The Portland daily press., 1875-12-18
STATE NEWS.
COUNTY,

ANOhOSNONuAN COOCAAs
The Lewiston Journal says Messrs. B. G..
dreds of rabbits to firm in New Haven.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
eye Olde Folks of Fryeburg" -"Yes Ancient
and Centennial Choir composed of the Rip
Van Wrinkles of ye ancient Pequaw3ets, some
twenty, recently gave one of their characters
tic concerts in costume, at the Congregational
church. Fryeburg, to large and appreciative
company.
The Webbs Mills reform club, since it was
started, two months, has received more than
five hundred names to the pledges, in town and
vicinity. The club numbers so members, 40 of
whom are active and earnest workers.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Eighty students now attend the seminary at
BuckspOrt
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Journal says Col Osgood, General Agent
OF the Eastern Express, has appointed Mr.. A.
e. Wheeler agent for the company at Win
throp, III place of McCausland & Hannaford,
resigned. Mr.. Wheeler's duties will begin
January 1st
The ice in the Kennebec is hardly thick
enough for harvesting being about eight inches
in thickness.
temperance reform club was organized at
West Gardiner on Tuesday last, by the choice
of E. P. Seavey, President; John Stevens, Vice
President; j. e. Nye, Secretary and Treasurer;
Rev. Asa Gould, Chaplain The meeting was
fully attended and between. thirty and forty
subscribed their names to the pledge.
A temperance club was also organized at
Litchfeld recently, and the temperance interest
in that vicinity is on the increase.
And now correspondent has written to the
kenGebec Journal of gold fish that have been
taken from tank, wrapped in brown paper
and carried in hand basket six to eight hours,
and when put into water have at once revived
and kicked around equal to any other hair
PIN" This as fish story, quite eclipses the
statement OF the Bangor clergyman.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Commercial says considerable fault is
found because the steamer Cambridge makes
but one trip week, instead of two, as adver-
tised. A number Of persons have been put to
considerable inconvenience by it.
The Deputy Sherffs spilled about two hun
bred and fifty gallons of liquors in Bangor, On
Thursday last.
One hundred tons Of sugar passed through
1t was sent from Liverpool to Boston and
thence by rail to st. John. The Wing SAYS this
has never occurred before.
There are large quantities of snow in Patten,
Sherman and towns in that vicinity.
SOMERSET COUNTY
The Odd Fellows of Watervlle and Fairfield
are invited to join the lodge in Skowhegan in a
public installation of the officers of Waterville
and Carrabasset Lodge, Wednesday evening
January 5. The r. w. G. M. of the state is
expected to oficiate, and Benjamin Kingsbury,
Esq, of Portland, will deliver public ad-
dress.
John Piper, ESQ.,, well-known citizen, and
chairman of the selectmen of Smithfeld, died
last week.
On the 10th inst, Mrs. Charles Stetson of
Starks, died, aged 80 years.
Skowhegan people were out the other even
ing to listen to lecture by Wong Ching Foo a
celebrated Chinese mathematician and lectur-
or. 1t has since leaked out that Wong Ching
Foo, so child like and bland is a well known
physician of the town, fixed up for the occasion
The lecture was good one.
YORK COUNTY.
William Grady and Frank Dorr were ar
raigned at a late hour of the session of the Bos-
ton Municipal Court on Thursday last, on a
complaint made by officer Joshua Foster
charging them with robbing Evander G. Dun
lap of York, of 1926 watch and chain and.
waving examination, they were each held in
$4,000.
IN GENERAL.
The Orient says that the following is the
programme of the Bowdoin College Senior and
Junior exhibition, Dec. Goth, 1875: Latin Sal.
utatory, Libby; English translation from
Tacitus, Little; A Century Growth, Andrews;
Mental Discipline, Bates; English Translation
from Schiller, Peary; Oliver Cromwell, Kim.
ball; Heredity of the Imagination, Payne;
English Translation from Demosthenes, Rob.
erts; Moral Energy, Perry; The Philosophy of
Strikes, Sergeant; English Translation from
Napoleon, Sewall; Modern Socialism, Watt,