The Portland daily press., 1869-06-04
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IL Mr.. WV. Clough arrived at Lewiston on
Tuesday from San Francisco, having been
seven days and eight hours on he-rsute, in
eIuding stoppages- He presented the editor oil
the Journal with a;basket OF California cher
ries. saelao' Is sHo glae 81 e a''ai ,ssi'7f
a child of tender years has learned to spell
Molly ychunkemunk-beiHg geographicaily IN
are afraid that child will not live long, espe-
eialIy if it should undertake to spell correctly
the name OF the Base Ball Club atNerway.
The Lewiston Journal states that Marshall
French, Esq, formerly of this city, is severely
i'll. He was somewbat better on Taesday,u
pr FRANKLIN COUNTY. 10 .4Iiil
The Chronicle says distinguished party
passed through FaEs,inst2n e-sss psy ss5Hce
Tatas II rtere they propose spending the month
If June fishing and hunting In that delightful
rrgiou,s The party consists OF Jay Cooke,
Banker, Philadelphia; II. G. Fahnstock, oi
S. Cooke 81 Cog sY; Gso e Ba9es, - gashls' y e
isf Is Ea1Fsnf: Z. b Reeds, n. .Y b.aRaasls
Badaley 6 Meade Au IH Rubber Ool, Il. san, "
Trsasalsss. z os9a age, Of Page, Kidder& Co,
N91Sarles J. Talbot, Esq, denies that he has
purchased an interest in the Pennington
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The Ellsworth American remarks that, one
of the Portland papers ays that about forty
Eden, for the most part by people from abroad.
for residences for the hot season. If the wri-
terlwill take off, say thirty five cottages from
the forty, he will get about" the facts of the
case. .s1isfsss ass.D
Bucksport seems to be wide awake about
having railroad from that place to Bangor.
ina KENNEBEc COUNTY. sssza
+ The stores of Mari g. Merchant, J. r. Pur-
ington, Q. Marr, groeers, Dingley Brothers
and Tibbetts 81 Land0r, hardware dealers, IN
Gardiner, were entered Wednesday night,
each through the coal scuttle, and from thence
to the sales rooms either by the cellar doors or
seuttles, txcept at Tibbetts & Landers', where
the door and scuttle being securely fastened;
consequently they sustained no loss At each
of. thesother places, the burglars got about FIVE
dollars in coppers and scrip. Theobject of the
robbery seemed to be solely money, as the pro-
goods. '@2es<"&A s7ie :"
Midshipmen Herbert stinson and william
Woart of Augusta, recent graduates of the
Naval ACADEMY at Annapolis, have recently
received promotion as Ensgns in the Navy
The former is now on duty on board the nag
ship Franklin of the squadron in the Mediter-
orders, his ship having been, disabled in ! re-
cent storm on the Pacific coast, and ordered
ont of service.
Il Mr.. Horace Hamlin, of Augusta, has beeni
appointed Assistant Assessor, of Internal
Revenue, for that portion of the 81 District
comprised in the towns of Augusta, Hallewefl
and Manchester, and has entered upon his du-
ties, says the Fafmef.. .1cs ,55aieH Y -sDel1 ID
.-,- PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
We learn from the Bangor whig that the
contract for the foundation of the new Jail in
that city was awarded TO Jones & Son Nor su-
perstructure to Mr.. Bodwell of Hallowell, and
the iron werk to Egery 3 Cosus eEnafbol1
q Timothy Call, Esq.,. an old and well l-knewn,
the Wing for wife. Hesays she must be a
good, discreet and intelligent woman. from
thirty to fifty years olds'E bffS E5IEf
.7The annual meetinge1o of the Penobscot
Conference Of Churches will meet with the
Church in Oldt0wn,i Tuesday, june 9th, at 10
q clock, to continue two days. - ,,efs.S :
. Michael Sargent died in Bangor ON Wednes-
day, at the age of about eighty -fouryears The
Wing says he came to that city nearly sixty
years ago, and was one of the militia in the
Hampden battle in the war of 1872. He was
an Industrious, useful and respected citizen. so
'sAn sAGADAHoc COUNTY,
The Bath Times states that the house of
Ben iamin Oliver, in that city, was entered by
burglars Tuesday night and quite q. variety Of
articles taken. Entry was effected BY raising
onevof the kitchen windows. Almost eyergs <
room was visited, and pockets were emptied.
1raws were ransacked, whatnotss were piifered
and the silver plate abstracted. 80 80.
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