The Portland daily press., 1870-11-11
state News.

AROOSTOOk COUNTY.
The Houlton Branch Railway was opened
Tuesday with great eclat. The manager, Mr..
Osborn. had extended invitations to the lead
ing business men of Calais and st. Stephen to
participate in the public festivities on the oc-
casisn of the opening, and upwards of four
hundred availed themselves of his courtesy.
The trip was made in four hours The excur.
sionists met with cordial reception, being re-
ceived with the ringing of bells, lausic and
| other demonstrations of joy by the people oi
Houlton over the completion of the first rail-
way into AroostoOk county, and a connection
with tlde-waters. At the collation.. eloquent
speeches were made by the Hon. j. C. Madi-
gan, the Hon. f. A. Pike, Robert Watson,
Esq, and others.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Hiram D. Coombs has been appointed Dep
uty Collector of Customs at Gouldsboro.
Orlahd boasts of woman one hundred and
six years old. Her name is Lue Gross.
asa s KENNEBEC COUNTY. ess7 j
Mr.. William Wilson of Hallowell has liv-
ing tardntuld, which was captured in CalifOr-
MIA some six months ago. Its bite is popularity
considered more poisonous than that of the
rattesnake or scorpion.
KNOX COUNTY. -
A meeting at West Camden to consider the
question of building railroad from Rockland
to Camden, voted in favor of calling town
meeting to forward the measure. |
William Willis escaped from State Prison
last Friday morning. Willis is about 80 years
old, 5 feet inches in height. quite. stout, red
hair, grey eyes, sandy mOustache, slightly
freckled, thin in flesh, and sore eyes: He was
committed to prison for larceny in Penobscot
county and had but few months longer to
serve.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Zenas Condor who had his back broken by
the accident on the line of the x. & L. r. r.
in Waldoboro', on the 22d ult, died on the 9th.
A surgical operation was performed upon the
back bone, the spinal cord not being broken
but it was unsuccessful, says the Wiseasset
Oracle.
OXFORD COUNTY. ="
Henry Locke, son of Mr.. Charles r. Locke
of Bethel, was murdered in Nebraska, whether
he had gone to purchase lands, some time be-
tween the 18th and goth of last month. He
had built house, and had gone to distance
for the purpose of cutting timber, and not re-
turning in due time, search was made and he
was found dead. His head had been beaten to
pieces. I.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY. IT
Mr.. L. P. Martin accidentally cut off the
great toe on his left foot, while chOpping off a
piece OF joist in Bangor, on Tuesday
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
[From our Correspondent f.-ets
The second snow storm of the season came
down on Cne 0Un, Dul, Is utlIiHS away Oh CDG
9th inst. rs
The opportunity for doing farm work has
been uncommonly good and has been faithful
ly improved by our farmers.
There is general complaint that apples are
all rotting. Greenings and russets which u.s.
ualy keep all winter, are going into rapid dis
solution. This, we suppose, to be owing to the
early ripenng of the fruit
There is fair prospect of igood supply of
vinegar another year, that is, if all of the cider
which is manufactured by the temperance
men this fall, is converted into that article.
The protracted meetings at Guilford. which
was commenced II days ago, is still continued,
afternoons and evenings. A revival interest
pervades the meetings.
The churches in Abbot are holding a Union
protracted meeting and, am informed that :
good interest prevails. s. ,
SOMERSET COUNTY.
We have received the catalogue of the Off
GERS and students of the Maine Central Insti.
tute at Pittsfeld, for the present year. The re
are 36 scholars in the college preparatory
course, "a in the ladies' course, 18 in the nor.
NAL department. and 180 in the academical
course Aggregate for the year, $50.