The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-23
state News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

The Lewiston Journal hears of gentleman
OF that city who several years since settled up
with his creditors, paying them fifty cents on a
| dollar. Since that period he has been pros
pered in business, and Thursday he yoluntari-
ly went to the creditors with whom he had
then settled, and paid them fifty cents more on
the dollar, thus paying for every liability zone
hundred cents on the dollar" The gentleman
referred to, it is needless to say, is genuine
| Christian man.
... KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Winthrop Bulletin says hay of good
quality sells in that market at $17 per ton
Good green hard wood brings from S. 80 to
| Sc 90, and still frrmers complain.
The stockholders of the Winthrop National
Baak made choice of Directors on the 18th
Moses Bailey, P. G. Bradford, Levi Jones.
Mr.. C. M. Bailey was chosen President for
another year and John M. Benjamin, ESQ,
| Cashier. s..Qs Wgt5t $500 5IA
Rev. Mr.. Tying of New York had good au-
dience at Augusta Thursday night.
Gov. Chamberlain delivered his lecture on
''The Defence of Little Round Top" at Gardi-
ner last evening. --..
KNOX COUNTY.
The number of casks of lime made in Cam
den during the year 1868 was 1920. 7.r
OXFORD COUNTY
Mr.. Judson Morton, of South Paris has in.
VenIeu d NeloCIpeue. a. 20 "A g.. ......
H. Saunders, of Sweden, writes to the OK
ford Democrat that he raised the past season,
from single bean, 1853 pods, containing 1870
beans. Id ~. .. .+.4 I-
A monster trout weighing ten pounds was
recently caught in South Pond.
...f- PENoBscoT COUNTY. ...
Bangor has issued $250O00 of city scrip to
the European and North American railroad
upon the completion of the first ten miles in
satisfactory manner, the city taking mort
gage of the road in return. The Whig says
the construction of the road is being rapidly
pushed. tt
The Universalists of Dexter will commence
the erection of new church as soon as the
spring opens.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says that the saw mill of
Reuben d. Gilman and the tannery of Levi o.
Farnham, in Foxcroft, were totally destroyed
by fire on Wednesday night. Loss $4,000.
There was no insurance. D % E
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The owners of the Cathance meadows in
Topsham will petition the Legislature for an
act of incorporation to enable them to drain
that region. They believe there are hundreds,
perhaps thousands of acres. nearly worthless,
of meadow land, in Topsham, upon which is
now raised a coarse, sour grass fit only for
bedding, which drainage would reclaim for
cultivation, for good crops of grass, if not for
other crops.
= WALDO COUNTY.
+ The Belfast Gas Light Company has de-
clared dividend of six per cent. for the year.
The Journal claims that this is doing better
than any other company in New England that
has works no larger. The Rockapd gas works
are not in operation, and some other places
are debating the matter of closing their works.
A more than usually interesting breach OF
promise case is attracting attention in Belfast.
The Belfast Age say $ that during the storm
last week about four inches of snow fell in
that vicinity, and then the storm changed to
rain and sleet freezing as it fell, forming
crust half an inch thick and strong enough to
bear up a horse and loaded team. As a conse-
quence the sleighing was superb and the skat-
ing good. The streets and fields were one vast
skating park, and artificial Kinks were no.
where in comparison. Many come into the
city ON skates, from three or four miles in the
country. Such an occasion does not happen
more than once in five years. ..ll.-
.E YORK COUNTY.
Incendiaries are at work in Biddeford, but
have not yet accomplished much.
A lodge of Good Templars has been estab-
lished at Dams Mills, Newfeld. DR.. I. M.
Trafton, w. G. T.. ,etass Gs.as 5sDEass
R. H. Cooling, Sheriff of York County has
appointed the following deputies: Obediah
Durgin, Saco; G. FL. Bartlett, Kittery; G.
Thompson, York; Jas. G. Harmon, Limerick;
Abner Mitchell, Alfred; VIM. Tarbox, Buxton;
f. N. Butler, Lebanon; Eben F. Neatly, South
Berwick; Daniel A. Huld, North Berwick;
Jacob Thompson, Cornish; d. w. G. Merrill,
North Parsonsield; James NOVEL;, Sanford.
The Portsmouth Journal says that of the
six laborers discharged from the Engineers
Department at Kittery Navy Yard last Tues
day five were ex-soldiers and all were Repub-
licans. The selection of men for discharge
was made by Admiral Lanman. Lanman is
to be succeeded by Commodore Goldsborough,
much to the satisfaction of the employees.
A fellow has been imposing upon the people
of York County by selling for, from $50 to 5000
pound of butter from a pint of milk. ~ Tir \,