The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-13
State News.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. Dudley A. Sargent Of Belfast, has re-
nastics at Bowdoin College, and will take
charge of that department of education in
| September.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The following is a list of persons in Farm
ington who pay tax of 800 and over with
the amounts: -
A. H Abbott $277 80; Allen & Co. 1877 co.;
Augustus Adams 100 55; +. G. Butler $40 28;
Daniel Beale 326 03; Hiram Belcher 2S6 20;
| 128 80; A. W. #. Belcher 212 90; Timothy f.
Belcher 275 "a; Samuel Belcher f56 So; Hiram
| A.. Butler 118 Al: Reuben Cut er 148 20; SAM
uel G, Craig ITO 81; james Cults 1O5 81 Thorn
as Mel. Davis 14S A; George Grower 1856 %;
Mrs: Rebecca Gay 200 60; Robert Goodenow
| 137 50; Alexander Hillman 108 q; Francis
Knowlton 149 03; P, w. Manter 1856; Rich r.
Norton 120 o.; j. w. Norton las 75; d. ". b.
Ormsby 143 So; Z. G. Perkins 1856 50; Joel
Phinney 1S4 2S; Edmund Russell 1877 SO; Hi
ram Ramsdell 135 IS; H. B. Stoyell 2O7 IA e.
n. Stevens 100 06; Stillman Tarbox no 09;
| John T. Wood 101 81 Thomas Williams 2O6 65:
e. r. Weather. 1O1 49,
HANCOCK COUNTY.
| Joseph A. Gott of fremont fell from the
foremost head Of the schooner Saxon to the
deck and was killed.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Two PERSONS WHO ulSregarded the summons
| to appear before the Grand Jury in Kennebec
| county have been arrested for contempt.
Arch Morrill, of Gardiner got his legs be-
tween the spokes of the hind wheel of the car
rage in which be was riding last Friday, and
was thrown TO the ground and somewhat in
jured.
Col Washington Stanley OF Augusta. mr.
chased = Jersey heifer, of Mr.. George Briggs
of East Winthrop short time ago. two years
old, fer which he paid $500. Mr.. Briggs after
ward bought Jersey COW Eve years of age,
for which he paid $225.
Rev. w. A. Drew of Augusta has q jersey
nelter two years old for which he has been Of
fered $500, but refused to sell.
The editor of the Banner has recently sold
| two Jersey calves, one heifer five years old
| the other male week older, the first for SEQ
| the second for $40, to Josiah Hobbs ESQ. of
Hope. The calves were full bloods OF the best
quality This was cheap for this kind of stock.
The expense of keeping them from the time
they are calved till they come in, at two years.
| will not exceed $50.
A Second Republican County Convention
has been called on Friday, August 20, to nom
mate candidate for County Attorney in
| place of s. @. Harley, deceased.
The boat "Lady franklin" owned by David
CargiH, Esq, has been launched upon the Cob
bossecontee pond, East Winthrop, where she
| will be kept for the accommodation of sailing
and fishing parties.
The Windsor camp meeting viii commence
on Monday, September 9th. s25R
The deposits of the Augusta Savings Bank
now amount to about 3650,000, having incrsas-
ed during the past year more than 100000
| The number of depositors have also largely
increased during the year. The Bank has
| paid its depositors 10 per cent. interest the
| past year. Its affairs are in a fiourishing and
sound condition. 49,
OXFORD COUNTY.
On the farm Of Z. R. Holmes, ESQ, of OK
ford, on Wednesday of last week, the hay was
cleared from twenty-one acres of land. Sew
en-, acres were cut that day. The product was
twenty to twenty-five tons Of hay. This Is
considered good days work in Oxford Conn
| ty, and will illustrate the revolution that ma
chinery is making in the business of hay-mak-
| ing. ts.
MIR. o. G. Bartlett has made CONTRACT vim,
Mr.. Bowker the owner of the famous mineral
| deposit in Paris, known as Mt. Mica. to mine
| for mica this season. This locality has been
known for many years, having first been
brought to public notice BY bon. e. L. HAM
| lin and DR.. Holmes, both then residents in
| that town. 1t has yielded many very rare
minerals some of which have found their way
| TO the principal cabinets OF the world Prof
| Verrill few years since, found one specimen
OF tin ore, nearly pure that weighed Eve
| pounds, and several smaller pieces have been
| since discovered. Nothing Of commercial value
has been scared, heretofore, though some
of the specimens have been sold for high pri-
ces. Mr.. Bartlett has in his shop a bushei or
two of specimens, which he is confdentc can be
| made available in the manufacture of his con-
| ical stove covers This cover is proving de-
cided success, and he is manufacture. a large
| quantity to meet the advance orders already
received.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A vessel Of $50 tons is being built at Steuben
and there are nine mills for the manufacture
YORK COUNTY.
w. b. Brown, Esq, of Toronto, has recently
disposed of the "Sparhawk mansion at Kit
terry Point. The Pepperell mansion, which
has been one of the most noted in the State
| is now owned and occupied by C.G. Bellamy,
Esq This house was built and occupied BY
Sir William Popperell century and half
| ago, and is in good state of preservation
| still retaining much Of its original appearance
We would suggest to our ANTIQUARIAN friends
| that they call on Mr.. Bellamy, who will take
| pleasure in showing them this ancient man
| sion. 81
A great fire in the woods is raging in the
upper part of Saco, near Elder Boothby's. in
the Parcher District, destroying properly
worth thousands of dollars and threatening
the destruction of the dwellings in the yicin-
ity. Assistance from the villages and fire de-
partments has been obtained.
There is to be prize scull race at ssTbe
POOP to-day. The new steamer Augusta runs
| every two hours during the day from Saco aud
Biddeford to carry passengers to witness it.
The insurance upon Quinby and sweetser's
| block at Biddeford, recently DESTROYED by FIRE
| was as follows: $1,000 in Merchants. Chica 30
| $1,000 in Lumbermen's, Chicago, $4,000 in Dor.
chester and $4,000 in the Etna Hartford The
| occupants were insured as follows: Turner r.
Parsons for $4,000 in the Home, Etna and Ma
tional of Worcester; Cutter 8 Son 5000 in the
Independent, Boston, the International. At
lantic and Monumental, Baltimore; Lttlefield
gdnsmith, $1,000 in the Security, New York |:
Bean, shoe dealer, $1,000 in the Roger Williams
Providence; B. Dalton, fancy goods, insured
$1,000 in the Security, New York, and the
Roger Williams.
Rev. Charles D. SWEET, for the last two years
pastor OF the Baptist church at Alfred has &C.
cepted call from New Hampshire, and re-
moves to that State at once.
The delegates to York county Repnbl;can
| convention from South Berwick are VIM. a.
Cromwell, 3. b. Jewett, J. P. Davis, Lysan-
| der Young, Dennis Ferguson and f. g. liam.
The Kennebunk camp meeting commences