The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-22
STATE NEWS.


The Journal says:-Friday two little Cana
dian boys, named Arthur and Eugene Reny,
were playing along the shore near TIC Grand
Trunk Railroad bridge. The eldest clipped.
and falling was carried out into the current
''You hold on said his companion, who IS a
remarkably bright-syed and chubby little fel-
low, and only four years q age, "and I'll get
man 70 pull you out" 1t was a snug rub for
the drowning boy. in spite Of the coolnvss OF
his playmate. He was almost beyond the
reach Of aid, when man who had been work
Ing at some distance, reached and saved him.
They made qnite lion Of the little four-pasr.
old among the French people, end there seems
TO be good and sufficient reason wig they
should.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Seysnty-swo pupils arc in attendance at the
last half Of term Of the Pennington Normal
School, a large increase over the frss half
The monograph says J. NJ. Haynes. OF Long
Plantation, has about 600 coo feet OF lumber
in the stream and employs about eighty men
The lumbermen are getting their logs all ont
CT the stream in the Dead River region and
water to run them Is plenty.
Washington Hewey, Of Phillips, killed o
bear one day last week that measured seven
feet from tip to tip. Brnin had been commit
ting depredations ia Mr.. Hewoy's flock OF
sheep. The farmer set trap for the bear and
caught and killed him after hard struggle.
Senator Frye was expected In Phillips satur-
day, on route for his cottage (Frye Camp at
the Narrows on Cupsuptic Lake.
KEEEEBEc COUNTY.
The building COMMITTEES Of the trustees of
the Insane Hospital held meeting recently
Bids for ventilators on the now pavilion aud
for steam heating were received. The contract
was awarded to Ward a. Cogan. Of Augusta.
they being tho lowest bidders. Work on the
pavilion VII commences at once and be finished
by The last OF June, so that the building win
be- ready for occupancy July LIST.
PEHoBscor COUNTY.
Mr.. w. A. Phillips, OF Bangor, who was
knocked from the train last week while pass.
| ing under u bridge near Lincoln Centre, by
| which accident his right foot was 60 severely
| injured az to require amputatioD, is now rap
| idly recovering.
a Frenchman named ,willeit, belonging in
| VIM, was killed a few days ago while work
| ing on the Wassasticook drive.
| The new mill of tho Penobscot Chemical
| Fibre Company, at Great Works. is producing
fifteen tons per day
WARRINGTON COUNTY.
Small herring, from which American sar-
| dimes are made, formerly brought fifty cents
| per hogshead Now the factories Mt Eastport
are compelled to pay $22 per hogshcad.
WALDO COUNTY.
! A woman in Seaarport has during the winter
| cut all her firewood aud this spring she has bas
sawed and split six cords Of wood for the COM
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| amount into tho shed Ia good shape. She Ia ~
| years old. Her name Is Mrs. Sarah Newell.
YORK COUNTY.
The York County Institute at Saoo has
| succeeded In procuring portraits Of all the
| Representatives In Congress from that district
save one. since tho admission Of the State.
The grand jury have returned tbirty-six IN
| dictments for violation of the law. They hayo
not been made public as yet, save as far as ro-
| spondepts have appeared and been arraigued
$1647.78 were paid to tho clerk for fines and
costs ON liquor indictments last week. over
| $1,000 Of this sum being paid by four respond
ents alone, and there will be considerable
amount more collected before the present term
of court ends, says the Biddeford Times.
IN GENERAL.
Maine will BIO represented at the Good Tenn
pars' convention &c Chicago by Messrs Brack-
EFT Of Belfast, Farwell of Pittsfeld, Smonton
Of Camden, Prentiss Of Brewer, and Garland
| OF Waterville. Maine ranks third In the list
| of Grand Lodges in the world, having over 800
subordinate lodges and 10000 members.
Mr.. II. @. Neatly, of Kittery, Is ct Knox
vile, Tenn, as a delegate from Maine to the
annual eession OF the Supreme Commandery Of
the knights Of tho Golden Gross, which com