The Portland daily press., 1890-07-01
THE STATE.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.


The Maine and New Hampshire Granite
Company of Auburn have been awarded the
contract for the Memorial Building and pub
lie Library at Lowell, Mass. The granite
employed is the popular red granite from the
Conway quarry. The city of Lowell is also
to erect City Hall, for which contracts are
about to be awarded. The company are
also furnishing large amounts of paving to
Portland, Cincinnati and New York, as we'll
Auburn
In the Webster Woolen Company's mills.
Sa6atls, the clocks have been put one hour
ahead of standard time for the purpose of
giving the help more time at night,
ARoosTOoK COUNTY.
The Madawaska settlers received about
three hundred deeds last week from State
Land Agent @. A, Packard,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Owing to trouble between the Company
and the patrons in the route, the Bridgton
Creamery Co. has discontinued the Harrison
route, which also extended into Naples.
Those Furnishing cream will probably suffer
no loss as the Waterford Creamery Co. but
team upon the route at once.
A subscription is being taken up in Bruins
wick to send the other TWO men, supposed
to have been bitten by a mad dog, to the
Pasteur Institute.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Philadelphia tugs which are tow on
tue Kennebeck have arrived and will make
their headquarters at Hallowell They are
the Alert, the Frank W: Mann and the Phila-
delphia. The Frank w. Mann is properly
an outside boat and brings schooners up to
Merrymettlng bay where the other two take
them.
Mr.. Geo. A Alden, of Wateryille, has sold
the 7-year- old chestnut gelding "Abram," to
the well known horse dealer, Mr.. Geo. w.
Bishop OF New York, and the price paid
$500.
The bids for the remodelling of st. Jo-
seph's Catholic church at Gardiner have
been opened and the contract awarded to D.
w. Lash of Gardiner for about $1,000. The
proposed changes include the following radi-
cal improvements: An addition of 26 feet to
the front of the church with six foot wings
on either side, new tower at the centre in
front, and fifteen foot annex with wings in
the rear, where will be located rooms for the
private use of Rev. Father Mccarthy.
Chief of police Norton of Gardiner intends
that section II, Chapter 1913, of the Revised
statutes, prohibiting the sale of toy pistols,
shall be rigidly enforced here this year, and
Saturday was latter" a Randolph party who
has been selling in open violation Of the law.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The annual meeting of Sunday Schools of
Knox Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties will
be held on the Nobleb0ro camp ground Aug.
10. II the 18th should be stormy the netting
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sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Mr. J. r. Cunningham, the enumerator,
finished taking the census of Richmond Sat
urday evening. The result shows that Rich
mond has population of 3OS3, a gain Of 425
since 1880. Forty or more of the Knicker
booker Ice Company's crew at Iceboro, who
belong in Richmond, have been engaged in
shipping ice at Dresden during the month
and, making that their abiding place for the
time, this town loses that number, properly
belonging to it.
| soMSERsET COUNTY.
The members of the class Of old Bio ON
field Academy between the years 1868 to 1872
held their annual gathering at the Ouinne
basset House, Norridgewock. On Tuesday
evening.
YORK COUNTY.
On Thursday, the 26th INST, the engineer
York Beach railroad had got to a point be
yond Ogunquit. They are to continue on t,
Kennebunk.