The Portland daily press., 1870-04-23
state News
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ANDRoSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Df. Kilbourne of Auburn, was taken sudden-
ly and dangerously i'll Wednesday.
The new Baptist church in Lewiston 10 to he
dedicated May 18th.
The Lewiston Journal says that at Mechanic
Falls the freshet on Wednesday exceedeJ anv-
thing known for twenty seven years Paoe's
Mills were in great danger, and it thouoht
must go down, but were saved BucLnam's
saw mill at the village was in great periI bnt
escaped. AT one time the rain seemed 70 he
forcing canal through Messrs. Depnison e.
Co.'S. inteIvale, but active measures prevented
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Three bridges across Webb river in Carthage
have been carried away since last fall
HANCOCK COUNTY
A correspondent of the american has recent-
ly visited Mrs. Luella Gross of Orland who
was born III 1868! She is now in feeble health.
Goaldsboro is to purchase town farm.
Governor Chamberlain will lecture in Ellis
worth on the Goth OF May.
Two estmable citizens of Gouldsboro Cant.
Bucknam Cole and Mr.. Smith Bick ford of
Brig Peri have died of fever at Port an Prince
Twenty-three loaded vessels lay at Ellsworth
wharves one day last week, says the American.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
There is religious revival in the Conprepa-
tionalist church at Augusta
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
A Catholic temperance and benevolent soci
ETY. has been organized in Bangor, Total ab.
stinence is he main feature OF the constitu.
ton. A large number of Irishmen have tax.
en- the pledge at the instance of Father Clem.
ent.
The Wing says with cruel irony that since
| the closing of the bars the best young men in
Bangor are confining themselves to milk as
beverage.
The public houses in Oldtown. it is rumor
| ed, have been closed by their propretors
| They do not relish having the sale of LIQUOR
| stopped.
sAaADAHoC COUNTY.
The Boston boat arrived at Bath Wedpes
| day night, and the starving people of that city
are in clover.
A young Bath lawyer in arguing liquor
| case before the jury declared that he KEEP
from two to four gallons of whiskey at his
house, and "he'd like to see any body touch it.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
! The Reporter praises Gen. Halls lectures OF
the battle OF Gettysburg
The Baptist Society OF Skowhegan have ex
tended a call to Rev. Hosea Pierce who ha
| filled the pulpit of that church so acceptably
| the past winter. Mr.. Pierce has accepted, aD(
| entered upon his pastoral duties last Sunday
Skowhegan, following the prevailing fashion
| is to hold public temperance meetings.
WALDO COUNTY.
| The clerk in the store in fremont street
| Boston, who restored to Hon. VIM. McGilvery
of Searsport $4,000 in bonds and other securi
| ties, which the latter had lost refused all com
| pensatiOn. Al
| Belfast has yacht club consisting Of abou
a dozen young men who have purchased the
yacht "Lee."
| Samuel s. Hersey, Esq, for thirty.tw,
years valued and highly respected citizel
and business man of Belfast, died on Frda,
last, after long illness, at the age of g. MI
Hersey was born in New Gloucester, Maine
| and moved thence 10 Belfast, W here he engage,
in the tin and hardware business. y
The Whig says that Tuesday morning abou
| of f. P. Treat in Frankfort, was wholly de
| stroyed by fire. The fire was the work of al
incendiary. ErIIi
| YORK COUNTY.
The County Lodge OF Good Templars will b.
beld with Harmony Lodge, at South Berwick
May 18th. vtts
| AT LARGE.
The water in the Kennebec and Androscog
| gin rivers is falling. If
The woman suffrage meeting in this cit,
| seems to have attracted the attention of per
sons in all parts of the State to the subject
| The Maine Farmer seems favorably disposed
toward the reform, while the Bath Times i
emphatic in its dissent.
The steamer Star of the Fast, Captain Col
| Inns arrived at Boston Tuesday from New
| York, to take her place on the Kennebe
| route. This steamer has been running on tn
| Sound during the past winter, and will 500
| take the place of the Eastern Queen whic
will go off for rep airs. yi,g i9 c.tslfg.