The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-24

STATE NEWS.
ASnRoscoaarS COUNTY.

ANDROSCOSGIN COUNTY.
The Journal says Lewiston viii refund $780,
600 OF It's debt, now bsariDg six per cent: inter
est, In four per cent. bonds, to be dated July
1sf The new issue will consist OF 100 thou
sand dollar bonds and leo five hundred dollar
bonds
The total appropriations made by the LewiE-
ton City Council this year are S2H ,365.54.
Last year the appropriations footed up $685.
6S0.2S.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The graduating class from the Eastern Nor
NAL School at Castine this term numbers thir-
ty-fve.
The Commercial learns that Luther Z. Joy,
OF Ellsworth, committed suicide Tuesday
morning.
I.oekland Is taking preliminary measures to
organize q Soldiers Monument Association
and erect a soldiers monument.
The City Council of Rockland has passed its
appropriation bill for 1888. amounting to S72.-
So, large increase over last year The ap-
preparation for the schools has been increased
$1,000; for highways and sidewalks, 5000; po-
lice, $500; salaries, 500; interest city debt,
500. The other appropriations have been de-
creased as follows:-For breaking roads, SEQ;
reduction Of city debt, $500; repairing school
houses, 500.
KESNEBEc COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal says changes continue
at the Soldiers home, Togus. Prof. Wales
goes out as baud master and Mr.. Chermie takes
his place. Mr.. Adams, engineer, leaves his
position and is superseded by Major Keith. Of
Boston. DIR. Maxfield resigns on account Of
his health, his resignation 70 take effect June
10th. His place is very acceptably filed now
by DIR. Bolan, Of Augusta.
fhe corner stone OF the new Congregational
granite church edifce, at HallowelI, was laid
on Monday afternoon, al 30 O'Clock, in the
presence Of large number OF spectators.
Rev. II. V. EmmoDs gave a condensed history
of the building of the Old South church aud
its final destruction by fire on the morning of
Dec /, 1882. The corner stone was then
placed in position by the building committee.
The bell Of one OF the locom olives which
collided on the Maine Central last Friday,
near Riverside, was found in the river. One
of the engine pamps was discovered embedded
in the earth on the Sidney side of The river.
The sound Of the explosion was so loud that
persons in Belgrade, ten miles away, heard il
and thought IL was an earthquake.
PESoBscoT COUNTY.
The Commercial says efforts will be made in
Bangor this week to raise sufficient sum OF
money to establish in that city permanent fair
grounds, to be known as the Eastern Maine
Fair Grounds.
The Commercial says the starting Of the
great pulp mill at Great Works has opened mp
quite business in poplar wood. The bark is
peeled from the wood in the forest.to save this
labor after IL gets - the mill. job W. Palmer,
OF Bangor, has contracted to supply the Great
Works milllwith large quantity OF poplar.
The whig says on Thursday last young
man called at 7. II. Nye's stable, in Brewer,
aud hired a team estensibly to 20 to Dixmont.
Since that time neither the fellow nor the
team have put in an appearance at Nye's livery
stable and SO II is evidently a case of horse
stealing.
sAGApAHoc COUNTY.
The Bath Times tells Of lady in that city
who is only about 30 years old, and in her short
life she has been struck by lightning twice;
has been on the train when it was attacked by
robbers once; has been apparently drowned
twice. abducted twice, met with numerous ac-
cidents with horses, and still she is bale and
hearty. In addition to the lsdy's other trou-
blss she has been nearly forced into an unwil,
ling marriage.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mr.. Alexander G and Mrs Susan f. Snow
man, OF West SedgwicK, celebrated the Goth
anniversary OF their wedding May s. 1888.
Four sons. one daughter and many grand-chil-
dren with other relatives and friends were
present Mr.. and Mrs. Snowman are parents
OF Mrs. Theodore S. Smith, of Machias.
YORK COUNTY.
The Times says COW belonging to Cyrus
Cleaves, OF Saco, recently walked into the
back entry and up the back stairs into the
kitchen Lof tho upper tenement, and
when found she was quietly enjoying herself
by surveying her gooc looks in the looking.
glass.