The Portland daily press., 1879-04-04
STATE NEWS.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.


John B. Daggett, son of Col. Samuel Dag.
gett of Pennington, died in Wesley, Iowa, the
18th ult. His age was 50.
A larger amount of business in the lumber
line has been done at Chestergile the past
season than In any year during the last decade,
showing that operators have more confidence
in the revival Of trade than certain politicians
desire.
HANCOCK COUNTY
F. H. Moses of Bucksport has a very fine
collection of coins. The collection embraces
silver aud copper coins of the reign of Alex.
ander the Great, julius Caesar, Tberius Caesar
and other ancient potentates; specimens of the
"wid0w's mite and the "tribate money" of
Caesars reign mentioned in the New Tests-
ment. and variety of other rare old coins of
different countries. Mr. Moses has also made
q collection OF the various issues of paper
currency made during the war.
The First Baptist church at Islesboro was
broken into recently and considerable damage
done by npsetting stoves, smashing the lamps,
stove pipes, etc
On Wednesday of last week as son of Mr..
George Brooks of Ellsworth was leading a
horse from water he was violently kicked in
the face by the animal and died in consequence
Friday.
The Gibson Mine at Sullivan struck the
edge of the vein Saturday. Their shaft is
down some sixty feet, and from the shaft the
vein is reached by drift Of thirty feet.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The papers generally have been commenting
on the hghtness of sentence pronounced on
James M. Savage OF Belgrade, who in a
drunken debauch, beat his wife until she died.
Some of the papers chronicle the fact with the
heading "A Murderer Gets only Five Years in
Prison." That is not exactly a fair statement.
Savage was convicted of manslauguter, and
not of murder; and in imposiu the sentence of
fiVa in Stata Prison h..
Judge doubtless took into consideration
Savage's age. aud the fact that be had already
been within Jail walls some seventeen months.
-Kennebec Journal
Mr.. Isaac Newton Prescott of Monmouth
died Tuesday of congestion Ct the lungs at the
age of 50 years.
A special meeting Of the Board of Trustees
OF the Insane Hospital was held Tuesday and
Wednesday at Augusta. Among the most
important items of business we're the appoipt-
ment OF committees to prepare plans and
speclhcatlons for the new dormitory and to
establish works for the manufacture OF sill the
gas used at the Hospital buildings. bv a
method which it is hoped will Effect saving of
fifty per cent. IN the gas bills Of that institu-
ton, now aggregatng about $4,000 per annum.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The barn of Capt. John Ross, near Hermon,
was burned Tuesday afternoon, LOGS about
$500.
The Dexter mills are now employing 225
bands. The "Abbott mill" of Amos Abbott &,
Co., has been run since 1925, never ouce stop.
ping except to make necessary repairs. They
now employ thirty hands on fye-sixth time,
and are turning out $4,000 yards Of wool
honest goods per year. This firm have not
used pound of cotton or shoddy in the last
twenty five years. They are now selling some
OF their goods in the West.
But little fear is now entertained of freshet
at Bangor. The Xenduskeag stream is
open from opposite the Custom House to
point above the Franklin street bridge The
ice in the PeDobscot is still pretty strong but it
Is gradually wearing away underneath, and nu-
less there are very heavy rains the ice will
probably leave without any trouble.
WALDO COUNTY.
The United States grand jury at San Francis
co have indicted Edward Bertrand for man.
slaughter in killing the captain of the bark
Masonic in the China seas on the 14th of last
November. The vessel belonged In Stockton
and the captain was also from that town.