The Portland daily press., 1890-05-28


up its proposed trip to Lowell and Manches-
to compefs III fneH HcoRpefftltG dflt" tie tss'"ssc see
ond week in August. 1t is expected that 45
men will make the trip.
The new open cars Of the Lewiston and
Auburn Horse Railroad Company arrived
Monday. They were built by the Newbury-
port Car Company, and will go on the belt
line.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
There is movement on foot to consOli-
date the Frenchman's Bay Land Company
and the Sullivan'S Harbor Land Company,
by purchase of the latter company by the
former.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Bodwell farm at Hallowell has been
sold by j.. f. Bodwell, ESQ.,, to Samuel Cur
rier, Jr:, for S12,0c0. Mr.. Currier will take
possession at once, and as soon as some
necessary changes and alterations can be
made will remove his fine lot of horses and
colts there. G. Ii. Nelson will also quarter
some of his best stock at Mr.. Curriers'.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Congregational parish at Wiscasset
has voted to extend call to Rev. G. I. Bur
roughs.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The report of the Rumford Dairying Asso-
is as follows: Whole number inches Of
cream collected, 133, ,901: whole number lbs.
butter made, 81, ,568; cash paid patrons, S1O,-
O9278. The average number of patrons was
40. The directors have sold the cream for
the next year, beginning March 1st. to T. Fl.
Burgess for nine cents during the months of
March, October, November. December, 1890,
and January and February, 1891. and seven
cents for the remaining months of the year.
Rev. Edward Chase of the South Congre-
gationalist church, Hallowell has been in
vited to deliver the baccalaureate address at
the commencement exercises Of Fryeburg
Academy in Fryeburg, June 8th.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Work was begun yesterday tearing up the
pavement on Kenduskeag bridge, in order
that it may be relaid. 1t was found neces-
sary as the holes which have been recently
made demonstrated. 1t will take some time
to do the work.
John Mccarthy of Bangor, eleven years
old, and a pupil Of the Abbott square gram
mar school, while playing in the school yard
last Wednesday, slipped as he was running
was carried home apparently not badly hurt,
but he died on Sunday. after suffering great
pain.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The boy choir made it's first appearance at
Grace church Sunday, and the singing was
enjoyed by large congregations.
Editor Stanwood's cottage at Spring Cove.
Squirrel Island, is rapidly nearing compile.
ton. Saturday the large wooden cistern was
sent down from Bath.
At a meeting of Sedgwick Post, No. 4, G.
A. r. of Bath. held May %, it was voted
that the Post protest against the playing of
base ball on Memorial Day, and that the
Adjutant be instructed to communicate with
the manager of the Lincoln street grounds.
1t is doubtful, however, if the protest
amounts to anything.
wATDO COIrNrv
As Mrs. Fairfield Cole of Winterport was
preparing for breakfast the other morning
she found a leak in her coffee pot, and so put
on her coffee in tin can. AS it began to
boil she was about to remove the cover when
the can exploded, the cover going through
ard nearly the whole contents striking her
in the face. She was very badly scalded.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Black Diamond Granite Works al
South Addison, under the management oi
John l.. Dalot. are now furnishing employ
ment to thirty hands. The workmen are en-
gagged in finishing sarcophagus which is Il
be placed in cemetery in Morristown, N. j
Rev. j. NJ. Hunter. the retiring pastor O.
the West Harrington Baptist church, has un
dertaken legal methods to collect $3.50 which
he alleges is due him for six months salary
The society propose to contest the claim OIL
the grounds that it has fulfilled its obliga
tions with the preacher
&The suit brought against the West Wash
ington Agricultural Society by Isaac Leigh
ton Of Cherryfeli, to recover damage
caused by being struck in the leg by bulle
in 1887, has been abandoned by the defen
dants. The case had been tried in court ant
damages of S135 with costs S69.96 awarded
the plaintiff. Defendants took exceptions t
the law court, but have now given 1t up an(