The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-05

house on Gushing street. in Brunswick,
owned and occupied by Mr. VIM. H. Walker,
was badly damaged by fire on the 29th ult. The
furniture was burned, or broken in removal.
The building was insured
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Onr correspondent writes that at regular
meeting of Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 6, of w.
Harrington, Wednesday evening, Feb. 2, the
following officers were installed: w. G. T.,
W. W. Walker: w. V. T., Clara Putnam; W.
s., A. L. Merrill; W. A. S., Miss L. A. Far
Farmer; W. G., Thomas Davis; W. Nj, Frank
Briggs; w. D. NJ, Miss Clara Bean: l. G.,
Miss Hattie Chandler; o. g., G. E. Mason: r,
& L. H. Supporters, Mrs. NJ T. Bean aud
Mrs. A. j. Temple. This lodge is in flour
ishing condition.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A correspondent writes that the study of
photography has been introduced at Oak
Grove Seminary, Vassalboro the last two
terms One class is able to report at the rate
OF forty words a minute, and another at the
rate of s. words minute.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Free Press tells of cruel man named
John Pratt, who with others tied rope to the
tongue of balky horse and actually pulled it
out of his head. The horse. of course. was
killed, and Pratt has paid for him, but it is to
be hoped he will be visited by heavier penal
ty by the law.
On Saturday, Jan. 30, some fellows who had
disturbed meeting of the Good Templars in
Warren, were arrested and fined. Some of
them refusing to pay were committed to Jail at
Wiscasset.
Thomas D. Hall thinks of starting a semi.
monthly local paper ia Thomaston sometime
next spring, to be called the Thomaston Re-
porter.
LINCOLN COUNTY
A citizen of Waldoboro drives a bull in har-
ness with reins.
The new church, to take the place of the one
burned a few years since in Edgecom5, is near
ly completed and will be dedicated IN few
weeks. The society are working to place an
organ in their house after its completion.
PENoBsCor COUNTY.
The high school girls of Bangor are prepar.
ing to bring out the play of School
sAGADAHoo COUNTY.
lodge organizationl will hoid its quarterly SEES.
sion in Ba4h, on Wednesday, the 10th day OF
February, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. for
one days session. The election of officers for
the remainder of the year will take place at
this session.
Capt W. Wildes of Phpsburg, while with
his oxen in the woods last week, had a leg bad.
succeeded in throwing off the log, which had
fallen upon him, aud getting on the sled start.
ed the oxen, so that he was thus carried to his
home, some two miles away.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
A pipe connecting the kitchen stove with the
tank of bath room in aSkowhegan house, oc-
cupied by Mrs G. II. Skinner, became filled
with ice and the result was a steam explosion
when fire was kindled Thursday morning.
The stove was shattered to fragments. and the
furniture of the room demolished. Fortunate
ly no one was in the room at the moment Of
the explosion.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
James Keith of Calais, employed by Gates
& Wentworth In the lumber woods, was fatally
injured on the I'd inst, by tree falling upon
him, breaking one leg and severing an artery
which the physicians are unable to find He
is slowly bleeding to death.
YORK COUNTY
The pnblic schools in Saco closed their win
ter term Friday. The scholars have vaca.
tion of two weeks.