The Portland daily press., 1885-08-19
THE STATE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CoIrNrY.

MT. Charles Garcelon, mail agent between
Bath and Lewiston, has closed his duties in
this position, making his final trip, Monday.
Mr.. Garcelon has been in the mail service on
his route over twelve years
A copy of an old Portland Gazette, of the
date of June 80, 1910, is owned by Harrison
Atwood of Auburn. 1t was found wrapped
about a package of deeds belonging to Solo
mon Atwood, his father, and is in remark
ably good state of preservation.
There is an apple tree on Main street, Lew
iston, near the State Fair Grounds, that con-
talns both blossoms and apples. The tree
was set out in the spring and seemed to have
more than the usual number of blossoms and
now is again full of buds and blossoms
James Coughlin of Lewiston, serving a
sentence of a Year in Auburn O iail. H. esca9ped
from the Jail yard Sunday forenoon. Cough
lin was IN jail for breaking and entering
Weber q Browns paint shop over a year
ago and had four months more to serve. He
is about IS years of age. He had about S25
in money it is said.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Sebago Steamboat Company have de-
cided to build a new steamer next year, for
use on TIE lake.
The three wooden mills at Briagton are
now running on full time. The corn-pack-
ing establishment viii commence operations
soon.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Business on the Green Mountain railroad
at Bar HarbOr is very brisk, and the train is
kept constantly at work. Sixty-two persons
went up over the road in one car on Satur
day.
Rev. John P Cushman, a graduate of
Union College and Seminary, New York, and
former pastor at Royalston, Mass, was in
church in Castine Thursday of last week.
The Bar Harbor business is looking up,
and already the Maine Central and Boston &
Maine are feeling the effect in their earnings
Close observers of seashore resorts say that
Mount Desert is destined to be the great
ocean resort of America, and that the bust
ness the present season will be the heaviest
In the history of the place.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Fall term of Kent's Hill Seminary will
open next Tuesday.
The South Congregational church in Hal
lowell, have contracted for new organ at a
cost of about Zoo.
The new Industrial School for Girls build
ing at Hallowell, will be completed about
the 18th of September.
Steam will be employed in cooking the
| food for troops at the coming encampment of
militia the stoves, which are always much
trouble and bother, being done away with
The bean-h0le will be dug as usual how
ever.
Trout fishing is very fair in this section,
Says tlc Augusta JOuflldl. Inc late leaVY
rains have raised the water so that the fish
have assembled the brooks. An Augusta fish
erman had good luck in Winthrop stream
recently, taking over 100 trout many of them
being large in size.
To all appearances successful future is
before the Friends School, known as Oak
Grove Seminary, at Vassalboro. The new
building is up, and the roofers are at work.
The structure is 40X60 feet, four stories in
height, and will contain twenty-one rooms.
1t will be completed in October, when
grand dedication will occur. The Fall term
of the institution commences the last of the
present month, and Principal Jones has al
ready received seventy applications for adj
mission.
Rev. Edward Chase of Hallowell, has ac-
cepted the position of principal of the Halo
well Classical School, and also to assume the
duties OF the boarding department, Mrs.
Chase acting as matron. They give their
services for the benefit of the school in its
present emergency. A good corps of teach
ers will be engaged and the FAN term will
commence September Sth. Rev. Mr.. Chase
will still continue his pastoral labors with
the Congregational church.
LINCOLN COUNTY
AT a meeting of the Squirrel Island Asso
citation, Saturday, the following officers were
elected: President N. B. Reynolds, Auburn:
Secretary, Prof. l.. G. Jordan, Lewiston !:
Treasurer, s. G. Whitehouse, Esq, Augusta !;
Directors, N. b. Reynolds, L. G. Jordan, DR..
Thompson of Augusta, Hiram Holt of Will
ton, Charles A; White of Gardiner, and Read
Nichols of Bath.
PENOBSCoT COUNTY.
Mr.. Jean G. Aganier, a graduate of Bangor
Seminary in 1882, has accepted call to New
London, Ohio.
The washout at the Basin Mills, caused by
the late storm, will cost the town of Orono
about $500.
The distance between Bangor and Halo
well is rs miles 1t was covered by Wander
bits r.in.1 hour and 20 minutes-a rate of
81 miles an hour.
YORK COUNTY.
ID. o. Bean of Cornish, graduate of Dart
mouth, has secured situation as principal
OF Haverhill Academy. at salary of 81 900
per year, with prospect of advancement.
L. ii. Kendall was unanimously elected
Captain of the Biddeford Light Infantry, at
an election heldIatItheir armory Monday eve
ming. Col, f. w GuDtil of Saco of the GOV