The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-20

Falls, in tying up some cattle last Friday.
broke his arm in two places below the elbow
by the creatures becoming unmanageable, as
we learn from the Lewiston journal.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal SAYS preparations
are being made fol the erection of q number of
dwelling houses in Augusta the coming sea-
son.
The Journal learns with pleasure that ST.
Marks Church, (EpiscopaD in Augusta, in
the full enjoyment of the gift of new organ
by one OF ITS former young worshippers, has
also, IN the largeness of its generosity, for the
uses of the church, purchased the new dwell
irg house on Chestnut street, as parsonage,
and they have sufficient money in hand, fur,
nished by liberal friends, to finish the house to
their entire liking, and are free from debt.
A correspondent of the Lewiston Journal
mentions the sad event of the death of Mrs
Arnold b. Ham, of Fayette, on the 18th inst.
of congestion of the brain, aged SO years. and
of the death of her husband, on the 18th inst,
from typhoid fever, at the age Of 81 years.
The Augusta journal says /: is long time
since there has been sufficient rain in that vi
entity to raise the springs, and the conse-
quence is that many wells are dry and springs
low, and there is difficulty in many places
in getting sufficient water for daily use.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
We learn from the Bangor Wing that on
Tuesday I. s. Detective Officer CromwelI
while at the Franklin House in Rangor, no.
tlced the suspicious appearance of q man who
brought trunk 10 the hotel, marked with the
name OF lady. Mr. Cromwell suspected all
was I OF right, and upon opening the trunk, he
found 1T to contain, in lieu of lady's ward
robe, two tin cans each containing twenty
nve pounds Of oil of cloves, and worth 81 per
pound, Or two hundred dollars in all. Where
upon he made seizure Of the same for the BEN
eht OF Uncle Sam, and the revenue depart
ment in particular.
The Bangor Wing states that six Young
men arrived in that city last week, having in
their possession some seven or eight thousand
dollars worth Of cloths, which they were offer
ing 10 dispose at "ruinou5ly low rates" renre.
senting them ION the sly) to have been SNUG
gled, as reason for their being able to sell
them so cheap, This coming TO the ears of
Custom House detective Cromwell The on Mon
day, arrested the men and seized their goods,
but upon their stating that the goods were not
imported, but that they only pretended so as a
means to help gull the people into purchasing,
and close examination of the goods proving
not only that their statements were true in
that respect, but that the goods were the most
worthless kind of shoddy, they were discharg-
ed.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
The Mount Kineo House andl stable at
sMoosehead Lake were entirely destroyed by
". nLe on Monday. The cause was defect in
sne cnlmney. 1t was popular place of sum-
tner resort and was located near the middle
| ter. ''oHs " IL was Wy W"
sAGADAHoc COUNTY
we learn from the Bath Times that the
County Commissioners of Sagadaboc ~, T T,,aSs
day opened the bids for the Contract to erect
the Court House in Bath. The bids were e az
follows: "eAo an
Charles Webb, Bangor, saaA.ooo
Cotton & Dodge, Bath, Ioeo oo
Hines & Aiken, Portland 49@9ggS
VIM. Hogan, Bath, 424o0 M
Reed & Nichols, Bath, 4238o00
G. H. HartwelI, Bath, 43s9O00
]. E. Haley, Bath, 100000
Coulliard & Coombs, Bath, 45,525OO
O. The contract was awarded to Messrs Reed
~ q Nichols OF Bath, they being the lowest bid