The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-03-15
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

The hostility of proprietors of wild lands in
Aroostook to settlers is likely to prevent the
settlement of much of the good laId. Inc
Sunrise learns that the Supreme Court at Houl-
ton, last week abrogated the proceedings OF the
County Commissioners year or two since IN
heating a road from Fort Kent to New S~ed-
en- designed to shorten the distance between
Up.er Madawaska and Caribou, and the coun-
try below. 1t was done at the instance OF land
owners on the route.
Aroostook county Supreme Court adjourned
Friday week. There were go cases on the
docket, of which 225 were new enries and 20
cases were disposed of-in 163 cases Judgment
for plaintiff, in Judgment for defendant and
SO neither party"
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Our Mt. Desert correspondent writes that the
ice is leaving the outer harbor OF the island.
KNOX COUNTY.
The debt of Camden is $3S 800 and has been
reduced $19,347 the past three years.
The Camden Herald SAYS that the Islesboro'
packet Mora, Capt. Hatch, made her hrst
trim for the season on Thursday; and on the
very same day teams crossed on the ice from
the upper part of the island to Belfast
The lower dam on the Camden stream broke
through on Thursday night from the pressure
of the ice.
Henry r. Butterfeld, esq of Waterville, has
sold to f. T. Nodine of Brooklyn, n. Y., his
grew eelding Comet for $1,000, aud his Ham
bletonian geIding Grey Jacket for $500. The
former is a Drew horse, seven years OF age,
and gives evidence of great speed. The latter
is eight years old and is also quite promising
Both animals have been shipped for their new
home.
The spring term of the Maine Wesleyan Sem
inory opened last week with 200 students, and
promises to be enc of the largest known to the
school. aEFtEHE
DR. Geo T.. Brickett of Augusta, has been
appointed by the department at Washington to
fiji the vacancy in the Board of Examining
Surgeons for Pensions, occasoned by the resig-
nation of DIR. Hampton Il. Hill.
The Republican members of the Augusta
city government have made the following nom
nations: City Marshal, F: L. harrington;
Treasurer, j. S. Turner; Solicitor, w. S.
Choate; Clerk, r. W. Black: City Physician,
I. NJ. Dillingham; (hom@opathst.) Hon War
rem johnson was nominated for supervisor OF
Schools instead of a committee of three.
The following officers have been elected by
the Kennebec Union Agricultural Society:
President, Major j. T. Richards, Gardiner Vice
Presidents. f. D. Harmon, Gardner. Gen. w.
S. Tiltou, Chelsea, B. w. Berry, Litchfeld;
Secretary, G. S. Wharf, Gardiner; Collector
and Treasurer, D. G. Palmer, Gardiner.
Gardiner has amateur minstrels who hold
forth in the largest hall of the city.
Waterville at town meeting appointed a
committee to report plans and specifications for
a new town hall, to be presented to the voters
at an adjourned meeting on May1
Mr. BENZ Mitchell, who has charge of the
Waterville town farm, reports the proceeds of
four COWS. They calved respectively April
18th, 10th and 18th and May 9Th. To the 10th
of February he sold SOP lbs. butter fo- $156 66,
lbs. per day were u.ed in the family-making
a total of S6S lbs butter. Cheese, 200 lbs, $3.50.
Two fat calves $50; raised two calves, 500. The
feed was only hay and grass.
LINCOLN COUNTY
Geo. Thomos, who broke Jail at WiScasset, a
few days since, was arrested by the police at
Rockland, Thursday right, and returned to his
old quarters. Th0mbs is serving out two years
for breaking and entering.
"A grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was
lately organized at Whitefeld, by Deputy
Hartwel Little of Brunswick, with the follow
ing officers: Master, Franklin Morse; Overseer,
A. Wyman; Lecturer, A. e. LOngfellow; Stew
ard, G. Coombs; Assistant Steward, q. Sher-
man; Chaplain, A. Carleton; Treasurer, Mar
cellus Philbrck; Secretary, James NJ. King.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
1t cost Bangor $50, S31 to take care of its
paupers and $35,SO4 to mend its ways last
year.
The contract for rafting logs at the Penobscot
boom the present season has been awsrded by
the Pen0bscot Laundering Association to
Messrs. Webster & Lunt.
East Dixmont is having Temperance revival
Very fashionable now.
James A. Vose of Bangor has been promoted
from a third to fourth class clerkship in the
Postoffice Department. Washington.
Many of the horses In Patten have a dis'emp
er which iDcapactates them for any work. The
throat is swollen and the horse is unable to
swallow except with the greatest difficulty.
The debt of the town of Dexter is S11 ,1SO. 49,
From Mattanawcook Pond, near Lincoln vii
lage parties have caught more than 5000 pounds
of pickerel during the past two weeks The
most of these fish were caaght within sight
and within five minutes walk of Lincoln viii
lage
WALDO COUNTY.
Two Searsport young ladies who went to Bel
fast shopping on skates, were over taken by
storm GU their return home, and would have
lest their lives had not Capt. Coombs followed
them and helped them through the binding
snow.
IN GENERAL.
The following comrades of the Grand Army
are announced upou the staff of the Command
er, Gen. Selden Conner for 1876: S. j. Gala
CHER, Augusta. Assistant Adjutant General;
Lorenzo B. Hill, Augusta, Assistant Quarter
master general; Will A. Woods, Biddeford,
Inspector; Franklin M. Drew, Augusta, Judge