The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-02
STATE NEWS.


! ANDhOSCO1UlN
The Lewiston Journal says our manufactur
ing corporations make fully as many yards o.
| cloth as there are inhabitants of the UniteC
States-forty millions
The monthly meeting of the Bowdoinham
Baptist Association will be held with the Bap
fist church in Greene commencing Tuesday
| Oct. 9Th, at p. m. - Atas
| The Journal says that Mr.. Mark Leach, al
old and well-knOwn resident of Auburn dice
in that city on Sunday. He was about 20 years
| of age In his early days Mr.. Leach was asso
ciated in business with A. 7. Stewart of New
York. -fsa .r1 g
The Western Union Telegraph Company has
not yet gone into the express business and con-
sequeutly did not forward a pair of shoes left
at the office to be sent to Bangor. a4 a-..,r
The Directors of the Lewiston and Auburn
Railroad Company have accepted the route laid
out by the engineer and an assessment of q
per cent of the subscription will soon be made
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A Jay correspondent of the Lewiston JourRd
says that the wheat crop in that section is ex
cellent Major Coolidge recently threshed fifty
two bushels choice wheat from two acres.
The same paper says that Woodman & Luce
are getting out some fine granite in Jay.
The Maine Central Railroad Company have
bought land for the location of a much needed
depot in Jay.
us KENNEBEC COUNTY. s
I Typhoid fever prevails in Waterville.
The ordinance of baptism was administered
to two persons by Rev. Mr.. Burrage at the Bap.
fist Church at Waterville last Sunday
Five freight cars from Lambard's manufac-
tory at Augusta, for the Eastern r. r. Co., went
to that company Monday.
The ordination of Mr. Ecob, pastor elect OF
the Congressional Church and Society of Au-
gusta, will take place in Granite. Church on
Wednesday evening.
OXFORD COUNTY.
There is to be cattle show and fair at East
Dlxheld. Oct. 22d. a% tNe
Kezar Falls is again blessed with sunshine.
Happy Kezer Falls. 1F
Benjamin Hodgdon of East Buckfield, is set
ting one and one-half acres of superior land for
to cranberry plants of the best varieties, in
Guiding the Belle.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY
Canker rash and scarlet fever are prevailing
in Guilford and vicinity %
The Piscataquis Baptist Quarterly meeting
will meet with the Baptist church in Dexter,
Oct. 18th, at p.m., and continue over the Sab
bath
PRNOBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that eleven thousand five
hundred aud ninety letters were received at the
postotice in that city during the week ending
Monday night.
The valuation of real estate in Bangor is
$6, 32S,0S3: personal estate, $3,5S5,734; total
valuation, $9,913,817 The rate of taxation is
w, and the tax on real and personal estate
amounts to S2S7 .500.69
The Wing says Mr.. John Pierce of Hudson.
mas lett at that office an apple which is real
curiosity 1t grew on a tree which bears the
variety known as ''Lady's Blush" and one-balf
the apple is of that species, but the other half
is OF deep red, entirely different in appear
ance and resembling the apples of ''Beauty
of Kent tree, some distance away in the same
orchard 1t is supposed that some insect. bee
for instance, by carrying pollen from the last
named tree to the blossoms of the first named
assisted in producing this curious fruit.
Mr.. Patrick Crogan, well known in BANGOR
and vicinity, died at his residence in Hermon
on the 10Th ult., at the advanced ape of 81
years. He came to this country when II; N, h %
youth, and entered the army in time to partici-
pate in the famous battle of New Orleans
SOMERSET COUNTY. .
Farmers should remember that the Maine
Board of Agriculture will hold three davs'
session at Skowhegan, commencing Oct. 9th
WALDO COUNTY.
Joel French, esq.,, of Stockton, sc years old
who has always voted the Democratic ticket a}
the last election walked two and half milas
and deposited his vote for Perham, BELIEVING
that vote for Kimball was vote for Greeley
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The Times says the shipment of lumber from
Calais during the fall promises to be brisk
There has been no drouth this season, and The
mills have been steadily runnins Notwith.
standing the large shipments that have been
made but little impression has been made unon
the piles upon the wharves. The mills are en-
abed to keep up the supply as fast as it is shin
ped.
Col. Joseph Adams, prominent citizen of
Cherryfeld, died on Friday last, over ninety
years of age
YORK COUNTY.
The old Jail at Alfred has been entirely d.
nolished and large portion of the granite in
t is used in the construction of the new one
IN GENERAL.
The First Maine Cavalry Association are bav-
ng neat pamphlet made of their doings last
week.
Gen, Seldom Conor has been offered the Cow
of the National Military AsyIum az
but has declined "'
All of our State exchanges complain of not.-
oes rotting in the fields.
The wet weather has done considerable injury
o beans, oats and other unharvested crops.