The Portland daily press., 1875-11-12
STATE NEWS.
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.

The Lewiston Journal says that the receipts
at the Grand Trunk Railroad in that city for
incoming freight for the month of Oct, 1876
were $4,000 more than for the corresponding
month last year, exclusive of the receipts to be
divided among other roads.
w. f. c. Rich Bates graduate, has been
elected usher of the Lawrence school of South
Boston.
The Journal says that Calvin Bumpus Of
Livermore, aged 80, walks two miles from home
and back. cuts cord of wood and does the
chores of the house.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle announces the death of the
wife of Hon. j. W. Fairbanks of Pennington,
on Monday last. She was daughter of Hon.
Hiram Belcher.
A Normal School scholar walked 50 miles in
day and danced part of the night following.
The people Of East Wilton have just put in n
ZOO lbs. bell in their church at q cost Of four
hundred dollars.
Gov. Dingley and portion of the trustees Of
the Western State Normal School at Farming
ton, visited that institution on Tuesday and in
spected its workings. In the evening Governor
DIngley addressed the students and citizens on
temperance.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Journal says that some of the most sub
stantial business men of Augusta say they have
got through endorsing notes. Their resoluti on
IS caused by recent failures in Augusta.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Daniel T. Church & Co. of Bristol, are catch.
ing great quantities of porgies in wers in Barn
stable Bay, Mass, and shipping them to Round
Pond for oil. Three cargoes are now on their
Way-16 days oug and not yet arrived. This
firm it will be remembered, caught 900 barrels
of fat No. l mackerel off N. Y. recently, and
the man who bought them made $4,000 in the
purchase. 1t took but 152 of these mackerel
for barrel, and they sell at $1,000. Mackerel
are very scarce.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Wood. Bishop & Co. of Bangor, have manu-
featured and sold this season, over 1900 of their
Clarion cooking ranges, in addition to their
other classes OF stoves.
A farmer in Orrington has been for some
time past feeding squash IN the hope of being
able to bring it up to 200 lbs. The feeding is
done by cutting off the vine about six feet from
the squash and placing the end IN pan into
which flesh milk is daily poured. By this
means the vine absorbs about two quarts of
milk per day, and the squash gains about a
pound day in weight.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Our Fairfield correspondent writes: 'sAn
Encampment of Odd Fellows is to be instituted
in our village, Friday, Nov. 10Th, to be known
as Hobah Encampment. The Lodge is pros
pering finely.----A few of our people have
mia, and are to start next week.---E. G.
Snow, for many years one OF the druggists of
our village, has lately moved to West Water
vile andeopened hotel called the eCascade
House. Our mills are nearly all closed,
and business locks little dull for the winter.
Teams are starting daily for the woods,
where the usual amount of work will be done
this winter.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Journal says that the Belfast shoe fac
tory has suspended operations for few days,
to take account of stock, &c. They will re-
sumo in few days with very fattering pros
poets. A part of the machinery If the Rock
land factory has been purchased for the Belfast
factory.
The Belfast city government will order cleo
tions for the last Monday in Nov. to choose a
representative to the Legislature and an alder
man for Ward 2, to fill vacancies occasioned by
the death of William Pitcher.
The Belfast Journal says that Columbia P.
~ i'll with Bright's disease of the kidneys.
Capt. Henry E. Brown is also suffering from
the same disorder.
Owing to the continued illness of Judge
Thurlough, the Hon. E. Nj. Woods of Camden,
Judge of Probate for Knox county, is holding
the present term of Probate court in Belfasf,
commencing Cd Tuesday last.
On Friday for ,noon of last week the dwell
ing house and two baras of e. j. Whittier on
the North Searsport road, about two miles
from the road were entirely DESTROYED by fire,
with most of their contents. The fire orig nat
ed in the porch chamber from q defective
chimney, and was well advanced when discov-
cred. Seventy-fve tons of hay, IS bushels of
potatoes, apples and all the vegetables raised
on the place the present season were DESTROYED
Loss about $3 500; insured for $1,000.