The Portland daily press., 1882-06-23
STATE NEWS.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The eleventh reunion of the First Maine
Cavalry will be held at Brunswick Sept. g. An
unusually laIge number OF conrad es with their
families will be present, also many prominent
persons, military and civil.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle says the annual examination
| and graduation of the Normal School will &C.
| cur Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
| On Wednesday, the 2Sth, the inspecting COM
| mittee will be presen6 and examine the school
| in its ordinary workings. On Thursday the
| examination and graduating exercises will
| take place, the latter at 2 p. m. In the even
| ing there will be an address to the grad yates
and reception at Normal Hall.
The Herald says A. D. Horn of arming-
ton has sold his beautiful horse Judge" to
Horn of West Waterville, for $3.50. Horn
sends him to New York.
Thes~leatrnen of Pennington, says the Her
| aid, report the rare or eers~sian this year at
fourteen mills, which is one mill less than 1ast
| year.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
| Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Billings celebrated their
| ffteth anniversary, Tuesday, June 18th. In
| vitatons were limited to members of the
family. At an early hour the house and sur
roundings presented a rare scene. There were
present IL children and Al grand-c children
| During the half century of their married life,
there has been but one death in the family,
that of their Oldest son, who was drowned at
the age of ~.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
VIM. McNalley of Benton had all of his
buildings, consisting of dwelling house, barn,
wood-shed and carriage-house, burned Tues
day night, and with them two horses, four
cows, two hogs, about four tons of hay, double
| and single harnesses wagons and sleigh, and
all his farming tools with few exceptions
also nearly ali his household goods and cloth
ing. Origin Of fire unknown. Loss $1,000; in
sured
The survivors Of the old Fourth Maine Bat
terry wore nearly all present at their first re-
union in Augusta, Wednesday,. At the after
noon session A. S. Bangs of Augusta was
chosen President; N. B. Coffin and j. M. Free
man Vice Presidents; J. A. Jones, Correspond
ing Secretary; Abial Jones, Historian; VIM.
H. Brooks, Treasurer. A camp fire was held
in the evening.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Some slaves in the vicinity Of Cutler & Ed
dy's Mills, at Bradley, caug ht fire "Wednesday,
and the flames extended to a barn near by and
some sparks set fire to another barn about
quarter of mile away, Both of the buildings
were destroyed.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The annual meeting of the stockho lders of
the Somerset Railroad Co. was held at West
Waterville on Wednesday. The following Of
fcers were chosen: Clerk, Edward Rowe; Di-
rectors Edward Rowe, Norridgewock; Nathan
Weston, Madison; John Aver, West Water
vile; VIM H. Brown, Arson; John Carney,
Moscow; r. B. Dunn, Waterville; W. W.
Pease, Arson; Albert Moore, Anson G. t.
Stevens, West Watervile; f. w. Hill, Exeter;
G. F. Walker, Embden; President, John
Aver; Superintendent, w. M. Aver; Treasur-
er, A. r. Small.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Naased burglars entered the house of Mrs.
| George FL. Connell at Woodstock, N B., at 2
| O'Clock Wednes morning, chlorformed two
| ladies, Mrs. Buck and Miss Kate Connell, ram
| sacked the house, knocked down Mrs. Cornell,
who, hearing the noise had awoke, and the
! burglars escaped the way they entered, wirh a
number of valuable articles The ladies are
| quite i'll.
YORK COUNTY.
The Sentinel tells the following regarding
| lady in Lyman aged SO years. "She was en-
| gagged to be married 10 a respectable young
| man, and was making her wedding dress. Her
father entering the room forbade the marriage.
| She answered, well father, then you must
maintain me as long as live" She stuck her
| needle into her unfinished dress, arose. put 1t
| into tho drawer, where it has remained until
| the present time, SO years. By the Kindness
| of the lady of the house we had the privilege
| of seeing the dress; it is white cambria, the
| skirt was finished except a ruf1e to go around
the bottom. on which she was to work when
| laid aside.'