The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-29
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that Mr.. Allen
Smith has a large trout breeding pond near his
residence in Auburn.
Canker worms are troubling the orchards in
Androscoggin county, if possible, worse than
last year.
On Friday at 1 o'clock D. ~, the corner
stone of the new Universalist church in Au
burn was laid with appropriate exercises. A
brief address was delivered by the Rev. Mr..
Snow, pastor of the Auburn church,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph says that there is
a family at work in the cotton mill in Bruns-
wick which consists of father and mother and
twenty four children, all the children large
fourth wife; a brother of the husband living
with his fifth wife in Montreal, has twonty five
children.
At meeting of the trustees of the Bridgton
Academy, held at North Bridgton, Thursday,
it was voted to renew the offer OF transferring
the academy property to the state in consider
alton of the establishment of a Normal school
on the academy grounds.
At the annual meeting of the Bridgton Saw
ings Bank holden Wednesday afternoon, Ru-
fus Gibbs, VIM. A. Stevens, John p. Perey,
WIN. f. Perry and b. T. Chase were elected
Trustees At acsnbsequent meeting OF the
trustees Rufus Gibbs was elected president
and p. P. Burnham secretary and treasurer.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
There will be grand temperance celebration
on the 4th of July, under the auspices of the
League, Reform Club and the Women's Aid
Society. Temperance speakers from abroad
have been engaged After the Grafton there
will be dinner and grand temperance ball
in the evening.
The Western Hancock Agricultural Society
will give their first cattle show and fair at
Mountain View Park near Bucksport Village,
commencing October 7th and continuing three
days,
Hudson Cunningham we'll known horse
dealer of Ellsworth, died at Nevada, Cal, May
g. whittier he had gone for his health. He leaves
a wife and one child in Ellsworth.
KNOX COUNTY.
1t is proposed to have a grand temperance
dressed by DR.. Henry A.. Reynolds pres dent
Of the Bangor Reform Club, and Mr.. William
A. Langley, vice president of the same organi
cation.
A correspondent of the Rockland Gazette
has found mineral spring whose never fail
ing waters contain iron, lime, magnesia, sui
phnric acid, carbonc acid gas, aid chlorine.
1t is situated two miles from the postoffice in
Rockland, on the so called ''Marsh Road TO
Thomaston, on the farm of William Butler,
esq.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Lincoln County News says that quo
rum of the incorporators of the Waldoboro'
Savings Bank met on Monday evening, when
the charter was accepted and a committee
chosen to draft by laws and regulations.
A Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was
organized at Bristol Mills last week. Capt.
Harvey Cloudy was chosen master.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Mr.. f. w. CampbelPs house in Kingman
was destroyed by fire Thursday morning about
six O'Clock, with all the furniture and provs-
ions.
On the 18th instant the Fish Commissioner
put 80 1000 young SALMON into the Mattawam-
keag at Kingman and 10000 at Bancroft
The Bangor Wing says that man named
Gardiner, 65 years old, claiming to belong in
Pennsylvania, but who had been toAroostook to
visit his daughter, stopped at house in Brad
ford, May IA, ragged and SO diseased, that be
died last Wednesday, He claims to have two
brothers in Augusta.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The directors of the Squirrel Island Associa.
ton meet at the island June 1st to lay Out
paths and walks, Forty thousand feet OF
lumber has been purchased for sidewalks.
The Bath Times says that there were numer,
GUS fires on the Brunswick plains Thursday
along by the railroad track. One near Cook s
Corner, which burned 15 cords of wood, was so
hot that the freight train was unable to pass
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Mrs Augusta Champion, one of the victims
of the drug store explosion in Boston, was for
| merly a resident of Bath.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
DIR. James Bates was the first Master Of
| Somerset Lodge of Masons in Skowhegan, aud
| is the original member surviving of the first
| lodge of Masons in Somerset county. He is 50
| years of age and lives in Yarmouth.
WALDO COUNTY.
| The lodge room of the Masons in Belfast has
been destroyed and they have now in contem
| platon building that will cost some $50 600
containing stores on the first floor offices on
the second, and the third will be for the use Of
| the Masonic bodies. The plan seems to be tt
| invest $4,000 already in the treasures of the
fraternity, and form a stock company with
| shares of 1875 each.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Eastport Sentinel sayslthat in Dennys
vile. owing to theIdullness of time, thel people
are devoting an unusual attention to farming
particularly stock raising