The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-27
State News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The next session of Androscoggin County
Lodge of G. L. will be held with Wilson
Lodge, at North Auburn, the second Tuesday
in October, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
Atithe Poland camp meeting now in session,
the following societies are represented with
tents-Lewiston, E.. Martin, Pastor; Auburn,
d. B. Randall; Poland, John Rice; Mon
mouth, P. Hoyt; North Auburn, VIM. Strout;
Durham, John Gibson; Leeds, Benz. Luffkin;
mings; West Cumberland, ). M. Howes; Ma
pies, Nathan Andrews; Mechanic Falls, Jo-
seph Hawkes.; Oxford, Samuel Paine; Water
ford, s. L. Cummings; Rumtord, F. Grosve-
nor; Woodstock, J. Lord; North Yarmouth
The following have family tents: Rev. E.
Martin, Joel Nevins and HI. A. Osgood, j.
Cofren and A. Doten-house, B. T. Emery and
s. Cakes, Otis Call, w H. Niles, Frank Wood,
all of lewiston; Rev. d. B. Randall, two N.
B. Perno, John Stimson, Lock and Farrar, all
Of Auburn; Geo. Pendexter & Co.-house,
Amos Cummings, Poland; Seth Fogg, Mon
mouth; Rev. j. j. Cummings, Waterford;
Rev. j. Fairbanks, Livermore; Rev. VIM. G.
Stevens, Hartford; Rev. John Cobb, Pownal;
Crpt. Levi Marston. Mr.. H. Bracket, North
Yarmouth-making nineteen society tents and
twenty family tents. Some of the society tents
are very large, from thirty to fifty feet long by
twenty feet wide The number in attendance
is not as large as usual. ts..
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
heV. N. ID. Andrews lDapClSt) OF Jay, Dap
tised two converts last Sunday.
Franklin county Lodge of Good Templars
will meet with Sandy River Lodge at Farm
ington, on Tuesday, September z. - .s,s. p.
The Maine Farmer says that among the valu-
able stock horses of Maine is one lately import
ed from Canada, and owned by G. & j. G.
Miller of Wilton, which seems to be gaining in
the popular estimation of the farmers of
Franklin county. Though large, he is not un-
wieldly; good pattern for a work horse and
possessing style and action that will do him
credit on the course
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The next session of Hancock county Lodge
of Good Templars will meet with Sparkling
Water Lodge, Brooksville, on the I'd Tuesday
of November. $50
The Ellsworth american says the Republic
cans of that town will renominate Mr. Cham
berlain for Representative.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The old Universalist church at Augusta is
to be dismantled and will be reconstructed
into tenements for families.
Several stables at the east end of the Ken
nebec bridge, Augusta, are being removed to
the rivers bank, to give place for a new hotel
which will be erected by the A. 8 W. SpraQue
Manufacturing Company.
The Dirigo Base Ball Club of Augusta con-
template visiting Boston about the LIST of next
month, for the purpose of playing with some
Of the smart junior clubs of that city and vi
cinity.
Kennebec Camp Meeting, few miles south
of Gardiner commences Sept. LIST. Ample
boarding accommodation will be provided at
SO for the term, or 81 per day; batting, 80
cents. The grounds will be closed to visitors
from Saturday evening to Monday morning,
and no Sunday train or boats. The fare on
the Portland & Kennebec and Androscoggin
railroads will be reduced about one-half The
railroad station is one hundred rods by meas
urement, from the camp. Transportation for
camp baggage and passengers will be furnished
at reasonable rates. The Methodist churches
in the valley of the Kennebec will particinate
in This meeting
Hon. E. F. Pilsbury, of Augusta, has lost
his little boy, Bion B. Pilsbury, aged wears
This child was as we'll known in Augusta AZ
| any person in the place, not only for his ex-
treme personal beauty, but for his remarkable
mental qualities.
L KNOX COUNTY.
The losses by the great fire at Rocl1land on
the 18th inst, as estimated by the Free Press
are as follows: VIM. Wilson's $4,000 in kiln
property and wharf; insured $1,000 in the
Hartford, and $1,000 in Narragansett s..
Whitney g Co., $500 in lime, wood casks
and cooper stock; insured $1,000 in the Nara
gansett, $1,000 in the Hartford, and $1,000 in
the international. John w. Hunts loss S44OO
being kiln, shed, lime, wood casks, and wharf:
| insured in the Springfield company for $14OO.
| Cornelius Hanrahan's loss $1,000, in two sheds.
wood, coal, lime, casks and wharf, insured
| City, of Hartford, and $1,000 in the Home of
| New Haven. VIM. McLoon's loss. one kiln
shed and damage to wharf $1,000; no insurance,
Joseph s. Wheeler's loss in lime and mate
rails $500; no insurance. j. w. Soule's loss in
shed, cooper shop and wharf $4,000; insured
| $500 in the Home, of New York. Mr.. Soule is
also partner of S. Whitney & Co. Warren
Fales' loss in shed and wharf $25OO;
insured $500 in the Lorillard. He,
is also of the firm of Messer and Fales.-
burning &c. $1,000; insured $1,000 in the Union,
Bangor, and $1,000 in the Hartford. Alonzo g.
Pease's loss in two sheds, materials and wharf
$4,000; insured $4,000 in the Security. New
York A small vessel was burnt at one of the
wharves. ~
Rockland pays $500 per year to Dirigo En-
CINE Company.
forms us that Capt. John Smith and wife, of
Union, celebrated their golden wedding on
the 9Th inst. All their children, six in 6um
Der, with their husbands and wives were pres
ent. besides large number of grandchildren
and four or five great grandchildren-tbe en-
tire number of relatives numbering fifty-sey
en-. An address appropriate to the occasion
was made by Rev. A. j. Rich, of Westmin-
ster, Mass.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Wednesday night fire in the ell part of
Mixer 8 Watson's foundry, Norway caused a
loss of about $500.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Ellsworth American
gives the following Somerset County items
The corn crop in Somerset county will be
very light. The season has been too cold. Po-
tatoes promise well. Wheat and oats Will be
better than last year. The apple crop will be
much lighter than last year.
The railroad aght progresses finely, and both
parties are sanguine Of success. BROAD or
nar'roao gauge" is the question, and the princi-
pay question on which many of the elections
VIII turn in Somerset county in September
Hon; S. d. Lindsey, the popular President of
the Senate, and broad gauge man." is again
talked OF for the Senate. He has hosts of
friends in the county.
Rev. Mr.. Tappan, son of the late Rev. DIR.
Tappan, of Augusta, is pastor of the Congrega-
tional church. He is very popular with bis