The Portland daily press., 1870-02-01
state News.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
On the question of annexing Auburn to
Lewiston the aldermen have voted informally as
t~Ho"s. JS--a- 30, 4.
Henry Stills is playing Jeremy Dddler in
Lewiston. He claims sympathy and green
backs 90 account of a bad rupture, and after
wards finds recreation in billiard halls.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The following members of the Senior Glass
OF Bowdoin College have bean appointed as
competitors for the prize established by the
Ciass OF '5S: De Ava ). Alexander. lie Roy
q. Collins, WIN. E Frost, joseph W. Kerne,
James A. Roberts, Alonzo G. Whitman. The
exhibition lakes place on the evening OF June
Oh, 1870
MIR. j. T. Smith, formerly Of the Mansion
House, Harpsweii, is the proprietor of the
new hotel at Brunswick
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Rev. r. Reed, for three years past the pastor
of the Free Baptist church in Pennington, has
closed his connection with that church aud
gone to Mendoza III where he will continue
mis- ministerial duties. The Chronicle uuder-
stands that be goes, principally, TO seek res
toration OF impaired health.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Watervile Mail desires US to tell the
name Of our West Waterville correspondent.
Wien we come to commencement, We will.
The Waterv'lIe Mail says that member of
INC large ana respected > mltn IamlIy was ar
rested ON Tuesday Of last week, ON a charge of
lobblng the clothing store of Cyprian Lrtaur-
neau, OF Watervile, on the 23l of October
last. A part OF the stolen goods were found in
his house, and part on bis person.
We learu from the Waterville Mail that the
dwelling house of a Mr.. Smith a. Emery
hill was searched few evenings since, by
force OF search warrant, issued al West Wa
terville, and two rolls of cloth supposed to
have beeu burglariously taken were tound.
A meeting was held III Waterville on the
22l at which it was voted to instruct the Sc
lectmen ITO demonstrate against The prayer of
petition of DEM is L Milliken and others, and
10 procure the repeal OF an act passed by tbe
Legislature, and approved by the Governor ON
the 21st day OF January, 1870, On the prayer Of
said petition; or make such mod ,fcatIon
thereof as may make its provisions conform TO
the principles OF right and Justice
KNOX COUNTY.
The editorial correspondent of the Lewiston
journal says that the mud of Rocklaud is so
fearful visitation that no que thinks OF black
ing his boots after residing there torty-eiobt
hours.
The Camden Herald says Miss Susas f.
Huse dropped dea. at her residence in that
village, GU "wednesday morning. She had
arisen In her usual health, and was at the sink
when she tell.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Six inches of snow in Bangor on Saturday
night.
Its singular coincidence that one year
ago this week, Howard A. Cleveland was pre-
murdered his bosom friend, and this week
John Lawrence is to be presented on the same
charge, says the Bangor Whfg
sAeADAHoo COUNTY.
Tue silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Rlce
took place at Bath lately. The presents were
numerous and DIR. Putnam made the presenia.
uUn speech.
A correspondent OF the Bah Times SAYS the
BATH and RocklanJ stage line is probably the
beuer conducted. 1t employs about rs men
aud fnds service for 70 or 80 horses The
length of the route is 80 miles; there are three
changes of horses between the termini. There
are two regular daily coaches each way and as
many extras as are demanded.
The tarque @. V. Minot of Bath, Captain
Healey, Came very Gear being lost with crew
at Penzance, Eng land, on the Coast of the Eug-
LIST Channel Dec. sob. Captain Heal.y was
bound from Mobile to Havre with charge of
400 bales OF cotton. The vessel lost ali her
masts.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
George Smith, an American seaman from
PASSPORT, died at sea on the tenth of last Au-
gust.
AnE,o are SIX prisoners in the jail at Macb-
as. four OF them are there for selling liquor.
Deputy Warden Marden carried three prison.
erS away to Thomaston on Monday last: Foley
Murphy, and Silver. All four Of the rumsei.
lers are confined in default OF payment of tines
and costs.
AT LARGE.
There is an active, aggressive and unceasino
warfare carried Cd between the Houlton ma,
pers, on the one hat d, and the Bangor and
Presque Isle papers, on the her, on lhe Aroes-
took Railroad question. The former desire
that the road should b. built from some point
on the European and North American Rail-
road to HonIUn, while the latter favor a line
passing further west than Houlton and con-
Meeting with that town by branch.
At tie Grand Lodge of Sons of Temperance
held at r chmond, last Week the resoiut Gus
took ground in favor of the vigorous enforce
ment of the prohbilory law; call for State
police; recommend political action to the ex-
tent OF securing the Impartial enforcement of
the prohibitory law, aud the election OF tenn
perance men to Office; adopt the Maine Tenn
peTdnce Advocate, The Dew temperance paper
recently started at Bath, as the official organ
of the Grand Division; and recommend that
the 22d Of February be especially devoted to
temperance effort, in accordance with the sug-
Pr .tion of the Congressional Temperance So
a.sN.