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

COMbEhLANO OOONAA-
Concerning the small pox case in West Harps-
well, the Brunswick Telegraph says: The person
down with the disease is Mr.. Frank Webber OF
NO dsaba ss IS 'say d pa
mate with his brother Of q vessel loaded with
sugar TSn M south Ameea Which @ ty went Ss 70 MSn
than two weeks since; how long Mr. Webber re-
lained at Montreal, we are not Informed He
was not vaccjnated so IL Is stated, while at Mon
treal, but had been vaeeinated IN previous years,
though the vaccination did not take.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
A large number of deer are now being seen
along the line of the Mount Desert branch OF the
Maine Central, especially near Hancock and the
Franklin road People see them from the trains
KENNEBEc COUNTY. .-
Ship Sooloo tof SalenD at Boston from IlOil1,
reports September Both. Tobias J. Hill, stewart,
died Of hemorrhage, aged CO. He belonged In
Gardiner.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Piper of Augusta cele-
brated their golden wedding Thursday evening.
Deputy sheriff Ra,nsdell arrested Henry BIawn1
his prisoner TO Augusta and placed him In jail.
Brawn broke into the house of Hadley Keller OF
China last August, stealing an oyercoat and other
articles.
There is poor debtor in the Augusta jail who
was imprisoned by his creditor, a Wateryille man,
$50 for SU the Unfortunate indvidual's board and
shows no signs OF Telenting.
PENoBSCoT COUNTY.
The Pttsfeld Advertiser says The Eastern
/ State, published IN Dexter, mas. we unucfStduu,
been sued for libel The property was attached
Thursday morning, so there was no issue OF the
State last week. The alleged llbelous article was
short piece of verse which in some way re-
fected upon or referred to Dexter lawyer, whe
brought the suit.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Up to this time all attempts to raise the tug
Mary Lee, sunk last summer in g iathoms OF
water OF Cape Small Point, have failed, though
the insurance companies stil continue at the
work.
Mr.. Herbert W. Edmands, who lived about a
mile from Canaan Village, committed suicide last
week by cutting his throat with razor in the
orchard, few rods north of his dwelling house.
He lived about As hours after committing n n the
to assign cause.
A. J. Larkin of the Bell Telephone Company
was at SkOwhegan Monday evening, bound for the
Forks. He had with him one Of the instruments,
will give connection from Bingham by telephone
The house of Noah Merrill at Anson was entered
for the fourth time Sunday, while Mr.. Merrill and
wife were at church. Returning home, they were
informed a person was seen about the house and
after to enter the SehOOlhOuSe near by. MI
Merrill went to the schOolhouse, and on opening
the door discovered one Frank Comfy OF Madison
Bridge who jumped from window and made for
the river but was afterward captured and taken
to No. AnsOn. Provisions and clothing were
taken from the house
The Pittsfeld Advertiser says: young woman
in Harmony wishing to practice with revolver,
one day last week, took for target two young
men IN the street, but missed them ooth ana came
near hitting a third party who was passing quietly
by. She claimed that the young men had Sian
dered her.
YORK COUNTY.
Our LimingtOn correspondent writes: Thurs
day morning was the coldest morning of the
season. The thermometer registered 800 at sun
rise. Apples were frozen ON the trees, and water
was frozen quarter of an inch thick. The ther-
mometer must have fallen below the above point
during the night.