The Portland daily press., 1885-10-27
THE STATE.
ANDRosooee1N COUNTY.

ANpRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Another assembly of Knights Of Labor has
been Organized in Lewiston, making three In
ALL
An event of great interest will be offered
in Auburn on the occasion of the coming OF
DR.. Vincent of New York, the originator Of
the Chautauqua idea" This event VIII oc,
cur on Dec 10th public reception and
banquet will be rendered the distinguished
guest, attended by great gathering OF
friends OF ChautauquA from all over the
State.
A Lisbon Falls correspondent says the
great body of the Democrats of Lisbon Falls
are much angered by the appointment of Mr:
John Coombs as postmaster Mr.. Thorne,of
the Village News, he says, was recommend
ed for the position by six times as many sign
ers as asked for Mr.. COombs' appointment.
A regard for civil service ideas would have
retained Mr.. Plummer, who has discharged
the duties so satisfactorily.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Bangor Whig brags about a turnip
weighing ten pounds, says the Augusta
Journal. In the window of the Maine Farm
er Office one can be seen that weighs 22t
pounds
DR.. Young, of the State Board of Health.
has written a letter in reply to newspaper
statement that courage is a small pox pre-
ventiye in which he says that person who
fears the contagion and fiees from IL IS IN
much less danger than the one who Is rear
less and uses no precautions against catcnlng
the disease.
The Improvements, on the court house at
Augusta, commenced in July, have been com
pleted, and neat two story extension on the
east end of the building meets the eye Oh the
observer passing up Winthrop street from
the Maine Central station. The adoption OF
sewerage system has been rendered possi-
BILE, and the disagreeable, noxious gases
which permeated the first floor, have been
obviated.
The Kennebec Journal says a striking ex-
emplifcation Of civil service reform comes
from Kent's Hill. The postmaster there was
Noah Jewett, having held his position for II
years. A petition that he should be retained
signed by every voter but two, who received
mail at the office, was forwarded to the
Postmaster General. But this was regarded
as mere bagatelle, and another man was
appointed.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY,,
Geo. Whetmore, of West Corinth, had one
of his legs broken recently while in the act
of butchering an OK
Freeman Tibbetts of Levant, who has
some nOtoriety as a cancer doctor, took an
overdose of laudanum one day last week
and died from the effects OF it the next morn
ing.
Mr.. Daniel c. Hurley of Bangor had a
shock of paralysis Friday afternoon. The
shock rendered him speechless.
The Bangor Whig says: runaway
irate father arrived too late, and a happy
welded couple, were incidents in the pro-
gramme at the Windsor Hotel Saturday.
Mr. John Latty of fremont, aged 7S years,
was leading his COW the other day when she
became enraged and gored him badly. 1t Is
feared he will not recover.
man named W. P. Smith, OF Bar Harbor,
had narrow escape from death by suffoca-
tion in Bangor hotel one night last week.
He blew out the gas and was awakened with
much difficulty when the state Of affairs was
accidentally discovered.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Two young men, James E. Mcbride and
Andrew Whalen, aged about %, belonging to
Lubec, left Seal Cove, Grand Manan, for Luz
bee Friday morning, Oct. g. in small vessel
deep loaded with herring, since which no
tidings have been heard from them, and it is
believed the craft swamped and sank and
| that both were drowned, as the wind was
blowing heavy and there was high sea run
| ming at the time.
YORK COUNTY.
1t is said that people coming to Biddeford
from Canada who are not provided with GER
tIficates of vaccination, have hit upon q
means of eluding the vigilance Of the au-
thorities and are employing it daily. They
come through Portland on the trains, and in
stead of stopping at SacO or Biddeford go on
to Kennebunk, where they alight and are
brought to Biddeford by teams. The Bidde-
ford Journal has it from reliable source
that one day recently as many as 80 reached
town in that way.