Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-26

was troubled with pimplcs boils aizzy head
backache and hollow cheeks. At time
| had twenty eight boils on my back. I was
| very Respondent and thought nothing would
| cure me. Then ! commenced 10 take Dr.
| Pierccs Golden Medical Discovery. This mcdi
| cine, together with DR. Pierce's Pellets. cured
me. Folks now say: Hello. Ed What's be-
come OF your pimplesf"
the Times. yesterday. was treated TO a
lime drop and barely escaped death.
You see. the plastering fell upon his
chair Just after he had left the room.
The obituary editor remarked that x
was almost a lime kiln.
The latest Shiloh story would indi-
cate that there is devil in somebody
over that way. Air. Sandford says IL ~
in the woman who makes such serious
charges against him. Others VIII To-
cate it elsewhere.
Ii is a little peculiar that no change
has been madein the names Of the
South Portland and Cape Elizabeth
post offices. TIM Cape Elizabeth post
Office is in South Portland. while the
| only post offices in Cape Elizabeth are
| Bowery Beach ana cape Cottage. The
| location of the cape Elizabeth post Of
flee is confusing TO strangers. to say
| the least. .rf
\ Bath manufactures that the bcy-
| Gle face is giving place among Bath
ties al least, tothc park face. the lat
ter has a hurried. anxious look as if
the owner was afraid Of missing car
| and thus be late in reaching this fav-
orite pleasure resort
Considerable. gold must be circulat-
ing in Eastport this week. The Senti-
mel reports that $4,000 in that metal
was paid to the employees of the sar-
dine factories last week. But it didn't
come from that neighboring salt water
gold mine. NJ
Lewiston Journal: From all appear
ances Maine is just at the beginning Of
one of the busiest and most prosperous
periods in her history. Every week
in fact almost every day-brings re-
ports of sales tof valuable property
which means more business and better
times for everybody.
big English steamer got lost off
Wood island near Biddcford. this week
Two men out in a sail boat We're startI-
ed by hail through a megaphone and
on replying found the steamer which
had got out of her course. The steam
er's captain said they had been steam
ing around in the fog for two days
without knowing whore they We're.
That Brewer man who went to New
York, to beat the green goods men at
their own game is not saying much
since he got home The attempt was
an ignominous failure and cost him
$500.
Blddeford always has some feature
of local politics to jaw" about. Just
now Mayor Stone has given the chronic
kickers text by having the street on
which he lives macadamized, where of
course each Of them thinks their street
needed it more
1t is pleasing announcement to the
many friends of Asher Kinds in
Maine that Speaker to-b be Henderson
viii retain him in the same position
That he has so ably filled under Mr.
Reed. Mr.. Kinds is a thoroughly eff
fcient clerk and his good qualities had
become so well known that it was a
natural thing for Mr. Henderson to Of
fer him the place without being solic-
tied to do so.
The scarcity of clergymen in the
cities again is making trouble for peo-
pie who need the services of these
gentlemen. The latest perplexity re-
ported was in, Portland. where, on
Wednesday, lady appeared at the
city building in peck of trouble 1t
appeared, SO the Argus learns, that
her son wantedzto be married. Wednes-.
day evening, TO, a young lady, who,
ike himself. was resident of Massa- 4
chusetts. They had made all of the
usual preliminary arrangements, hav-
ing filed their intentions and taken out
their license. They had even engaged
the minister who had not said anything
to the contrary until the very last
thing, when he discovered that he was
also Massachusetts man. and had no
authority to solemize marriages in
Maine. The lady came to the city
clerks office to ask advice. City Mes
senger MCGOWAN assumed the role Of
Good Samaritan and started out to
hunt up minister. He suddenly ris-
covered that clergymen We're very
scarce articles and it took almost an
hour to locate one Finally Rev. ]. G.
Wilson. the retired city missionary.
was located. and he agreed to tie the
knot for the despairing young couple.