Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-16

A. w. Frost Of Biddeford, was in the
city, Saturday night.
MRS. j. A. Jones left on the after
| noon train, Saturday, for visit in
Fairfield
| Hal Pearl of the Bangor News
visited Augusta and the soldier boys
yesterday.
Edward d. Baker and Miss Baker OF
Boston, were guests at the North, Sat
urday evening.
| Mrs. e. N. Simonds of Berlin Falls
| n. H., was visiting over Sunday, at
Mr.. L. T. Dickscn's.
Miss Lottie Stafford is having great
sale of her army and navy flag pillow
covers, at j. Winthrop court.
Stanley E. Horton, the bookkeeper
| Of the Augusta Beef Company, passed
Sunday with friends in Portland
George Bull, formerly of the Journal.
now of Land and Water. arrived in the
city Saturday. for a short visit.
Misses j. NJ. Lockwood and c. s
Chase of Bangor, were in the Capital,
Saturday, to visit Camp Powers.
MI +. Lambert of Berlin Falls, N.
H., was here, Sunday, to see his son.
who is to so With the LIST Regiment.
Edward Cleveland of Houlton the
potato king of Aroostook, was in the
city, Saturday, and visited the camp.
Miss Hyde will sing The Star
Spangled Banner" this evening, at the
song recital, Congregational church.
Harold Ross. Alonzo Merrill, and
Maurice Merrill of Skowhegan, were
registered at the City hotel Saturday.
Mrs. Rose Chandler Smith of Port
land, Ore, formerly of New Sharon.
Arsenal.
The kennebec Steam Carpet Cleaner
will run every day until further notice
Drop "A card to Trouant & Bates, or
telephone number 1873.
An exceedingly handsome bunch of
MayfloWers were brought into the
Journal office, last evening. by w. H.
Howes. They must be about the last
of the season.
L. A. Dyer. as assistant assessor in
taking the polls Of Ward 4, old Ward 8.
found $40 polls. At the same time he
took particular pains TO secure the
number of inhabitants and found 1860
people in that ward of whom 2215 were
French.
Mrs. Emily Z. Burgess of New York.
will deliver a lecture On temperance in
the Congregational chapel, Thursday
evening at 7.30. Mrs. Burgess is said
by those who have heard her to be an
eloquent, impressive and interesting
speaker
The schooner Hope Haynes dis
charged cargo of 327 tons of coal ut
the wharf OF f. Stone & Co, Saturday.
The schooner Oaks Amos arrived from
New York with $50 tons for the same
concern, Saturday, and will begin 10
discharge. this morning.
Several of the blue coated boys after
intoxiCates, sat on a truck on the sta
ton platform, Saturday evening, and
commenced to use very filthy language.
to the annoyance of the residents Of
that vicinity as they talked very loud
~ Some OF the male portion of the
populace went down and gave the boys
u Sopu ldlktHS 10, anu lHcy SiioWci
themselves men enough to keep quiet.
People who travel a great deal have
told Journal representatives that
wherever a freight train is sidetracked
for the passage of a passenger train or
there is a gang of Workmen beside the
track, several of the passengers will
throw papers to them that have been
read so that they may know the latest
war news People who have large
crews of men at work back from the
large cities, send them bundles of
papers every day
The date Of the concert to be given
by the BoWdoin College Glec club I'M
der the auspices of the music COM
mittee of the Congregational church.
unavoida bly, had to be changed to May
26th, Thursday. This organization is
one of the best college musical clubs
in New England and all through the
winter has been appearing before