The Portland daily press., 1896-03-07

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Preaching at 1880 a. m. and 7.3o p. nj. by the
pastor. Sunday school at y m. Junior Endeav-
or ut p m. Y. T. s. c. f. at $50 q. m. An
nual Offering of church to American Education
al society at morning service.
WEST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev Le-
roy s. Bean, pastor. Preaching at 1890 a. M
by the pastor, Sunday school at IL. Lecture
upon the ''Jndgeship of Jephthah'' $50 .. M
-Rev. f. Arthur Leitch pastor. Morning
service 1890. subject. Christian Fellowship
Sunday school and Bible Glass at 11.45 a. M
Preaching at p. m. Subject, THE Modern
DeyiI.n Epworth League Prayer meeting $50
D. m. General prayer and praise service 100.
All are welcome.
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.
The store of ]. H. Fills, Rockport. was
broken into, Tuesday night, some eight
dollars in money. and lot OF goods
being taken.
A singular phenomenon was observed
in Belfast Saturday apout clooh p
m. The tide fell two feet In 10 MIN utes.
Was this noticed elsewhere? What DO our
scientific men say OF 1t?
There will be Knox county conven-
ton of pastors held in Warren III the
near future.
A branch of the Reed club will be
formed ut Damariscotta next Iuesuay,
some 200 signatures having been placed
to a call for that purpose. Hon. Lew
ellyn Powers of Houlton, will be present
and address the meeting. Hon. Il. u
Clark of Waldoboro will preside.
Mayor Lovejoy and City Treasurer
Jones of RocklaDd sent S35, 900 worth OF
Penobscot Shore Line railroad bonds to
Boston Wednesday. the balance Of the
500, 600 worth sold last week. The
whole amount will be used to call in
option bonds, reducing the gross in
debtedness of the oity by SO much.
Eden will probably vote to place a
special officer on patrol duty on the tow
path at Bar Harbor, to stop the depreda-
lions of visitors. The tow path is one OF
Bar Harbor's greatest attractions for the
transient visitor. But it is private prop
erty, and unless the town sees that the
rights of property owners through which
it runs are re spected, the tow-path will
be closed.
The April term of the supreme judicial
court in Houlton promises to be a long
and interesting one There are All civil
cases and II criminal cases on the docket,
and about $50 civil and 100 criminal cases
will be entered at the first of the term.
Judge Strout of Portland will preside.
Ice gathering operations on the kenne-
bee are practically ended, the companies
with two or three exceptions having an-
ished work this week. At the beginning
of the season 1T was estimated that there
were 275, 600 tons of old ice on hand and
now including this the supply will reach
very nearly 1000, 600 tons, thus making
the present seasons harvest in round
numbers 100000 tons.
One pensioner. Isaac Starbird, came all
the way from Purgatory Mills to Angus
ia, Wednesday, which was Pension Day.
His horse gave out when nine miles
away, but Isaac pushed on. notwith-
standing, and covered the distance on
zoos.
A experiment of great interest to all
lovers of sport in this State has just been
made at New Sweden by the commission
ers of inland fisheries and game, in the
Introduction of the capercailzie and
black game of old Sweden into that town.
| Two pair of the caperloalzie have been
| liberated there, and three males and foul
| females Of the black game. These birds
have just arrived direct from old Swed
en-, and were liberated in the north part
of the town OF New Sweden.
| The State board of trade will hold Its
semi-annual meeting at the college hall
Waterville, commencing at Up. M,
Wednesday, March IS, 1896.
| Cherryfield has the whooping cough,
Machias the German measles, and Jeffer
son Isssmad because certain personslhaytn
measles and other contagious diseases
visit public places
| The South Gardiner Lumber Co..
plant has been sold to j. W. Parker, Of
Portland, who will continue the busi
ness.
There was still another fire in Lewiston
Wednesday night in Granville L. Dixon's
| livery stable. The flames were extin
guished with several hundred dollars los,
on the building, and several hundred
dollars in hay and grain.
Liz l1G6Sb TOIuduC6 III AluSIubu F6
suited in the sutton, who presented thu
| girls father with a barrel of flour and {
uarter of Chicago beef, completely
distancing his rival and winning hel
affections out of hand.
women's Council.
The late V. Richard Foss was to hav,
delivered lecture on life insurance be
fore the Woman's Council this afternoon
! but the lecture on this topic has beer
indefinitely postponed.
| On the fourth Saturday of this month
Fl on. Ohas. F. Libby will address thu
Council on Corporations.
Daughters of the Revolution.
There will be a meeting of Elizabeth
Wadsworth Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution, on Monday
March 9th, at 2. 80 p. M, at the Recep
ton room of the Union Safe Deposit ant
Trust Go. 1t is expected that the dele
gates to the Continental Congress, whiof
| m of II, Washinrtop IN tho ODD of Eahru