The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-10-05
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoaGIN COUNTY.

ANDRoscoGGN COUNTY.
Thomas Maloney was probably Iataily
stabbed Sunday evening ON uas iouoo
patch !" Lewiston, during a row arising from q
cock-ight A cash eight lnches long, pot t,s
tratine to the bone, was inflicted across the
back, and three deep cuts were AIDE ID inc
abdomen. Patrick Conley was arrested cnargeo
with the deed, and was locked up IN the Guy
prison, waiting trial.
ARoosTOoK COUNTY.
The heaviest girl in Aroostook lives IN for.
est City. Her name in Carrie Hayes, nor
quite seventeen years old, and she weighs z9za
pounds.
KENNEBEc COUNTY
"Independence, the celebrated stall lion
which was raised by w. e. Potter OF Augusta,
and sold to a wealthy New Yorker Tor small Il
fortune. has been winning fresh la9rels a. AZ
Fleetwood Park last week he led a large held
Of trotters, and captured the first prize ID tne
divided purse of $1,000, in three stralghe
heats Among the prominent septlemen VIZ" II
were in attendance at the race were VIM n
and Jacob Vanderbilt, two OF the sons OF nod
ert Bonner proprietor of the New YORK
LEDGER. and others Independence" trotted
the first mile in 2.23l, the second in 2z54, ana
the third in 2263
OXFORD COUNTY.
Tuesday, the 9th ult., Mr.. Zebulon Bryant,
the Oldest man in Hebro died, aged 80 years,
months and 16 days. He was born IN h sSan
ham. Mass, and came to Hebron in loOO,
when IS years of age He was soldier IN the
war of 1872 and lived ISL years on the farm
where he died. He has had ten chlldren-slx
of whom are now living He was about seven
years old at the Inauguration OF our hrst fresl-
dent. George Washington and has voted at
every Presidential election since Thomas Jei-
ferson's term, and never, perhaps, with
Greater interest and pride than last fall, Tor
President Garfield. He retained his faculties,
sight and hearing remarkably well, ana III
within few weeks has been able to do ut
tie work, and to walk short distance 10
meeting.
G. f. Danforth, Esq, of Bangor, deputy
collector of internal revenue, states tnab
single manufacturer in Bangor, has PAID TAX
enough during the last eighteen months 10
equal the entire expense OF the revenue oe-
nartment jn that district during the same
time. The district includes the counties OF
Penobscot, Piscataquis, Aroostook, Hancock
and Washington.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Messrs. Goss & Sawyer of Bath have one
hundred sheep, nine head OF young cabtie, q
yoke of oxen and three-year old colt on tneir
four hundred acre farm in Woolwlcn Capt.
Gloss has another farm of more than two nun
dred acres near DAVIS ferry, on which he has
seven COWS, and he has large dairy whlch
turns out very fine cheese and butter.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Bears are reported quite numerous and
troublesome in the outskirts of Dennysviile.
Mr.. George Mathewson, living in the north.
ern part Of the town, has lost several sheep. OF
late. Messrs. Edward Burns and Joshua
Hinkley have each lost valuable horse dur
ing the past week through eating second crop
clover hay.
YORK. COUNTY.
York county sends twelve students to Colby
University as follows: Sanford, six; Wells,
two: Biddeford, Saco, South Berwick and
Kennebunk, one each.