The Portland daily press., 1876-12-04
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

ARooSTOOK COUNTY.
The Aroostook Pioneer has just concluded its
18th year.
ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Androscoggin was frozen over Friday as
far as Brunswick, except in very shoal and
rapid spots.
The post-ofice at Lisbon was broken into
Friday and lot of postal cards, coppers and
stamped envelopes stolen.
Mr.. Zebulon Wright is the Oldest living
person born in Lewiston. He is in his ninety
fourth year. Since he was 81 years old he has
lived on the spot where he now resides, near
the Sabattus road
Counterfeit silver half dollars are circulating
in Lewiston.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
A bunch of Msyfowers in full bloom were
picked in the vicinity of Bridgton last week.
A barn belonging TO Isaac Barnes, situated
about three miles west of Brunswick village,
was destroyed by fire Thursday, with large
quantity of hay, yoke of oxen. horse and
farming utensils.
Fox hunting is the favorite amusement in
Harrison. Nine men and two dogs caught two
in the course of "a hours.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
They have a novel way of catching smelts in
Surry. Rats are built, on which tents are
pitched. These are padded down the stream,
and thus several weeks good fishing is secured
before the ice formed
Stephen Averill of Mortified has been in the
logging woods fifty-seven successive winters,
and is now SIN art and healthy, ready for an
other seasons operations.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
The house, barn and outbuildings of Hiram
w. Campbell in Manchester were burned
Thursday morning. Forty tons of hay, fonr
ia
including moving machine, were burned.
Mr.. Campbell was badly injured while rescuing
his horse. Only part of the furniture in the
house was saved. Loss $780, insured for
$500. The fire is supposed to have been set
by tramps.
was burned Thursday evening. The family
were abed ard had a narrow escape from suffo-
cation,
KNOX COUNTY.
1t is said that the grave at Thorn aston of
John Holmes, who was both Representative
and Senator in Congress during the administra-
tons of Monroe Adams and Jackson. has
identified.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A delegation of the Portland Young Mems
Christian Association is laboring at Boothbay.
Ship B. f. Metcalf of Damariscotta recently
made the passage between Liverpool and New
York IN nineteen days.
Seventy-fve residents of Wscasset visited
the Centennial exhibition.
Capt. Ebenezer Bradford, a well known citi-
zen of South Waldoboro', died Friday.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Diphtheria is prevailing in Oxford. Three
children died last week of the disease.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The young salmon placed in the Penobscot
and its tributaries this season were put in at
Kingman and Bancroft on the Mattawamkeag,
and at VIM on the Penobscot.
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Corinna have started course OF lectures.
Ex-GOv. Chamberlain delivered the list lecture
last Friday on the Battle of Gettysburg"
The new and beautiful hall at Exeter Mills,
built the past season through the exeTtonS of
the Ladies' Literary Association, was opened
to the public last Monday evening. A histori-
cal account Of Exeter and its early settlers was
given by Hon. Noah Barker of Corinth.
YORK COUNTY.
Diphtheria Of most malignant type is rag
ing at Cape Nedck.
Turkey stealing is very prevalent in the
vicinity of Limiugton. One man lost fifteen
in one night, The next morning he observed
wheel and hoof tracks near his premises, and
following these he went over into WATERFORD,
and at a house in the woods found parties in
the act of picking turkeys they had stolen from
him.
IN GENERAL.
The seventh quarterly session If the Tenn
perance Reform clubs of the state commences
at Skowhegan Tuesday and continues through
Wednesday.
The Maine State Grange will meet at the
town hall, Waterville, on Tuesday, December
18th, at 10 o'clock a. III. Arrangements have
beep made with the Maine Central railroad to
give free return ticket to all persons attend
ing the Grange, travelling over that line.