The Portland daily press., 1878-12-05
STATE NE VS..
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.


William g. Metcalf, Jr, of Lisbop, who
with bis father was axphy xated By the escape
Ct Illuminating gas at the New England
House, Boston, on Friday night, died at 4 80
o'clock Tuesday morning. L. was thought
that he would recover, but relapse set in and
he sank very rapidly.
Another mad dog has turned up this c,unsy;
this tine 10 Lisbon. The dog created COM
motion in that town last week aud was pursued
by an armed party as far as Webster Corner,
when they lost his track. Ga Saturday, Mr..
Brewer, Webster farmer, heard .errible
quaoklng among his geese in the yard and saw
dog attacking them. He at once dispatched
the animal. 1t was the same dag that the
Lisb)n party was after.
ARoosTooK COUNTY
meeting of the corporators of the Northern
Aroosto0k railroad was held ia Bangor Tnes-
day. Hop. F. W. Hill Of Exeter, called the
meeting to order as President. MIR. Apgell
rendered bis resnnation as secretary, aud Hon.
Noah Woods was elected to fill the office. A
committee of five, comprising N. G. Aver w.
B. H.yford, Noah Woods, J. s. Wheelwrfght
ADD +. w. Gram, was CHOSEN to obtain SUBJ
scriptiors for the building of the road. All
present seemed to be very desi.Gu5 tn 81 the
road should be built.
The New Brunswick g. Canada Railroad
have settled with Mrs Cushman injured IN the
recent disaster for $780,
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The winter term of the East Maine Con-
ference Seminary commenced on Wednesday,
the 9th ult. with greater number of students
than at the commencement of any wintcr term
for several years.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
The heavy rain Of Monday hight raised the
Kennel &c river to height which it has at
tanned but once this fall T4ere were some
wa,houts in Augusta streets, bat no serious
damage was done.
The body of Capr. Llewelly Cooper, former-
ly of Gardiner, was brought to thaJ CITY for
interment last Friday. Capt. Cooper, it will be
recoliected, died quite suddenly ia Glasgow.
Scotland, few weeks sicce. For several
years be had been master Of oae Of the
steamers plying oeswaen Nav York aad Gas
gov, and was one of tia most efficient and
popular captains of the line.
Some Buys broke iato the school house ia the
Jepson district 10 China recsnily, demolished
the school furniture and destroyed the pupils
text looks.
The Young Peoples Comrade, she temper
ance paper stated by Mr.. Vose, about year
ago, has been disposed of to parties in Boston.
PENoBsooT COUNTY.
Three young bogs, thirteen, f)lrteen and
fifteen years of age, all of Mattawamkeag,
were recently brought before Trial Jastics
Caleb Estes of VIM for assaulIing ADD cruelty
oouopS hueio udukulrf, rtSHJ years Ol age, OF
William Adams. A. noon she started hofns
frvm scnoO,, when the above boys selzsd her
a9d carried her into tue woods and shamefnIly
abused her. There is great Indignation n the
Community at such an outrage and the
cowardly perpetrators will be- justly dealt
With.
Mr.. Christopher Toole, tbs Bangor pedes-
traD, has received an invitation to go to Au-
gusta ard walk 80 miles against three men,
each Ooe to walk oas-thifd OF the distance. He
has written that he will walk against two but
does not care about walking az ainst three Just
yet.
WALDO G UNITY.
Mr. James Goo ell of Belfast, who attempted
suicide last week, cannot survive.
Howard MurOhy of Belfast is one of the
C ,nDetitors for tee butter pr 2, Of $3.50 offered
at the international dsirymen's show ia New
York.
YORK COUNTY.
The owners of the bark Dovoashire, carried
Off by Chiliau c9rvaete, while loading guano
at Monte Leone, have asked Senator Blaine
and Mr.. r led to procure the interposition ef
TIE govern meut for the relief If Captain
Falker and his crew. who were left on shore,
t~o or three hlndeed miles from civilization.
when the bark was taken. The Devonshire is
0Gned in S4co, and the captain aud crew be-
long in SacO aud Biddefotd