Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-25

Nocal ann State Mems.
There will be a regular mceling OF the city
council this Saturday afternoon at % O'Clock.
a new 800 lb. bell has just been hung in the
tower of the Catholic Church in Pennington.
The Litchfe.d Town Show will bc held at the
Plains on the 9TH of October.
Governor Dingley and the Executive Council
visited the Reform School, yes erday, with the
Trustees.
Volume Is Of Applctons new American Cyco'
pUda is out, and will soon be delivered TO SUD
sclibers.
Rev w H. Dearborn will preach a sermon to
young people in the Universast church, Sabbath
evening.
Rev Mr. Curtis of this city, will preach in ker
nebupk tomorrow, and Rev. c. c. ViIal OF Ken
nebunk will occupy Mr.. Curtis pulpit in this city
The Biddeford Times states the curious fact that
Caleb VIM of Lebanon, has an apple tree on his
farm one half in bloom and the other half loaded
with apples.
The State Fair which closed yesterday, was ia
vored with remarkably good weather throughout.
Though the air was rather chilly it was preferable
to storm or danpness.
The Union religious service will be holden to-
morrow afternoon at the Free Baptist church at
PIP o'clock. Sermon by the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Penney. Seats free. All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Ktching, Boston lady, was thrown from
horse which she was riding, in Brunswick, yes
terday morning, and was taken up insensble. 1t
is feared she was badly injured.
Mr.. Hyatt Miner shot blue heron Bond
brook Thursday afternoon. The bird measured
feet between the tips of its wings, and four feet
from its toes to the top of its head
There will be no services in the NJ L. church,
Hallowel, on next Sabbath morning. Sabbath
school as usual. Preaching in the afternoon by
Rev. r. Sandelson Of Augusta
Lewis Simpson of Brunswick recently lost two
cows from milk fever. They we've sick bat 4 few
DAYS, and no remedy could be found ciectual for
then relief. The cows were yalacd at $500.
The neat little humorous item, in reference to
State news Of yesterday, should have been cred
tied to the Belfast Journal and was marked in
the copy.
Daniel Barrett AMI jaime. Brown shot a bear in
Weld few days ago. Bruin had been making
free use Of the corpfelds; he weighed about 800
lbs. and measured feet in length. The State
gives a bounty of s. for all such animals lives
this year.
Pennington has bcea afflicted Fire dis
cerned at half past ten o'clock, Thursday evening
near the corner of Main street and Broadway;
seven stores were destroyed, in one Of which was
located the Sandy River National Bank. Loss
$40 900.
Though the apple crop is light in New England
this year, it is not everywhere. The lest Calais
Advertiser says it is expected that 10000 barrels
OF apples, worth $40 900, will be produced in An
napolis Co., n. S. this \ cargo is to be TAX
en- to Glasgow at once.
Miss Maxwell has returned from New York with
nice lot of choice millinery goods OF all desciip-
tons, selected from the largest and best establish
ments in the country. The goods win be ready
for inspection Monday, 9th. The day Of opening
and display will be announced in a few days.
We have received from Lorng. Short 4 IIar-
mon, Portland, the Maine Farmers Almanac for
1876. This is the fifty-eighth number of this val
liable almanac Col. A. Masters, one of tie pres
ent publishers of the work has superintendent the
printing of every number, and we hope he will
live to snperntend many more.
The Skowhegan Reporter says playful little
kitten occupied one of the chairs beside Rev. Mr..
Aver, in the pulpit during service Sabbath morn
ing. She kept very quiet and listened attentively
10 the preachers words. "That naughty little kit
ten who lost its mittens," may yet turn out to be
"the Minister'S Religious Cat"
The Old Orchard House is to be erected on the
high knoll on the Foss farm, so-caled, a little
south of the site of the Old Orchard road. The
ground has already been staked out The new
house is to be 800 feet the font toward the sea,
with an ell 100 feet long. The building is to be
four and five stories in height.
The Houton Times says the Caribou people
have completed contract with the River du Loup
Railway Co., for the building of a railroad from
Fort Fairfield to Caribou. TIE agreement is that
the town is to give the right Of way, grade bridge
and sleeper the road, and the Company will then
put on the rails, furnish the rolling stock and rr.l
it. They propose to beg in work at once.
In its report of the recent First Maine Cavalry
Reunion, the Rockland Free Press says
"Major j. d. Myrck of Fitchburg, Mass, read
poem containing the true ring Of the sabre
thrcu'hou' filed with stirring passages and
pleasant illusions to the old service times, well
as noetica dissertations of events while the regi-
ment was in the field He was warmly applauded
at various point. Weregret that we are unable to
give cur readers few extracts from this stirring