The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-03
State News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

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| day by locomotive on the Androscoggin r.
| r., near the Lewiston station is quite COM
Portable. 1t is belived that it will not be neces-
| sarystO amputate.
The Mechanic Falls Herald says apples are
| very plenty indeed in that section There is
scarcely market for them at any price, hut
winter fruit may turn better. We hear that
farmers are even feeding apples to their cattle.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Mr.. Jabez Young of Houlton, raised SIG
bushels of Orono aud Red potatoes on 4
acres of land, this season. This is yield of
potatoes rarely, If ever equaed says the Times
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
From Correspondent
The "eWstern Piscataquis agricultural cat
Monson on the 18th inst. The show of cattle
was small compared With that of former years,
but the exhibition of other agricultural pro-
ducts was generous and OF the very best quail
ty. Mr.. Crooker of Monson, exhibited twenty.
two varieties of very fine potatoes, all raised,
upon his own farm. He also exhibited some
splendid ears of the Sanford corn, fifteen
inches Tonga new variety IN this vicinity, and
fully ripe. The show of fruit was of the best
size and quality.
The annual address by Hon. A. M. Robinson
was scholarly production, replete with sound
sense and valuable suggestions. 1t was shame
to put him up into an old cart to deliver his
address in the open air to an audience. some of
whom were listening to him, while others were
discussing the war in Europe; some were trad
ing cattle, some were making love to the girls,
and others were swapping jack-kniveS. If Mon
son had no churchs or halls this treatment of
an able orator would have been excusable.
Mr.. Elias Harris of Parkman, has a large
pair of Irvine male calves six mentbs old which
grit about five feet each, and which look so
much alike that no person, not even the owner
can distinguish one from the other, either bv
size, form or color. Mr.. Harris keeps astrap
buckled around the neck of them in order to
know which is one and which is the other,
An extensive slate quarry has recently been
opened within half mile OF MoDson village
aud a considerable force of men are at work in
it. The slate is propouuced by the best indoes.
to be OF the first quality and an inexhaustible
supply.
No project. was ever adopted by the govern
ment OF Maine which gave SO much dissatis-
faction and was SO hateful to voters and tax
payers, as the Swede importation and endow-
ment, in preference to our own citizens,
sAGADAHoc COUNTY
The Bath Times, in relation to the beouest
said, to have been made by Horatio Ward. an
American by birth, but long resident in Lon
don, who died in 1866, leaving $1OO0O) for the
orphans of soldiers-and which beouest the
British Court of Chancery has been consider
ing and has decided that the Asy lum ia Bath
IS one of the four institutions entitled to share
the legacy-says: "The bequest has not been
paul OFcT dSuyct, Uutflt TO yI6 750. Mr.
Ward left certain bonds amounting to $500 ono
in all, to be divided amongst the homes for or
phans in this country, but at the time of his
death it was found that some of these bonds
had been otherwise disposed of; SO the ENGLISH |
Court decided that only the particular bonds |
left were subject to the bequest, which will |
make the amount coming to the Bath Orphans |
Home, as we have befOresstated, $15, $50, should |
the bonds be worth their par value in the |
market.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A cargo of pressed hay from Nova Scotia is
selling at Eastport at 1923 per ton.
Three bears were killed in Charlotte week
ago. They had been killing sheep in that
town, and were disco yered by boys who were
sheep.
A new hotel has been erected 10 Calais. on
the site of tbs old Frontier House, near the
corner Of Main and Munroe streets. It is
Jour stories high and contains sixty five rooms |
|. will be ready for occupation by the first of
November.
YORK COUNTY.
MIR. Oliver Emery in going to the Berwick
own meeting, met with an accident that, it is
cared, will be fatal He stopped his horse on
NIL to allow man to get into the wagon,
when the horse started suddenly. throwing
Mr.. Emery out on tho ground, breaking his
spine.
Rev. Benjamin w. Poud was installed over
he First Congregational Church and Parish in