The Portland daily press., 1872-12-28
STATE NEWS.


ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The poet SAKE will lecture in Lewiston next
Thursday evening
The Journal says that the following semi-an-
nual dividends have been declared by the Lew
iston manufacturing corporations: Bates, per
cent. Androscoggin, per cent Franklin,
per cent; Continental, per cent; all payable
Jan. LIST.
A Cold Water Temple is to be organized in
Lewiston.
A Journal correspondent says horse thief
was recently scared out of getting a fine nag
near Mechanic Falls one evening last week.
Androscoggin County Lodge of G. T. recent
ly held large and spirited session at North
Turner Bridge.
The Lewiston Journal says that the shipment
of shoes and boots for the last week have
been 4S7 cases, to 1888 cases for the previous
week.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Bridgton Neoos says that Oriental Lodge
of MasOns had public installation last week
when the following officers were installed
Albert Gould, w. M; Charles B. Dodge, S.
W.; Thadeus Cross, j. W.; 1. S. Webb, Treas
urer; B. I. Chase, Secretary; R. I. Barley S.
D.: A. Stevenson, j. d. James Newton, s. S.;
Charles r. Gibbs, Tyler.
Christmas was becomingly observed at Han
| rison Village by the citizens, who, by invita-
ton of the village school, all met at the Town
Hall where three heavily laden trees yielded
! their precious burdens to the merry throng
| There were Christmas trees also at Bolsters
Mills and South Harrison.
iid FRANKLIN COUNTY.
| The Chronicle says that not during the whole
of last winter were the snow pillow and shovel
| called into requisition so many times as in the
month of December, IL.
Nathaniel Harding of New Sharon, manu-
features about $50, 900 worth of boots and shoes
annually: employs about twenty-6y lands,
male and female,
Joseph Morrill, and S. M. How of New
Sharon, sold to Boston parties about eight tons
of poultry one day this week.
| Snow has fallen at East Wilton on seventeen
days out of twenty three days of the first part
of December.
KENNEBEc COUNTY
The Augusta Journal says that Gen. Cham
berlaln has ordered a meeting of the Capital
Guards on Monday evening next, for the pur-
| pose OF elect'ng Captain and I'd Lieutenant
of the company Capt. Isaac Dyer, of the
Skowhegan Light Infantry will preside
The churches were thinly attended ON Sun
day.-[Standard
Who told you?-[ Kennebec Journal.
Thrifty Kennebec county finds itself 81, 9O4 81
in pocket to begin 1873 with
The Augusta Journal says that good many
houses in that city have been injured this sea-
son, especially those warmed by furnaces, by
the heat arising to the roof melting portion
of the large accumulations of snow and the
water, having no other outlet, has backed up
under the shingles, causing the house to leak,
to the injury OF the house and its furniture.
KNOX cUNrY.
The Rev. Joseph Kalock was made the re.
cipient of an elegant gold-headed cane by his
Dix Island friends on Christmas,
Rockland ministers are preaching on "My
Greed" prompted thereto by Rev. Mr.. Murray
lecture. snr
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
Charleston has voted to lean its credit to build
the Penobscot Central Railroad
The Leader springs up in Bangor as the North.
ern Border.
A Hermon juryman weighs 800 lbs He will
I'LL jurors place full.
Lieut.. Stephen B. Foster late of Co. r. 18th
Maine, died of varioloid in Boston, Monday
He leaves wife in Bangor.
Proposals for building the Bucksport & Ban
gor Railroad are advertised for in the Wing
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Inc cltlzeuS of Canaan are to have public
meeting on the Sth of January, to Consult as
to the best mode of providing means for the
construction of the Kennebec and Wiscasset
| Railroad l-tsts
Mr. lothian Weston of Skowhegan, has made
the past season, commencing Dec. l, 1871, and
ending Dec. 1, 1872 from five COWS, 1860 lbs.
| OF butter and 400 lbs. of cheese. The butter
| has averaged to him 35 cents per pound, and
| the cheese Is cents; bringing in all the snug
sum of $4,000.
| s YORK COUNTY.
| The bill to incorporate Superior Court in
York county is published. 1t contains sections
granting powers similar to the Court in this
| county.
The vessels that went ashore on Wood Is
land the oath inst. mistook that light for Cape
Elizabeth
Last Tuesday at special town meeting in
| Berwick it was voted 81 to 38, to buy hand
tire engine, the whole cost to the town not to
exceed $2500
| Mark A. Gate of Portsmouth, fell dead in the
mgefps6 sBQp has nahye Hsgd aged MaaPd abyS
| ty-fve. SIX
The Times says that Fred Cromwell of So
| Berwick, a Boston & Maine train hand, died of
small pox on Christmas day.
Alonzo Leavitt of Alfred, gives employment
to some 800 people in that and surrounding
towns, making the best class of ready-made
clothing. From IS to 100 pairs of pantaloons
! are made daily. He also gives much attention
| to custom work.
IN GENERAL.
| The Kennebec Journal saws that w, H. Bige-
low, esq.,, of Augusta, formerly of Clinton,
has been appointed postal clerk on the route
between Boston and Bangor.