The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-02

John ID. Lang, Indian Commissioner at the
great Indian Council to be held at Okmulgee
in the Indian territory, Monday next.
which will be attended by all the tribes in that
country, and at which important interests
will be considered.
Some months since a plumber of journeymen
shoemakers at Vassalboro organized Shoe |
Manufacturers Cooperative Association. II
will interest many to learn that the report of
the first few months operations, shows tbot
the movement has been a complete success
Mrs. Amy P. Newman, aged SO wears com.
mtted suicide by drowning herself in the Ken.
nebec river few miles from Augusta Thnrs.
day morning. 1t is supposed that insanity
brought on by religious excitement was the
cause.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A sixty dollar fruit cake was among the re-
freshments at a recent Fair in Wiscasset, The
cake was purchased by ballot.
The Wiscasset Oracle publishes a list of tho
divorces recently decreed in Lincoln COUNTY in
the same column and style as the marriages.
and deaths are publshedf The divorce list is
sandwitched between the marital and mortua-
ry notices.
Grin Fitzpatrick and Sc other citizens of Som.
ervlle will petition the Legislature to annex
the northern portion of the town to the town
OF Windsor, the southern portion to the town
OF Jefferson, and the gore to the town of
Washington. They consider 'Somerville too
small for separate organization, and say that
since the organization and incorporation of
said toTn, continual feud and turmoil has
been kept up, and under present appearances
it is always likely to exist"
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing learns that one half inter-
| est in the mills at West Greatworks, owned
by Messrs. W. ID. & J. L. Smith was sold on
| Tuesday to G. S. Bragg. esq and Messrs. Paoe
& McCullock, for $4,000.
| A correspondent of the Wing writes that Mr..
P. B. Soule of Lagrange, was severely injured
| one day last week by the fall of some timber
| he was assisting to raise, at the MILL A heavy
| timber struck him on the left side, causing dam
! gerous internal injuries, but it is hoped be will
| recover.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
From our Correspondent
Snow has fallen during The whole of Nov.
18th. Number OF snow storms this season, Z;
| total amount Of snow, 10 inches; amount now
on the G.. ound, inches.
William Daggett of Parkman put a sharp
axe into his foot instead of into log, as be in
tended, on the Goth. He will "cease from Ia.
bSr" for a time.
Judge Danforth is holding special court at
Sangervilie to try the howage case of jenkins
Weymouth vs. the Sangerviile Manufacturing
Company. great number of witnesses have
| been ex mined and some 200 are yet to testify
All this is sport for Messrs Crosby and Hud
son, the senior attorneys Tor the respective
| parties.
Dirigo Lodge of Good Templars has been re-
| moved from Abbott Village to Abbott By
this arrangement, both places now have good
working lodges
Hon. Sidney Perham is expected to attend
the session OF Plscataquis County Lodge, at
Monson, on the 29.h OF December ,-immedi-
stely after which he will have other if not bet
ter business to attend to-
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
| Wa learn from tho Rath TYnaoo lot The RI
Barron, brakeman on the Portland and Ken
ne5ec railroad, was knocked off last Friday,
between Bowdoinham and Richmond, from a
box car, on which he was standing, to the fat
car following behind, while passing under a
bridge. He is recovering from the injuries re-
ceived.
YORK COUNTY.
The choir in Saeo connected with the Chris
tan Society and Church presented their lead.
,er, Mr.. j. B. Chase, with an elegant Bible on
Saturday evening last. Mr.. G. has large and
flourishing school in Biddeford.
The members of the Saco River Rairo ad
Company have determined to hold meeting
at Biddeford, December 10Th, at 3 O. clock p M,
to consider the propriety OF building a railroad
up the Saco River valley, as provided in their
charter, and take immediate measures for the
accomplishment of the work. azss
Mr.. J. f. Clark of Kennebunk, principal in
the Berwick Academy, and Miss Angie Wig
gin, OF Exeter, N. H., assistant in the female
department. in the same academy, were mar
ried in the academy in the presence of the pu-
pills, one day last week W hen the fall term was
to close, much to the qualification of the pupils
who took that occasion to present the bride and
bridegroom with some handsome gifts.
WALDO COUNTY.
Shubael Dunton of Lincolnville Centre has
been arrested upon complaint in beraf OF
the United States, charging him with opening
a letter in the POST Office in that village, in
which he was an assistant, directed to john j
Mahoney, Camden, Me-, with desigu to pry
into the business, ETC., of said Mahoney. he
was required to recognize in the sum OF $4,000
for his appearance before the District Court OF
the United States, at Portland, on the first
Tuesday of December next to answer further
Satisfactory bail being furnished, the defend
ant was discharged from custody.
| AT LARGE.
Tbs disbursements in Maine for pensions
during the last fiscal year were as follows: Au-
gusta, 81. Boy uton, pension agent; men, $134,-
927; women, $135,051 Bangor. Gideon Mayo,
agent; men, $135, 7O3; women, 1888 036. Port
land, M. A. Blanchard, agent; men, $166, 7c9
women, 1901 ,433
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