The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-10

Rev. George Michael received recent visit
from his parishioners, and gifts amounting to
500. During the two years Of, his ministry,
thirty-si2ht have been added to the church.
and tue Sabbath School has been greatly in
creased.
On Thursday, the Sth inst, at 12 O'Clock
noon, the marriage Of James e. HeSey, ESQ.,,
clerk of courts for York county, and Adelaide
M, only daughter of the late henry Roberts,
Esq, took place at the residence of the
mother of the bride in the presence of a few
special friends of the parties, the Rev. W. +.
Holmes officiating. The bridal gifts wers
numerous and noticeably elegant. Immediate
ly after the ceremony sumptuous lunch, re-
fecting great credit upon the caterer, was par
taken of and at half past two o'clock amid con-
gratnations and taking with them the good
wishes OF their many friends the bridal party
left Ga the train Tor a brief bridal tour
AUGUSTA.
Wednesday meeting of the creditors of e.
& A. G.. Manson of Augusta was held in AL
fred before the Insolvency Court. Nearly all
the creditors were present represented. Il.
& A. G. Manson made statement which
showed .their liabilities to be about $4,000; as
sets practically nothing. Harry Virgin was
appointed assignee.
BANGOR.
The following is statement of the amoant
Of lumber surveyed in Peuobscot county in
| October, 1885, as furnished us by Mr.. Gardner
S79,152 feet; green pine, 1874, III; spruce, 10.
973,S34; hemlock, 2,275 5,S57; total, 10 4S4 $3.50.
| A Bangor druggist by the name of w. S.
| Nickerson is suspected of numbering the child
| of woman whom he seduced. He has fled.
BENTON.
William Rowe, Young man in the employ
of the Kennebec Fibre Co. started ou foot to
visit some relatives in East Benton, last Satur-
| day evening. When about two miles on his
| journey, he was stopped by two men who in
| qaired the distance to Fairfield He told them
| and STATED along, when one of the men struck
| at him with club The young man started
| to run when he happened to think he had a
revolver, which he drew and fred. This
| frightened his would be robbers, and he was
| left to pursue his way in peace.
BETHEL.
| Mrs. VIM. 0. Shaw, of Bethel, while look
| ing through the attic of her house, found a
large pan of meal Thinking the meal good
| and left there accidentally, she mixed it with
| other provender aad fed it to her horse. The
horse did not live long 1t transpred that the
meal was impre ;nated with rat poison, and
| was intended fer the sole diet of rats. The
| horse was worth 5000.
BELFAST.
Daniel Faance, whose death has already
been reported, was for many years one of Bel
fast's prominent grocers, but retired from bust
| ness some years ago. At the time of his deatf
he was director of the Belfast National Banl
| and agent for the A. w. johnson fund for thu
| relief of the poor. He was respected by al
who knew him, and will be greatlysmlssed.
GoRHAM.
Mr. Bray, who was shot recently by his SON
| in-law, is recovering, with the exception OF his
right lung, which gives him considerable
trouble. 1t is thought that the bullet pene
| trated the lung, or went SO near as to cause iE
fiammation, He is able to walk about thu
house.
Foster Wakefield, lad sixteen years of age
| met with a sad accident last week, resulting
fatally. While in the act of moving gun
| from agon in which he had been riding, i
was discharged, the charge of shot entering hi
chest. He lived nearly twenty-four hours aftel
the accident.
LIMlNGToN.
Rev. w. E. Haskell will give course of lee
lures OF eighteen weeks duration tothe student
of the Medical College at Lewiston, on chem
istry nd microscopic anatomy.
MADISON.
Last Tuesday evening Mr.. Augustus Libby
of New York, on visit to the woolen mil
here, gave an oyster supper and entertainment
to the mill employees The entertainment con
sisted of singing, followed by the supper, ,whic
proved very acceptable. After the sappe
| speeches interspersed with music were mad
hv Rev Mr.. Mitchell, Messrs. Libby, Flint
| w 0SkOQ anu OO0opOCNs thO oSOhe' AZ AZ
Iibby's remarks he thanked the help for thei
faithfulness during the past year, and for thei
good work. All fully enjoyed the evening
and it will be remembered with the greatest 0
pleasure. :.
The business in the wooen mill is at II
height and orders ahead. The principal good
manufactured are fAnnels, strictly all WOO
Mr. Weston has been making some repairs o
his saw mill, but has it nearly completed
Some building is going on, but the boom
stopped until another mill is built, and bring
more operatives. e. r. B.
PORTER.
Mr.. Timothy Brooks was killed recently by
tree falling upon him.
IN GENERAL.
James G.. Blaine has become grandfather
The interesting event took place at the hom
of Mrs Colonel Coppenger, at Fort Leaver
worth, Wednesday. A son was born to hel
Mrs. Blaine is with her daughter.