The Portland daily press., 1885-08-04
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

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on the floor while dancing at the Poland
Spring House. Wednesday evening, and fall
ing dislocated his shoulder.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Hay that was to have brought $1S before
the crop was harvested, is now selling for
$40 in Pennington, says the Journal.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Bluff Hotel at Mt. Desert Ferry was
opened Saturday afternoon with great eclat
Special trains from Boston carried large and
fashionable parties.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
There is big leak in the Augusta gas
pipes somewhere in the city, some 1000 feet
per day being lost Its location has not yet
been discovered.
The Kennebec Journal reports an elope
ment in Augusta. A Fall River Mass. man
and young mill girl of Augusta suddenly
left last Tuesday night and were next heard
from in Boston as married.
A petition is in circulation for new post
office near Cedar Grove, in the town of Ores
den, to be called North Dresden, with Fred
E. Cotton as postmaster.
Kennebec Jail contains but fifteen inmates.
The Star of the East brought the largest
number of passengers of the season into the
Kennebec last Saturday.
City Marshal Grindell made search at
the Hallowen House, Thursday evening
Seeing Landlord Blake grab bottle of
liquor and put it in his pocket the marshal
Judge, searched his body, finding the
liquor. This being the second offence, Mr.
Blake was fined 800 and costs and six
months in jail He appealed.
A bold counterfeiter appeared in Gardiner
last Saturday. He stepped up to Pat
Reagan, the peanut man, and handed out
what appeared to be So bill, in exchange
for peanuts. Pat" soon discovered some
thing wrong about the bill and on examina-
ton found it to be an ordinary 81 and was
folded so that only one corner was visible
The man had cut a figure 5 out of a cigar
stamp, or something of the sort which was
the. exact counterpart of that on MANY
United States So dollar bills, and pasted #
over the written ''one' in the corner of the
bill, thus giving so strong resemblance to a
five, that at first glance anyone but an ex-
pert would have been deceived. The Offend
er was caught and arraigned before judge
Larrabee in the evening, and bound over to
the September term of the Supreme Court.
Being unable to furnish bonds he was com
mitted He gave his name as Joel Pierson
and said that he resided at ST George.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says: Seamen are rather
scarce in this port and wages are now little
higher than for some time past. This is
probably ewing to the increased number of
vessels loading here
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mr. Pllsbury of Palmyra, who has been
the victim of anothers hatred, thereby los
ing valuable stock by poisoning, after hay
ing his pasture thoroughly searched by
large number of neighbors, and blowing in
the spot where poison was left, turned his
cattle and sheep into the pasture. This
he and his neighbors considered safe, after
their vigilant search. Last Friday he dis
covered one of his heifers was poisoned. At
10 CT 10 fIrta tRrnc hnIan pf ~,
cry. A diligent search failed to disclose anv
poison. The animal was considered the
most valuable of Mr. Pillsbury's stock.
YORK COUNTY.
Friday forenoon while George F. Sanborn.
lawyer of Saltwater, was out bathin9
from the Sea Shore bath house. Old Orchard
some one entered his bath room and relieved
him of $160 in bank bills which were in the
watch pocket in his pants, and pinned in
with safety ipin, the pin being replaced
and the door relocked by the thief, who es-
capped without being detected.