The Portland daily press., 1867-09-18
state Items.

The Bath Times says Sunday afternoon a
base ball club called the young Elms" went
to WoOlwich tOpractice. The Philistines they
say, happened round that way and troubled
them. Ten Of the Films lay in the lookup all
night and Monday morning they were fined 81
and costs.
The Free Press says that in Waldoboro the
veteran ship builder, Joseph Clark has a noble
ship of some 1900 tons about ready for launch
ing. There are also three other vessels. bark.
abrig and a schooner belonging to other par
ties, well advanced ttt
The Times says "a small steamer, having on
board Commodore Pope, arrived in our harbor
last evening. We understand it is the inten-
ton of the Commodore to make surveys in
Back River to-day, for the purpose of placing
buoys and spindles on some OF the most dan
gerous rocks and shoals OF the channel"
The Bath Times says: The Temperance
Divisions of Bath, with such of their friends
from that city and Brunswick as may wish to
join them, will make an excursion to Portland
on tomorrow. l .e.
The SacO Democrat says on Thursday
last Mr.. VIM. w. Mari lost his thumb and
three fingers while using hay cutter
The Twentieth Annual session of the
PenObscot Musical Association commences
Oct 9Th in Bangor. Unusual attractions are
promised. The Tenth annual session of the
Waldo Musical Association took place at
Searsport last week. Down East seems to be
much inclined to give ear to music Where
is Portland? 1t seems to us that our city
might have at least one Musical Association
Our eastern friends are clearly in advance O
us in the musical line.
We learn from the Wing that thirty pas.
sengers left that city Monday morning for the
great West, via the Maine Central and Grand
Trunk railways. Most of them go to st. Paul
Minnesota. -7 ss s.4
The Lewiston Journal is informed that
NJ. A. Kennard, a man about twenty five
years of age who works in the Hill Mill, and
young man named Crafts from Portland
left that city Thursday morning to go fish
ing up the river and to Wilson's Pond, since
which time nothing has been heard from them
Notwithstanding strict search has beer
made Kennard is steady man and has 8
wife and three children living there, and his
disappearance causes alarm. Kennard is the
man who discovered the burglars whites
tools in the paint shop at Portland, ant
Crafts worked in the shop.
There have been more dwelling house,
erected in Lewiston and Auburn, the pres
| ent season, than we have ever known before
| In any two seasons. As near as we can es
innate there have been at least one hundred
| dwelling houses erected in Lewiston and for
| ty in Administration Journal
Rev. A. O. Adams resigne his position
as pastor of the High St. Congregational
| Church, Auburn, on Sunday Mr. Adams ha
been the successful pastor of the church 70
! nine years.
The Park St. Methodist Sabbath Schoo
| of Lewiston will have an excursion to
| Portland and Peaks Island, to-day. The ex
cursion train will leave the Maine Central
station at $50 Wednesday morning, return
ing in the evening
| The Lewiston journal says: A heav,
frost-the first of the season-Saturday night
put an end TO the growth of vines and corn
| We hope not quite so bad as that. The corr
| may grow some more yet. In this section
| there was white frost that was more pleas
| ing TO the eye than dangerous to vegetation