The Portland daily press., 1883-09-19
from our Exchanges.1

Rev. J. K. Mason D. D., pastor of the Con-
gregational church in Fryeburg has resigned.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin has signifed his in
tention OF presenting to Paris, his native town,
fine town clock, which he desires to have
placed in the Baptist church, Paris Hill.
The freight business on the Bangor & Pts
cataquis railroad is now unusually large.
Thursday the regular freight train consisted
OF 19 cars, and in six successive days 107 cars
OF freight were transported. There is a nota-
BILE increase in the amount of slate being ship
ped both from Brownville and Monson.
Rev. T. G. Russell, pastor of the Baptist
church of Springvale, surprised his congrega-
ton, last Sabbath, at the close of the sermon,
by reading letter of resignation. He will
enter on the work of general missionary with
that part of the State west OF the Penobscot
river as his field.
The 26th semi-annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Good Tenn plars will be held at Oak
land, Thursday. Oct IS, 1883, in Memorial
Hall, commencing at 10 a. m. Arrangements
have been made as follows: The Maine Cen
trail Railroad and its branches, Grand Trunk,
Knox & Lincoln and Rumford Falls & Buck
field roads will sell round trip tickets for one
fare at their stations. Members who come
over the Portland & Ogdensburg, Portland &
Rochester, Bangor & Piscataquis, Sandy River,
Bridgton & Saco, and Somerset railroads, will
be furnished with return checks at the session
by the Grand Secretary.
The Bangor city government has appropris
ated 81 900 toward the construction OF Agri-
cultural Hall at the Eastern Maine fair
grounds.
An adjourned meeting of the Unitarian
church at Bangor, was held Friday evening.
At meeting held some months since it was
voted that Mr.. Stewards connection with the
church close in six months beginning with
Aug. 1st At the meeting Friday it was voted
that Mr. Stewards work with the church cease
at once, but that his salary be paid for six
months dating from Aug. 1st. A committee
is satisfactory to Mr.. Stewart. though he was
ready to fulfil his agreement with the church.
At regular communication of Naval
Lodge, No. 1856, f. & A. M, held at Masonic
Hall, Kittery, Wednesday evening last, the
following officers for the ensuing year were in
stalled by Past Master VIM. W. Locke: W.
M, Theodore Wilcox; S. W., Edwin A. Dun
can; j. W, Samuel Taylor; Treas, VIM. W.
ocke; Sec., Levi L. Goodrich; s. D., Thomas
j. Pettigrew; j. D., Jesse Fl. Getchel; s. s..
VIM. Bray; Mar. Augustus S. Stevenson; (;
Chap, Charles L. Plummer; Tyler, Chas. j.
Lydston; Committee on Charity, Ephraim @.
Spinney, Horace Mitchell, Jr.
A fifteen year old French boy, a worker in
No. Pepperell mill, Biddeford, got his right
hand caught in a doubler Monday and had it
badly wounded. DR.. f. G. Warren dressed
| the injury.
Coal Miners Demanding Their Terms.
STEUBENvILLE, o., Sept. 18-About three
| months 20 the operators at Market coal shaft
declined to pay IL cents per bnshel for dig
| ging, and asked the miners to accept reduc.
ton The miners refused, and the works were
shut down. Last night the operators offered
| IA cents per bushel. The miners refused to
! accept less than IL cents, and the works are
still idle. About 100 men are out of work.