The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-29
State Items.

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b The Somerset County Teachers Associa-
ton held its annual session at Athens last
week, 5,.s.r,r11.,H t sgt.Ea Il .s.s..r< .,a.
d "A little boy, son of Mr. Charles Kincaid
of Augusta, was seriously injured few days
since by falling a distanee of eighteen feet in
a sawmll where he was at play.
The Methodist society in Augusta are
about to repair their house of worship. The
house is to be enlarged "a steeple erected, the
interior so finished as to admit an organ, and
to be painted in fresco. The society also de-
sign to purchase an organ. The entire inn
provements will cost between five and six
thousand dollars. ..,.''
ri The North Arson Advocate says: s'Messrs.
E. F. Collins of this village, BENJAMIN Flint,
Esq, of California, and benjamin Dinsmore,
recently from New Zealand made fishing ex-
cursion to Hancock Pond, in Embden, last.
week. camping out three nights. They caught
thirty-two splendid trout weighing from two to
sixteen pounds each. The largest was three
feet long and weighed sirteen pounds fue
ounces, fat, plump and saucy-the largest fish,
save salmon, that was ever taken in this sec
ton" 20 "a seHra aF -fl ;fai.1c Sc tHe ls = fdaii
10 The late train ON the Portland and Kenpe-
bee Railroad on Friday night, 10Th inst. was
saved from an accident which would have in
volved serious loss of life, by the thoughtful
ness of Mr.. b. b. Sweetzer Of aCumherland
Centre. The heavy rain of Thursday and Fri
day so flooded the low land as to wash away
the culverts in several places. At one place
near Cumberland the embankment was wash
ed away, for about ten or twelve feet leaving
nothing but tie track and sleepers to sunnorf
the approaching train. Mr.. Sweetzer discover
ed this fact while going to the pasture after his
sheep, and stood on the track, with lantern in
hand, during the pelting rain, swinging il SO
that the engineer might see it and stop the
train in season to prevent an accident. After
delay of nearly an hour. the track was re-
paired so that the train could proceed to Angus
ta.-Fdrmer.
+ John Webster Of West Bath, was attacked
and severely iniured.by bull, in his barn-yard'
last Monday, as We learn from the Times - =
morning the chain Of the elevator
in the Lewiston Mills, broke when the elevator
was at the upper story Of the mill, precipitat-
ing the platform and two men, Fred M,Cann
and Peter Mottram, who We're upon it, to the
lower story, a distance of 50 feet = Both me1,
were badly Jared and bruised, but the Jour-
nal says neither sustained fatal injuries.
The Bangor Wing understands that ON ;
Saturday last the Inhabitants of the TOWN "a <
Brownvlle voted, with but one Dissenting
vote, itotake stock in the Bangor and Piscata-
qnis road to theextent of per cent. of its vol
nation. sH1 5slspls.a
The International Telegraph COMPANY are
making arrangements to extend their line
from Gardiner to Wiscasset, to connect with
the line from Bangor, which has already reach.
ed Warren. The cable to cross the river boro
has already arrived says the Reporter. Is
The Aroostook Agricultural Society will
hold its Show and Fair at Houlton,, on we'd
nesday and Thursday, Sept. 25th and 26th.--sl
Premiums are offered for best specimens or
neat stock, horses, sheep, swine, fowls, crops
ticles. There is also to be blowing match.