Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-30

lowing telegram:
J Augusta, April 90, 1903.
, II. c. Goblin, Major General United
| States Army, Governors Island, N.
Y.
| National Guard accepts invitation to
participate in the maneuvres at
| Manassas, Sept. 5 to 10.
| First Regiment Infantry, 50 officers,
So enlisted men, together with one
officer and 10 enlisted men, signal
corps, one officer and 10 enlisted men,
! ambulance corps. total GIG officers and
men, will report for duty Sept. 5, to be
relieved by similar detail. Sept. II.
A. B. FARNHAM,
Adjutant-
The basement was the centre of at
traction in the State House on Friday
morning, for there was held the auction
sale of articles which had passed the
stage of usefulness in the Capitol. r.
w. Soule was the auctioneer and he
managed to make q lot of comedy in
what might have been, and probably
WAS to many, Il serious matter Not a
large number of articles were offered
and their value, except in few instances
| We're not excessive. Some of the stuff,
however. went at q ridiculously low
| price, notably two lots of carpeting, but
| the other stuff brought about as much
as it was worth.
| A lot of Brussels Competing, contain
ing more or less yards, as Mr.. Soule put
it, was the first offered. The bidding
was started at a dollar and went up by
quarters and halfs to $475. where it
sold NaSt ~ n Of II nipcpS
/ of rope carpeting. This was good stuff.
| especially for use in a summer cottage.
| 1t was worth a considerable bit OF
money, but the bidding wasn't very
| brisk. Colonel harrington. of the rail-
| road department., appeared to be the
only one who had any real desire for it
and he bid it in for dollar and a half.
Some round top windows went then.
Mr.. Soule had bit of difficulty in get
ting the sale started and it wasn't until
after he had assured the crowd that
they were worth more than Is cents for
the boys to throw rocks Mt that he got
the bidding started. They were sold
for St.75.
An iron sink, big enough for a bath
tub, an old parlOr stove, which looked
as though it had considerable service
left. two sets of pigeon holes, a couple
of tables and some old gas fixtures were
then disposed of.
A lawn mower. looking a bit the
worse for wear, but still whole and fit
to use, was knocked down for 80 cents,
while two others which were shy the
handles brought % cents each.
An old Babcock fire eXtinguisher, one
of the first ever made, it is said, was
sold for half a dollar and was n mighty
good trade at that, az one of the State
House employees explained. He said
that the only point of superiority
which the cXtinGuishers which had
surplanted it in the building over the
old timer was in that they We're lighter
and could be more easily handled. He
also called attention to the fact that
the harness which went with it was
| worth the price.
There were other things sold. includ-
| ing picture frames, some photographs
| of people and persons. doors. blinds.
| lamp globes and wash bowls. cha1rs
and a fireproof door. This last brought
the sum of fifty cents.
George Houston. q former fish ana
game warden, now lumber explorer Tor
the American Reality Company. was at
the State House, Friday. and called
unon Commissioner Carleton.
Persons having occasion to visit the
State House. today, should bear IN
| mind the fact that all departments VIII
close at noon. This closing Saturday
| afternoons will continue through the
summer until October list.
| State House man who was in Port
| land. Thursday. for the purpose OF Sc
i curing tickets for the production OF
| Ben Hur' in that city next week, says
that there was a great demand for
tickets at the sale which opened that
day. He was obliged to stand in line
| for more than two-and-a-half hours be-
fore being able to secure his seats and
the end of the line had nowheres near
been reached when he got away from
| the window.
Messrs. Ryder, Mayo and Prescott.
| the members of the Augusta Water
District commission. who have been
holding a hearing in the city since
! March %. are now closeted behind
locked doors in the judiciary room at
the State House. going over the evil
dence adduced at the hearing. The
award must be made on or before
| Wednesday, May 4.
For the past few years there has been
q considerable amount of talk about
the decline of the bicycle. People nave
told us. on the one hand, that the wheel
was falling off in popularity and was
not being used any where near so much
as it was formerly. On the other hand
there has been the insistence of the
dealers that they were selling practic-
ally as many machines as in the past.
1t was hard to reconcile the two state
ments. as. obviously, one had to be in
correct. That there was some reason
for believing that the bicycle was still
being ridden. statements to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, there was the
evidence of ones own eyes of the num-
l nf usAA nj. no re