The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-05-23
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ANDRosGoGGIs COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Extensive repairs and improvements are oos
ing on at Bates College, Lewiston. gu
N. W. FarwelPs family of Lewiston ;o;n ,ho
excursion from Boston to California today WV
The Journal says that the French Catbo,;o
Priest in Lewiston has lately been deponnc;no
dances to his congregation with great vioors
de tells his people the Devil always Joins
dance with curled hair and painted cheeks
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Depot at Cumberland, on the port,.na
and Kennebec road, is being enlarged and ra-
modeli.
The manufacturing of cars at the Portland
Packing Company's establishment at Casco
has been suspended in consequence of n iaroe
number remaining over from last year.
A large reinforcement of laborers for Tho
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad arrived
from Canada last week.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
This being the iiftieth year of the existanoo
of Colby University, its friends propose to eel
citrate its semi-centeunial at the coming Com
mencement, Aug. ID and Sd.
in response to a petition CT the town ot
Waterville, the Kennebec County Commits.
sioners have been summoned to appear before
the Court in August and show cause whv
further proceedings for the building of a bridoe
across the Kennebec at Waterville under The
special act of last winter, should not he STAYED
Ia the meantime the towns of Waterville and
Winslow have been summoned to appear he
fore the County Commissioners this week and
show cause why an agent should not be an
pointed to superintend the building of said
bridge in accordance with the provisions of
the act.
Mrs. Woodbury. of Augusta, on Tuesday
received a letter from the Captain Of the
barque midas" dated at Dec. 18th, 1869. Tar,
90 oeg', Lon. lol East, stating that her son
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The Kennebec Journal relates an incident
which occurred at the Centennial meeting at
the winthrop street church in Augusta. on
Thursday evening, which fully illustrates the
contagious influence of giving:-A little girl
member of the Sabbath School, whose father
has 6een one OF the most generous and earnest
OF those engaged in the construction of the
church, and who had just pledged five hun
dred dollars towards the liquidation of the
debt, insisted that he should withdraw from
the Savings Bank twenty five dollars of her
own money, and gave It in her name towardg
the payment of the debt.
Rev. A. L. Park, of Gardiner while splitting
some wood on Friday morning, was quite Sc
riously cut in the foot by his axe slancing and
entered the instep, which will confirm him to
his house for some lme
portion of the Vassalboro wooden mills will
be put in operation on Monday Of this week
Mr. j. J. Fuller, of Augusta, is erecting a
diSC saw HILL Ou OtVeA Mile brOOk, NaSSal-
borO, near where it enters into the Kennebec
river
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Chief Engineer, in company with the
President and Directors of the KU0x and Lin
coin railroad recently made an inspection OF
the whole route. They expressed themselves
entirely satisfied with the progress of the work,
and it is expected that the first iron will be
laid in June. One ship load of iron is to come
| to Wiscasset.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Officer Beal seized quantity of liquor at the
| residence of MIR. Yeaton in Oxford last week
The owner was sentenced to pay fine of $50
| and costs, from which sentence he appealed.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
We learn from the Bangor Wing that on
tuesday morning last, the barn and sheds in
Etna, owned by Mr.. Enoch BOynton were to.
tally destroyed by fire. together with large
| quantity of hay and grain. The house was
saved, through the efforts of the neighbors ana
the employees of Hathorn's mill, who stopped
work and at once came to the assistance OF Mr.
u. Loss estimated at $3.50; insured for $1,000 in
| the Bangor Mutual.
Among the articles brought out OF one of the
| burning stores at Bangor, Thursday night, and
| carefully put in a place OF safety was pail
| full of water, says the Wing.
The Wing says Chief Engineer Low of the
Fire Department, and Mr.. Tracy, come cted
sec
ond floor of the latter's store, Thursday mig hit
during the fire, when some of the rafters and
| the attic floor above them fell through. For
tunately, they stood near the wall and the
floor fell in front SO as to protect them, but
| they were for time confined in very close
| quarters. i
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The heaviest tax PAYERS in Machias are VIM.
| II. Hemenway, $1978; S. w. Pope & Co.
| $1766; E. Longfellow & Son, $1235; G. w
| Vose, 500; w. G. Holmes, $500; Nathan
| Longfellow, $685..
Bills were found against most of the liquor
sellers IN PASSPORT, at the recent term of court
| at Calais. When the Sheriff came for them,
they had left for the Queens dominions. The
Sentlnel says 1t mistakes the character OF
County Attorney Harvey if he allows them to
remain undisturbed long after court.
The Machias Republican says farmers are
having nice time for their labors and mo
doubt will reap their reward. Vegetation is
much earlier in this vicinity than for several
ysarS past. Buds, and flowers even are in
abundance. Grass in some favored spots is
more than six inches high. Early peas are
growing finely.
A house and barn in Barins owned By Caleb
Prescott and Fl. f. Eaton, were destroyed by
fire on Wednesday, and four families were
thus turned out of doors. i9sins everything.
YORK COUNTY.
Bartholomew Wentworth of Lebanon was
drowned while crossing the Salmon Fails river
ON Wednesday, May 10th. He was about 40
years OF age. His body was recovered Friday.
new stage line was opened last Monday
between Alfred and East Rochester, N. H., by
Mr.. Elijah w. Tebbetts of East Rochester
The stage goes by the way of Little River Falls
and Sanford Corner and connects with the
Portland & Rochester railroad at Alfred. The
stage leaves East Rochester on Mondays,
wednesdays and Fridays and returns Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The publshers of the Raa,ersidc EcLa rro.