The Portland daily press., 1884-05-28

fill the vacancy in the office of Major in the
Second Regiment, NJ. V. M, Capt W. T..
Harding of Hampton, was unanimously elect
ed.
AUGUSTA.
Major Phipps, commander of the United
States arsenal at Augusta, sails for Europe
the 18th of June, accompanied by his children
He will be absent about three months, and
will spend the most of his time in Paris and
Switzerland.
s. A. Doten, Esq, of Barring, last week re-
ceived from the pension department So, OBJ
back pay.
Mr.. Robert A. Webster of Bangor, on Satur-
day had removed from the bone of his left arm
piece of bullet with which he was shot at
the battle of Hatchef's Run in March, 1865.
BowDoLNHAM.
Mr.. j. B. Ham, principal of the Bowdoin-
ham High School, was tried before Trial JUS
tice Potter at Bowdoinham, Satur az, on a
charge of assault and battery on Benjamin
Higgins, one of the scholars. The evidence
did not show that the punishment was excess
sive, and Mr.. Ham was acquitted.
BowDoN.
A very pleasant day was enjoyed by the
Free Baptist church at West Bowdoin, on
Sunday, May 25th. After the morning ser.
vice, the pastor, Rev. e. G. Page, baptised 81
persons, and all united with the church -18
males and females. This church, by death
and removal, has grown weak for some time,
but under the faithful labors of the pastor it
bids fair to be again one of our strongest coun-
try churches.
PENNINGTON.
Rev. r. B. Howard, formerly pastor of the
Congregational church at Pennington, closed
his official relation with his church at Rock
port, Mass, last Sunday, preparatory to taking
fbk afor in 1F 81 vi Da.1 oon
ETY..
The May quarterly meeting of Friends
opened at their church in North Fairfield ON
Friday, and closed Sunday. Saturday fore
noon was devoted to the transaction of the bus
I, W. Hawkes. preached from Romans xiv, 10.
Sunday forenoon, Freeman Andrews spoke
from Matt. vi, 1920. Pertinent remarks were
also made by Rev. O. M. Jones. In the after
noon the services were of general character
earnest words being spoken by many present.
G. M. Bailey, ESQ.,. of Winthrop, led the noon
prayer meeting.
OLD ORCHARD.
There is good prospect of holding three
days meeting of the oranges throughout the
State, at Old Orchard, some time in August
Most of the oranges are in favor of having
each grange bring its own tent and camp out.
Ii the meeting can be arranged, good pro-
gramme will be prepared, and an effort will be
made to have the Master of the National
Grange present.
Everything is looking up at Old Orchard,
and many cottagers have already arrived.
Quite an army of painters and carpenters
come down from Saco every morning, and as
result many houses are improving in appear
ance. The ever popular Hotel Fiske has a
new coat of sage green, with a handsome red
for the roof, which will make this the moss at
tractive to the eye of any house on the beach.
Work OF LAYING the new sewer has come to a
standstill for the present, and the contractors
scratch their heads and look puzzled. The
water soaks in through the sand, and prevents
the cement around the joints from hardening.
Mrs. Msnson's cottage, "Ingleside," has been
purchased by Mrs. G. W. Holman, and will
open early. Mrs. Ell. is no novice in the role of
landlady, and under her charge this is sure to
become one of the most popular of the small
houses. Mrs. Manson is setting things to
rights at the Bay View, and has already re-
ceived applications for a large number of
rooms. There is every indication of busy
season at Old Orchard, and the report that
Portland capitalists are going to get the Old
Orchard Junction Railroad and have through
line to Philadelphia via Buxton, has given an
impetus to the real estate business which moth
ing short OF failure of this, plan will check.
Ii Portlander could have been on the beach
last Sunday afternoon he would have thought
it was July. AS far as the eye could reach the
beach was covered with carriages, carryalls,
village carts, baggies, wagons and baby carri-
ages, each vieing with the other in attempts to
run over some poor pedestrian.
sACO.
Work on the second track of the Boston &
Maine railroad is progressing finely. About
one more week and the steam shovel will
have worked its way through Tappan's Cut.
The abutments are nearly completed for the
new bridge over Beach street, and the bridge
is all done and ready to be put together. The
G.1sa tx< 1Ak@a 49,
Old Orchard to Scarboro, and it is reported
that trains will commence running over it this
week. This will give a doabls-track road
from Portland to Old Orchard. The Boston &
Maine Railroad Company are building num-
Der of parlor cars, which, when done, will be
the finest in New England. They are to be
larger than any now on the road, and will have
paper wheels.
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Worcester Farrar, residing at Razor's
Corner, Washington, has done the housework,
including sewing, for herself and family, con-
sisting OF herself and husband, and woye by an
old-faShioned hand loom since about the LIST OF
December, 1883, two hundred and thirty-fve
yards of rag carpeting and one hundred and
sixty-fVe yards of blanketing. Her age is "a
years.
IN GENERAL.
A petition, unanimously signed by leading
citizens of almost every town in Franklin
county, has been presented to Gov. ROBBIE and
Council, requesting that Alonzo Sylvester OF
Pennington and r. W. Kyes of Jay be ap
pointed special constables for the better en-
| forcement of the liquor law in the county.
The basement. first story and most of the
second story OF the Kneo House, at Moose
head Lake, are plastered, which is about one
half of the whole $4,000 yards, or over six acres
Of plastering which the house contains The
house will be completed, ready for business, by
the middle of July.