The Portland daily press., 1874-05-22
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANO1sOoCOGGlN COONII.
Dr.. and Mrs. Bigelow of Lewiston, celebrated
the fftieth anniversary of their marriage at
their residence, Tuesday evening.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Miss Cornelia Estes of Pressure Isle young
lady Is years of age, was operated upon before
the medical class of Brunswick, Wednesday,
for the removal of large tumor from her neck,
but survived the operation only half an hour.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The vessels belonging to Lamoine and Tren-
ton which have been engaged in the herring
fishery at the Magdalen Islands, are reported
on their homeward passage with full fares.
The graduation and alumni anniversary of
the Eastern Normal School will take place on
"Wednesday and Thursday, May q and %.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A small boy by the name of Scott, while pass
ing hut at COomb's Mills, near Augusta, last
Sunday, was seized by strange man who car
red him to neighboring forest, and was about
stripping him for the purpose of whipping him,
when some passers- by came to the rescue.
Ex-Gov. Perham delivered his lectare on
Success to crowded house in Winthrop a
few evenings since.
The Augusta Standard is the latest paper
that has swallow ed the cremation yarn of the
Philadelphia Press.
KNOX COUNTY
AT the launch of M. d. N Birds yacht Co.
quette, at Rockland, Wednesday, the ways
spread and the yacht fell over, ripping off the
plapking and otherwise injuring her.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Mr.. Ivory Frost, one of the leading citizens
of Hampden, died very suddenly at his resi-
dence, Tuesday.
Trains now pass over the Mattawamkeag
bridge.
Pushaw Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, has
been organized at Glenburn.
At the annual meeting of Newport Savings
Bank on Monday, E. Shaw, E. Walker, George
W. Whitney, Daniel Dudly and Alfred Miles
were elected Trustees, e. w. Shaw was elect
The bank has about 5000. 600 of deposits, and
paid an extra dividend of two per cent April
LIST.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast shoe factory has closed Temporal
rily, but will start up soon with increased ia
cilities and force.
On Saturday night some scoundrels fired
charge of backshot into room occupied by
Martin Rollins of Lineolnville with the evident
intention of numbering Mr.. Rollins.
Thomas Hershen of Belfast, picked up stick
of fire-wood and placed it in the stove, when it
burst and scattered the stove covers and fire
about the room The stick had been bored and
charged with powder.
Belfast claims considerable influx of popu-
lation this spring.
The ship Susuan Gilmore, launched last
week at Newburyport, is largely owned in
Searsport, and will be commanded by Capt
Nathan P. Carver.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The case of Joseph Granger vs. Peter Avery,
which has been in the courts of Washington
county for nineteen years, has just gone to the
law court 1t involves the title to the grass
land in the st. Croix, the plaintiff claiming I'M
der grant from Massachusetts, and the defen-
dant claiming that they belonged to the In lians
and were not contained in the Massachusetts
grant.
YORK COUNTY
Mr.. VIM. Wiley, of Kittery, while employed
in putting shores under schooner on the Ma
rine Railway in that town, on Tuesday, had his
hand peeled of flesh from the wrist to the fin
gers, laying bare the cords, by the falling of
one Of the shores.
IN GENERAL.
G. III. Warren of Deer Isle, and W. 81.
Downs of South Berwick are members of the
new Wesleyan University crew.
The Masonic halls throughout the State have
been draped in mourning, by order of the Grand
Lodge in respect to the memory of Grand Mas
ter John III. Lynde of Bangor, and Freeman
Bradford of Portland, who have deceased with
in a YEAR