The Portland daily press., 1883-12-08
MAINE.
Burglaries in waterviIIe.

WATERv1LE, Dec. 7.-The dry goods store
store of Knauff Brothers and L. FL. Soper were
broken into last night and quantities of goods
and cash stolen. The grocery stores of Scales
& Mitchell and William NJ. Lincoln were also
entered through the front windows, but moth
ing was taken.
Maiue PomeIogieal Society.
GARDINER, Dec. AT meeting of the
executive committee of the Maine State Pom
ological Society, held here yesterday, it was
decided to hold the winter meeting of the
society at Brunswick, Jan. 22d and 23d.
bury Esroken by Death.
AUGUSTA, Dec. when the traverse jury
were in session Thursday afternoon, one oi
their number named Levi Ward, respectable
farmer, 63 years of age, was taken suddenly
i'll. He was at once removed to his house al
Pettingalls Corner, where he died in about
three hours. His death was caused by para
lysis of the heart.
Postal Matters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. - The following
changes have been made In the Maine mail
service:
Route 13. Bangor to Bucksport. Eastern
Maine Railway. From Oct. 1. 1883, pay the
Maine Central Railroad Co. instead of the
Eastern Maine Railway Co.
Erastus G. Weeks has been appointed post
master at Jefferson, Me.
AUGUSTA
Thursday evening the members Of the Con.
gregational church and parish of Augusta
voted unanimously to extend a call to Rev.
Arthur f. Skeele of East Bloomfield, N. z,
to be their pastor. Mr.. Skeele is a son of the
late Rev. john Skeele, formerly of Hallowell
is a graduate of Harvard, and prepared him
self for the ministry at the Andover Theologi-
cal Seminary.
BRUNSWICK.
The annual catalogue of Bowdon College
has been published. The total number O
students is 202, of whom 1GS belong to the aca
demical department and 94 to the medical
The senior class numbers 25, the junior rs
sophomore % and freshmen "a. There is one
special student.
DEAD RIVER.
S. A. Parsons, proprietor of the Bigelow
House, Dead River, while plougbipg a few
weeks ago, near the mouth OF Bog Brook, OF
the southerly bank of the Dead River, plough
ed up gun barrel bayonet and the mount
ings of the stock. This was on the direc
route of Arnold's expedition to Quebec. The
gun was probably lost at that time, 108 year.
ago last October.
Eh>I NHW fOhILAND.
Elias Hutchns, Esq, of East New Portland
has in his possession gun taken at Old Point
Aug. %, 1774, when Father Rasle and SO man,
Norridgewock Indians were slain and tn,
tribe broken up. 1t came into the possession
of Mr.. Hutchins grandfather, David Hutch
ms, who was the first settler in New Portland
a century or more ago.
FORT KENT.
We regret to learn that Levi Sears. ESQ o.
Fort Kent, is seriously i'll, says the Aroostoof
Republican. Mr.. Sears is an old and respected
citizen. In 1881 he was the Republican candi
date for State Senator.
HALLowELL.
The Hallowell Granite Company has JUS
closed contract for a monument at Spriug
| field, ILL.,, to Lieut. Governor Menard. If vii
cost $4,000.
KlTTER-.
A large post of the Grand Army of the Re
| public will be organized in Kittery on tn
evening of Dec. 81, by the department officer
| of Maine. The ex-soldiers aud sailors of Kit
terry have for long time felt the need of
| post in their town.
LEWISTON.
Lewiston has 4S schools with 81 teachers
! Total number of scholars attending, 3,736
| amount paid for teachers and superintendent
| the past year, $23, ,091.
LIBERTY.
| Two men riding in wagon attempted t
| take one of Mr.. Bowler's team horses out G
| the wagon and n AXE way with it, The tear
/ was being driven by boy 13 or IA years old
and the boy told them there was another team
| short distance behind, which probably wa
| the means of preventing them from taking tn
horse.
| LIMESTONE.
| A few days ago Andrew Scott an inebriatt
| dropped dead in Wizards rum shop on tn
boundary line near Limestone, says the Re
| publican.
NEW GLOUCESTER.
The barn on the Kidder farm, so called, i
| the southern part of New Gloucester, wa
| burned Wednesday night last. The barn cor
| tained some fifty tons of hay.
| SURREY.
Its a marvel how the buildings of Stephe
Holt, John Oliver, Edward Young, GeorR
| Dunham and Gilbert Davis, which for day
were environed with a wilderness of fame. g
| capped the all-consuming fire which denude
thousands of acres OF forest growth. says tf
Ellsworth American. Like the "Nat Trewo
gy'' fire, which occurred in 1922, 1t wrappe
square miles of forest in flames, and left naugl
in its track but ashes and desolation.
VAN BUREN.
A petition to Congress is being circulate
asking for the building of a wagon bridG
across the st. John, between Van Buren al
st. Leonards, N. B.
WELLS.
Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain lectures here c
Friday evening, the 14th, on the Surrender
Lse," under the auspices of the United Ord
of the Golden Cross.