The Portland daily press., 1867-08-26
state Items.

Mr.. w. f. Bacon, graduate of Bangor
Seminary in the class of '65, has received a
call from the First Church 10 Ipswich, Mass.
The Baptist society of Biddeford have
raised and "sharpened up the roof to their
church. and will put ON steeple 115 feet in
height, besides ffescoing the inside OF the walls
of the auditorium. 4 ,l.,se7 o9fFg
The Univfrsalist church in Biddeford
commenceu somo rew weeks since, is last ap-
preaching its outside completion $3.50 x 20
Mr.. B. F. Nutting of Boston, the we'll
known artist, is on sketching tour in Frank
lin County.
Major G. V. Crossman, late of the LIST Me.
Heavy Artillery, has been promoted to Colonel
of U. s. Volunteers, by brevet. d tBl7ll 5aa
The Belfast Journal says boy 10 years
old, a son of Mr.. Charles Jefferson was walking
the street in Monroe village with pail over
his head. and in crossing the bridge walked
through small gap in the railing off the side
OF the bridge into the water. From the bridge
to the water is about ten feet. The father be-
lug fear, rushed into the water to save the son,
and although good swimmer Immediately
sunk. Before be could be got out lie was ex-
tinct. The boy was saved IN .oals timW sidi
7 Yesterday, at the machine-shol of the Ban.
gor, Oldtown & Milford Railroad, in this CITY.
was broken up the oldest locomotive engine in
America, probably. 1t was the pioneer
(well named) ten ton engine, and one of the
early machines built in England by Stephen
son. the inventor of the locomotive. 1t was
built at his works, in Newcastle -upon-Tyne, in
1885, and ran its first trip over the b. o. & NJ.
IL. h.. Nov. g. 1886. It's last work was done
Aug. 16. lS67-it having been used at Oldtown
on the mill-tracks, for the past five years.
-Whtg nei0Hi lliH tnl -fsfll ph3st 'l-
The stone dam in process of erection by
Messrs. Denison at Mechanic Falls, was consid-
erably damaged by the recent storms ,.,..r,.,
"A Mr. Page. Of Pages Mills. going in to
see the wonders of the side shows at the circus
last week, gave the doorkeeper fifty dollar
bill and received the change and his ticket
Looking for his portemonaie short time after
he found it was gone money and all. N, b4,a,..
The Skowhegan Clarion says the new
Methodist church in that place is nearly COM
plcted. 1t is a splendid edifice and an honor
to the place. ~.
Moses of the Clarion has been "down
East" and declares that during his absence
Brother Elwell of the Transcript made several
attempts to steal his porringer, but as good
luck would have it, tho owner knows too
much to leave that dish exposed to the depre-
dations of editors. Since that lots of green
corn and pckerel have been poured into it,
AT the Bangor Driving Park, Thursday
afternoon, the purse for the fastest pair of
trotting horses was won by Waldo r. Pierce,
beating aspan entered by Mr.. A. G. Hunt. -
Best time, 1903. i.7H ''1' .''7 ("
We learn from the Bangor Wing that a
boy jumped off the wharf at Blunt & Hin
mans mill Thursday, to save his hat which
had blown of, and was with much difficulty
rescued from drowning by NJ f. Curran, who
jumped in after him, at the risk of his own life.
The body of a boy from seven to ten years old
was picked up Friday afternoon, at Blunt &
Humans mills, supposed to have been in the
water ten or twelve days. H8 f9s1lo -ig