The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-13
state News.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY.

county commissioners of Aroostook County on
the survey of the evidences route from
Presque Isle to sMolankus, fell while getting
over fence and broke his leg
The Patten Voice says that while John w.
Kellogg, of Island Falls was absent Thanks
giving day his house was broken into by one
Eli W. Tbbitts, and an associate, who helped
themselves to whatever they found in the
house to eat. After Mr. X. returned home,
called to settle. Not liking Mr.. Kelloggs
terms Tibbetts seized him by the collar, and
threw him upon the floor. He then concluded
to settle on Kellogg's terms, and left the house.
The citizens of Island Falls were very indig-
nant and had him arrested and tried for as
over $40. The crime for breaking and enter
ing Mr.. K. 3 house is still unsettled,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
By the equalization of municipal war debts
| limited assumption and reimbursement
thereof by the State Brunswick receives for
one hundred and eghty-two three years men
$lS,20O, for two two years men $685., for
five nine months $112, 500, total of $21 191 g.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The publication day of the Oxford Democrat
has been changed from Friday to Saturday.
| = The building occupied by the Paris FIGURING
| Company as cooper shop, and upper story by
MIR. j. q. Cummings as paint shop, was par
| TALLY destroyed by fire on Saturday evening.
Loss about 500; no insurance. The fire prob
ably took from spark from the chimney.
| There is a petition in circulation requesting
the County Commissioners, to establish new
| ferry across the Androscoggin river, at or near
the line between Dixfeld and Canton, from
Edwin A. Lanes in Dixfeld, to Thomas A.
| Gordon's in Peru.
There is quite revival in the parish at
North Waterford, over which Rev. J. w. II
Baker is pastor.
Free Will Baptist Society at West Bethel for
some time, has moved to Sabattis. The Soci-
| ETY. have no successor yet.
N4n aaE sAGADAHoc COUNTY f..
| The Bath Times says that Mr.. Robinson,
| who has been doing large business in saving
| lumber the past season, shut down his mill on
Tuesday night. Quite number of men were
thereby thrown out of employment.
WALDO COUNTY.
The amount of reimbursement due Bel.
fast, according to the report of tho commits.
sioners, is $50, 258.
Some citizens of Belfast will petition the
next Legislature for charter for new Saw.
ngs Bank.
WASHINGTON COUNTY las}
| !. p. Longfellow of Machias narrowly escap.
ed drowning, last week, by reason of breaking
Z
Those who are familiar with the lay of the
land from here to Cherryfield are of the opin.
ion that there is no more favorable route for a
| railroad in the State of Maine, and that the
distance would be shortened by five miles al
least from the travelled road. There are nc
hills OF any note or consequence, and good
bed may be found nearly the wholly distance
The question is, shall there be railroad? We
do not doubt it, nor do we doubt that it will
extend eastward to Calais:- Mdchias Repubk
| can.
| 'Ses5 YORK COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Arous in the course
of communication referring to the recent
special election at Alfred and the remarks O
an dttdche of the Press thereon, observes thai
the writer is entirely mistaken when he say
1.-THE Democrats of that town established pre-
cedent few years since, as the case to which
he refers was not parallel ope-and further
| the Moderator fOf the meeting alluded to wal
G. B. Lord, who is loyalist of the most in
tensiied sort, and was never chargeable will
having made decision other than for the in
terests OF his party, whatever the merits of The
case may have been" Now if the writer O
that communication knows ANYTHING. h,
knows that Mr.. Lord was never charged ,citl
making decision in the interests of party re-
CARELESS of the merits of the case. Further
more, he knows that Mr.. Lord is universally
esteemed by honorable men of all parties, as
gentleman of excellent Judgment and incor
ruptible,s integrity, and that his decisions
| whether given as moderator or in anv othel
capacity, are respected wherever he is known
as the utterances of a gentleman incapable
| OF doing violence to his convictions for the
| purpose OF securing an advantage for his par
ty or himself. In regard to the fairness O
MIR. Halls decision we have already said all
| that is necessary, but if the Democrats con
tinue to be dissatisfied, perhaps Mey had bet
ter try nadndamus.