The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-17
STATEMENTS.
Anoosroox COUNTY.

AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
Up to last Monday 81 1915 pounds of raspber-
ries had been shipped from Fort Fairfield sta
ton. 1t is estimated that Aroostook people
will get $1,000 ont of the raspberry crop
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Waterville Sentinel has been purchased
by Capt. j. d. Maxfeld of Dexter.
j. S. Grant OF Sidney was arraigned before
the police court in Augusta on Wednesday
for malicious trc 1pass in filling an old meeting
meeting house at Sidney with hay. The pros
ecutor was the Sidney Grange which claimed
to have purchased the Westinghouse. In dc
fence Grant put in claim 10 the land on
which the church stood and maintained that
the land carried the building with it. The
judge decided that the question was one OF
title beyond his jurisdiction and dismissed the
case.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Two races took place on the fair grounds at
Norway yesterday. Jack Spratt" won the
3-minute race, purse $780, best time 2.2S 10.
There were eight entries In the 239 class
there were nine entries. "Barney Tanzy"
won in a.36. About 800 people were present.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
Dexter is to have new trotting park.
Company B, of the Eighth Maine Regiment
will hold its annual reunion at Mattawamkeag
Lake next week.
AT recent meeting of Company B, Hersey
Light Infantry, Of the Second Regiment. Of
Oldtown, resolutions were adopted endorsing
the action OF Sergeant Mason in shooting at
Guiteau, and introducing the Sergeant's re-
lease.
PIscArAoUIs COUNTY.
Potatoes in Piscataquis are badly affected by
rust and some fields bid fair to prove a total
failure.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Journal is to be enlarged.
A Waldo correspondent of the Belfast Jour
nal claims that Addison o. Whitney, native
OF that town, was the first man killed in the
war of the late rebellion Mr. Whitney was a
member of the 9th Massachusetts regiment.
and was killed by the mob while marching
through the streets of Baltimore in Aprii'
1861. The correspondent suggests that Con-
grecs ought to appropriate sum of money to
erect monument in Waldo as testimonial to
the first man to lay down his life in the great
struggle.
A young man by the name of James Thorn
dyke OF Montville who has recently become
insane escaped from his keepers on Sunday
morning and at last accounts had not been
found.
A case was tried before trial Justice at
Liberty the other day which has many sub.
stantial claims to go on record as cause ceLe-
bre. Four persons who are described by To-
cal correspondent as drunken old man, a
female town pauper, an imbecile young man
and painted Jezebel'' were arrested tor the
larceny of an old clock valued at so cents. If
the accused bore a bad reputation the accuser
bore worse one for she waste again
quote the aforesaid correspondence anna
zon OF woman who has the reputation of be-
ing much married, having had eleven hus-
bands, seven of whom are now living" "She
had the lungs of Gabriel" continues the
correspondent, "and voice like the croak of a
raven" Furthermore she was talking
woman and insisted on using her tongue with
so much volatility that the presiding Justice
IN self-deience ordered her removal from the
temple Of justice. But she was an obstinate
woman weighing in the neighborhood of 2C0
pounds and it became necessary for the sheriff
to summon posse eon1itatus to remove her.
After she was got out it occurred TO the Scion
who was trying the case that a hearing could
not go on without the complainant and it was
necessary to bring her back again.
FORK COUNTY.
Wednesday night fire broke out in a two
story dwelling house on Bradbury street, Bid
deford, owned by Luther Bryant, which was
communicated to house on Cults street
owned by Carlos Hurd. Both buildings were
destroyed. Loss about $1,000 on each building.
Fac htu lding was insured for $1,000.