The Portland daily press., 1878-11-23
STATE NEWS
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

AhOOoIOOh COONII.
The movement to buildsa branch railroad to
HOulton from the e. & n A. Railway at Ban
croft is still agitated. and it is the opinion of
some of some Of the persons interested, that it
will be built within the coming year. Mr.. Glib
son is to extend the narrow gauge road up the
Meduxneskeag from Woodstock to Houltop,
distance about fifteen miles. The contem plat
ed Bancroft branch road will pass through
Amity and Hodgdon, length of line about 30
miles. The company is to organizes under the
charter of the ArO0stook Railroad. The Maine
Central and Eastern Railroad companies will
aid in the enterprise. A contractor has already
offered to build and grade the road ready for
the rails for the sum of 100000.
The Fall term of the Houlton academy closed
last week.
ANDRosooGGIN COUNTY.
There are indications that quite extensive
logging operations will be carried on in the vi
cinty of Andover the coming winter. Mr..
Wood of Lewiston will put in two millions and
half to be driven down Swift river. Other
parties will put in smaller lots in other locali-
ties.
The Auburn shoe business makes q better
showing this week. The total shipments, 1892
cases, are some over hundred cases more than
last weeks. There will not probably be another
so large shipment this season. Some manu-
facturers report business unusually good, and
say that orders have continued to come in later
than they anticipated. Leather receipts are
very light.
The coffin, supposed to contain the remains
of Mr.. James Mellep. late of Auburn was re-
moved from the tomb in the new burying-
ground in Perrsville, about week ago, aud
sent by rail to CaDada, for increment. The
men who handled the cOffio. stated that it was
much heavier than usual, and alarming stories
came to the ears of Mrs. Mellen to the effect
that the body had been stolen and the coffi
filled with stones and sod. Mrs Mellen at
once wrote to friends at the place Of interment
and received reply that the cafin had been
buried and weighed about 200 pounds. 1t was
not opened. She expresses determination to
proceed to Canada at once and have the grave
and coffin opened.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Maine Central Railroad COMPANY has
offered the to wn of Brunswick $113S, fifty per
cent of the sum invested by the town in provid-
ing for a travelling way under the Androscog-
gin railroad bridge. This offer the Selectmen
declined to accept and the matter is still under
advisement
Miss Mary E. Pease of Bridstou, died at
Pueblo, Colorado, recently, whittier she had
gone in hopes OF recovering her health
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Board of Trustees of the State College,
Wednesday, visited Orouo. Ex-Gov. Abner
Coburn, president of the Board, on account of
feeble health, did not make the trip, but re-
manned 10 Bangor. The annual election of Off
GERS resulted III the choice of Hon. Abper Co
burn as President; Col Eben Webster of Oro-
no, Treasurer: VIM. p Wingare, S. T. Hicks
and Lyndon Oak, Executive Committee; and
Gov. Connor, Dr. Allen and Rev. Samuel f.
Dixie, Examining Committee. The reports OF
the different professors came before the Board.
Everything indicates that the College has done
agood work during the past year. A decided
Improvement has been made on the farm, and
that is now very nearly self-sustaining At an
adjourned meeting in the evening, the question
of successor to Pres. Allen was discussed, but
no choice was made.