The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-22
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCOaGIN souHTY,

ANDROsCO6GIN COUNTY.
From eight to ten millions of bricks will be
made this season in Auburn and Lewiston
The Mechanic Falls Temperance Reform
CLUB met again Monday evening at Curtis Hall,
and completed permanent organization as
follows: President, L. L. Brown; Secretary,
Charles Tobie; Treasurer, j. Frank Carr,
Chaplain, Rev q. Thompson, with three Vice
Presidents; Ways and Means and Visiting Com
mlttees complete. Their pledge now has some
$50 signers.
The annual Cattle Show and Fair of the An
droscoggin County Agricultural Society WIN be
held at Mechanic Falls on Wednesday and
Thursday 18th and 18th of September.
ARoosTooK COUNTY
A Limestone boy lately killed sixty-eight
snakes, and it wasn't very good dav for
snakes either They consisted Of the mother
and her sixty-scyen children, which, on the
approach of danger, ran down their mothers
throat.
Last Friday was an unlucky day for the rum
sellers of HoultOn. Sheriff johnson having re-
turned from Canadian tour proceeded to 90
through the rum shops Of that village and Sc
cured enough of the ardent to stock CITY
agency.
The Pioneer urges the friends of Houlton
Academy to accept the endowment proposed by
the Baptists.
From our Correspondent
about building house of worship.
On Thursday last Mr.. Lane of Pleasant Pond
near Island Falls, had little son about Is
months old fall into well lately dug. and was
so much injured that he died.
Liberal Republicans are not Matched here vet
and as it is so late probably they will not come
out this season.
1t is estimated that the damage to crops in
the town of Hodgdon by the recent tornado is
between $4,000 and $4,000
The bad weather with the great scarcity of
heip mas SO delayed farmers that many have
not yet finished hayiny.
KENNHBnC COUNTY
Charles III. Freeman was thrown out Of hi.
wagsn, in Augusta Tuesday, and had both leos
broken.
The Journal says that the Maine Dental So
ciety held its annual session in Augusta, Tues
day evening. 1t was well attended
Albert Woudside, a graduate of Bovdoin.
class st 1869, is to have charge of monmouth
Academy during the coming year.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The new Masonic Hall at Canton was r.cent-
" dedicated by Grand Master Cargill, and the
following officers elect Of the Whitney Lodge
Hathaway, s. W.; John w. Thompson, j. w:
VIM. r. French, TT. Isaac A. Ellis. Sec VIM
X. DeCoster, 8. D.; Chas O. Holt, j. D.: All.
pheus Packard, S. s.; Polaski Hodge, J. S.:F.
M. Mayo, Tyler. An address was given by Rev
c. c. Mason. The officers of Androscogein
Chapter were installed the same day by + W
Ballou, of Bath, NJ. E. G. III. P.
Charles Souls, pr;ncipalof Gould's Adsdemv
Bethel, in 1912, set out that year pine tree
which is now two feet through at the butt 4
grove of such trees would be valuable now.
Anna Beck, a crazy woman, was found the
9th ult., in OrvilIe Sessions saw mill, in MIL
ton She had not had any food for twelve
days, except what she could find in the forest,
Since she was found she has been quite ration
al.
rHNoBscoT COUNTY.
Several Massachusetts, clergymen and otbers
have been spending their vacations in the vi
cinity of Patton.
The Baptist Society of Patten are repairinp
their house of worship.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY
Mr.. Geo. L. Roberts, a prominent citizen of
and for twenty-five years deacon of
the Congregationalist church there, died few
days since.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Eaton School at Norridgewock onened
this week with its usual large number of M
pills. Over one hundred scholars were present
the first day.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
VIM. freeman, jr., publishes q letter in the
Machias Union in which he complains of the
damages suffered by the owners of this blueber-
~ plains in Cherryfeld, Deblois and vicinity
from the army of pickers, and asserts that tn.
pickers have no more right to strip his apple
5rees, than they have his blueberry bushes.
The Machias Union reports that the smart
I'D man lives at Cutler this time. He is John
Matthews by name, and is 81 years old, and