The Portland daily press., 1875-08-04
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY

AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
The North Star says that Jewett & Pitcher
money is now cdrrent with Presque Isle trad
ers.
From the North Star: The man who yester-
day picked cucumbers from his vines, was this
morning seen at the coun ter of the drug store,
with lank and troubled visage, higgling over
the price Of a bottle of cholera medicine. Such
is the consistency of mankind, but such is
their necessity.
Bad weather to get large crop of hay is the
complaint of the North Star.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The August term of the S. J. Court, Judge
Danforth presiding, began in Augusta, Tues
day. There were several criminal cases to
come before it.
The Journal says that Mr.. Thomas Tolnan
died in his house at Sidney, Saturday night.
July 31st, having reached the venerable age of
"a years.
The Kennebec County Agricultural Society
will hold, its annual show and fair at Readfeld
Corner, Oct 9Th, 9th and 18th. Address, 0 ct.
9Th, by Hon. q. A. Gilbert of East Turner.
KNOX COUNTY.
In Thomaston. Monday afternoon, three
young ladies went to the river just above the
toll bridge to battle, and two of them, Lizzia
Demuth, aged IS, and Nancy .Pendeton, aged
20 years, walked off the edge of an old sub.
merged wharf, and were swept away by the
assistance being at hand, Miss Demuth was
drawn out in an insensible condition. The eff
forts of the phi ysicians, who were at once sum-
moned, were successful in restoring her, but she
is still in very feeble condition. Miss Pendle-
ton sank and could not be rescued. Her body
was found several hours after the accident, hav-
ing been carried some distance from the scene
of the accident.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Saturday morning, says the Oxford Demo-
crat, the three prisoners confined in the county
Jail at Paris escaped. Two of the prisoners
were released by colored boy, who was the
third he being given the range of the Jail yard.
One Of the prisoners, Merchant, was captured
in Mexico Sunday evening. Chase and Mer-
chant were convicted of stealing harness, at
the March term of court, and sentenced to six
ty days.labor in the Auburn jail. Soon after
serving this sentence, being detected in other
misdemeanors, they were re.arrested and sent
to Paris Jail on the charge of stealing horse
and carriage. The negro was a young man
brought from Florida by Mrs Daniel of Locke s
| Mills. He was arrested for stealing money to
the amount of hundred dollars from his mis-
tress and other parties.
The Oxford Democrat says "Some kind
friend placed two fine clusters of nightshade
upon our desk one day last week, probably
thinking we would mistake the fruit for cher
ries. We weren't fooled SO easily however"
Francis Waite, one of the first settlers of
Eeru, recently uleu III IuaG tOWn, aSeu u
years.
The fall term of Bryant's Pond high school
| will begin Tuesday, Sept. Z under the contin-
| ued instruction of Mr.. A. M. Burton.
| The 18th annual exhibition of the West Ok.
| ford Agricultural Society, will be holden at
| the society's grounds in Fryeburg on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, October 18th, 18th
| and 14th.
PENOBSCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says that on last Thurs
| day evening a reception was given to Rev. DR..
| Pond at his residence on Hammond street, in
| honor of his eighty-fourth birth day. There
was large gathering Of relatives and friends,
| including number from Hampden and Bucks
| port, and the occasion was one long to be re.
membered with rare joy by all who were pres
| ent.
| The annual meeting Of the stockholders oil
| the consolidated European & North American
| Railway Co. will be held at the Presidents of.
flee, Bangor, at 10 a. m. Tuesday, August II.
The Wing says that the following shows the
| amount of mail matter delivered AMI collected
| by the carriers of the Bangor office for the
month of July: Delivered.Mail letters 49,
436, postal cards 967, drop letters 274O, drop
postal cards BAG, papers 10,0l7. Collected
Letters 29,6S0, postal cards 5132, papers 1867.
| sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
| The Sagadahoc county Republican conven-
ton will be held in Bath, Tuesday, Aug. oath.