The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoaGIN COUNTY.

Last Saturday was the anniversary of Lisbon
Reform Club About 200 people came from
Lewiston and Auburn and South Lewiston on
the regular and extra trains Five hundred
persons took supper at the Baptist vesGry and
there was food enough left for one hundred
more at least. 1t was a very enjoyable and
profitable occasion.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A correspondent to the Lewiston Journal
writes: No new cases of small pox have occur-
red in Car thage for several DAYS. Young Bar
rett died Saturday. This makes fourteen deaths
in all. The disease has proved of very malig-
nant type. Nearly all have died who had not
been previously vaccinated, and all. or nearly
all, got we'll who have been vaccinated.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
The Journal says it may be recorded that the
ice finally left the Kennebec, and the river was
open for navigation this year, on Saturday, the
9th of April
The Journal says the south tenement in the
double house at Pettengil's Corner, owned by
George o. Weeks, Esq, took fire on the roof
on Sunday forenoon, at half past IL o'clock, the
fire being occasioned by sparks from a chimney.
But little damage.waS done.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Bath Times says Bootbbay has voted to
fund the town debt which amounts to about
500, 900; appropriated 5000 for common schools;
$500 for free high school; $500 to introduce free
text books.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Democrat says Mrs. Elijah Brown of
Bethel, had both of her legs broken last Sab
bath on her way to church.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Commercial says the Maine Central
Railroad Company are shortly to remove all
their repair shops from Pennington to Water
vile. This will be heavy blow to the lively
little village at West Pennington.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Our Bowdonham correspondent writes that
the interest in the temperance meetings in that
town was never before equalled in that village.
All classes attend the meetings and are taking
part in the good work.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Our Fairfield correspondent writes: "Our
lumbermen bave returned from the woods, hay
ing secured their logs for another season. The
amount cut has been about one half the usual
quantity.--lt has been and is very sickly in
our village this spring. lung diseases being yery
prevalent--The temperance interest Claims
the attention of all classes at the present time
The Reform Club is hard at work, holding two
meetings regularly during the week and a grand
rally at the hall every Sunday evening. They
have now upon their iron-clad pledge 120 names.
The Ladies' Aid Society and our citizens gene
rally who are not eligible are doing all they can
to help on the work. The reading room is fur
nished in neat and substantial manner, and
through the generosity of our people provided
with eight daily papers, forty weekles and
twelve monthly journals and publications. An
drews' Hall was filled to overfowing Sunday
evening" April 9, on the occasion of one of the
public meetings of the club--Rev G. Purin.
ton continues his lsboIs with the Unversalist
church another year. Duriog the year past
large additions have been made to the Sunday
School, and the regular attendance has mate
rally increased. Prayer meetings have been
established. whlch,have awakened deep inter
hall House has been sold to Mr.. Brackett of
Massachusetts, the owner of the Fairfield
House. 1t is understood that at the end of the
year one of the hotels will be opened as board
ing school,