Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-20

Bicyc!e Shoes--F. L. Hersey.
All wool announcement--J. w. Beck.
For Sale Cabbage and celery plants.
The Duchess Trousers-O. Tyler & Son.
Local Matters.
The trees are nearly in full fol iagc
DR.. G. nj. Twitchell was in Turner
Saturday, on business.
Carl Milliken arrived home, Saturday,
from Bates College.
"The Cotton King" will appear at the
Opera house. Thursday evening.
1.-THE city will soon have network of
wires, remarked citizen, Saturday.
Mr. William Wills returned from New
York, Saturday. where he passed several
days>on business.
Johnnie Murphy will act as drum major
for the Continental drum corps Of Gard-
ner this summer.
QGttc a number Of Augusta people will
attend the opening OF the carnival at
Gardiner, this evening.
The Atkinson Furnishing Co had
very fine display of banquet lamps in It's
show window. Saturday.
Hon. II. Nj. Heath and Ira II. Randall
lett for Moosehead lake, Saturday and
will return in few DAYS
W r. Clifford of Skowhegau, was in the
city Saturday, and will have taxidermy
display at the Gardiner carnival this week.
The Gardiner high school base ball club
passed through here Saturday morning
for Watorville to play the Coburn CLASH
cal Institute nine.
A large number Of the souvenir pro
grammes Of the grand Gardiner carnival
which will open III that city, today, were
sold here, Saturday.
The work of excavating at the insane
hospital for the new barn soon to be built
is being hustled along and work on the
foundation will begin this week.
Miss Grace Marshall, who has been in
Portland several months, arrived in the
city, Saturday. Miss Marshall was at one
time clerk in the Pierce crockery store.
j. W Beck offers this morning an All
Wool Announcement" sale to continue I'M
til June 1st. His motto Accommodate
our customers so they will come again"
lakewood park will not be opened this
summer and Col. II, 6. Staples, owner
and manager, proposes to erect several
houses there to rent.
Street Commissioner Parker Savage OF
the Eastern district is cleaning away the
stones upon the hills and making many
fine improvements to the streets in that
part of the city.
Madam Celeste will be at the Cony
house for three days only commencing
May 81, and will have an attractive dis
play of New York and Boston trimmed
millinery for sale.
+. l.. Jersey announces an extra good
line of bicycle shoes; he has also taken
the sale of perfection blackings for
ladies and gents black russell shoes and
will give free shines to all for one week :
commencing May Goth.
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a very good joke is told of family in
this city which ordered dozen eggs, Sat
urday morning, and to the amazement OF
the cook five of them were hard boiled
when received. Possibly this is a new
method of preser walton.
Daniel Whitehouse ono of Augustus
expert fishermen. returned from Rangeley
lake, Saturday. where he caught 10 trout
weighing from half pound to six ana
he says the speckled beauties are large
and plentiful there this season.
The Kennebec Druggists Association,
will now DO obliged to abandon the idea
of making a trip TO Boston the latter part
of this month to attend the pharmacy
fair as the fair did not prove financial
success and was discontinued.
Do You know what Glendevon suit oil
clothes Isl. Some times yon are told
garment is ali wool. The one telling you
so may honestly believe it, and yet wear
may develop the cotton. In the Glen
devon the manufacturers warrant 1t, and
the price at II. S. Blaisdell's is only
$1,000.
An Augusta man who has many house
hold cares upon his mind proposes 70
make an invention which he believes VIII
meet with remarkable demand and bring
him fortune. His idea is to make
,ocking chair and have it so arranged
hat as ne rocks back and forth while
-eading the Journal In the morning the
little rods running out srom it will rock
he cradle, do the churning. stir the wood
n the fire place, close the sitting room
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