The Portland daily press., 1873-11-29

The Kennebec Journal says gentleman in
Augusta, attending the church the other Sum
day, when the contribution box was passed,
fumbled round in his pocket for a cent, and
tshed out i've dollar gold piece which he put
into the treasury of the Lord before he discoy-
cred his mistake. He wouldn't think now of
going to the treasurer OF that church and ask
inc for the four dollars aud ninety-nine cents
change!
Mrs Margaret Harvey, about fifty-two years
of age, was found dead in her bed Wednesday
morning, in the house Of Mr.. Chas. jenkins in
Augusta, where she was temporarily stopping.
She had been in feeble health Tor some time,
and the coroner decided her death was the re-
suit of natural causes
KNOX COUNTY
The Catholics of Rockland have formed
temperance organization under the name of
''St. David's Total Abstinence Society,"
The Masonic Relief Association in Rockland
has now about one hundred members and
fund of $500.
The shoe factory in Rochland will resume
work next Monday, says the Free Press
The government will sell at auction in Rock
land next Monday,its buildings and other prop
erty OF vast amount on Dix Island.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The News is informed that the bouse oe
Moses E. Wentworth, Jr, n East Denmark
was entered one evening last week by a burglar
who distracted the pocket-book of Mr.. Went
worth, containing S128 in greenbacks and a
small amount of SPECIE No clue to the thief
has been discovered.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Queen City Dramatic Association gave
an entertainment in Bangor on Wednesday
evening for the benefit of the Children's Home.
The drama presented was sLucretia Borgia."
The Wing says that though petty "heavy''
piece for amateurs to attempt,i was really per-
formed in capital style, which was thoroughly
appreciated and we'll applauded
A correspondent of the Wing writes: The
fall term of the Patten Academy and High
School, which has been under the direction of
MIR. w. W. S. Laton of the Castine State Nor
NAL School, closed on Friday the 21st inst The
term has been very successful. A very pleas
ing feature of the closing hours was the presen-
tation OF copy of Webster's Dictionary, the
unabridged, illustrated edition, by the scholars
to Mr.. Laton.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Our Pittsfeld correspondent says, Tuesday
night, young man named Henry Noble cot
into quarrel with his uncle in regard to an
adze which the uncle claimed Henry had stolen.
Words led to blows, when the young man drew
knife and stabbed his uncle. The officers ar
rested Henry at late hour Wednesday night.
The Somerset railroad bridge at Norridge-
wock is estimated about half way over the river
and is being completed as fast as possible.
The Reporter says work on the Court House
at Skowhegan is progressing finely. The build
ing is to be entirely finished by Jan. LIST.
YORK COUNTY.
Fhe brick masonry on the new French Cath
olic church in Biddeford has been closed for
this fall.
On Friday, john F. Doliff, at work on a
house in Bid1eford, fell from staging, dis
tance of some twelve feet, to the ground, strik-
ing the right hip and splitting the neck of his
thigh BONE
A little son of L. NJ Leavitt Of Saco, caught
his finger in the crack of door on Thursday
week, and jammedit off, holding only by
shred.
IN GENERAL.
:, Ruel w. Greedy, freight conductor on the
Eastern Railroad, had the first three fingers of
hislleft hand iammed completely off Monday
afternoon while shackling cars.
Meetings in the interest of the Penobscot
Bay aud River Railroad will be held in Rock
land and the other towns along the route of
the Knox & Lincoln road early in December.