The Portland daily press., 1885-12-23

Minor Matters.
the STATE.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.


Oak Grove Seminary has just been presented
with two fine engravingS, one of Whittier, the
other of Agassiz. They are to be hung upon the
Sarah Marble Of the State Normal School, Provi-
dence, r. l. Within the past, few, weeks many
new volumes have been placed on the shelves OF
the library. In addition to the present courses OF
study a full commercial department is to be
opened in the spring term under the supervision
of Charles Fletcher.
KNOX COUNTY.
Mr. Alvin Rollins and wife of Camden have gone
to Central America, to be gone about tive years.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The new boat club recently organized in Bangor
through the efforts of MIR. NJ. +. Davis OF Port
land, has now over seventy-lye members. They
have already ordered an eignt-oared shell and
contemplate four and two singles before the
river opens. Work will soon begin upon new
boat house for the club.
j. F. Woodman, of the Bangor Ice Company,
started his crews at work scraping the snow from
their ice field on the Kenduskeag stream Monday.
There is about five inches OF clear black ice all
over the field and if the weather holds favorable
cutting will seon begin.
movement is being started to tear down the
Eldrdge sash and blind factory in Dexter, and
substitute four-set woolen mill OF brick.
The Dexter Gazette says the Barron suits now
pending is the estate vsthe bank and is to compel
the bank to return the $4,000 insurance money
which the court has already decided the bank
cannot use. This case has no reference to the
auditors, and is the only one before the court,
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Z. Upton, Esq, of the Bath Times, is seriously
i'll.
Eben johnson, formerly of Bath, and long be-
eved dead, is now reported alive in China He
has been gone from home upwards OF 80 years.
WALDO COUNTY,
John Reeves of Northport committed suicide
at hotel in Belfast, Saturday night, by shooting.
Cause, ill-health and despondency. He was fifty
years old or more.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
No pact at RohbinStoO w
burned to the ground recently, leaving the in
mates only time to put on their clothes and save q
part of their bed clothes and a few articles Of
furniture, says the Eastport Sentinel.
The members of the Monument Society of Ma
chias have been working hard to raise the money
for a soldiers monument. Their last far, held
few days ago, swelled the amount to $4,000 and
measures will Immediately be take TO procure
the memorial to MachiaS soldiers.
Reuben Seavey of East Machias died very sud
denly few nights ago He arose in the night to
shut a door which had accidentally been left
OPEN and not returning his wife became alarmed
and search was made, resulting in the finding of
Mr.. Seavey lying face downward on the ground.
dead. Heart disease was the probable cause of
his death, says the Republican.
YORK COUNTY.
The Knights of Labor of Biddeford will request
the proper officers of the law to enforce the law
as it now exists in relation to the employment of
children i'll cotton mills.
Frank Irish, the Elm street blacksmith is the
heaviest man in Biddeford. He weighs Just 800
pounds. He and his son Howard, who is but 16
years of age tip the scales at just 500 pounds
Evangeline Lodge, Daughters Of Rebekah, of
Biddeford, celebrated its re eleventh anniversary m
costume party was given which was very en1oya,
BILE, most Of the costumes being original and
unique in design. Among the visitors We're
Grand Secretary Joshua Davis, Messrs. Frye and
Kelsey with their wives, all Of Portland. An ex-
cellent collation. was served.