The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-27
STATE NEWS.
ANpRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCoGGIN COUNTY.
Auburn City Council has authorized loan Of
$1,000 to pay bills falling due the present montn'
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Houlton Dairying Association Intend
having their cheese factory in operation Dy the
first of June.
Walter P. Bean of Presque Isle, sows IS acres
| this year, which, the North Star says, IS moi
an unc Jmmen acreage for an Aroostook farmer
HANCOCK COUNTY.
A valuable steamboat wharf has been com
pleted in Sullivan, and the steamer Ulysses mas
commenced her regular trips for the season,
between that port and Rockland, touching AT
intermediate ports including Bar Harbor, ..
w. Harbor and Green's Landing.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Kennebee Journal says that the new
bonds for funding the floating debt of Augusta
have been prepared under the supervision OIL
the City Treasurer and are now offered for sale.
They are of four denominations, VIZ: $lOOO,
$780, $500 and 800. The first one will be due
in thirteen years, (the next year after the last
of the 1864 issue is taken up), and the last one
will be due in thirty years.
George w. Stanley of Augusta, has sold his
six year old Knox horse to James Keegan Tor
$1,000.
The work shops in the Augusta Jail are near
ly ready for work, which will commence in q
few days.
A little girl nine years old, daughter of John
Murray of Windsor, accidentally put her foot
between the spokes of wagon wheel, when
the horse started breaking all the bones of the
knee, and tearing off the flesh. Amputation
of the leg above the knee was ecessary.
KNOX COUNTY.
The alewves have come, but not very plenti-
fully, to Warren. Each head of a family is
entitled to two hundred fish provided he pays
the town agent forty cents, and can secure them
before some other ticket holder gets them alt
None are supposed to be taken except under
the town supervision, but report says good
many senes are drawn in the night time with
out any permission of the town authorities.
Smoke houses are in full blast on the river
banks
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Democrat says that the Ben Record colt
was sold in Buckfield to Boston parties, last
week, for $4,000.
PENOBSCoT COUNTY.
The Commercial says that in Bangor on
Tuesday noon the mercury stood 900 in the
shade.
A liquor seizure was made on the Portland
steamer while in Bangor Tuesday. The freight
trains are quite regularly overhauled for con-
traband liquors.
A man and his wife and two children left the
Aroostook, fifteen miles from Presque Isle, and
walked all the way to Bangor accomplishing
Iue Journey III elSut udyS.
PIsCATAQUIS toUNTY.
The ice left Moosehead Lake Sunday morn
ing.
The grass in Piscataquis is looking first rate,
and is not killed to any extent by the cold of
the past winter. The freezing this spring has
injured the grass in this county but very little
There will be two cheese factories in operation
in this county the coming season, and in all
probability two more will be built some time
during the season.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Bath Times says that near Bath the
Maine Central is replacing with new steel rails
the old rails nearly the whole distance between
Bath and Brunswick.
ERev. William o. Grant, minister of the
Baptist denomination. died Friday at Bowdon-
ham, aged SO. He was widely known in that
denomination. He was born ia Lincoln, e n.y.
land, 1892.
The Times says that only ''baby' Holsters
come into the market. The portly hardshell of
few years ago does not put in an appearance.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Machias Union says that things are pro-
crossing actively for the centennial in Machias.
Once aroused the people of the old Machias
Territory will know no such word as fail.
The annual meeting of the Machias Savings
Bank was held May 22d. George Walker, S.
ii. Talbot, George w. DriskO, John +. Har-
mon, Wm LOngfellOW were elected trustees,
George Walker, President and L. L. Keith,
Clerk and Treasurer.
WALDO COUNTY.
Fire in the Masonic Hall, over the high school
room at Belfast, Monday evening, damaged the
building several hundred dollars defaced and
destroyed the property of two lodges, and the
fixtures books, ETC., in the high and interme-
date school rooms.
Sunday the buildings of Enoch N. Gilman of
Brooks took fire and were totally consumed.
The fire originated from matches with which
children were at play in the stable.
IN GENERAL.
The Kennebec journal says that letter has
been received from Capt. j. G. b. Smith of Co.
lumbia, S. c., asking for the address of Lieut..
H. A. johnson, formerly of Co. B, Sd Maine
Volunteers who went from Hallowell, in order
that he may return sword taken from the lat
ter at the battle of the Wilderness. Captain
Smith desires to return the sword to Lieutenant
johnson as an evidence of admiration for his
determined bravery when captured, where, al
though surrounded and entirely cut off from
support, he absolutely refused to surrender, and
it was with the greatest difficulty he prevented
his men from firing, in the excitement of the
moment, upon Lieut.. j.. who appeared to re-
gard the danger that menaced him with fear
less indifference.