The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-04
state News.



The Brunswick Telegraph says that under
the terms of Mr.. Johnson's will the Bowdoin
scholarships are to be designated BY Hons 8
p. Benson, w. G. Crosby and ex-President
Woods tits stated that he left an estate of
over half a million of dollars; some set II az
high as a million.
The farmers of North Brunswick and East
Durham have organized a Farmers Club with
William SIMPSON for President.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Mr.. Glidden, the Supervisor of schools
writes us that it is hisintention to visit all the
schools in Dresden during the second week of
December, and lecture two or three evenings
during the week at different school houses
He will meet 1.-THE teachers of Dresden on Sat-
urday of that week, ut 10 o'clock A. NJ at the
school house near the upper bridge, in Town
Institute. He also designs to visit Whitefield
the third week of December, and give several
evening lectures and meet the teachers for IN
stitute work on Saturday of that week at the
school house near Kings Mills. Somerville
will next receive attention in the same man
uer.
Last Saturday night, the Bath Times saws,
drunken row took place in Damariscotta be-
tween some of the railroad employees and
some low fellows of the town, in which Ben
Page, a railroad man, and John Rankin OF
DamarscOtta, were stabbed. 1t is said that
they stabbed each other. Both men have dis
appeared.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mr.. Daniel Paul of Scion raised from two
bushels sewing of wheat, on one acre of land
36 IL bushels of fine wheat. The soil was q
clay loan; and last year from this same niece
of land, he raised As bushels of shelled corn.
The Reporter says the saw mill of Bartlett &
Plummer, the -four and grist mill of j. B. Bart
lett and the carding and fulling mill of Jacobs
& Norton at North New Portland, were de-
nv fro FriJ
The saw mill contained a single machine, ma
chine for saving long shingles, also saw fol
laths, cutting off saw, etc. Loss about 81, 900
No insurance. }: b.. Bartlett,s loss is from
about $4,000 They lost two carding machines
two looms and machinery for fulling and dress
ing cloth. The cloth and wool in the mill were
saved and small portion of the machines in
damaged condition.
sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The new ship jamestown, which sailed from
Richmond on Wednesday for Savannah, wa
built by j. M Hager, at cost of over 100000
Her tonnage is 1889 tons.
YORK COUNTY.
Accidents sc. at Bddeford during thu
week: James M. Knight fell some fourteen
feet by reason of the slipping of a ladder. A
son of Charles Ross felt from a shed, fifteen
feet George Trefethen fell from staging
about twenty feet. The latter was seriously
injured George Gordon of Bidde ford fell te
the ground from a building he was painting il
Saco and will be confined to the house six o.
eight weeks.
The Good Templars in Springvale dedictaet
their new hall in Smiths building last Wed
nesday night according to the usages of tn,
order. County Deputy Frost oficiated, assisted
by others Speeches by Revs. Guptil, Isle,
and Yeoman, also Bros Gowen and Yeomai
Jr.
Mr.. Wentworth Bradbury, of Hollis Centre
killed pig recently ten months and four day
old, which, when dressed, weighed $50 pounds
slaughtered pig recently, which was sever
months and a half old and weighed 321 pounds