The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-06
STATE NEWS
ARoosrooK COUNTY.


AT a meeting # the incorporatorS of the
Nor hero Aroosopk railroad, Tuesday, Mr.. E.
r Burpee stated that ne had been requested
by Mr. Gibson, owner of the New Brunswick
railroad, to tell the incOrporators that the
New B uoswick road would bs extended TO
HOultoo any time that the Northern Aroostook
railroad is built 20 that town.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The saw, shingle and clapooard mill belong
ing to B. L. Haines, Esq. of COplin plantation,
together with full set of carpenter and joiner
tools aud new horse rake, was burned Friday
evening, Nov. 49, Loss $500; no insurance.
Cause unknown.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
Miss Helen freeman announces that she
will walk Miss May Bile Sherman in Ports
mouth, N. a., or in any city where she has not
failed to perform what she undertook to do.
She will not walk 10 Portland, but will in Lew
iston, Bangor or Portsmouth. the winner to
take two-thirds of the receipts and purse of
$100 or more.
gas in mis- room IN an Augusta boarding house
the other night aud narrowly escaped death.
KNOX COUNTY.
A very distressing csss Is reported from
Thomaston, where child died of diphtheria
and was buried with the aid of a few neigh
bors. the disease being of a very malignant
type, and the people having fear of carrying
children were lying very ill at the time the
poor mother also sick, and the father worn
down by bis anxious labors. The second child
died on Friday.
WALDO COUNTY.
The next term of the S. j. Court 10 Waldo
county beeius on the first Tuesday of next
month. Judge Symouds will preside.
Amos W. Sprowl of Montvile, young man
of good habits, is among the missing and his
FRIENDS feel much anxiety concerning him.
The owners of the abandoned steamer Ger.
Barnes of New York, have presented Captain
George Mahoney of Belfast with an elegant
watch and letter of tha0ks for his services.
1t will bs remembered that Capt Mahoney, in
the schooner NJ. W Drew, rescued the crew
and passengers of that vessel which went down
in one Of the October gales.
A case Of inhuman child beating is reported
from North Searsmont, The residents OF the
place propose to investigate the case about
which not much is known except that a little girl
has frequently been whipped by her STEP
mother till her screams could be heard all over
the neighborhood.
The recent failure of Gilmore & Kinesbury
of Boston il reported to disclose that many
thousands Of dollars ars found to be placed
against the names of prominent men Of Sears
port on f1rged paper.
William Rowe of Belfast, aged 80, attempted
suicide last week by taking iaudabum. He has
been SICK long time with consumption and
had become dlsheartened.
Flocks Of the Pine GrossbeaB, an Arctic
bird that occasionally comes south in the win
ter, have recently baen seen ABOUT Ballast in
Considerable numbers They are of beautl-
fally vatiegated piumaga, rather larger than
the robio, are ctassed with the bafiuch family
and are valued for Cages BIZ bird fauciers.
Those recentlq seen very tame aud sit upon
the trees uutil persons come within very few
feet of them.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The schooner Evelyn of Addison, was lost
in one of the Octub4r gales aud it in now BE-
li-ved that the crew persisted. The captain,
Horace Crowley, lived at Indian River. The
crew consisted Of St,llmsn Young aud John
Palmer uf Columbia, a0d Arnc Worster and
Zelotus Worster of Columbia Falls.
YORK COUNTY.
Mrs. Oliver SWEET was thrown from a wagon
at the Pool last Saturday afternoon and re-