The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-13
by TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.

Lincoln County Republican Convention.
DAMARIscoTTA, Aug 13.-The Lincoln
County Republican Convention was held here
this forenoon. Every delegate was present.
Hon. Edwin Flye of New Castle was chair
man. The following nominations were made:
Senator-Andrew r. G. Smith of White
field.
Attorney Charles Hartwell Fisher of
Boothbay.
Commissioner-Alfred Patterson, Jr., of
EdSeconb.
!. Treasurer-Lincoln w. Gibbs of Wiscasset.
The platform reaffirmed the state platform
and added a resolution denouncing the suspen-
sion of the Free High school act by the last
legislature. So
Suicide in Bangor.
BANGOR, Aug. 12.-Patrick Connolly, about
46 years old, committed suicide by hanging
yesterday. He was ARRESTED for drunkenness
Sunday evening and liberated Monday, when
he went home and committed the rash act.
The body was found hanging to door in the
house today.
Ice Houses Collapsed.
RICHMOND, Aug. 12.-The Goodwin ice
houses, situated in Dresden, owned by Henry
Goodwin of Boston and others, fell to the
Fire in Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, Aug. 12.-The house and out
buildings belonging to the heirs Of Thomas
Given at Middle Bay, Brunswick, occupied by
Robert and John Given, were totally destroy
ed by fire today. Loss six or seven hundred
no insurance.
The General Wool Monument
RocKLAND, Aug. 12.-Barge Jemima Leon
ard from New York in tow of tug Knicker-
take on board today the immense Gen. Wool
monument weighing two hundred and fifty
tons, the shaft of which is sixty feet in length
and each side five and half feet at the base,
being only a few feet shorter than the famous
Cleopatra needle. When quarried the block
was sixty-one feet in length, being much the
largest single stone ever quarried in this coun-
try. This monument is to be erected at Troy,
N. Y, to which place it will be towed, via
Long Island Sound and Hudson River. The
contract for the monument and its delivery
was made with the Bodwell Granite Company
last year and the stone was quarried last fall,
but the cutting has been done since last
March, The whole monument shaft, die and
bases, will stand seventy-nine feet high. The
same company has just finished the Brady
monument for Philadelphia, the shaft of
which is thirty-seven feet in length
Hon. w. P. Frye at Kittery.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 12.-Hon. William P.
Frye spoke on the political questions of the
day at Kittery tonight to large audience.
Senator Chandler and Gen. G. A. Sheri-
dan in Augusta.
- AUGUSTA, Aug. 12.-The Republicans of this
place flung campaign flag to the breeze last
evening from their headquarters. Later in
the evening Granite Hall was packed full to
listen to speeches by Hon. Zach Chandler and
General Sheridan of Louisiana. The crowd
was large and enthusiastic, and the meeting
was one of the best of the Republican rallies so
far
Drowned. ..
A little six year old daughter of William
Leighton was drowned in the river here today.
The Augusta Rioters. es
Of the parties who were on trial today
charged with being engaged in the railroad
disturbance here Saturday night, one was
fined, one put on probation, two go up to the
higher court and three were discharged