The Portland daily press., 1875-03-19
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.


The Lewiston Journal understands that the
cantata of Joseph will be sung In costume al
City Hall, Fast day night.
Hon. w. P. Frye arrived home on Tuesday
night.
Lewiston has family of half imbecile pau
pers in Dallas plantation. known as the Bubiel
family. Mayor Russell suggests that the crowd
be brought to that city that the children may
be sent to school and thus extinguish race Of
paupers.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Pennington Chronicle says that the
number of pupils now in attendance at the
State Normal School in Pennington is 126,rep
resenting IA counties: the only counties not
represented in the school are Hancock and
Piscataquis.
A. S. Riggs of Chestervile, has COW which,
besides furnishing milk for family of six per-
sons, estimating it to be three pints a day,
made 337 pounds of butter, the average worth
being So cents per pound, Sly 90; 506 quarts
of milk ats cents quart, $3.50; total, $143.-
25.
Mr.. Almon Alden of Jay. hauled last week
to the saw mill of Messrs. Fuller & Fernald, a
nine tree that is estimated to make $500 feet OF
lumber. The two first cuts, Is feet in length,
made 210O feet of boards. The tree was feet
II inches in diameter at the stump.
Mr.. A. T. Smart of Pennington, has adopted
an unique method of supplying water for the
engine at his steam mill. The well failed up,
and he put a hogshead in position and filled ii
steam escape pipe 50 that all the escape steam
passed into the hogshead and melted the snow.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mayor Grant of Ellsworth, declines to serve
another wear, but he has been so good in office
that his political friends say he must
A remarkable case of family longevity is
that of the Bridges family, all born in the vi
cinity of Castine, consisting of three brothers
and two sisters, all well to date Mrs. Abigail
Currier So, Oliver Bridges 80, Mrs. Mary Bow
den 80, Joseph Bridges IS. Daniel A. Bridges
70 The father and granfather were born in
York. Edmon, the father of the five, was 81
wears old, and his mother was 100 when she
died.
The Ellsworth American says that sobriety
is the order of the day in that city. and the
Bangor Commercial signs at the drought in
the new city. The temperance reform is
thorough business there.
KNOX COUNTY.
One Lothrop of Thomaston, while DRINK,
heat his wife last week. A crowd waited on
him and ordered him to leave town, which he
did INIT has returned and threatens to prose-
cute fellows who interfere in family matters.
Near Tenants Harbor, Feb. %, boy named
Asley broke through the ice and would have
been drowned had not man, who was also
crossing. thrown his dog to the boy who grasp
ed hold of the animal and was dragged to tn Q
shore. Not so noble dog as one reads OF but
useful brute.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that at religious meeting in
Lagrar ge Tuesday evening, Samuel Harvey
of Maxfeld, an aged gentlemen, at the close OF
some remarks which he had been making,
dropped instantly dead
Lewis A. Barker, Esq, son of Hon. Lewis
Barker of Bangor, was admitted to practice at
the Penobscot Supreme Court, Wednesday, on
motion of Gen. Plaisted.
A national bank was organized at Dexter,
Tuesday, by the choice of the following direc-
tors: Charles Shaw, George Hamilton, A. e.
Bradbury, S. P. Sawyer, Nathaniel Dustin, W.
bans, Henry Douglass of Guilford, E. b. Hall
of Corrina. The bank will probably be in op-
Grafton about the first of May next
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Age objects to women for school
committee in general, but makes haste to de-
clare that the selection of Mrs Dickinson as a
member of the board in that city is an excel
lent one.
Only once in generation, says the Belfast
Age, will loaded teams be seen crossing the
bay from Castine to that city. The ice was ten
inches thick the 18th inst.
Monday night the engine of the train on the
Belfast & Moosehead railroad was thrown from
the track by a boulder weighing 200 pounds,
which had rolled fsom the bank. Fireman
Sweeney was thrown from the engine, striking
nearly twenty feet from the track, knocking
him senseess, but not permanently injuring
him.
YORK COUNTY.
Work in the construction department of the
navy yard has been entirely suspended until
the list of April. Orders have just been re-
ceived from Washington to place three bige
on nj thn nfraO t n
Enterprise, which will give the ship the novelty
of seven keels.
The Biddeford Light infantry are arranging
for grand military reception, complimentary
to Gov. Dingley and Maj. Gen. Chamberlain.
Thurrday evening, April 10Th.