The Portland daily press., 1884-06-12
AUGUSTA.

Mrs. Powers, who lives on the Augusta poor
farm, is said to be 106 years old.
An artist on the staff of Frank Leslie 9
illustrated paper has been in Augusta this
week, sketching. Among other objects he has
sketched Mr.. Blaine's residence, the Kenuebec
Journal office, and desk now in the flee at
which Blaine sat during his editorial expert
ence on the journal.
Mr.. Frank Robinson at the Maine Central
depot and Conductors Mailing aud Baggerty
have generously volunteered to raise cub
scription from the employees of the Maine
Central Railroad Company, for Mrs. Foster,
widow of Mr.. Foster who was killed at Old
and the family is In quite destitute circum-
stances.
As an indication of prosperity correspond
ent notes the fact that between Houlton and
Monticello, distance of about twelve miles,
there are about thirty buildings being erected,
while all along the road to Fort Fairfield the
sound of the saw and hammer is heard.
A Houlton man has planted thirty acres of
potatoes.
Inside of four weeks G.. L. Whitman, the
Houlton trapper, has killed twelve bears Six
of them were laid low in two days. The lasU
one captured weighed five hundred pounds
His skin measured seven feet in length and
four across,
During the snow storm of Thursday night,
May 29Gh,. hamming bird became chilled
and lodged in grape vine at the front door of
s. A. Gray's residence in Houlton. Il was
supposed to be dead, and taken to the store
and placed in the front window Last Satur-
day, June 7th, it revived, and is now as lively
as ever
PREsQUE ISLE.
A large number of strangers are ia Pressure
Isle looking after work, farms and places of
nm mi boto fha Gro IL loc
II Pressure Isle would largely increase its popu-
lation this year.
RoCKLAND.
George Bliss, acting Collector of Customs,
District of Waldoboro, has received from the
Department of State, piece of solid silver
plate, which has been awarded, by the British
Government, to Capt. I. l. Greenbank, Mas
ter of the American ship "Martha Cobb of
Rockland, and also gold medal awarded to
Dominick Gardiner, I'd mate of said vessel
for their humane and praiseworthy service 10
rescuing the crew of the shipwrecked British
"GreciaD. Waldoboro News.
SOUTH THoMAsToN.
The centennial anniversary of the orsaniza-
ton of the Baptist Church at South Thomas
ton, to be celebrated on the 9th instant, will
be an interesting event. This is the mother of
all the Baptist churches in Eastern Maine
The exercises will include an address of vel.
come by Rev. Joseph Kalloch, former pastor
Oh Tue Cnurcny anu historical sermon by Rev.
@. M. Herring, in the morning; an address BY
g. p. Mathews, ID. D., of Brunswick, in the
afternoon, and the evening exercises will in-
clude poem written for the occasion by a
Thomaston poetess, Mrs. Maud Moore, and an
a idreSs by Hon. o. G, He II of Rockland. The
people of the village will keep open house, and
the event will be honored by a large attend
ance from the churches in this section.-Rock.
land Courier-Gazette.
WESLEY
The Machias Union says,that bears have not
been so plenty for years as now. Last week q
bear came within short distance of the barn
and killed yearling steer belonging to Mr..
Elias f. Day also several sheep. Mr.. W, G.
Rollins succeeded in capturipg bear the other
day aud Sammy Day, the veteran bear
hunter, has already killed nine, and fred two
shots at the tenth, but bruin escaped.
IN GENERAL.
Railroad Commissioners Wildes and Mort
land went to Calais, yesterday, to examine the
st. Croix and Penobscot railroad. From there
they will proceed to the Aroostook to inspect
the New Brunswick railway in Maine
Fifteen carpenters from up river went to
Fort Popham last night to commence the con-
struction of the new rink which is to be l1sx
90 feet; they expect to finish it by July 4th p
0. Vickery. of Augusta, is the principal own
err
Q. A. Snow, patent attorney, a native of
Maine. aged abont forty. dropped dead in the
street. in Washington, D. c., Sunday, of heart
disease.