Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-05-02

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lar meetings Friday evening a
7.30 O'Clock. Work in the FIRST
WALTER N. Foss. N. G.
G. w. MERRILL. Sec.
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
Ralph w. Leighton, Brunswick. SO
spent Friday night at his home in this
city.
Editor f., NJ. Blanding of the In
dustrial journal, was in the city. Fri
day.
Three of the pupils of the Shaw
Business college will take their final
examinations. next week.
II. 2. Foss, travelling auditor of the
Maine Central Railroad. was in the
city, Friday on business.
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Miss Helen Purington returned to
Waterville. Friday morning, after a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Puring-
ton.
The following We're the highest per-
centages for the Village School dis
trict for the past week: Grade IN
9S.7; grade VIII, 9S.1.
A c3-pounds turtle was on exhibition
at the North end, Friday. by a resi-
dent of Vassalboro, who caught the
reptile in Webber's pond 1t was a
very muscular turtle. and showed
much of life. for turtle.
DR.. \. G. Harlow, who has been con-
fined to the Boston City hospital for a
few weeks with appendicitis. is very
much improved. He is now suffering.
however from a severe attack of rheu-
natism.
w j. Denver of Boston. assistant
general manager of the New England
Telephone Co, and J. d. Stanford of
Portland. superintendent of the East
ern division. We're in the city, Friday,
on telephone business with Manager
Charles O'Brien of the local service
The east-bound train. Friday morn
ing. in charge of Conductor Mcintyre
consisted with other cars of two from
the Boston & Maine, made by the
Pullman Company. They were fine
looking, and equipped with gas cham
bers. located underneath
Frank E. Walls, who has been pass
ing the winter in Augusta. studying
at the Shaw Business college and ir
the employ of the Gannett & Morse
Concern. will return to his home ir
Bar IIarbor, next week, where he will be
located in the clothing business. Mr.
Walls has made many friends here.
Winfield Robinson. the worthy who
was arrested. Thursday, for drunken.
ness, was fined IS by Judge Andrews
Friday He paid his fine. and at once
cleared out for his home in Mount Yer
non. horse and team and dog, and tn,
entire outfit He won't try Augusta
again for any more of his bats" no
so long as his memory holds good.
John +. Redmond, portor of the Hote
ing at the station, as he was tumblint
along a great hat trunk. John is M
giant in size and the trunk was a.
big as a house, making a comparison
that was striking, and appreciated b,
none more keenly than the amiabl'
John. The trunk contained straw hats
he says, and was as light as it was big
Lewis Selbing returned from Fox
croft, Friday afternoon, where a ney
commandery of Union Veterans Uniol
was organized, Thursday of IA charte
| members. Hon. Wainwright Gushing
of the Executive Council, was electe
| colonel of the command. The com
| mandery was instituted by Col. De
merett of Topsham. and Mr.. Selbine
and will be known as Charles w. Lo
we'll Commandery, No. 16.
No other persons have such an Ol
portunity to judge of the social. mora
and religious condition Of the peopl
of this State. as the agents of tn
Maine Bible Society who, under til
direction of the various religious bodie
of Maine, have visited every family |
every city and hamlet in the entil
State. The superintendent of the s,
ciety. will preach on this theme at II