The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-08-25
STATE NEWS.
ANpRosCOGGIN COUNTY.

ANDhOoCO0OlN COUNIf.
The Herald says that there is good deal of
sickness at Minot Corner just now; we learn
that several persons are sick with typhoid fe
yer.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The American says that quite frost was no
ted ia many places on Monday and Tuesday
mornings.
The Ellsworth American says that on Friday
Mr.. Geo. E. Saunders, young man % years of
age, while at work at the edger in the mill of
Robert Gerry, was fatally injured by a sharp
piece of board three inches wide, flying from
the saw, striking his leg and penetrating his
thigh and groin to the depth of several inches.
KNOX COUNTY.
Messrs. John Fogler & Sons of Hope have
completed their new mills on the site where the
old one was burned last spring.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that there were ten applca-
tons for admission to the State College, and
all were admitted. This makes class of 20 up
to the present time. There will be future adj
ditons. The fall term opened Thursday.
Gen. G. H. Howard of the Chicago Advance,
is in Bangor, the guest of Hon. j. B. Foster
Last Friday night the ticket office of the
Maine Central r. r. Go. at Newport was
broken into and a small sum of money and
lot of tickets stolen.
WALDO COUNTY.
Geo. W. Cottrell has 700 ton barque on the
stocks nearly ready for planking. This is the
only vessel building at Belfast at present.
Belfast papers say that the horse thieves
still continue their depredations. They seem
to vibrate between that city at Searsmont. Last
week horse was stolen at that place and
found subsequently in Belfast. On Thursday
evening last horse and carriage was taken
from the farm of A. G. Jewett in Belfast and
found next day in Somerset.
Darling Cilley of Waldo. an old gentleman
20 years Of age, was thrown from carriage
Saturday afternoon, receiving serious Injuries
from the effects of which he died. The horse
was frightened by the cars.
The Belfast Journal says raid was made
last week on the orchard Of VIM. ElwelI, on
Northport Avenue, during his absence from
home The next night Mrs Elwell took a
loaded shot gun and laid in waiting for the
thieves, who she expected would return, and
was rewarded by seeing man climb into an
blazed away and down pumped the man and
took to his heels.
YORK COUNTY.
John Donahue of Biddeford ran away the
other day with the 16 year old daughter of Mr..
Mcmahon of New Bedford, Mass, and at.
tempted to marry her at Blddeford. The par
| SON refused and the father appeared and took
| his daughter home Thursday morning
The house of Mr.. B. Chase of Biddeford was
robbed of a gold watch and chain Wednesday
evening during the temporary sabsence of the
occupants.
IN GENERAL.
Hon. VIM. w. Bolster, State Bank Examin-
| er, is making his annual examination of the
savings banks throughout the state. The ex-
| aminations this year by Mr.. Bolster are more
| critical than usual. Regardediin the mass, all
| the banks in the stats thus far examined with
only a single excepton) show commendable
| surplus. One bank that has but $4,000 of de-
poslts, has a deficiency of about $1,000. All the
runs on the banks have ceased, and that
| without doubt the temporary furry will result
tors. Those who withdrew deposits, fearful OF
a general crash, are returning them, many
bringing back the sslf-safe sums they with