The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-15
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that the City
Council has voted to send special committee
to Franklin county to transport to the city
farm the colony of 3ubier paupers
The Journal says that short time ago Mr..
r. w. Holt, young man OF that city, went
into the river when in an OVer-heated condition,
and has since been seriously ill in consequence,
his plunge into the cold water having cause
severe congestion OF the internal organs.
Lewiston thieves now steal plants from
windows.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Houlton Pioneer says:-"The noble and
manly game of base ball is bearing its usual
fruits Thomas Greenleaf of Amity had his
lip split open, four teeth instantly extracted,
aud his jaw fractured by an accidental blow
from a bat, on July 9th. On the 9TH a Stewart
boy of this town had his shoulder dslocated
while enjoying the same noble game
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Grasshoppers are appearing in great numbers
in Wilton, and in some cases are destructive,
eating grain, potatoes and grass. The gaudy
ten-lined potato beetle is also prospecting.
The Lewiston Journal learns that Chas v
Look of Industry hired two tramps few days
since. Morday night they entered his sleeping
room and took from his pantaloons $50, and
from the coat of his hired man who slept with
him SIP, and decamped.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Our buCKSpOrG correspondent writes CDaG on
Monday evening, while several horsemen were
trying the speed of their nags, Sewall Homer's
team cOllided with that of Capt. Ivory Grant,
causing general smash up and SO severely
injuring Homer's horse that he had to be
killed large number of our musical
people are plating going down on the
HANDEL and Haydn ex ,ursiOn on the 18th to
Northport--Ourr railroad is dong quite
passenger business. The average number is
about 12O per day.---summer travel has
commenced in good earnest. The boats and
trains are daily bringing large numbers of
tourists Lound for Mt. Desert ond other towns
in this vicinity.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal says that two men
employed ION the farm of George Pullen got
into quarrel about something Tuesday even
ing, when one named Hart, hailing from Ban
gor, stabbed the other, named Adley of
Augusta, in the back near the spine, infcting
a serious but not dangerous wound. Hart was
arrested.
The Maine Genealogical and Biographical
Society was organized in Augusta Tuesday,
and the following officers elected President,
Hon. James w. North of Augusta; Vice
President, George J. Varney of Brunswick;
Secretary and Librarian, VIM. B. Lapham of
Augusta; Treasurer, Charles E. Nash of
Augusta: Standing Committee, Samuel L.
Boardman of Augusta, Joseph w. Porter
of Burlington, G. M. BODICE of Deering, G. A.
Wheeler of Castine, and j. G. Elder Of Lew
istou.
Judge Dickerson will hold the August term
of the Kennebec Supreme Court, which begins
Aug g.
The Gardiner Journal says that the aggre-
gate taxable states in that city are 1855, 1888;
number of polls with property, SOB; without,
473; total, 1,076; number of dogs, ia. Rate
per cent, 1885, f. G. Richards & Co. pay the
largest tax, 81, 607.76. The following are some
of the heavy ones W. w. Bradstreet, 81 ,529.-
SO; Z G. Bradstreet, 81, 20734; Dillingham; &
Co., S1,031.5S; Joshua Gray, $S05.S9; Copse-
cook Paper Co., $776.16.
Senator Morrill, is making extensive repairs
on his residence at Augusta. Mr.. MOrrilfs
| family is at the seaside in Falmouth.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Harrison Hume, Esq, of Cherryfield is about
| to leave that town and remove to Holyoke,
| Mass, where he is to open law Office and de-
| vote himself exclusively to his profession. His
friends will regret that he has decided to re-
move from the state.
YORK COUNTY.
A Waterford correspondent writes:-"The
| gold mine at South WATERFORD will undoubted-
| ly prove to ibe great success. An analysis
| made by the State Assayer gave a fair per cent.
| for the surface The owners are sinking
| shaft. AS they 90 down the vein grows
| broal Ter, and to all appearances richer. They
| have also found another vein a short distance
| away, which appears to carry quite quantity
of silver"