The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-16
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDhOSCOGGlN COUNTY.
1t is expected that some of the machinery in
about three weeks.
Amos II. Bishop of Leeds died suddenly the
18th inst. He went to sed Friday night as we'll
as usual, and about one o'clock his wife heard
him breathing hard. She got light as soon as
possible, bat he lived but a few minutes He
had always been stout and healthy man and
successful farmer His age was sxly-two
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Lyndon and Houlton are to have cheese fac
tories.
John Gallagher of Houlton was seriously in
jured recently by being thrown from his wagon.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Young robins in Carthage swallow snakes II
inches long. Their stomachs must be as capa-
cious as lady's reticule.
Barnette Blackwell. who broke out of FARM
ington Jail last week, while awaiting sentence
for breaking and entering house at Jay
Bridge, was captured on Saturday, in Dexter.
There is farm in Franklin which should be
turned to pasture Every seventeen years. in
the middle of August, at nine o'clock in the
morning. the man who mowS drops dead, scythe
in hand. 1t strikes us that five minutes before
nine would be good time to go over to the
house to get drink Of cider
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The two story dwelling house, ell, stable and
DdIu uclOugluS W w Ing, OF w eSC
Sidney, were entirely consumed by fire on Mon
day evening, with nearly all their contents.
The fire originated in one of the chambers.
An official letter, addressed to Washington,
ID. o., was put into the Augusta post-offlce
Tuesday, weighing four pounds and six and one
half ounces. The stamps it bore cost four dol
lars and twenty-three cents
Hallowell granite for Albany, N. Y, is car
RED through by special trains on the Maine
Central, Eastern and Boston & Albany roads.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Bodwell Granite Company has the con-
trect for furnishing the stone for the new Gov
eminent buildings in Cincinnati, and it will be
cut and dressed at the quarres before ship
ment The contract will amount to between
$3,0OO,0O0 and $4,000,000. The company have
also the contract to furnish stone for the st.
Louis Custom House.
PENoBsCOT COUNTY.
The Board of Underwriters in Bangor have
decided to take no more heavy risks on build
ings in which more than ten barrels of kero-
Sene ore stored, aud committee has been ap-
pointed on the part of the oil dealers to confer
with the City Council in regard to the erection
by the city OF a building for the storage of oil
in large quantities, the owners to pay reason
able rent for storage.
1t is reported that the night trains between
Bangor and st. John are soon to be taken off.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Capt. Call of Winnegonce over 80 years old,
hanged himself Tuesday, to avoid becoming
charge upon the town.
A two story house in Bath, owned by Mrs.
Ann Constantine, was damaged by fire $500
wednesday morning.
The Times states thai on every hand, in
Bath, the evidences of general business pros
perlty may be seen. New houses are going up
and old ones enlarged and improved, and still
the call for rents is beyond ali precedent, and
very largely beyond the supply
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Wednesday week, at a meeting called for the
purpose, the town of Madison voted to build
jointly with the N. f. Bridge Company, the
bridge between the island and the main land on
the Madison side, over which suit has long
been pending as to which should rebuild-each
for the time to share the costs equally, to be re-
imbursed to the party winning the suit by the
loser.
George w. Brown of North Arson. for
breaking into the house of Mrs. Laura Smith
on the night of the 9th ult, and committing
felonious assault upon her, was bound over by
Justice Gray, last week, in the sum of $500 for
his appearance before the Supreme Judicial
Court in December, in default Of which he was
committed to Jail in Norridgewock
A poung man, stranger in that section. was
recently pursued from Bingham to Moose River.
on suspicion of being in some way connected
with the horse thieves now in custody at that
place. The young man was mob exactly bound
over to appear before the courts of Justice Int
rather was bound on a trip to Moose River tn
court the scboolma'am.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Rev. f. Stanley Bacon, pastor of the
Universalist Church in Belfast, was attacked
by apoplexy Tuesday afternoon, and died at
O'clock His age was about forty
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mrs. Luther Libby of Machiasport recently
DIR. Hunter was called and the patient is doing
as well as could be expected for one 76 years Of
age.
U. S. Treat of Treats Island, Eastport. has
taken in his weirs, within the last four weeks
lbs hogsheads of herring, equal to 4512 bar.
rels.
The salmon have been very plenty in Macbias
River for some days past.
Moses B. Stevens, ESQ.,, of Cutler, has sold
two-thirds of his Prescott timber, lands and
saw mill; also, two-thirds of two million of
logs in the river to Moses 7. Stevens and r r
Jenkins of Andover, Mass. The parties intend
at once to put in machinery for a steam mill to
go into operation by December.
AT meeting of the Trustees of WASHINGTON
Academy held October g. the following gentle
men were elected to vacancies in the Board
viz: George W. Drisko, Machias Charles
Cary, East Macbias, and j. NJ. Livermore
Eastport.
The Washington County Teachers Assoc;a.
ton will meet at Eastport, Thursday, Oct. 31th
There will be a short session Thursday after,
noon, one in the evening, and two sessions Fri.
day, closing Friday evening.