The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-25
STATE NEWS.


ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Lewiston assessors for 1888 find 1895 polls
in the city and total valuation of S10679,-
he EsFs If LsEistn9 & rsatt ty esfata 81 i
tion, 2la mills on the dollar. The number Of
polls has increased 222 over last year. The
total valuation for 1882 was S1O,SSS, 100, of
which Ss,665 ,760 was real estate and S1,672.-
400 personal. The rate of taxation for 1882
was 22k mills on the dollar. The whole
amount of taxes raised last year was S243,-
42l.S4. The total valuation has increased as
will be seen by the above figures, about S341,-
766.
The Auburn shoe shipments for the week
ending May 23d, show 26S7 cases shipped and
103, ,322 pounds OF leather received. Last
weeks figures were 2760 cases and 99,545
pounds of leather. The figures for the cor
responding week last year are 1888 cases
shipped and II, ,l9S pounds of leather received.
The cutters are mostly holding up, awaiting
for the finishing of stock already cut. There
will be but slight delay in any Of the shops.
The market still retains, as far as Auburn is
concerned, a most reassuring condition for the
season aud the market elsewhere.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The general conference Of CONGREGATIONAL
churches of Maine will be held at Fsrmington,
June 1921. The Methodist society of Farm
ington have offered the uss of their church to
the Congregational society during the confer
ence.
kENNhBEC COUNTY.
The full bench of Supreme judges was in
session at the court house, Augusta, Wednes-
day, Judges Libbey, Walton and Peters being
absent. They were engaged on Somerset
county cases yesterday, many lawyers from
that county being present.
KNOX COUNTY.
The present appropriation for the Rockland
breakwater will be exhausted about July 1st
and work will then cease for the season. About
$50 feet of stone have been added in length
this spring from the beacon out and the
break water is now 1850 feet in length at half
tide.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
Good Judges estimate that the recent rain
fall will raise the water in the main Penobscot
four feet. The storm extended over the
whole Penobscot region.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mr.. Stilman Lawrence, well-known citi-
zen of Madison, laboring under insanity, un-
dertook to take his life by cutting his throat
with an axe recently. The wound is not dam
gerous.
Mr.. C. o. Macomber OF Belfast is building
yacht of peculiar model. She is 26 feet long
and feet beam, and consists OF two half
hulls, with an open space three feet wide be-
tween them. The floor over this space will be
within q few inches OF the water, aud it grad
ually rises from the centre towards each end
at which point 1t meets the deck. The sides
of the hull towards the open space are per-
pendicalar and parallel, leaving clean cut
through the centre of the craft. The outer
sides are In the usual form Of deep draughi
yachts, with handsome run and good floor
The vessel is to be sloop rigged, has cuddy
| forward, and her carrying capacity for pas.
| sengers is large.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
| Depaty Collector John G. Stevens, at Vance
| boro, on the line between Maine and New
Brunswick. collected $4,000 in import dutiei
| in 1882, and expects the revenue to amount to
| 100000 this year. Twentysix trains pass
| Vanceboro each day. The principal imports
| are hay, potatoes, sheep. Houses, shingles, etc
| Mr.. Stevens RENTS his collections TO the sub
| treasury in Boston.
YORK COUNTY.
The Maine Sentinel says that the member
| of the Governors Council have been in Bidde
| ford investigating the alleged ill-trestment Of
John Seidel at the Insane Hospital.