Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-07

The outlook for base ball in Maine cert
,eason Is not very encouraging.
The teams that secure the services Of
Herman Wilson and Jobnny O'Brisn for
cext season vii secure two FIRST class men.
Mr.. I. G. Libby of Durham. who is
yell knosn as a PRACTICAL farmer and stock
laser. and who has had considerable eI
per.snce with western farming, gives a. bis
opinion that except where large capital Is
invested the STATE Of Maine i. bead aud
shoulders above any western State
They say that La Grippe" has got h'm
bold upon the dogs. II this Is the case
many u It's past offences can he forgiven.
There are a large number Of CANNES "sho
nc yer would be missed
Belfast Age Yes sir. SAID the grocer
on High street, Saturday, ~ he was busy
assisting his clerk to pile up a number
II barrels Of -four which hal Just arrived,
II was always noted for the number of
barrels which could pile into small
space---iu then the piece of wood
under the bottom barrel Of the pyramid
broke With crash the grocer jumped over
a kerosene barrel AMI the whole lot came
rolling and crashing down, brt a<ing open
several barrels and stre~iug -four In ali
directions. mostly onto the grocEr sho
barely escaped alive Was he mai Well,
some vhst. and as soon As he calmed down
he vent to his desk and wrote to Boston
parties, that the last iIvoice Of -four came
badly damaged and for them to discount
f.f a.. hf b.v tad
the town Of Waldoboro In the House of
Representatives, since the year 1852, but
twelve are now living as follo~s Maubec
k.sson no represented the town in 1884 !;
Horace Winchepbach, 10 1853 and 1863
Augustus Welt l-GI-z; George W Calder
relI, isG7-6s Asa Redington Reed, 1911
~ Augustus Welt, 1913 "a John Low
Alden 1873, Gorhsm IL Feyley, 1871 Is I,
George Gibyrt Benner, ls79-s0; Charles
Eugey, 1884 80 Edward II. Levenssler,
$50 81; Horace Mcintyre, 1898 80. OF
the state senator's Who have represented
Lincoln county. there are now living IN
Waldoboro. Ex Governor s. ). Marble and
Judge Almore Kennedy.
Belfast Republican, Mr. Luce, who is
connected With Mr.. Sargent in the granite
business in this city, says his firm wants
800 men. They have a contract for / 900,
900 payings from New York and want to
ship 500 900 as soon "a possible. About
50 600 have already Leen shipped this win
ter. The firm is working about sixty men,
but abors under many dissdyantages
Quarrying il extremely difficult in the win
ter season. the last few weeks being very
bad on account Of ice. Mr. Luce says the
firm will get out paving, building material
and will do monumental work The latter
wall be done by the firm of Miller & Luce,
Mr. Luce SAYS that the granite of the Oak
| iGlli company is superior to any IN Maine
Mrs Cathirine Wording by her munif-
cent benefsctions, left monument TO her
memory more enduring than the most e1
pensive shaft of granite or marble that
could possibly have been reared above.
| More of the kind of monuments she left,
should be built.
one Of our blscksmiths, says the Pro
gressve Age, has unique sign over his
place Of business which reads Equine
Chiropodist." 1t is doubtful If another
smith in town knows what il means. and
I
Mr. Charles Jones, son Of Mr. Israel
| Jones of this city, saws the Republic an
Journal arrived in Belfast last week, hav-
! years None Of the family knew him
/ The father. who kreF his son was coming
home. vas sure that he could recognize him
/ Mr.. Jones first went 10 the home of his sis
ter, 1t so happened that Mr.. Jones, the
elder has been settling an insurance loss
his house having recently burned down.
Young Jones personsted an insurance agent
and called on his father After asking
il the gentleman was MIR. Jones, the young
man said he had called in regard to the in
snrsuce on the houss Mr., Jones. senior
had wrestled with an insurance agent only
day OF two before, and was not in a pleas
ant mood. The young man said his com
psny would pay 50 much, and no more
banning a smaller sum than that for which
the house was Insured. The old man went
into passion and there is no telling where
the affair would have ended if the son ha j
not made himself known The old gen
tlemsn was much chagrioed to think he
did not recognize his own son,
Two Belfast youths who undertook, a
/ my OF lSo sNlCe, 10 monkey with an electric
current in order to play a practical joke
upon an unoGending dog, will never dsbble
in this kind of humor again. The dog es-
capped unscathed. but the two would be
funny men got shaken up in a manner they
viii not soon forget
George 2. Rovell & Co, in their recent
newspaper directory place the Kennebec
Journal in their select list Of first class ad
vertisiss mediums. They knosa good
thing when they see it
Thirty seven thousand dollars worth of
stock was subscribed to the Caribou bank
within twenty hours after the books
were opened. Another proof of Aroo,took's
growing prosperity.
From all over the State come only
words of praise for the generous hospitality
shown BY Augusta to the veterans who at
tend the q A K encampment this week.