The Portland daily press., 1873-07-01
STATE NEWS.
ANpRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
West Minot cheese factory begins its opera
tions next week.
Prof. Eayes of Bates College, has had con-
ferred on him by Hlllsdale College, Michigan,
at their recent commencement the degree of D.
d.
DR. Hill of Lewiston, on Friday successfully
performed the operation of "tracheaotomy" on
child of Mr. Herrick
The closing exercises of the Lewiston High
School occurred on Friday.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The citizens of Augusta are seriously talking
of making public thoroughfare from that city
to Gardiner
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The County Commissioners Court sits at
Bangor July LIST.
We learn from the Wing that the Germania
Band will give the concert at OrOno during
State College commencement week.
Victor Bett of Bangor. accidentally shot off
one of his fingers few days since.
Improvements have recently been made in
the telegraph Office at Bangor.
At one of the hotels in Bangor the baked
Indian" pudding on the bill of fare is facetious-
ly called ''Baked Modoc.'
A pair of shoes were recently made in Ban
gor 49, inches by a inches broad, for a niue
teen. year old Aroostook lad. The youngster is
still growing. SO says the Whig
A decision by the Supreme Court Bangor.
rendered on SATURDAY, involved the following
points affecting the rights of parties to money
received on life insurance policies: Any money
received on a life policy in cases of insolvency
goes into the general fund of assets for the ben
eft of credits unless there be wife or chill
dren; and the exception from the claims of
creditors is only in favor of wife or children.
Hence the party insured, in case of insolvency,
cannot devise the money to any other persons,
but he may discriminate between them. Lega-
cies couched in general terms merely, even
though to the widow or issue, will not avail to
pay the insurance money unless it is expressly
ment is to be made and it will not pass by any
residuary clause.
Potatoes advanced in Bangor on Saturday
from so cents to 81. As per bushel.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Three miles of the Somerset Railroad in Nor
ridgcwock is ballssted and in good running or
der.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Times says that the store of W. H. Per
kins of Calais, was burglarized Saturday night
to the extent of $50.
The name of the post Office at Crooked B rock
will, after July LIST, be changed to Eaton by or
der of the Postmaster General.
YORK COUNTY.
MT JOsepn wentworth OF Lebanon, had his
arm broken recently by the fall of some timber
upon it. Heis slo@ly re covering
IN GENERAL.
The stage line from Dexter to Mooshead Lake
has been rep-enished by several new four and
six horse coaches.
The packers and dealers in canned vegetables
and fruits have combined to provide again st
serious consequences to the trade from the
decision of Justice Clifford, which gives Mr..
Jones practical monopoly of the entire bust
ness by confirming certain patent rights. The
case has been carried up to the Supreme Court,
at Washington, where it will probably take at
least two or three years to obtain an opinion
There were 100000 cans of green corn packed
last year, and as the Jones party advance prices
thirty cents dozen the extra profit would net
them $225,000 The immediate result of Judge
Clifford's decision has been sudden advance
in the price of all canned goods