The Portland daily press., 1885-07-17
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Senator Frye, like ex-senator Hamlin is
noted fisherman. He has camp at Range
ley, where he usually spends the season.
to Canada, and recently sent q splendid
salmon to friend, with the following letter:
81 am away up in the Canada woods, 300
miles north of st. Johns, on one of the
most beautiful rivers | ever saw. This noon
at II O'Clock, a salmon took my fly, and in an
hour and three-quarters | had the gaff into
his side. He fought for life like king,
sprung four or five feet out of the water
nine times; | finally captured him two miles
from the spot where | struck him. The
salmon when taken from the box, three days
afterward, weighed 264 pounds.
Monday afternoon, three little girls, daugh-
tiers of Paul Bergie, living on lower Main
street. in Lewiston, climbed on wood team
for ride. Two of the girls got off safely,
but the driver started the team just as the
third jumped, and wheel passed over her,
killing her instantly She was IL years old.
8 CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
An incendiary fire at Brunswick, Tuesday
night, called out the fire department. Rufus
Griffin's house, was burned while his family
was at the Salvation Army meeting.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
1t has taken thirty years to raise funds for
a town clock at Pennington. The ladies of
the town have held fair the past week, in
order to raise means to purchase clock,
which will be placed on the new county
The sum lately raised, with funds collected
for the same purpose thirty years ago, and
since held in trust by Mr.. A. W. f. and Mrs.
L. F. Belcher, will be sufficient to purchase
very elegant clock.
Franklin county, long known for its ro-
mantle scenery, is receiving goodly num-
rived at this time of the season
HANCOCK COUNTY.
1t is announced from Mount Desert that
Mrs. Charles B. Pineo, nee Rodick, has re-
fused an offer of $150,0O0 for Bar Island, that
contains, perhaps, 100 acres, $1,000 per acre.
Ten or fifteen years ago, $1,000 would have
bought the whole island, house, barns and
all.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
A prominent lumberman of Augusta has
received letter from Moosehead Lake par
ties, requesting that the gates at the outlet of
the lake be raised and allow the water to
flow off, so that the wharves would not be
oyertiowed. The heavy and continued rains
which have prevailed to a greater extent in
the lake region than here have raised the
water.
The department convention of the Relief
Corps of this State will be held in Gardiner
next Tuesday and Wednesday, the 21st and
I'D. Delegates will be present from all the
COlpo III bltG Obdbt, anu III Is 6Xp6cI-
ed to be the largest meeting they have ever
held.
An Augusta citizen was out at Readfeld
Wednesday, and happened to meet Mr.. j. B.
Lowe, the first Selectman of the town. He
informed him of the condion of Mrs Jose,
who was discovered in a hut ON Tuesday
Mr.. Lowe had heard nothing of her state
and was surprised to learn that such a case
existed in the town. A resident of Augusta,
who was selectnan of Readfield several
years ago, and who lived in the town long
time, had not been aware that such barbar-
reason given by Jose for keeping the woman
in the shanty is that he is not able to pay her
expenses at the insane hospital, and had
taken care of her as well as he was able
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
AT a special town meeting held Tuesday,
Dexter voted to sustain the school building
committee by an overwhelming majority. 1t
was also voted to raise $500 additional to
finish and furnish the new building. Dexter
believes in good school houses
President NJ c. Fernald of the Maine
State College, returned home from his trip to
Washington last Saturday very much pros
trated from the effects of the bite of some
poisonous insect received in sleeping car.
His hand, where the bite was received, still
looks very badly, but it is hoped that the
constitutional blood poison is nearly over
come.
The schooner c. Matthews, while being
hauled across the Penobscot at Bangor on
Wednesday, collided with the steamer Cam
bridge just as she was leaving her wharf, for
her Boston trip. The jibboom of the schoon-
er struck the Cambridge just forward of the
wheel, on the port side, and being carried
away the bowsprit entered the side of the
steamer. They remained in that position
two or three minutes, when the bOWSprit
was cut away, and the Cambridge proceeded
on her course. The schooner was conSidera-
bly, damaged, the mainmast, besides other
parts being affected by the collision.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The attempt to raise the steamer Mary Lee
off Small Point, is proving successful. She
is now nearly at the surface of the water.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Col Green is canvassing Cherryfeld and
several other towns in the county to see how
much money they will furnish toward build
ing the Shore Line road.
YORK COUNTY.
The Salvation Army campmeeting will be
in session at Old Orchard from July 10Th to
July 27th. The high officers of the army
will be in attendance.
Fred Staples of Eliot, while at work in the
bayfield, Wednesday, was struck in the breast
by gunshot, and quite badly hurt. 1t is sup
posed some careless gunner was the cause.
IN GENERAL.
Inc Name Central gets $4,000 for hauling
Barnum's show through Maine.
A goodly number of the clergymen of Bos-
ton and vicinity visit Maine during the pres
ent vacation season. Rev. H. Bernard Car
penter, of the Hollis street church, is at
Bridgton; Rev. Pitt Dillingham;, of the Har-
yard church, Charlestown is at York Beach
Rev. Minot j. Savage, of the Church of the
Unity, is at Ferry Beach, Old Orchard; Rev.
+. E. Clark, of South Boston, will spend his
six weeks at Pine Point; Rev. E. N. Pack
ard, of the Second Church, Dorchester goes
to Squirrel Island early in August; Rev S.
s. Matthews visits York Beach; Rev. DR..
Twombly,lof the Winthrop street church of
Charlestown, at York; and Rev. A. K Pot
ter, OF the Dudley street Baptist church, is