The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-08-18
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY
AT the annual meeting of the Little andre
scoggin Water Power Co., on Tuesday pm. +,
the old board OF directors was elected as fol-
lows G. L Barker, j. r. Pulsifer, j. 81. Roak,
A. M. Pulsfer, j. G. Cook, A. Leland, j. 2.
Gill. A NJ. Pulsifer, ESQ.,. was elected clerk
and treasurer; and Fred Kelley and Addison
Small, auditors
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
At POwnal, on Tuesday evening, a barn be-
longing to Mrs George G. Mitchell was struck
by lightning and consumed, with 20 toEs of
hay; loss $500.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The drouth is doing serious damage to the
crops in KiDgfeld.
Arrangements have been made for a re-
union of the Thomas family in Strong on the
18th inst.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
A copper mine has been discovered in Blue
hill. The vein is apparently quite extensive
and OF good quality.
Maggie Campbell an Ellsworth domestic,
jumped rto the river from the bridge, last
Wednesday, with the intention of drowning
herself. She was seen by two young men, who
rescued her. She was Respondent, and had
several times threatened to take her own life.
The Hayes and Wheeler Club at Bucksport
is organized as llows.-President, S E. Hall
Vice-Presdents, A. Ell. Gam, Parker Spofford,
W. A. Renwick Secretaries, A. B. Ames, W.
s. Horner; Treasurer, j. D. Patterson.
KNOX COUNTY.
The James Paskiel house in Warren was
burned on the night of August 10TH 1t was
doubtless set on fire.
Peterson, and her husband, were arraigned be-
fore the Rockland Police Court, last Saturday,
foE levying black mail on DR.. Stevens by charg-
ing that he attempted rape upon Mrs. Peter
son. PETERSON and wife were bound over to
answer
The Bodwell Granite Co. are the lowest bid
GERS to furnish cut granite for the Atlanta,
Ga. Custom House and Post-ofice for the sum
of $4,000. The rock will be taken from the
Spruce Head quarries, at which place the labor
OF cutting will be performed.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
On the occasion of Barnum's visit to Dexter
on Wednesday of last week, pickpockets did
quite thriving business. John Pease of
Wellington had his pocket picked of $125 cash,
and Mr.. Knowles of Corinna, $40. An old
gentleman 80 years of age was relieved of his
pocket book, containing all the money he had.
Harris Hamilton of Parkman, detected one of
the light-fingered gentry in the act of picking
his pocket, when he seized the scamp by the
hair and slapped him several times iu the face,
and was only prevented from administering a
severe punishment by the dense crowd which
prevented free use of his hands.
PIsCATAQUIS COUNTY.
Rev. E. A. Van Kleck, pastor of the Baptist
church in Dover, who has been seriously i'll of
typhoid fever, is recovering.
WALDO COUNTY.
Waldo county Lodge of Good Templars me t
at Troy, Friday. Over 200 delegates, repre-
senting IL lodges, were IN atten Dance The
prizes for the largest gains in numbers during
the last quarter were awarded to Golden Band
Lodge of Searsmont, for largest gain, viz: 81
members, and the largest ratio to Monterey
Lodge, ~ per cent. gain, The prizes were a
quarto Bible and marble gavel block The
next session will be in Brooks in November
j. S, Harding of Waldo, was on Monday at
tackled in his barn by a bull that had broken
loose. He was thrown down, trodden upon
and tossed upon the animals horns, but man
aged to escape without serious injuIy.
Eben Collamer of Lincolnville, mate of the
schooner Mary Lymburner died on the 9th and
was buried at sea.
The house of Wellington Shibles in Thorn
dixie, was burned last week.
Horse thieves are operating in Waldo county.
On wednesday OF last week horse and car
rage were taken from Nathan Miller's barn in
Searsmont, and on Thursday an attempt was
made to steal horse and team from a stable in
Belfast.
LaForest Virgins house aud barn in Unity,
were destroyed by fire Monday, the 18th inst.
Most of the household articles were saved, but
his farming tools, wagon and pig were burned.
Mr.. Abner Dunton, the Oldest resident of
Lncolnville, died on the 18th inst, at the age
of "a years.
YORK. COUNTY.
Mr., r. Norman Milliken of Saco, died very
suddenly last Tuesday evening at the residence
of his sisters husband, B. B. Howard, agent
of tine Cords Mills at Millburv, Mass. He
was injured internally some years ago by being