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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-28
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workmen Of the augusta Water COM
psny, while digging . trench on Willow
nrees near the residence Of the late John
shav, Ding up perfect skeleton Fifty
wears ago this vas we'll known buryins
srosnd. and some 10 years ago the remains
we're taken up and buried 10 Kiverside cen-
ssery. This one must have been buried
there before the burying ground vas en-
closed, and the grave was left outside the
fence when the enclosure was put ap-
Tradition hath Il that o..e Of Gen. Arnold
men Who died in the fort was inferred
there. This skeleton ia tlsosxht BY some 10
b, that of = negro. and must have been
buried there more than 100 years.
This woah seem a rational ex-
PLANTATION Of how t came 10
there, alrao-s in the middle Of the street.
The teeth were, AID in fact the whole
skeleton pas in such state Of excellent
preservation that some thought il received
burial there within recent years. Some
one clsins, also, TO have found the partially
ascsyed fragment of boo, heel near the
r,mzins. OF course it might BE- possible to
imagine that comparatively few years ago
foul murder was committed and the remains
we're secretly buried beneath the street.
Its possible TO imagine all this but il would
te foolish waste Of time TO attemps H. The
skeleton WAS turned over to the mperinten-
dent Of buriais for iu,erment.
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The farce comedy. ~ and I - was given
to rather light house for Saturday eve
ming. This was in no senee the faali Of
the play or the acturs. The entertainment
bubbled and rippIed with merriment the
entire evening, at times fairly copvul.ing
the audience. 1t fulfis the purpose for
which it was written, and spsrkles with
rittisin,s, topical songs, good dancing and
exceedingly good character acting by the
two principals, Mr.. Geo. r. Murphy, the
star German comedian. and f. j. fiefer-
man as D'Donoven Dennis of Iavers,raw
who visits the metropolis to see life and
see enough to last forever" The situations
were extremely lndicrous anil there was just
plot enough to carry the interest along TO
the close. The skirt and clog dances were
good. and the songs catchy AMI well suag.
Miss Newton possesses n very pleasing
voice, and Miss knrsale ,nfnses the whole
with dash aud spirit that is contagious.
The support throughout is excellent.
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Mr. Il. T.. Goodwin was in the city Sat
ur1ay.
u. G. Robinson Esq returned to Boston
Saturday
Hon. J s. Hobbs is very sick at his home
on Melville street.
Mr.. |. II Cunningham ia confined To h =.
house bs sickness.
Miss May Crosby spent the Sabbath with
Wateryille friends.
Don A. IL, Powers, Esq was at the Au-
gusts House yesterday.
Mr.. Chas, Hatch is spending a week at
hi. old home in Bucktield.
Hon. A. l., Lumbert of lloulton is regis
=. tered at the Augusta House.
Miss Lillian Blsckington is home from i
visit with friends in Jefferson,
+. !. C.. Little. Eel who has been
spending his vacation in jefferson. arrived
home yesterday.
Mr. J. A. woodman, business manager
of the keeley institute at Pennington, was
in the city Saturday.
Rev Don Stevens. who ate his Thanks
giving dinner with his parents in this city
returned to Boston Saturday.
Mr. Dan Steward. one of the popular
clerks at the Augusta House il stopping for
few days at his old home in North An
son
Mr.. T.. H. Wheeler has returned from
the New Hampshire Medical School from
which he graduated last week and is stop
ping in the city.
Miss Carrie Douglass of Gardiner, will
assist the Smoked Pearls in their entertain
mcnt at the Opera House. Thursday even
ing. Miss Douglass is well and favorably
known in our city and will add another at
traction to this pleasing entertainment.
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TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

1, is the opinion Of the best trainers that
il a uotter with a very fast record is let
up year or two he can never get back
that burst of speed which enabled him to
trot 40 fast when in MS best form. II is
constant work and diciplne which keeps
the horse always in spirit and condition.
During the past fall the managers of the
famous Nsrragansett Park at Providence,
X. l.. mixed pulverized potter's clay with
fine mineral sand. This sandy loan proved
of the proper consistency and sufficient
quantity of the loan was spread over the
track and narrowed into il. Next came the
pudding process and the drying. This
treatment was repeated, AMI now the foot
ing at Narragansett is the finest in the land.
Lothian .Ir., 80, leads the list of Maine
sires this season in number of $50 per
formers. aud is also Maine bred himself.
Ida A., AS, and the PAGERS. Lothian Boy
el9, and winslow, a.a6 ~. comprise his
list. The following horses have two new
ones in the list Wilkes s5Ti, st. Croix,
2ss IA, and Fred Wilkes. 2.2o 81. Mes
sengsr Wilkes, 2.23. Nsrks, 2.29, and
Gene Briggs. 22s. Robinson d., % 81,
Nellie D.. s2s, and Belle Chace, s.21 Sd.
There are IL new sires of $50 performers.
Frank Hayden has moved up from Lew
iston, Me-. and located at Franklin, Mass.
Ther,, no will have the advantage of a good.
hslf-miie track and will take horses To train
which have promise of speed. Frank is
an able fellow. and his story of how
Martha Wilkes took her work and i'm
proved last spring sounds as well as stories
written hy men of the profession, Spirit
of the Hub.
Too much Kindness is injurious 10 a
horse. Foolish cosse,ius has created many
a baker. bitter anl runaway. kininess
should mean firm discipline.
The rsnkssof Bangor horse breeders have
had a notable addition in the person OF =,
W. Hunt. of SeArsmons, one of the best
known of the down river horsemen. He
has bought the Thomas Chase farm at the
TAYLOR stand and will make his future
home there. Mr.. Hunt has fine string
of trotters, 10 or is in number. and will nd
doubt be very successful in the business.
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pInIIs Day coMrrr 90.

Next will appear at the Opera House the
old fayorte and reliable show Ioworib
Grand lIbernica and Dublin Dan Comedy
company in the revised ami rewritten
laughabIe comedy entitled "Bunders.
new acts and new scenes are introduced
this season oy company of fourteen spec
islty people. and more fun Is crowded iato
the space Of three hours than by any two
shows combined. Irish witticism, Irish
reels and dances ~ only the How orth Co.
can give.--a while fun predominate-, it
is of clean order, and free from any APP
proach to what is called vulgar. The
beautiful scenes of ireland are alone worth
the price, and In addition to the famous Old
scenes, have been added scenes in Paris
and Rome. among the latter a magnificent
illumination of st. Peters, and with the
famous orchestra and band the Opera House
should be crowded to welcome the Howorth
show Exchange.
At the Opera House Wednesday evening.
Nov 10
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SpefiaI advertisements.

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NOTICE

The Augusta, ualloweil and Gar.iiner Railroad
Company Will ask the snsiatng Legislature far an
amendment 10 charter an karizIis ii. com.
paw 10 sapply hight. hes; and power and 20 tx.
Tend Its tracks in The city 81 t,srsIiner.
} MANCHESTER HAfSEss President.
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ONE ENJOYS
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Rheumatism of twelve years standing
cured. Mr.. c. X. Gingrich. Wieonisco.
Pa. thus gives vent to his feelings "for
the last twelve years have been suffering
with rheumatism ia my right shoulder and
arm. After using many remedies without
even relief. became Discouraged. As a
last resort,I procured Salvation oii.bathins
freely, and the result is ! can nov work.
make free use of my arm without pain, and
teel twelve year, younger.
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Yorkshire Pudding.
chtls Enjey.

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and SOON,
ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when IN need
of laxative, and if the father or mother
be cos,ive or bilious. the most gratifying
results follow its use; 20 that il IS the best
family remedy known and every family
should have horie.
, 1892-01-16
FOOTLlGHT FLASHES.

Fanny Davenport has bought a Califor-
mia ranch.
Gus 'Heege, of lyon Yonson" fame, was
educated for the priesthood.
Katie Russell, sister Of Lillian, the comic
opera queen. is an artist of considerable
ability.
The fortune left by W. J.. Florence
amounts to about $4,000. He made $780,
900 from 1.-THE Mighty Dollar"
1.-THE Old Homestead" is said to have
played to s146, 600 during its twelve weeks
season at the big Boston theater.
The play in which Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew are starring is by Archibald Gordon
Its title is That Girl from Mexico"
Henry Irving has declined the invitation
to attend the International Dramatic ex-
position at Vienna as the English repre-
sentative.
The statements that w. j. Seaman is
losing his memory are not true. He has
been ill, but his illness has been of tho
stomach, not of the head.
The prima donna Etelka Gerster has
bought the Palazzo Mezzona in Italy,
which for more than 220 years has been
the property of the Rossi family.
One curious thing about Mascagni's new
opera Friend Fritz" Is that the chorus Is
Invisible the performance
Peasants and children are heard singing.
but they never are seen.
The father of Blanche Walsh, who plays
the part of Queen Elizabeth in Marie
Wainwright's production of Amy Rob-
sart," used to be warden of the Tombs
prison in New York. He is known az
Fatty" Walsh.
Archibald Gordon, author of That Girl
from Mexico" 1.-THE Crushed Tragedian"
and other plays, is collaborating with o.
tavus Cohen. the Charleston editor, on a
play of southern antebellum rice planter
life. 1t will be called "Santee."
William Gordon Wills, the English
dramatist, who died recently, was the a u
thor Of Eugene Aram," Charles the
First" Buckingham" and other plays, a
famous portrait painter, and wrote "Tha
Wife's Evidence" and Notice to Quit"
two celebrated novels.
, 1892-01-16
WHIP AND SPUR.

There Is talk of building two or NOR
kite shaped tracks in Kentucky.
Oarsman, the once famous race horse,
was recently sold at auction by a constable
at Gloucester. N. j., for ~thirty-two dollars.
After old Eurus' death a very large
tumor was found in the carcass, and to its
presence Is ascribed his Inconsistent rum
ming.
Six of the leading stables Of Austria and
Hungary rave been dispersed on account
of a reaction of feeling caused by recent
turf scandals.
Mat Byrnes thinks that II sufficient prizes
were in sight ]. B. Haggin might send
Salvador to him for preparation and fall
racing in 1892.
John Dickerson, who is one of the few
trotting horse drivers that never buys a
pool, recently purchased a $40 acre farm
near Terre Haute, Ind.
Palo Alto has the honor of having pro
duced the animals that hold the two, three,
our and fve-year-old, as well as the stall
lion and mare trotting records.
". C. France, Lexington, KY, suggests
that each contestant for 2:30 honors should
trot three consecutive heats in $50 or bet
ter, or not be admitted to the list.
Jockey Fred Taral has purchased Q
handsome brownstone house at One Hun.
dred and Thirty-eighth street and Lemon
avenue, New York city. Price. $4,000.
Advices from Australia state that Mus
ket's great son, Carbine, has hopelessly
broken down. Carbine started forty-three
times, won ~thirty-three, was second six,
third three and unplaced only once.
The two-year-old trotting record ha:
been reduced 34X seconds in the last twenty
years. In 1871 Julia Ann johnson made
the champion two-year-old record OF 2:45A
at Lexington, KY. In 1891 the great two
year-old colt Arion trotted to a record q
2:10A at Stockton, Cal.
The track at Danville, Pa, is a uniqui
affair. A person can stand within a few
hundred feet of it and not see it. The track
is located on the mountain side, drops dow
a hill at the first turn and the back stretct
is thirty feet below the judges stand. Thu
course can be used In IN hour after tn
heaviest rainstorm.
, 1892-01-16
MILITIA
Co. Il Subjected TO u Rigid Eramins.
ton by the RegtmentaI Officers.

Company B was subjected to a critical
inspection last evening by Inspector Gen
eral Meldrun aud other retimental off
GERS. The company was in full dress and
was drilled by Capt. Wilkes 10 all the
company evolutions and the manual of
arms. The supplies and accoutrements
we're also inspected. After the drill COM
plimentary speeches to the company were
made by Judge Advocate General Baird
and Inspector General Medium. after
which the company was dismissed and
dancing occupied the attention OF the
members and their guests until midnight.
The officers of the regiment present
were Adjutant General Sitter. Surgeon
General Barkweil. Judge Advocate Gen
eral Baird, Inspector General Medium,
Governor Barber and his aides-de-camp,
Capt. Shapcott and Capt. Kabis.
, 1892-01-16
In OTHER
The Man Who Duped wyoming Mer-
chants Turns Up Again.

1t will be remembered that The LEADER
q few mornings ago gave an account OF
a scoundrel giving the name OF l.. A.
Moore duping a Cheyenne merchant gu
of a pretty handsome sum of money. A
list OF his ~forgerics in Rawlins was also
given, and the cunning scheme he worked
in beating the business men of that town
put of some $3.50.
The following dispatch to yesterdays
Omaha Epening Bee show the same man
has been doing the little town OF Ne
braska City to the queens taste. The
description tallies exactly with that given
of the man who worked Rawlins and
Cheyenne people. The alias he gave in
Rawlins was Williams. in Cheyenne he
palmed himself off as Moore, and In Me-
braska he was known simply as Mr..
Miller. Here is the dispatch from Ne
braska City;
"A smooth forRer has been working
this city for the past few days. About a
week z he came here and went to j.
81. Overton. q farmer and extensive stock
dealer living near the city, and under
a p~retense of selling him a lot of hogs
obtained the signature of Mr.. Overton.
Then he very ~cleverly Transcribed it to
several bank checks and then negotiated
the paper with different merchants. Yes
terday the fraud was discovered, but the
torger had fed. While here the fellow
vent under the name of Miller, which
was evidently assumed. BE went north
on the Missouri Pacific. He is described
as being a man about % or 80 vears Of
age, height about FIVE feet eleven inches,
weight about IT'S pounds, smooth face,
sandy complexion and face naturally red. y
, 1892-01-16
TOW TALK.
Gossipy Little Paragraphs Picked VI
About the CITY.

Oysters in every style at Germania hall.
L. G. Wynn, editor OF the Clipper. has
been confirmed by the senate as postmas-
ter at Lander.
Coal Contractor O'Keefe had his right
hand severely injured yesterday BY being
caught in throwing a switch.
George G. Masten is seriously sick. He
was threatened with pneumonia, but DR..
Barkwell says that that danger has been
averted.
Sheriff Kelley yesterday took to the
pen j. j. Himle who was sentenced to
two years Imprisonment tor stealing the
West MoyerIbsnkroll.
1t is now believed hat Herbert Bsston,
who fell from a telephone pole, is not in
t~ernallv injured, and his speedy recover
is therefore looked for.
The honorary members of the Board of
Trade, one being selected every year, are
Thomas Sturgis. Senator Carey. Senator
Warren, Henry G. Hay and T. B. Hicks.
Herman Aman, a former subject of his
royal high inks. Kaiser Wilhelm, yester-
day renounced his allegiance to the fad r
land and became a citizen of the United
States.
Z. W. Whitcomb yesterday filed a
petition to be appointed administrator for
the distribution of about $50, 900 OF Indian
claims money. on behalf OF j.. A. Moore,
deceased.
Handsomely furnished rooms at the
Whitcomb house aud Whitcomb house
annex castle Dare). Best dining room
in the city. Corner Of Ferguson and
Twentieth street. Charges moderate.
The evidence was completed in the
Kahn Hartford insurance case. the court
and all concerned rested until this morn
ing at 9 o'clock, when the Jury will be ad.
dressed BY the counsel upon both sides
and the case then given to the jury.
, 1892-01-16
THE PROPOSED AUDITORIUM.

THE PhOfOSED
tects were called on. All discussion
soon narrowed down to two designs.
one presented by the firm of Willard q
Joy and the other by G. A. Reed-and a
whole days debate took place before the
council could finally decide. Mr.. Reeds
plan was the one accepted and work Is
to begin at once.
The main walls of the present market
house are to be used, and q new struc-
ture of iron and steel will be added, with
balcony and gallery. Ten thousand
square feet under the galleries will be
reserved for committee, toilet and tele-
graph rooms, and above the central floor
will rise a splendid dome. This, with
the radiation of seats and aisles from the
platform, will make the acoustics per-
feet, according to the opinion of ex-
perts.
The Auditorium fronts on Seventh
street; Wabasha and st. Peter streets
are on the sides. The seats begin at the
platform below the level of Seventh
street and rise so rapidly that each
commands a perfect view of the plat
form. BY the ventilating arrangements
100, 900 cubic feet Of air per minute will
be forced into the front part of the hall.
and flowing back will assist the hearing.
The farthest seat will be but 140 feet
from the speaker on the platform, audit
is claimed that every word can be heard
with perfect ~distinctness. The forward
seats are easily removable, and a dancing
hall of 100, 900 feet square is thus pro-
vided for. Exits and entrances are suf-
icient for the greatest hosts, and finally
the structure is TO be fireproof.
, 1892-01-16
RAILROAD MEMS CONVENTION.
Grievance Committee of the Brother
hood Assembled at omaha.
special Dispatch TO The Leader.

special Dispatch TO The Leader.
OMAHA. Jan. Is The grievance com
mIttee OF the Brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmeu of the Union Pacific system
convened in annual session here today.
The body met behind closed doors and ap
pointed a guard to prevent only those 10
good standing and properly accredited to
enter the hail. The organization was eff
fected BY electing d. j. Riley of Mont
pelier. Idaho. chairman, for the ensuing
year and Jonas Hogan of Evanston, Wyo..
secretary. Representatives of twenty-five
lodges arrived today, including delega-
1tions from Denver. cheyenne and Salt
Lake. There are a number of grievances
to be submitted, "a detailed report of which
the committee proposes to submit to the
press for circulation after it has been
formally presented to the officers of the
company. Monday the trainmen will
hold a joint session with the conductors
grievance committee of the line, now in
session. This is expected to result in i'm
portant developments.
, 1892-01-16
La Grippe.

The tendency of this disease toward
pneumonia is what makes it dangerous.
La Grippe requires precisely the same
treatment as . severe cold. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is famous for its
cure of severe colds This remedy
effectually counteracts the tendency of
the disease TO result in pneumonia, pro-
attack. Careful inquiry among the many
thousands who have used this remedy dur
ing the cpidemics of the past two years
has failed to discover a single case that
has not recovered or that has resulted in
pneumonia. Fifty cent and 81 bottles for
sale by druggi;ts.
, 1892-01-16
The Mln.rreIs Coming.

w. s. Cleveland's consolidated min
strels are all new in every sense OF the
word this season-new comedians. new
vocalists. new dances and terpsichorean
artists. new electrical and mechanical de-
vices and in fact everything comprising
the magnificent array of minstrel talent
composing this seasons company is en-
tirelY new. There are no ''old favorites."
The company will be here Thursday
evening next.
, 1892-01-16
ST. PAUL's AUDITORIUM.
A Commodieas Structure to Rise OF ths
Market House Site.

A Commodicas Structure to Rise o. the
Market House Site.
st. Paul has made up her mind to get
the national Democratic convention this
year, and has already begun to build for
it. She will not only have a splendid
hall for the convention, capable of seat
ing 1000 people and giving standing
room for 1000 more, but a small ad-
ditional cost will furnish a permanent
hall for all sorts of conventions and
gatherings and as nice a music hall as
any in the country. All this at a total
cost of $780, 600.
A citizens committee of 100 did the
preliminary work, a select committee
of the city council co-operated, the
money was secured and the market
house site selected, and then the archi-
, 1892-01-16
THE PLAY AND THE PLAYERS.
Mckee Rankln's New Piece Presented
at the Opera House.

The Cannck. which was presented at
the opera house last evening. is not a
thoroughly well balanced and is at times
even an inoohereut play. There are vari-
Gus parts OF it which viewed separately
are quite clever dramatic scenes and quite
strongly affect the feelings or the risibili-
ties of the audience. but viewed as a
whole the dramatic unities are not main
tanned, the transitions are not merely sud-
den. but at times precipitate, and the
dramAlacks much of being rounded out
into symmetrical proportions. 1t gives
glimpses rather than complete pictures and
one leaves the theater feeling that a fairly
good story has been rather bunglinglY and
incompletely told.
As to the manner of its presentation,
that is quite a different thing. The com-
pany is an exceedingly competent one.
Mckee Rankin is seen in q character en-
tirely new to the stage of this section, that
of a French Canadian. Although he
wrote the play himself and acts'Cadeaux"
with much cleverness and sympathy. still
the character is one OF possibilities rather
thau realizations. The actor does much
but the playwright is far below the actors
standard.
Chas. H. Clark dressed and portrayed
the character of the Vermont farmer with
great fidelity and where the opportunity
was permitted by bis lines was exceed
ingly effective. Chas. H. Crosby, the
Irish farm hand, sang some songs with
great applause. Melville Bingham, as
one of the New York ''iancv." was
delicately dapper. superlatively slangy and
altogether competent. Miss Amelia
Bingham, as the adventures, was t~autless
as to style and brilliant as to charac-
terization. Miss Durand sang a song
with much sweetness but otherwise added
nothing to the strength of the play.
Miss Brooks as "Stebblns'" wife and
Paul Menifee as their son took fairly
good advantage of their opportunities.
Cleveland's miustrels are underlined for
next Thursday.