The Portland daily press., 1870-01-06
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

Albert j.. Larrabee has been appointed Post.
master at Webster vice Saml Cushman.
The Spring term of Bates College will open
on Thursday. The students are about open.
ing Reading Room.
The Lewiston journal says the proposition
OF our ralroad men now is next spring to ex-
| tend the Maine Central Railroad from Dam
vile junction to Yarmouth Junction, then to
| take the +. q. IL. track into Portland-usine
the Adjustable cars
| The journal says the Androscoggin river is
raised several feet by the late storm. So rare
sight as freshet in January on the andre
| scoggin would make the "oldest inhabitant'
scratch his head-for precedent. Nothing
| Ike ice s to be seen anywhere in the river.
while the falls are alive with water like a
spring freshet. The ice went out the river in
FEBRUARY ten or fifteen years ago, but so great
| aJahuary ireshet, we believe, is not on record.
ARoosTooK COUNTY
During the past season, says the Pioneer.
| Rev. Mr. Sweron, of Dickeyville, a lately in
| corporated town in Madawaska, has erected a
very handsome and substantial schoolhouse
40 by ~ feet, and two stories. The State APP
proprlated $500 and the settlers have contrib
have reason ii be proud.
Passengers are now ticketed from Houlton
to Portland for IS.
The Inhabitants of district number five in
the town of Sherman, have recently erected a
schoolhouse at cost of $500.
FRANKLIN CoUsTY.
The piers under the western end of the new
bridge at Farminetou were swept aWay bv
the high water at about o'clock Monday
morning, letting. the bridge down so as to
nlake " lmpassable Tor teams, though foot pas
sengers can cross.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Journal reports as "a big thing on ice %
"a man weighing between two and three
hundred who attempted to skate Tuesday on
the sidewalk, in Augusta
The Kennebec Journal SAYS the people of
dalloWell We're aroused by the Waterman at a
late hour Monday evening, in consequence of
largely the result of the ice BECOMING damned
against Browns Island, thereby maxine y
temporary dam. The reason for the alarm was
TO give opportunity to the oit;zeus IN ramova
goods and other property from cellars that
were likely to be overlooked. At later hour
about midnight,-the cellar of the store of
Messrs Leigh & Wingate was being overflow
ed, in which were about forty casks Of lime,
and the action of the water upon the lime
caused an alarm of fire to be sounded, but
nothing was burned. The lime is total loss,
and considerable other property in other cell
lars was damaged.
The Journal says the water in the Kenpebec
at at Gardner, rose so rapidly Monday night and
tuesday morning, that bells were rung and an
alarm given about three O'Clock, and the trad
ers on the east side of Water street turned ont
ana removed the goods from the cellars lust in
season to escape the flood of water that soon
alter poured in. The high stage of the water
IS greatly due to jam of ice few miles below
the city. During the night the moving ice
took away the slip and portion of the endless
chain connected with MarshalPs ice houses.
1t also broke the sside BOOM" so called. fhst
ABOVE the city, but the logs have been secured
WIN ropes, SO that it is probable that most of
them Will be saved. The WAGER at present
nows over all the wharves at Gardiner and
P;ttston.
rENOBSCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says no damage was done
to the railroads or bridges in that vicinity by
the recent storm.
Rev. j. S. Cosgswell of Tumbratas. Mime
sofa, is to be installed to -day as pastor of the
Congregationalist church and society in Hol-
den. Prof Barbour breaches the sermon.
The Wing says an attempt was made ON
Monday evening to burn the barn of Mr.. Ste.
pnen Cony in Bangor. A quantity of shavings
were pied at the door and set on fire. In a
very few minutes the building would have
oeen IN flames if the attempt had not,- fortu-
nately, been discovered.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Frank o. Moses has commenced building the
Terry boat Tor the Knox & Lincoln Railroad.
She VIII be finished with all the modern i'm
prove ments, and will be launched in April.
Inc BOAT Will be 100 feet long, 30 feet wide over
an, ana VIII have horizontal engine with a
81 inch cylinder.