The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-05
THE STATE.
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ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
One Of the happiest of happy reunions was
held at Lake Auburn Spring Hotel Thursday
noon. The california RAYMOND excursion
party of 1881 dined at the Lake Auburn
Spring Hotel by invitation of Hon. j. l.. III.
Cobb and wife of Lewiston and renewed
there the pleasant memories of their pleas
ant excursion party of four years ago
A reunion of the Dinsmore family was
held Tuesday. 1t was the occasion of a
grand corn roast on the farm Of Hiram Dins-
more in Auburn. Three generations were
represented, the entire party numbering
about twenty. N. III. DinsmOre and family
of Connecticut were present.
The Brunswick Telegraph notes the fact
that there are now no salmon in the AndrOs-
cOggin river, while a few years ago it was a
common thing to see them 1t is due, the
Telegraph thinks to faults in the construct
ion Of the fishways.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
DIR. VIM. c. Hatch of Vests Mills is en-
gagged on history of the town of Industry,
from the earliest settlement in 1871 down to
the present time, embracing the cessionS Of
New Sharon, New Vineyard, Anson and
Stark
The residence of David NJ. Howe of Tenn
pie was entered by sneak thieves recently
and watch and jewelry to the value of $40
or $50 was stolen. Deputy Sheriff Alonzo
Sylvester shrewdly worked the case up and
secured confession from the guilty parties.
There are now $50 students at the Farm
ington Normal School, the highest number
the institution has ever known during the
twenty years of its existence. The. atten-
dance two years agol was but 40 and for sew
eral terms previous had not been much
above that number.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Mr.. Daniel Whitehouse of Augusta, ,bagged
the first fox of the season in Readfield one
day this week.
Mr.. Uriah Folger of Sidney, has received
the sad news of the death of his son, Mr..
James 2. Folger, in Woodbridge, Cal. The
deceased was native of Kennebec county.
and left his Kennebec home some 80 wears
ago. His age was 81 years. He left a for
tune of some 100000.
There will be a meeting of the managers of
the Maine Industrial School for girls at the
office of the institution on Wednesday, Sep
tember 10th, at 10 o'clock a. m, instead Of
September 9.
The counsel for the Morrisy boy who was
injured in o. 5. Smalley's broom handle fac
tory at Belfast has accepted the reduction Of
500 in the award of the jury, made by
the Law Court.
Frank McCarty, the Augusta Salvationist,
has opened war upon Winthrop.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Fairfield Journal says: Lumber
men are erecting their camps, getting in sup
.
logging. Not so much timber will be cut as
last, some operators are talking ON account
OF surplus of logs left back in the streams
1t is safe to say there will be an Overstoek of
logs next spring.
The affairs in one of the schools in the
town of Harmony are in peculiar dilemma.
The teacher who taught last summer sup
posed she was engaged for the fall term, and
accordingly procured a certificate. The
agent denied hiring her for this term, and so
he went and engaged another lady, who also
obtained certificate from the supervisor.
Both teachers were in the school room on
Monday morning to commence the school.
The one whom the agent declared engaged
and entitled to the school, thought that dis
cretion was the better part of Yalor, and sat
down, permitting the other to 60 on with the
school,. until the agent conferred with the
supervisor. This officer not feeling sufficient
for the emergency, sent word to both parties
to suspend the school until she could get ad-
vice from the State superintendent
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
John Harvey, former resident of East
port, was recently drowned in Sacramento
river, California.
WALDO COUNTY.
Mr.. II. N. Lancaster of Belfast proposes to
erect a hotel of 125 rooms near the sight of
the old American House.
A few days ago Mr.. Stephen Perkins of
Unity, gentleman past 80 years Of age,
Whlle 1ellllng trees was struck by the re-
bound of a falling tree and thrown with vio-
lence upon a jagged stump. Two ribs
were fractured and he was badly shaken up,
but he reached the house unaided and refus-
es to remain in bed as his physician has or
dered; 1t is the seyerest injury he has re-
celved during his ninety active years.
YORK COUNTY.
The Biddeford Times says that Wednes-
day afternoon somewhat novel race for
that locality came off on the track at Corn
ish. Augustine Kenniston of Kezar. Fans
was matched to run half mile while horse
owned by Ed. Fox of Cornish was making
mile lacking 100 yards, which was given the
horse as starter. Remission ran a half
mile in 2.30 IL minutes, beating the horse by
about 70 yards. The stake was $50.