The Portland daily press., 1869-12-18
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANOnoSCo1IIN COCNTf
call is out for Fat Mems Convention, to
be held at Lewiston. Men of 200 pounds are
eligible to seats, and the Journal SAYS that CITY
can furnish fifty members. But the heaviest
person in town is woman. Will these big
masulines respect her rights Of suffrage?
For some time past, the Lewiston Journal
says, large quantities Of cotton cloth have been
missed from the Lewiston Bleachery. Suspi-
cion fastened on one Charles A. Eastman, and
the matter was put in the hands of the police
who ascertained that Eastman and a
brother of his, with a man named Jameson,
country. They had disposed of lot in Turner
and made arrangements to return the next
night with 1000 yards more. A large amount
OF the stolen cloth has been recovered. The
rogues were arrested.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The first lecture in the new hall at Ellsworth
was delivered Monday evening by j. Adams
Smith, who was paymaster on the Kearsarge
when that vessel sunk the Alabama
The Ellsworth american thus: Killed by the
heads of twenty families in School District
No: 10, Trenton, this Fall, hogs enough to
weigh when dressed, 6S40 lbs. This beside the
younger squealers This is for home consump-
ton. The schoolmaster, if he boards round,
will get ''hog fat"
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Gardiner Journal is now printed on
new power press.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Rockland Gazette begins its 25th year
this week. 1t is an excellent paper and de-
serves a liberal patronage, which it doubtless
receives.
Rev. n. Butler has closed his pulpit labors
with the Baptist church in Rockland The
society desire to settle the Rev. Mr.. Foote of
New York.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A large force of Canadian laborers are to be
put to work on the Knox and Lincoln railroad
at once.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Norway militia company was mustered
into service on Wednesday, after passing a
surgical examination by Dr. Sanger. The
company then partook of collation. at the
Elm House, furnished by the commissioned
officers.
The Oxford Democrat sgys the widow of the
late Augustus Fox, of Portland, and daughter
of MIR. E. E. Hanson, of Paris, came to South
Paris on Saturday afternoon last, and not feel
Ing very well, concluded not to ride out to her
father ,about five miles, that day. She rapid
ly grew worse, diptheria manifesting itself and
died before morning. She was buried on Tues
day afternoon from her fathers. Her age was
about forty.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Topsham is to have soap factory. So saws
the Bath Times. Glad of it. The lower end
Of Sagadahoc county Sc dly needs washing
Brunswick Telegraph.
Major Il. A. Shorey, late Of the Bath Times,
has issued a prospectuslfor-a new weekly tenn,
perance paper, to be called the Maine Temper
ance Adc1eate It is to be edited by Mr.. Sho-
IS under the auspices of a publishing associa-
ton, of whom Mr.. Snorey is the business
agent. 1t will be radical in tone and support
the political temperance party.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Thursday morning the thermometer at Ban
gor was repol ted in various localities at from
4 to IL deg. below zero, the Wing says
Nathan Dane of Alfred has resigned his no.
sltion as Trustee of the State Agricultural Col
lege at Orono. -,
L. A. Upton of Bangor, has been appointed
and confirmed by the Governor and Council a
Justice of the Peace and Quorum for Penob-
scot county.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The office of the Skowhegan Reporter is To-
Gated over a bakery, which is an excellent
place for an editor to make his bread.
Three hundred chorus singers propose to give
concert in Skowhe gan on the 18th of Janua-
ry, the music to be taken from the old Boston
Academy Collection.
Skowhegan has skating rink 27O by 70 feet
in size.
The Farmers Club at Arson is proving a
great success, doing much to instruct and i'm
PAo'e It's MEMBERS
WALDO COUNTY.
Inc Belfast Journal says some time ago a
COUPE mailing from Brooks, came to Belfast
ior s1e purpose of depositing $40 in the Saw
lngs Bank. There was some question betwaan
them as TO the name it should be deposited in,
the woman claiming half of the sum. It was
the mans name, with the understanding that
payment should be made only bv cunsent TIC" of
the wife, A few days ago the man annoara5
accompanied by woman who made her marx
in token of assent, and the deposit was with |
drawn. Soon afterward woman put in an |
appearance, having walked ten miles, to in
quire about the money. She proved to be the
mans wife, and it seems that he procured
woman to personate her in order to get the
CASH.
The people at Lincolnville Beach are prepar-
IN g to build wharf as ami nducement for
steamers to touch there.
A child of Capt. Mcfarland, of Belfast. lost
an eye last week from the thrust of a red hot |
poker in the hands of another child.
The Belfast National Bank has deposited its