The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-31
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Bates College students have issued a
sprightly magazine of So pages, which is to be
published monthly, entitled the Bates Student
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
John Craig, the first Anglo-Saxon born in
Pennington, died in that town last week, aged
SO years
Harrison Beal of Avon, cut down a tree re-
Gently in which he found swarm of bees and
80 pounds of honey.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Winter Harbor in Gonldsboro must be. a
lively little village, judging from the following
programme Of the week: Sunday evening
prayer meeting; Monday evening, dancing
school; Tuesday evening, writing school, by g.
Rand; Wednesday evening" singing school, by
J; Taylor; Thursday evening, dancing school;
Friday evening, writing school; Saturday even
ing, Good Templars Lodge If there was an
other evening navigation school would be
started.
The American says that A. L. Burnham,
Esq, of Ellsworth, who has been dangerously
ill, is recovering
A D. White and Others are getting out a
frame for avessel of about $50 tons, which
they expect to build at Sullivan the coming
summer.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Augusta Banner says Rev. w. A Drew
Of that city has heard of the watch and chain
lost on Sa tu-day, by him, in Brunswick. A
gentleman in Rockland, passenger on the same
train, found it in the same place where it was
left, and has written Mr. Swan. jeweller of
Augusta, to know to whom it belongs.
The Journal hears Of a case of small pox in
Belgrade.
The Augusta Journal says that deputy sheriff
VIM. H. Libby, arrived in that city Wednesday
night from Lynn, Mass, having in custody
Benjamin w. Clark, on requistion from Gov
Perham-for obtaining goods by false pretences
from parties in Augusta.
The present State Libra1ian Mr. Hobbs. has
not expended any of the appropriation of the
last Legislature for books, ON account of his
want of acquaintance with the needs of the
library. Mr. Woodward expended $417 of the
5000 appropriated. The library room is much
crowded.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Capt. A. U. Noreross, formerly of Bangor
died in Marshall, Texas, the 18th inst The
deceased terved for time in the Adjutant
Generals office at Augusta, and subsequently
held the position of Military Storekeeper at
New Orleans and at Boston.
The Bangor Wing says that advices from the
woods state that numbering is going ON under
great difficulties The snow is very deep and
the swamps were not sufficiently frozen before
it came to make good bottom, which renders
teaming extremely difficult. Besides this, the
horses used appear to have been much weaken
ed by the epizootic, which affected them just
before going into the woods, and many of them
had the disease again.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast journal says the stock of meas
les in that vicinity is largely in advance Of
small pox. They are raging so extensively in
ward 4 that the schools are closed for the want
of q sufficient attendance. Some twenty-five
or thirty cases are reported there.
The workmen in the Mathews sash and blind
factory in Belfast, consisting of sixteen men,
have formed en- association among themselves
known as the Mechanics Relief Association,
with relief committee, treasurer and secre-
tary. They assess themselves twenty-five cents
per week, and when one of their number is I'M
able to work, through sickness, he is paid the
sum of 81 per week from the treasury.
The town of Monroe has case of snail pox
that exc ties good deal of alarm, as many per-
sons were exposed before the nature of the
sickness was known.
The Belfast Journal says that the three-mast-
ed schooner Annie L. McKeen, Capt. McKeen,
which left that port Dec. 18th with hay for
Jacksonville, Fla, arrived at that place, dis
CHARGED cargo, loaded again for New York, ar
irving at the latter port Jan. 19th-making the
round trip in 80 days. This is one of the most
remarkable trips ever made for a sailing YES
sci.
YORK COUNTY.
William H. Knox and George E. Tibbets,
aged IL and 10 respectively, were arrested in
Mr. Libby''s store at Berwick, Sunday night.
The store had been robbed before.
The Times says that the case of Henry Rem
lex against his father, for assault with pistol
and wound in the leg, in Kittery, has been
heard before referees. Remick's father died
atler being sentenced for the assault. This is a
civil action with damages laid at $4,000. Rom.
lck,s mother, the administrative, comes in and
defends. The referees are C. r. Aver and
William Emery.