The Portland daily press., 1884-04-11
ALFRED.

At an unusual large parish meeting of the
Congregational church in Alfred on Wednes-
day afternoon, the 9Th inst, it was voted with
out opposition to hire for the ensuing year the
Rev. George Michael, who has occupied the
pnlpit the last two and half years.
Rev. W. f. Holmes. the Methodist minister
here for the past three years, young and very
popular man, leaves for conference at Bath on
Monday for new appointment. The hearty
good wishes OF the people go with him.
DEXTER.
j. Springall, M. D., of Dexter. was arraign-
cd before Judge sprague Tuesday for selling
liquor. He was fined 800 and costs He ap-
pealed. The principal witness was man by
the name of Dexter, who is supposed to be a
"spotter." he had been there for the last
two or three weeks pretending to be selling
jewelry.
FORT FAIRFIELD.
There was shipped from the port of Fort
Fairfield, over the New Brunswick Railroad,
during the month of March, 81 900 bushels of
potatoes, $500, 600 shingles, 1856 tons of hay, 25
tons OF straw, 1906 railroad sleepers AZ head
of cattle, 10 cases of eggs, IA tons clover seed,
and 10 cars OF general merchandise.
HARRINGTON.
The franklin County Savings Bank has
elected the following officers: Hon. j. w.
Fairbanks, president; 1. Warren Merrill, treas
urer. Number of depositors, 1885; amount
of deposits, $325, 03328.
Rev. Charles r. Thwing, of Cambridge,
Mass, son of Deacon j. P. Thwing of this vii
lage, has been rendered the professorship of
Church History in the Oberlin, o Theological
Seminary.
HALLowELL.
On account of the low price of cotton goods,
the Hallowell Cotton Manufacturing Company
has decided to shut down their factory as soon
as the stock of material on hand is exhausted.
LINCOLN.
The pulp mill at Lincoln now manufactures
FIVE tons of pulp daily. The product of the
pulp mill a West Great Works has increased
to % tons daily.
Wednesday forenoon a man fairly dressed
stepped into John N. Woods coal office in
Lewiston, and, giving his name, said he want
ed to pay bill of about 81 for coal. He had
lived in Lewiston in 1871, and the bill was IA
years old. He said that he had been bad
man; he had been in Auburn Jail, In Char
lestown State prison, and also had served
term in prison in Canada. The greater part
of his life since 1871 has been spent in Jail and
prison. Most of it was for the crime of lar
ceny caused by intemperance. He had mem
orandum book in his pocket which contained
the names of parties from whom he had stolen.
One Of them read, "Stolen from Daniel Graf
fam one umbrella; pawned the same for rum"
He said that he had made up his mind to psy
every such bill and be free from conscience
MACHIAS.
When the schooner Ximena was ashore near
Biddeford las+ winter hogshead of molasses
WasI~nen ont and left on the high beach
nile the schooner was moved off and repair
ed. The freight was reloaded, including the
hogshead. Last week the freight was discharg-
ed at Machias, and the owner of the molasses,
on tapping the hogshead, found it to be FLIED
with water, and not nnoi6sso5. Tho exchange
had been made by some OF the beach residents
while the hogshead was there.
sTANDIsH.
Mr.. ]. NJ Mason of Standish, graduate OF
Colby University in the class of 1880, grad.
uated from the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia March 20, 1884, with the highest
honors, having won the college medal for the
best essay upon subject pertaining to obstet.
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