The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-04-30
STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

Hon. Edwin Noyes and wife returned to their
home in Waterville Saturday evening, from a
winters residence in Florida.
The work of grading for the new connection
between the upper and lower and branches of
the Maine Central railroad at Waterville has
commenced. After the road is ready for the
running of trains, the junction will be removed
from KendalPs Mills to Waterville, and both
roads will use one track between these places.
PENoBssoT COUNTY. 7es
During last week there were 1O4 arrivals of
vessels at Bangor and 10 clearances. .-
The Mayor of Bangor gave peremptory orders
to the landlords Saturday to sell no more Ii
quors to their guests or to other persons The
proprietors have converted their bar rooms to
other purposes Capt. Charles B. Sanford has
sent positive orders to the office and employees
of the Sanford line of steamers to permit no
dent spirits to go on board his boats.
The Bangor Board of Trade and Manufactur-
ers held meeting Saturday evening and Sc
lected committee of ten to report a list of Of
fcers Friday evening.
Bella Garnett, the young man who was SO
badly injured in Midway last Friday by logs
rolling over him, has since died of his injuries
At a meeting of the Corporators Of the Pc
nobscot Central railroad Company held at East
Corinth April 18th, Hon. John Thissell was
chosen Chairman and T. p. Bachelor Secre-
tary. The act incorporating said Company was
read and accepted, aud the following named
persons were unanimously elected Directors -
William T. Pearson and Matthew Lincoln of
Bangor, Searls Dore of Levant, T.. B. Batchel-
der and William Higgins of Kenduskeag, John
Morrison and Noah Barker of Corinth, G. III.
Norcross and David HI. Patten of Charleston
Seth Lee of Atkinson, and Ephraim Flint of
Dover % fs- Ee sa1.s q -
At the St John Catholic church in Bangor
last Sunday, a letter was read from the Rt Rev.
Bishop of Portland to the Catholics of Bangor,
announcing the formation of another parish in
that city, whit h is to include all Catholics liv-
ing on the west side of the stream, and appoint
ing the Rev. Father John Murphy pastor of the
same, with instructions to commence, imme-
diately, the erection of a church edifice on the
lot lately purchased for that purpose. g
aass SOMERSET COUNTY. ,Frs
The Mail says the house, barn and shed of
Mr.. Thomas Gallaher, in Ten Lots, Fairfield,
were burned on Monday night, together with
most of the furniture, some hay, &c. Loss
about $1,000; Insured in the Waterville Compa-
ny for $780, The fire probably took from de-
fectiye chimney, and Mr.. Gallaher was aroused
about midnight to find it well under way.
WASHINGTON COUNTY. ss---.-s.
The Machias Republican is informed that the
selectmen of Cutler have sent the boy, Davis
out of town to prevent his arrest for the at
tempted murder of his father. s -,sse.
Prentiss c. Furbush, son of the proprietor
of the Machias Republican, had one of his legs
broken last week by being thrown out of car
riage which he was driving, the horse having
been run into by heavily loaded team of lum-
ber SEE Haea -asu ~ -
- IN GENERAL. aas Z SOS
The Bangor Wing says it is rumored that one
of the heaviest owners in the stock of the Maine
Central Railroad has disposed of his entire in
terest in the road to Boston parties. 1t is furth
er suggested that the purchasers are largely in
terested in the Boston & Maine
The claim of the E. & N. A Railway Compa-
ny to Township No s, Range 4, is now before
the Supreme Judicial Court. Although the
company granted a permit to- Mr.. Elbridge G.
Dunn to operate on that section, yet they have
brought an action of trespass against him. This,
we pre- sumo is an amicable action for the pur-
pose of testing the ownership of the land. 1t
came up in the S. j. Court at Bangor ON. Satur-
day. The company claim title by grant from
State in aid of their road The defendant claims
title by virtue of a prior grant to Maine Wes-
leyan Seminary The case goes to full Court
to settle the title.