The Portland daily press., 1870-11-30
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4 Correspondent of the Lewiston Joafna1
SAYS Sunday some children of George and
Stephen p. Wing, who live near Curtis Cor:
ner, Leeds went into pasture and built fire
round pine stump, and while at play this
dress of one Of the girls, five years old, daugh-
ter of Stephen f., caught fire, and before as.
sistance arrived, her clothes were entirely
burnt off from her, and her body burnt in a
horrible manner, and. strange to say, the child
ran to the house. She was attended by DR.,
Prescott. but death came to her relief at nine
o'clock Monday morning.
The Journal says Mrs. Snow, wife of the
well-known missionary TO the Micronesian
Islands, gave very interesting account of
their missionary lie on those islands, at the
Pine ST. Lecture Room, Sunday evening Mr..
and MIS- Snow have been missionaries on
these islands for eighteen years. ard are in.
tending to return mex. summer. Their work
has been very successful.
Austin Bedell of Lewiston, while in state
of intoxication last Saturday night, jump d
from an attic window 10 the ground, a distance
OF twenty feet, sustaining but little injury,
says the Journal
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journsl says the lady(?) who
lett young child GU the Boston train the 9TH
er day. tried to come that neat little game GU
Mr.. Frank BODICE, conductor on the Portland
and Kennebec railroad, but Frank was little
too smart for her. He didn't want to increase
HIS FAMILY IN tnaC Suuuen Way.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Wiscasset Oracle says on Sunday even:
ing, Nov. 18th, some evil disposed person en-
tered the barn Of William G. Williams, of
Eagecomb, and boring an auger- hole in no s.
head of moasses that he had Just received and
stored the. e the day previous, allowed it 10 run
to waste. They also set adrltt a gond0la. lying
at the shore near by, and several fish barrels
and tackle, belonging to another man. Sus-
picon rests upon certain parties in the neigh.
borhood, aud reward of $25, is tffered by MIR.
Williams for the detection OF the miscreants.
The Bath Times says the question has been
asked US, who rescued Mr.. Gould from his
perilous position in The middle of the Kenne-
bee river SO graph 'cally Described in the Rock
land Gazette The boy who brought him over
pleads Innocence, and the humane society af-
ter a most dilligent search has failed to discov-
er the individual. Still news is news
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
On Saturday night 1O4 vessels were at Ban
| gor; on Monday night 20
The new Jail at Bangor will be ready for oc-
| cupatlon about Christmas time.
Penobscot river cl.sed over at Bangor last
year on the 9th of December.
PIscATAoUls COUNTY.
From our Correspondent
Jesse Richards of Parkman lost valuable
horse in Nov, 1869, and another in Nov 1870;
both supposed to have been killed by over 'eeu
ing with grain. Mr.. Richards commenced
farming without dollar when he was 81 years
! old, has lost over $4,000 worth of stock, is now
30 years old, and is wealthy man. 1t is need
| less to add that no part of his earnings have
| gone to sustain rum-shops.
Rev. G. L. Libby is holding a protracted
meeting at East SaDgervile. He has been in
vited to hold a similar meeting in Parkman.
| S.
| sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
| The Times says the county of Sagadadoc de-
rive its name from the Indian name given to
! the portion of the Kennebec from the upper
| part OF Bath to the ocean. The Indians inter-
preted the meaning of the word to be"mouth;'
Lincoln county from the Revolutionary Gen.
eral Benjamin Lincoln.
AT LARGE
By Legislative enactment the char ters of the
! Eastsln MeIcantile aud Veazie banks OF Ban
| gor, and Lime Rock and North banks of Rock
land. were extended to October 1st. 1875 The
! provisions of the act have been accepted by all
with the exception of the North bank. The
| charter of this bank will, therefore, expire by
, limitation mo notice having been received of his
| SURF ender of its charter.