The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-15
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoGGN couNrY.


The Lewiston and Auburn shoe shipments
last week were 1852 cases. The receipts Of
leather We're II, $40 pounds. One of the shoe
firms, Dingley IL Str0ut, have made no ship
ments on account of the labor Of their re-
moval to new quarters.
Saturday afternoon, Albert Palmer, Gig
ar maker, made a sensation on Lisbon street,
by knocking down his wife. He cut a great
cash ON her head. She was taken into q
store and her wounds were dressed.
William Taylor, of Connecticut, was put
off the Maine Central train from Portland at
Auburn, Friday afternoon, for stealing
ride. He was before Judge Dresser, Satur-
day morning, and was fined S5 and costs. He
went to Jail
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brdgton News says that while in a
pasture Wednesday forenoon, Peltiah March
of BridgtOn, was jammed against fence by
bull breaking two Of his ribs and other
wise severely injuring him.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The old, reliable Waterville Mail began its
39th volume last week.
A Grand Army Post is to be organized in
PittstOn village, to be called the Col. Allen
Post. Preliminary meetings have been held
The Kennebec Reporter SAYS Gardiner
Lodge, knights of Pythias, dedicated their
new hall Thursday afternoon, the exercises
concluding with ball in the evening. There
was also parade during the afternoon.
Mr.. Charles Savage and companion cap
tured a raccoon in the woods back of Malta
Hill, Gardiner, one day last week The
men climbed up and forced the animal to
drop to the ground, when it was stunned by
a blow from stick and taken alive in a
shorts bag.
Carr, the Winthrop apple man, has shipped
about 25,OO0 barrels of apples to Europe the
ny barrels of apples left in his vicinity, per
haps two or three hundred barrels. Good
Baldwins are high now in Boston. They
have been selling as high as S. barrel.
Friday evening, Mr.. S. l.. Boardman, edi-
tor OF the Home Farm, Augusta and Mrs.
Boardman celebrated the 25th anniversary of
their wedding day by reception to the
members of Capital Grange, of which Mr..
Boardman is Master, at their residence on
Crescent street.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
James Macaulay, of Boothbay, while pour
ing melted lead into hole in rock for the
purpose of setting an iron post, received part
of the scalding metal in his eye says the
Lincoln news. He was obliged to go to Bos-
ton and have the eye removed.
OXFORD COUNTY
In accordance with the written directions,
left her executors by the mother of Artemus
Ward, nice granite monument has been
erected on the family lot at Elm Vale ceme-
terry, South Waterford
J. E. Carlton, Of Hanover, gets pension,
with $1,000 back pay, says the Advertiser.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
Mr. F. NJ. Reed, Maine State College, 1872,
of Bangor, has accepted a position as
draughtsman for the Brown Il Sharpe Man
ufaeturing Company, in Providence, X. |.
The citizens of 0ldtown are strongly agi-
tating the question of purchasing steam fire
engine. They have had some terrible fires in
the past, and the one of Friday did much to
awaken them to the Importance Of doing
something at once to prevent, as far as may
be, further heavy losses.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The Bath Times comes to us fitted out in
complete new DRESS and filled with fresh and
interesting news as usual.
YORK COUNTY.
Deacon Charles Duncan, of Kittery, died
last week, and was buried on Sunday. His
wife died only eight days before him. They
were an aged couple, and were held in high
esteem by all their fellow citizens.