The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-09
STATE NEWS.
ARoosrooK COUNTY.


who was on his way to open court in Houlton
on Tuesday, and several members of the bar.
The Supreme Judicial Court commenced its
session for Aroostook county on Thursday, Feb
29th, Judge Dickerson presiding There were
400 continued cases and 200 new entries ON the
docket. ''
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Last week, while Mrs Charles Ettling of Ire
mont, was at work spinning, she dropped dead.
Supposed heart disease. Her husband was
drowned two years ago in New York
Mayor Peck of Ellsworth, declines a renomi-
nation.
At Lamoine, for the past three or four weeks,
twenty or more teams have been engaged in
hauling from the mussel beds in that vicinity.
KENNEBEC COUNTY. fent
The Journal says the Temperance Reform
Club in Gardiner, now numbers $50. They are
doing noble work in winning men away from
their cups. i...:i
The Kennebec Journal states that Messrs
Colder & Goodwin's Excelsior Mandatory at
Belgrade Mills was totally destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night last-a terrible night for fire
together with an adjoining grist mill, spool fac
tory and dwelling house. Loss on the excelsior
factory probabably more than $4,000; partially
insured.
OXFORD COUNTY.
A Savings Bank has been organized at Beth
el Hill with the folloging officers: O. III. Ma
son, President; o. H. Mason, E. Foster, Jr., NJ.
c. Kimball, S. D. Philbrook and j. Nj. Phil
brook, Trustees; E. Foster, Jr., Treasurer
The Lewiston Journal says Peter Powers, an
old and respectable citizen of Bethel, was badly
injured by large bull last week The bull at
tackled ehim.in the barn while passing by him,
then hooked him and trampled on him, being
alone. Mr.. P. finally got away and got into the
house.
The Journal says the town of Bethel has
voted tax on dogs. The result will be that
everybody will now keep dog, as they did sew
really worth something, while every poor man
viii keep two or three, according to his pow
erty. ~ ~ y IT ~ & ~
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Three stores on Exchange street, Bangor,
were broken into early Thursday morning A
window of E. A. Bucks shoe store was broken
in and few pairs of rubber boots and ladies'
rubbers, which were lying near the window,
were taken. The robbers did not enter the
store. Louis Davis clothing store was relieved
of a small quantity of wooden goods. Stone &
Jones provision store was entered by means of
skeleton keys and few hams we're taken. The
burglars were evidently novices. t5l lohssl
Miss Ellen Spencer, whose suicide at Orono
was briefly mentioned in our Geographic de-
spatches Friday morning, was in Bangor We'd
nesday and bought bottle of strychnine and
then went home in the afternoon train. She
tried to kill herself while the train, but took
too much of the poison, which only made her
sick, but on arriving home she Immediately ex-
pred She wrote upon the wall of the ladies'
room at the station before taking the train: cit
is a hard thing to poison yourself The cause
Of this sad act was trouble at home. Her father
died in the army and her mother has remarked.
Since that time she has been ill-treated at home
and fell into bad company. He last words were,
Mother, shall not trouble you much longer"
Samuel Carney publishes card in the Ban
COn1n1p3tcjOl him all
date for Police Judge.
The Catholics of Bangor have purchased a
lot at the corner of Second and Cedar streets,
and are said to contemplate the erection of an
other church. .E.-..-. -f
oe The Bangor City Council has passed an order
to appropriate $500 to the State Agricultural
Society in aid of its Fair, if held in Bangor;
and a further sum is guaranteed to save the So,
ciety from loss, not to exceed $1,000, provided
like amount shall be raised by the citizens
The Bangor Whig says a few days since while
the driver of stage was doing some business
in the post-office of down-river town, his
horses took fright and commenced to run,
whereupon two ladies who were alone in the
coach, crept out of the windows ON either side,
crawled up to and upon the box, and together
hauled up the horses. This done, they turned
around and went back for the driver who was
IN terrible fright lest his team and passengers
should meet with general smash-up.
The Whig says every railroad man ON the
Bangor and Piscataqus train delayed by snow
Tuesday, was frost-bitten-some very badly
The Superintendent who handled shovel with
great vigor beside his men, shared the same
fate. - q t...J....-.-- 3D.. - , ~.
The Bangor Wing says that Tuesday night
lad named William McQuin presented himself
at the lookup for shelter, saying that he had
walked all the way from Portland, and that
day had come on foot nearly twenty miles
One of his feet was badly frozen and his face
md ais, n.
the wind that terribly cold day. The police
kindly cared for and fed him; and the next
morning the City Marshal procured medical
care for his frozen foot. Thursday morning
Major Bolton took him to the E; & N. A. of
ce where Superintendent Angel furnished him
with free pass, and he was despatched for St
john in which city his friends reside.
PTscATAQUIs COUNTY. 10 iaa'toj
-.sl1s 4 q From our Correspondence n
The greatest snow storm of the season came
on the 4th and 9th insts. The roads We're ell
blocked up n3the 9Th We have no mails in
the western section of the county and it will be
several days before the roads can be available
tor travel l hear no complaint about hay
Everybody has q little and that little must suf-
fee: Cattle look better than for several years.
Wells and streams are getting low. The towns
along the line of the contemplated Wiscasset &
kennebec Railroad extension, into Piscataquis,
willtake into serious consideration the matter
OF loaning their credit in aid of that enterprise
When Lucien Maxfield, of Sangerville, lost
his house by fire week ago, he remained in
the house so long trying to save some yaluables
that he became suffocated and Tell senseless to
the floor, when his little boy, 16 years old, en-
tered by window and removed his father from
the building through the window. s,.-,y s..
fiD's' WALDO COUNTY. = ga " 4 n
The total liabilities of the city of Belfast are
$S48, 1906, of which S603, 900 appears to be on
account of the Belfast s. Moosehead Lake Rail-
road. Az ku TAo s,syssKCl@
The Belfast Journal says Constable Bicknell,
who had a special writ for fleeing debtor,
found him on freight train, hid in a car load
of corn. He acknowledged the corn and shelled
out.
The Journal says the Belfast City Marshal
reports 100 applicants for his official services the
pastyear and that he has taken home % in
t9xlcated persons, who couldn't tell just where
The Bangor Wig says owing to the ex-
treme and unprecedented cold weather of the
past few days, Winterport harbor is frozen
YORK CoUNY.
Mr.. Nathaniel eGerrish of. West Lebanon
aged 81 years and months, was fonnd dead
in bed last week. The occasion of his death is
not satisfactory but it is supposed to be the re-
suit OF . paralytic shock N HFTE@
The one story house and barn, nearly new,
owned by Mrs. Anna 2. Huff, called the old DR.
Mulyery House, at 26 Beach street. Saco, was
burned on wednesday night insured In the
Hartford Insurance Company for $500. 1t was
unoccupied at the time and must have been set
on fire.7F hfga FonA as -.,F.tosE
At "a caucus of citizens Of Biddeford, fayoring
reform in city affairs, held Thursday evening,
DIR. Thomas Haley was nominated for the may |
crafty and W. F. Lunt, Esq, of the law firm of
Goodwin ~ Lunt, was unanimously nominated
for Judge of the Municipal Court Both are
popular men and the election, which now ex-
cites considerable attention. promises to be hot
ly contested. s"-
The total expenditures of Biddeford last year
were $78, 988. 46, about $250O less than the ap-
preparations OF this sum 81 ,615.63 were paid
for interest. 's'd 5's Loo
From our Hollis Correspondents asN
As Mr.. Chas. G. Leavitt and his son Frank
y. Leayitt and MI q. H. Bradbury, were re-
turning from town meeting in Buxton, on Mon
dow Last and xxhilo zl,o4: =