Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-10-02

Willism A. Dali of Washington, is in the
city.
H. D. B. Aver of North Vassalboro, was
here, yesterday.
Mrs. Joseph Fossett left for Lewiston,
Monday, to make visit.
AlFhonso Clark and Calvin Graves we're
here from Sidney. yesterday.
The regular business meeting of the Y's
at their looms, this evening, at Z 80.
Eoen w. Freeman, attorney, was here
from Portland en- law business, yesterday.
Miss Grace Dixon has gone to her home
at Montviils. where she will pes. several
weeks vacation.
L. P. Church and family of Bangor, are
in the city visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Church, Gage street.
Will H. Stilkey, after a years absence,
has returned to Chadbourne's hair dres.iog
parlor and taken charge of chair.
Fred L. Thompson has arrived home
from Connecticut, to attend the funeral of
his father the late DIR. WI. Thompson.
DR.. j. L. Cowan will be at the Augusta
house, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 2-3,
to consult all who may call on him fire of
charge.
The new photograph gallery on Cushnoc
Heights has been completed and the man
ager is j. D. Neal, who has had 20 years
experience.
The funeral of DIR. VIM. L. Thompson
viii be held at o'clock, this morning, at
the residence on State street. All friends
who wish are invitel to attend.
The remaining goods in the California
fruit store were auctioned off, yesterday
afternoon, by II. W. Soule and Cavagnaro
& Co., will leave for Boston, Thursday.
The first premium for low delivery
wagons at the New England fair, held at
Worce ester, was awarded to Hiram Clark &
Co. of this city. They sold all the wagons
on exhibition and took several orders for
new ones to be turned out next sprlng.
Miss Alice J. Bradbury, the stenographer
of the Shaw Dirigo Business College,
arrived in the city, yesterday, from Port
land. The penman, F. C. Deering, is also
here and the school is assuming a more
lively aspect. Already 20 students are
pursuing the business course.
Fred Hamlen and C. w. Jones, repre-
senting Trinity Commandery, and James
E. Blanchard and w. II. Williams of
Bethlehem Lodge are the committee ap-
appointed by these Masonic bodies of which
the late DR.. Thompson was member, to
es cort the remains to Dover, N. H., today.
The successful guesser of the number of
'ans that the glass jar in the window of
Pinkham & Sherburn's store contained, was
Merton Z. Knowles, who guessed 4l24, and
the jar had in it Ala. This jar has been
there since June ~. The boy will get
gold watch, EIgin make, either lady's or
gentlemen's, just as he may choose.
Mrs. G. L. Boothby, and two youngest
sons, formerly of Augusta, now of Roches-
ter, N. Y, who have been whiting rela-
tives and friends in the city for the past six
weeks, left for their home on the 10 10
train, yesterday morning. Mrs. John Bell
accompanied them. A large party of rela-
tiyes and friends were present to see them
off.
Sunday night a woman jumped off one of
the electric cars and fell down. She did
not wait for the car to stop, but took the
leap that threw h.r il an embarrassing posi-
ton. Fortunately she escaped injury.
This illustration seems to make plain the
fact that persons should not be in such
haste, as the car will always stop, either
to let anyone OFF or on.
Two person were engaged setting type,
Yesterday, il the composing room of tie
Maine Democrat, which is in the room re-
Gently occupied as shoe store in the
Riverside block. Several galleys of type
were noticed. 1t is doubtful if the first is
sue of the new paper comes out out on
time. as the motor has not yet arrived.