The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-07
st ate News
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.


Mr.. Rufus Carr of Lewiston, who a short
time since was vctimized of horse and bug
gy, by scountral, who hired the team. has
found them at stable in this city, where they
were left.
The County Attorney of Androscoggin has
found out that he owns fast horse-having
been fined for driving across Lewiston bridge
faster than walk.
Two boys jumped off the Grand Trunk train
last Saturday near the Hotel Road station in
Auburn, when it was going at speed of TWEEN
ty miles an hour. They received slight bruises
and one of them sprained his wrist.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Three spans of the railroad bridge at Angus
ia arc completed. 1t is expected the bridge
will be entirely finished in two weeks.
At an Ecclesiastical Council held in Angus
ia Monday, Rev. DR.. j. +. Bingham pastor of
the South Congregational church in Augusta,
was dismissed, agreeably to his request. He
goes to Hartford, Conn.,, where he will devote
himself to literary and religious work to
which he has already given much study. He
preached his farewell sermon to the people his
charge on the last Sabbath.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
[From our Correspondent
Unusual arrangements are being made to
attend the camp meeting at Charleston, and
very large delegations and several tents will
attend from Piscataquis Rev. Mr.. Libby has
introduced new and improved style of tents.
Never was the welcome rain more grateful
ly received by the earth and it's occupants than
on the night of the Sd inst. in the valley of the
Piscataquis. The only real sufferers were
few aged and venerable grass hoppers Prob
ably there never was time when everybody
was ready for rain. When, on the morning of
the Sd inst, fires were raging in every direc-
ton and many a family had been up all night
to watch their premises, a man in Abbott who
was anxious to go to Guilford-four miles look
ed upon the gathering clouds and said that he
was afraid it would ram"
Saugervie is town of some one thousand
inhabitants, situated on the south bank of the
Piscataquis, has many influential and wealthy
farmers, has been settled about sixty years, was
named in honor of the original purchaser of the
township from the State of Massachusetts,, is
really an excellent agricultural town; has sew
eral literary men OF talent, excellent schools,
good ol-houses, two temples of Christian
worship; has no central place of business-the
village being in the northwest corner of the
town, where there is wooden factory, employ
ing about 40 hands engaged in, the manuiac-
ture OF repellants, a large saw mill, a grist mill
and, in fact, all of the indications of modern
civilization, refinement and religion, except
That there is no rum shop in town.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The deaths in Bangor, (not including Cath
olics) for three months ending August 31st.
We're 60; June, 81; July, 20; Augugt 49,
Capt. G. j. NOBLE of Bangor, while crossing
bridge across the Kenduskeag Sunday eve
ning, was set upon by couple of drunken
lrlshmen who attempted to throw him into
the river because he would not give them his
pipe. The approach of several gentlemen
caused the raffians to clear out.
The Second Baptist church in Bangor will
observe the anniversary of its 18th year on
Sunday, September II. Sermons will be
preached by the former and the present pas
tors. The evening will be observed as Sunday
School anniversary, and a reunion will be
held on Monday evening
YORK COUNTY.
The population of Kittery is 1888. In 1860 it
was 1915. Increase $685. 1t has about $50 vot-
ers
A miserable sneak thief entered the out
building OF one armed soldier, named Joseph
Bolter, at Kittery, Sunday night, and killed
twenty five hens, carrying their bodies away
but leaving their heads.
Mr.. I. 7. Brewster is going to establish on
large scale, at Saco, Patent Tin Can aud Pa
per Bag Mandatory to be called The Saco Tin
Can and Paper Bag Company.