs Valuation Commission are still at
vssk fixing the standards Of values. Sew
essl have hare siresdy been agreed upon
and ths Commissioner say that everything
10 being done quite unar imously.
PeEsouais.
ST. Purington, Brunswick, was 10 the
city yesterday.
Mss. Capt. Sawyer Of Belfast was in the
zig yesterday.
Prot. r. B. Capen went to Thomsston
yssssfday afternoon.
.. A. Tuslk, Esq, went to ws.erviile 10
attend court Friday.
Y. W. Hovey, Esq., Of Pittsfeld, was in
the city Friday on business.
Mr.. =. A. Ingalls, Of Boston was visiting
friends in the city yesterday.
C. A. Harrington, Esq, of Norridge.
vock, was in the city yesterday.
Manager Schenck of the Brewer Sulphite
Pulp Mill vas in the city yesterday.
/. H. Randall ESQ.,, and wife. went to
Bath yesterday to attend the funeral of
relative.
Miss Lottie Morrill,. who has been visit.
ing friends In the city left for Boston Fri
day morning.
lion. II. NJ. Heath leaves this afternoon
for two weeks cunning trip in the woods
Of Franklin county.
Superintendent Merriam Of the Copsecook
Manufacturing Company of Gardiner was
IN the city yesterday.
Railroad Commissioner Bowers went to
his home In Saco yesterday. lie will re-
turn the first of next week.
MIR. and Mrs.. II. b. Rodick Of Bar IIar-
Dor. were a the Augusta House Thursday
nigh, leaving Friday for Boston.
u. W. Dodge of Freedom and j. +.
Gerrity Of Bangor were among those regis
tered at Hotel North last evening.
Mrs. Carrie Jewett, who has been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Lyford, in this city,
leaves this morning for her home in Nor
way.
Rev. J. b. Jordan has been at Portland
tbe past week assisting in special eyangs-
iistic work at the Congress Street Free
Baptist church.
Mr.. Asa J. Cummings, formerly Of this
city, but now resident Of Oregon, is visit
Jog relatives IN this city. He Is accompa-
MED by his wife and sou. This has been
Mr.. Cummings trst visit to his native city
since he left il for the far West twenty-five
years ago.
Mr.. John II. Hsskius, President Of the
South Trcdegar Iron o.. Chattanooga,
Tenn. is in the city. Over two hundred
years ago the Tredegar Iron Co. was
formed at Cardiff. Wales. From this the
large iron company in Virginia took it's
name. Then was organized the South
Tredegsr Iron Co. Of Chattanooga, which
nov has decided to establish itself at Car
Iid Tenn. From Cardiff, Wales. to Car
dill. Tenn, in about two hundred and
twenty years.
Mr.. +. W. Mathews. the halter and
furfier, gives the JOURNAL the following
concerning the Eur market At the late
fur sale in London, held the last of Octo-
Der. American raw furs declined from five
10 ten per cent. on nearly all articles, which
following the heavy decline in June, must
establish lower range Of prices. A few
articles wanted in this country will com.