The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-28
STATE NEW s
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A receiver will be appointed to close up the
affairs of the Winthrop Savings Bank. Hon.
W. w. Bolster, the Bank Examirer, thinks
that quite a proportion of the securities and
cash stolen was so mangled that the robbers
will not dare to make use of the property
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that a horse was run over at
Wlnn, Wednesday night, by the European and
North American train. Three of his legs were
cut off and left to die.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
The following Republican nomina atoms were
made at Dover yesterday: Senator IS. o.
Brown of Dover; Commissioner - Leonard
Hilton OF Kingsbury; Treasnrer-Calvin b.
kittredge of Dover.
The Observer says that Foxcrofs has lost
another good citizen in the death OF Mr. VIM.
II. Ingalls,. who died on Saturday afternoon
last, after an illness of only three days.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Skowhegan ReportO says that business
over the Maine Central railroad to aud from
that station during the past week has been re.
markably active. S'xty-four car loads of gen.
eral merchandise has been received Forty
TWO car loads have been sent out, among these
four of live stock to W-stbroOk; one of slate
from the Maine Slate Company, to Readfeld
one of ship knees half ton of cloth, first
Shipment from The new wooen factory to
Rufus Frost, Boston. 1t was pronounced to
be first quality Four hundred and t. rty dol
lars received from sale of passenger tickets
Wm. FL. Heselton proprietor of the new ho-
tel at tn Forks, informs the Reporter that his
house will be- opened on the 22nd of Septem-
Der.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The four-years-old son of Lulu Quinn of
Lubec was found drowned on Wednesday of
last week.
The Robbinston correspondent of the Sen
tinel says that three men from some where have
been digging for the money buried by Balls,
the coun erfeiter, and his confederates about
sixty years ago; they were around with di.
vining rods and charts, and succeeded in con-
vincng all sensible people here that the fools
are not all dead vet.
WALDO COUNTY.
Mi VIM. FL. Fogler of Belfast has notified
his former comrades thaL the second reun,on
ment Name Vols. will be held at Belfast on
the afternoon aud evening of the second day of
September next.
YORK COUNTY.
The Journal says that the crops ia the vi
cinity of Limerick are looking fine and there
is every evidence of reaping IA bountiful har-
vest.
G. I'll Thompson of York has been appoint
ed foreman of laborers at the Kittery Navy
The North Berwick Company are sending
away large quantities of flannel goods. This
company run full time, notwithstanding the
hard times. j. j. Abbott, Esq, has just Gu
tered upon his duties as book-keeper for the
company.
At small gathering of old folks held recent
ly at the residence of the pastor of the Congre-
gatiOnal Church at Limington, there was a re-
markable couple by the name of Thompson.
The husband will be one hundred years old in
September next, and yet, strange to say, his
physical and mental powers seem well pre-
served. The same is true of his wife who is
nine y-two yours old.
A horse add carriage belonging to the Cen
trail House stable, Old Orchard, ran away Fri
day afternoon, completely smashing the vehi-
Gle, but iDjurng no one.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph says that new
machine and new engines b we been put into
the paper mill, and work will be lively when
everything is In first rate order.
The Bridgton News says: 1--WE record this
week the death of one of our best known bust.
ness men, Mr.. Nathaniel O+good of North
Bridgton. A native OF Durham in this sta e.
Mr.. OsgOod passed the greater part of his life
at North Brighton, where, for some forty years
be kept country and general variety store"
The News says that Hanson Fields has
caught turtle weighing fifty pounds 10 Songo
river. He was on the Mount Pleasant, and
caught it with boat hook,
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Pioneer says that at the Methodist camp
meeting in Hodgdon last Friday night four
harnesses were badly cut to pieces by some
miscreapt who had more devil than goodness
in his nature.