The Portland daily press., 1879-11-14
STATE NEWS.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle says bears are getting quite
neighborly in the vicinity of Phillips, having
visited several flocks of sheep within a few
miles of that village. Levi Hoyt some four
miles away, has lost four sheep by, them OF
late, and Chas. W. Carr, not three miles away,
found about twenty rods from his buildings
two sheep killed and skinned as neatly as II py
human hands. One of these was but sllgntly
eaten when discovered, but in a few days was va
almost entirely consumed, bones and all W.
NJ Leavtt has also had nice lamb killed. Wy
them within two miles of the village.
The store of Isaac Russell, of Temple, was
broken into Sunday night and some $500 worth
of property stolen. The burglars did not sue
coed in forcing the safe. No clue as YET mas
been discovered of the rascals.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth American reports the follow
ing accident from carelessness in handing
weapons which occurred Sunday afternoon III
Penobscot Nathan Gray, of No. Bluehill, was
visiting at the house of Mrs. Leach, ana seeing
q gun standing in a corner OF the room ne went
to it and in sport placed his mouth oyer .ne
muzzle and his toe ON the hammer. Of course
his toe slipped off, as toes almost invariably 90
in such cases. and the gun was discharged,
splitting young Gray's head open and scatter
ing his brains over the ceiling of the room;
Nathan Gray was about y years OF age ana
was highly respected by all who knew him.
Geo. Gould, proprietor Ol tuo IlduCOOn
House, shot a fine deer in the vicinity of Oak
Point Friday. Over % deer are reported 10
have been killed ON Mt. Desert Island the day
following the first snow.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Free Press says the Rockland Savings
Bank has declared dividend of two per cent.
for the six months ending Nov. LIST. The bank
has weathered the storm.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
IN. cal mol n
rare appearance and great beauty was shot in
Madison Pond last week. 1t is true Morgan.
ser and probably the only one in the State IL
has been nicely put up by Master Edward Fui-
Ter Of Skowhegan, where 1t is now on eXhlpl-
ton.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
There are three persons in the Augusta Jail
for debt One is a well-educated young. man,
whose father died twenty years ago leaving an
estate worth a million dollars. One is confined
by the town of Mt. Vernon for non-payment OF
taxes. The third refuses to pay for a neWspa-
per which he had subscribed for and read.
David Pottle, of Farmingdale, had very
narrow escape from instant death Tuesday
While at work in the hold of a schooner un-
loading coal the bucket, when nearly to its full
height, became unshackled and fell through
the hatch, grazing his head and striking his
foot in such a manner as to crush the bones SO
that they protruded from the under surface:
DR.. Strout replaced the bones and says he will
recover the use of his foot, although he suffer-
ed q compound fracture in each bone.
YORK COUNTY.
The Argus says that Tuesday Mr.. W. ?.
Cole of Limington, found six coons in one tree
and succeeded in capturing them all Their
united weight was 20 pounds.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Journal says petition is circulating in
Belfast among ship masters and those lntere St
ed in shipping, asking Congress to repeal the
law obliging vessels passing through He'll Gate,
n Y, from paying half pilotage. Under the
present law vessel is compelled to pay half
pilotage whether or not the captain takes a
pilot. This is very unjust as our coasting sea-
men are perfectly familiar with the East River
and all other passages on the coast
Howard Murphy, Esq, of Belfast, will take
500 pounds of butter to the International Dairy
Fair at New York next month. He will enter
in eight classes, requiring total exhibit OF
some 400 pounds
Two Belfast boys IN Montana have gone into
the stock raising business on small scale
They work out at monthly wages and invest
their money in cattle. They now have herd
of one hundred head.
A young son of Levi Whitcomb, living near
the Head of the Tide, Belfast, fell one day last
week and broke his thigh The boy was alone
in the pasture at the time the accident hap
pened, and remained where he fell for three
hours before he was discovered