The Portland daily press., 1885-01-14
TEE MAINE STATE PRESS.
MAINE.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Their Convention Now in Session i'm Au-
gusta.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Their Convention Now in Session i'm Au-
gusta.
| AUGUSTA, Jan. 13.-A convention of county
commissioners of the State met at the Court
House at 10 SO this morning. All the counties
were represented except Hancock, Knox, Lin
coin and Washington. After eecting Waldo
Pettingill of Oxford chairman, and A. @. Otis
of Augusta secretary, thu convention aiiourn.
ed to 2 p. m.
At the afternoon and evening sessions
queries embracing The rights, privileges and
jurisdictions of county commissioners in gen.
eral were read, discussions arising on each.
During tho afternoon nine of these questions
were taken up, and nearly as many more in
the evening. A vote was usually taken on
each one. Mr.. Patterson, chairman of the
franklin county delegation, offered petition
Tor presentation to the Legislature praying
thst the figure $4,000. to which county COM
misaioners areHlimited in raising money with
out the consent Of the people be raised to $15,-
| OO0 Mr. Patterson asserted that now that
biennial sessions of the Legislature were held,
it was necessary that such provieion be made,
and franklin county being about to build
court hoUee the commissioners would be seri-
| ouslg hampered unless the $15 600 limit was al-
lowed. Three gentlemen opposed the petition
and two others favored it, and the petition was
voted down. Ths convention will continue in
session today.
The Hudson Cunning Accident.
BANGOR, Jan. 49, The Cunning accident in
Hudson reported yesterday was peculiar one.
Lester Darling was travelling ahead of his
cousin Benjamin with his gun on his shoulder,
tbs muzzle pointing forward. He slipped
and fell on his knees. The gun was turned
end for end in the fall, and discharged, pass
| ing through Lestsr's knee and into Benjamin's
| ankle. Drs. Sanger and Huckins attended the
boys. The elder, Lester, was put under the
| influence of ether and his knee examined 1t
was found that the bones of the joint had been
shattered and the main artery lacerated, SO
/ that the limb was amputated at once. He il g
| young man OF only II summers. standing six
feet in his stockings.
Benjamin, lad of Is years. measuring six
feet two inches, was next put under the infa-
| encs of ether. An examination of the wound
disclosed the bona OF the ankle to be fractured
but by excising portion of it the doctors
| thought the foot and useful ankle could bs
saved
Collector of WaIdoborO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The President sent
to the Senate today the nomination of Edwin
| Sprague to he Collector of Customs for the
district of Wsldoboro NE.
RisldefOrd and sacO National Banks.
| BIDDEFeRD, Jan. 13-The annual election
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and saco has been held, and below we give
tae officers for the ensuing year:
BIDpEFoRD NATIONAL.
President-Luther Bryant
Cashier-Chas E. Goodwin.
Directors-Luther Bryant Rishworth Jordan
Joshua Moore, Charles E. Goodwin, William E.
| Hutchins.
FIRST NATIONAL.
President-E. H. Banks.
Cashier Chas. A. Moody.
Directors Esretf Ii. Banks s. Newcomb, Samuel
/ W. Luques, James Sawyer, Chas. A. Moody.
| YORK NATIONAL.
| President R. F.C. Hartley
| Cashier-John G. Bradbury.
Drectors-R. r. G. Hartley Joseph G. Deer
| bury.
| sAco NATIONAL.
| President-Rishworth Jordan.
Cashier-Sumner s. Richards.
| Drectors-R. Jordan, William F. Pike j. E. L.
Kimball, T. Seaman, Luther Bryant, Enoch
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| ALBANY.
The Congregational church in Albany have
| just received $500 by the will of Geo. French,
late of Albany, and deposited in the Maine
| MISSION Society as perManent fund, the in
terest to be expended annually for preaching
| in Albany,
| BANGOR.
It is said that Capone, one of the Italians
| who was convicted of numbering fellow
| workingman in Brewer last year, lately at
tackled one of the officials of the State Prison
with chair, but was secured before he could
| do any damage. Capone, it will be remem-
| bered was the younger OF the two Italians,
and seemed to be the most hardened of the
two.
The new 5O0-ton steamer, to be named the
| "Haytien Republic" hailing from Boston, will
| he launched from the New England Ship
Building Compsny's yard about the middle of
next month She is to have fall power COM
| pound engine now being built at the Goss
| Marine Iron Works. The principal owners of
the steamer are Theo. Phipps and Isaac Rich
& Co., Capt. Chadwick and others of Boston.
She Is to run between Boston and Hayt, and
will be the first steamer placed on this route.
The freights will be lcgwood from Hayti, and
general freight on the out passage. If this
steamer makes success in the business an
other will be constructed: Capt Compton OF
Boston ia to be commander. There are &C.
gers.
Robbins & Sons of Calais found customer
for pair of number sixteen brogsns, which
were displayed in their show window. The
purchaser found them to be good Gt. The
soles were j inches thick, and the weight 81
pounds
HALLoWELL.
Among the works recently comp pleted by the
Hsllowefl Granite Company is beautiful sar-
cophagus for the estate cf ;. Y. McClintock of
Belfast. The base, of Hallowell granite, is
s K feet inches. On this is a second base on
which is the inscription of j. Y. McClintock,
cut in old Englieh, Oh polished surface. The
die is Of dark granite, in which are cut me-
mortal Inscriptions Four columns of black
Fox Island granite support a cap Of Hallowell
granite of Moorish design ,on one face OF which
| is Monogram. The entire height is about
feet. 1t cost $4,000.
oRoNo.
Mr.. Howard Webster of Orono recently shot
fine specimen Of a Canada lynx at Mr.. Elijah
| Webster's camp on the East branch. The ami
NAL is about four feet long.
The Maine State College base ball nine
will probably enter the State league the CON-
ing spring.
The Oxford County Record learns that at
the meeting last Saturday it was decided to
raise $1,000 toward building new church in
this place in the spring, and twelve men guar
snteed to raise the money.
MAINE LEGISLATURE.