The Portland daily press., 1870-10-31
state News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.


The Lewiston Journal says the express agent
In that city has received letter from the party
who sent the box of kindling wood, in answer
to an order Tor counterfeit money, offering him
20 per cent. if he will induce the party address,
ed to take the package and pay the collection
bill. Ltl.1 e 80, = =
We have received catalogue of Bates Col
lege for 1901. The number of students in
the Senior class is g.; in the Junior 16; in the
Sophomore %; in the Freshman 26; total, 70
In the Theological School there are in the
the Senior class, 8 in the Middle class. and IA
in the Junior class; total, Is. The library con-
tains $3.50 volumes. There are IA Scholarships,
10 of which are State Scholarships, in bestow-
ing which preference is given to the orphans OF
soldiers; and the RedingtOn Scholarship, en-
dowed by Hon Asa Redington Of Lewiston
the Dudley Scholarship, endowed by Alvin 81.
Dudley, esq, Of Gambia, N. H.; the Folsom
Scholarship, endowed by the brothers, Frank
lin William Folsom, Melville Mark Folsom and
Albion Parker Folsom of Oldtown; and the
Morgan Scholarship, endowed by William P.
Morgan, A. B., of North Yarmouth.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
DR.. Fitch, a son of our eminent surgeon, DR.,
Simon Fitch, and who bids fair to be as sue
cessfu practitioner as his father, is about to re.
move from Lewiston and take up his residence
in Sherman. He visited that place last sum
mer, and was 50 much pleased with it and with
that portion OF the State, that he has formed a
partnership Will d TeSlQ6uG physician OF SDGr-
man. Rev. Mr.. Baker, rector OF Trinity church,
Lewiston, also intends to remove to Sherman.
LINCOLN COUNTY. FsIr
Edwin Smith of Bristol was drowned of
Pemaquid Point last Wednesday. He was out
fishing in company with his father and a broth
er, when squall struck their boat and cap
sized it. Edwin got hold of buoy, which sus-
and soon after sunk. The father and the other
son were rescued by Capt Yates in the schoon-
er A. L. Fitch, after being in the water half an
hour.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing tells of a farmer in that
vicinity, who, thinking there were robbers
about his house one night, recently armed his
household with guns and pistols and led them
forth to capture the invaders Seeing or hear
ing something suspicious in a tree, he drew up
his forces around it and ordered the enemy to
surrender Receiving no reply he ordered his
guard to fire into the tree, which was done with
fatal effect, for down tum5led the body of big
Shanghai rooster. The formers family luxu-
ated on pot pie next day. r-.
The Wing says Chas. Henry Smith, arraign-
ed before the police court at Bangor Thursday,
on the charge of breaking and entering Low a
market, and larceny of tools from Schwartz rs
hardware store, was unable to obtain bail, and
was committed to Jail Friday to await trial at
the February term of the s. j. Court. He &C.
counts for the tools found in his house, by say
ins end1 tney were swept OUT OF the store,
and he picked them out of the sweepings
ini YORK COUNTY.
Charlie Tibbetts, I've years of age, son of R.
T. Tibbetts of Limington, was drowned Thurs
day afternoon. The little fellow while at play
in the yard fell headlong into spring, which
was surrounded by barrel. He had been
missing but few minutes, but when discover
ed lite was extinct.
The York Manufacturing Company at Saco
nave declared handsome dividend of 10 per
cent, payable on and after Oct. 81. rs
On the night of Saturday, the 18th, the house
beach, was entered and considerable amount
OF bedding, provisions, table cutlery, &c., taken.
IN the gale week before last Mr.. Edward
humery, who lives on the Old Orchard Beach
road, had one arm and his nose broken by a
barn door taken off its hinges and hurried fiiri-
ously at him: .He was farmer, about so wears
OF age, but his wounds are doing we'll.
At the Firemen's muster at Great Falls. N.
r., last Thursday, there were two purses Of
500 and $50 respectively in each of two class
'es. The first prize in the firstclas was won nv
the Piscataqua No. of So. Berwick. which
threw 200 feet inches. The second prize in
the first class was taken by the Pioneer No. .
of Biddeford-199 feet inches. 1''' =