The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-07-27
THE STATE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.


Miss Fanny Owen, daughter of Mrs. Frank
Owen, Brunswick, has just graduated from
the Boston College, and been elected teacher
OF Latin and Greek in the High School at
Natick, Mass.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. E. B. Leach, depot master at East Will
ton, met with an accident while haying,
which has laid him up for number of days.
He was thrown from the horse-rake and
dragged some distance.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. Chas. Wilson, instructor in botany at
Colby University, was united in marriage,
last week, to Miss Belle Turner of Water
vile.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The First Maine Spiritual State Campmeet-
ing Association will hold their eighth annual
meeting at Buswell's Grove, Etna, from Au-
gust 2Sth to Sept. 9th, 1885
The work of dredging Bangor harbor will
begin to-day.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
John Garland, a workman at the Hebron
Pond quarry, Monson, was severely injured
recently, by falling under large rock on the
track. Two ribs were fractured and his
right arm broken
WALDO COUNTY.
AT the next city government meeting
Mayor Folger of Belfast, win recommend the
purchase OF new steam fire engine.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Vanceboro is fast growing in population
and Importance. A fresh impetus is given
to It's trade, which was effected by Shaw
Bros suspension, now that the tanneries are
again in operation. The town boasts among
Its evidence, of advancement a very nice
church building, a large and commodious
custom House an excellent band and a
roller rink.
Four members of the family of C. H. Eaton,
esq, of Calais, were poisoned recently by
some article of food, presumed to have been
canned tomatoes, eaten at dinner time. Mr.
and Mrs. Eaton and their daughter were
home on visit from Florida was seriously if
not critically ILL., All fortunately recovered.
YORK COUNTY.
Mrs. Joseph VIM of Ogunquit. one day
last week, was found in an insensible condi-
ton, lying under the horse. She had been
milking and it is uncertain whether the cow
kicked her or she tainted. Her head was
badly cut AT last accounts she was improv-
ing.
IN GENERAL.
Farmers are happily disappointed in the
amount of grass to the acre, as it turns out
much better than expected.
1t is reported that the juniper worms are
again at work upon the trees in some parts of
the State, and many pieces of forest again
look as though swept by fire, the insects TAX
ing every green twig. The despoiler is a
small green caterpiller, about three-fourths
of an inch in length, with black head, six
legs and twelve prOlegS.
Such quantities of berries have not been
seen for several years, is the general verdict,
says the Lewiston Journal The field straw
berries, which had been far from plenty, for
the past three years, returned, this spring, in
their old-tlme abundance. Now the rasp-
berry and BURBERRY bushes are heavily
laden. Hundreds of bushels are being sent
from York and other southern counties, The
BURBERRY crop in Washington county is not
as good as was at first hoped In 1879 the
big season, $4,000 cases of this berry were
packed, and yearly business is done of over
100000. In addition to the wild berries the
cultivated plants have yielded unusually
well: From, Cape Elizabeth alone one mil
non boxes OF Strawberries have been market
ed. Gooseberries, cherries, currants and
other small fruits are very plenty. A good
many new plants of various kinds were set
out last spring, and the business is proving
so profitable that more will probably follow
another season.