The Portland daily press., 1885-11-11
THE STATE.
ANnRoscoaG1N couNrY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Hon: George G. Wing of Auburn has a
| relic of old Boston in the shape of a bound
volume of the Boston Magazine for the year
! 1888. 1t was originally owned by the judges
| grandfather, Mr.. Moses Warren, a cousin of
| Gen. Joseph Warren.
The annual convention Of the Maine Nor
NAL Church Choir Association win be held
| at Mechanic Falls, NoY. 18th, and close with
grand concert Friday evening, the 10th, un-
der the direction of Prof. III. L. Whitney of
! Boston. Free entertainment for singers
| from abroad, and half fares on railroad lead
| ing to the place will be given.
| Mr. +. Pckard of Auburn, informs the
| Lewiston journal that if his brother, j. r.
| Pickard can be found he will hear some
| thing to his advantage to the extent Of
| $1,000, his share of an estate left by an uncle
who recently died in New Hampshire The
man in question left Auburn in 1874. some
what in debt, and has not since been heard
from.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The bee keepers of western and southern
Maine will meet at Brunswick on the 18th
for the purpose of forming q permanent or
ganization of bee culturists
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Col. S. p. Gross, after an absence of TWEEN
ty-slx years, has returned and now resides in
Bucksport. He, was the third man in Maine
to enlist in the war, and for some time
served as scout on Gen. Martindale,s staff
Hill, July 1st, 1862, and afterwards suffered
the horrors of AnderSonville prison.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
The area OF the Insane Hospital cemetery
is to be enlarged about an acre. Mr.. Z. b.
Capen of Dirigo Commercial College has
prepared plan Of the enlargement,
A stable two miles below South Gardiner,
owned by E. d. Haley q Co., was moved
four feet by the wind during the gale Of No
vember I'd.
The saloon keepers of Hallowell complain
that their evening trade has been ruined by
the Salvation Army meetings.
The executive committee OF the coming
legislative reunion will be in session part
of this week, when the entire programme
for the event win be arranged. 1t is desired
that all past members of the State govern
ment send their post office address to the
committee. 1t will aid the committee great
ly if town clerks or present members of the
House will send a list of all past members Of
that body from their respective towns, CIV
ing the date of their membership and their
present address. 1t will also aid the man
agement If the newspaper press of the State
will print these requests All communica-
ti0ns should be addressed to Hon. Fred At
wood, Winterport, or the executive commit
tee at Augusta. Manager Tucker of the
Maine Central, viii furnish any and all spe-
cial trains required to accommodate those at
tending.
1t will require nearly the entire winter to
across the river at Augusta.
The new Colby University catalogue which
is about to appear will contain an offer OF
ten prizes for scholarship to the class which
will enter next year. Two of these are for
the two best examinations ON the prepara-
tory studies two for the first and second in
rank during the freshman year; two for the
frst and second average rank in each of the
following years. The amount Of each prize
viii be $50
The Boston Journal reports that the Au-
gusta Democrats are yet unhappy over the
post office, and the appointment Of Thomas
Lynch as assistant postmaster does not tend
to promote an era Of good feeling. Mr..
Lynch is the man who, as a member Of the
Democratic county committee, attacked
Postmaster General Villas through the news
papers and by personal letters for the ap-
pointment of John Kirk as postmaster at
Togus.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
President Brown of the Bangor and Pts
cataquis Railroad was on Saturday given
silver water service by the Moosehead Lake
excursion party.
Another town meeting to consider the
school house question was held in Dexter
Saturday, and it was voted to effect an
equitable settlement with Mr.. Greenleaf Of
Auburn, the contractor, who had partially
built the school house, when work was
s5OPsu ana 1Oo i0r
min +. Eldridge and A. Y. Bradbury were
appointed committee to make the settle
ment.
The Newport correspondent Of the Bangor
Wing writes; The contention among the
Democrats for the position of postmaster to
succeed the present popular incumbent. San
ford p. Judkins, which has resulted in the
appointment of Mr. E. K. Dow, has been
characterized throughout by extreme bitter
ness, and the final result seems only to have
increased the trouble. If the turbulent
waters are not quieted, which seems to be
impossible, the ultimate effect will be to
materially Impair and diminish the voting
strength of the Democratic party in the VIII
lage. Mr.. Dow's triumph is source Of per
sonal qualification because 1t has been ac-
cOmpliShed in the face of a remonstrancc
against him by an influential portion of his
party.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The new electric light station at Skowhe-
gan was ready to begin operations Saturday
evening. From thirty-fve to forty arc lights
have been put into the places of business.
and by using water power as motor the
cost of the light has been placed at the low
price of So per month
YORK COUNTY.
In the gale of Monday, November I'd, the
barn connected with w. f. Pauls cottage at
Kennebunk Beach was demolished. The
wind got into the building, lifting it bodily
from its foundation of stone and seemed to
slam 1t upon rocks below, when the con-
the whole length of the beach, making a
total wreck of the building which was al
most new.
A Biddeford man named Charles Hanson
created considerable disturbance in Boston
hotel. Friday evening, by crying murder"
and afterwards asserting that his room was
entered by five men who threatened to kill
and rob him. No trace Of any such persons
could be found, and as the door was safely
locked when the officers entered, it was de-
cided that Hanson must be either intoxicat-
ed or insane and he was taken to the Tombs.
wAsHIEGT'2N COUNTY.
The people of Cutler have pettioned the
Post Office Department for daily mail
A correspondent writes: The Penobscot
Packing C0mpany-Messrs. W. E. Leighton,
George E. Loyejoy and Hiram Blanchard,-
have put up over 10000 cases of sardineS in
the month they have been running. They
have facties for putting up 5000 a week but
there has been great scarcity of fish this
season. | hear there are two more factories
going to start next spring.
As Mr.. A. S. Farnsworth and wife were
riding between Charlotte and Pembroke at
place called Ohio Brook, they saw five
deer leaping along the meadow for the
woods A large bear and cub were seen by
a number of persons in what is called
"Leavitt's Pasture one day last week and
party of hunters tracked them but could not
get them.