The Portland daily press., 1879-09-13
STATE NEWS.

tOUNIi.
Bridgton's ''old guards were at the polls on
election day, as follows: Rev, Jacob Bray, 50
years months; Nahum Knapp, 80; Col James
Webb, 81a years; Thomas Hall, SO last May;
Nehemiah Choate, over 80; Thomas Cleayes,
50. The two oldest men in town, Nj. D. Cas-
well and Nathan Dodge, were physically I'M
able to be present.
anniversary yesterday Several eminent speak
ers were present, among them. Rev. o. M.
Cousens and Mr.. E. r. Staples of Bridgton.
The Centennial Jubilee singers were also
present.
Mrs. Dingley of Casco, seventy-six years of
age, mother of Capt Abram Shaw, made the
first trip of her life ON the Sebago Lake route
last week.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mr.. Philo Peabody of Canton died suddenly
and mysteriously August 22d. While on the
way from Boston he was taken with severe
headache, followed by drowsiness. On the
arrival of the cars in Canton he was taken to
his brothers and died at ten O'Clock p. m.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
In sailing up the Penobscot river last week,
Capt. Will Slower of schooner George Shat
tuck, of Belfast, heard cries of distress coming
from the shore when near Hampden. The
captain anchored and went on shore in search
of the person, and in field he found farmer
pinned to the earth by large rock that had
fallen upon him while engaged in an effort to
sink it. The mans leg was broken and he was
in great agony. Capt. Slower procured the
assistance of five men, and removed the rock,
which was a large one. In returning TO MS
vessel Capt Slower broke his ankle in jumping
over q fence.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The farmers complain of the potato rot. The
sugar beet crop will be large and good.
The Scion Savings Bank, which failed few
years ago. has declared another payment of D
per cent. to the depositors.
North Arson possesses queer case of ANAL
gamation of species 1t is a cat with no tail,
or rather small appendage precisely like
rabbits. The hind legs are considerably longer
than the forward ones, and the cat jumps like
rabbit. The house in which the cat was born
is located near the woods, and there is no doubt
that rabbit is the father of this remarkable
creature.
WALDO COUNTY.
Peter WinsloM, aged 96, the oldest citizen of
Belfast, came out on Monday, executed his
pension paper for the war of 1872, voted for
honest Frank Davis and went joyfully to his
home. Mr. Winslow has hardly missed an
election since he was p years Of age.
Mrs. Willard P. Hartman of Belfast was
injured at Hayford Hall on Saturday evening
last. Some person in the gallery carelessly
threw pear which struck Mrs. Hartman in
the eyes, that lady sitting nearly in the centre
OF the hall floor. Mrs. H. was obliged to leave
the hall and return to her home.
Recently a gentleman from Hockellstown,
N. j., while in Boston saw specimen of the
Oak Hill granite, and was so favorably i'm
pressed with it that he sent party to Maine
for the purpose of learning the locality of the
works, and to purchase monument for his
cemetery lot. He contracted with the Fernald
Bros. of Belfast for monument to be twelve
feet high, and with the base and cap, &C., will
stand eighteen feet and seven inches. The
base will be five feet square and some portions
of it polished. The monument and twenty
three posts, which go along with it, will weigh
twenty tons, and will be worth 81 900.
YORK COUNTY.
Mr. Joseph d. Roberts, an aged and well
known citizen of Lyman, while sitting on a
sofa in his home Friday of last week, died
instantly. He was member of the Baptist
church and contributed literally toward its
support
E. M. Goodall, Esq. has presented the Me-
chanics' Cornet Band of Sanford with fine
band stand, costing not far from $780, This,
with the new uniform which the band have
just received, makes them very thoroughly
equipped.