The Portland daily press., 1885-09-24
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoaaIN corNrY.

ANDkOSCOG6lN NODNI4.
Hon. George C. Wing Of Auburn has ap-
piled for letters patent on a castor which he
| has invented, for beds and other furniture.
1t is made for annealed glass. 1t is cheaper
than an iron castor and is a safeguard
| against lightning.
The National TrOtting Association has
| fined Charles Reckerds of Bangor 500 for
| being concerned in entering an old trotter
| under bogus name in last falls green horse
| race at Lewiston.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
A Brunswick detachment of the Salvation
Army has attacked B0wdoinham.
Our Naples correspondent writes: Wilson
Chaplin Of Naples got miserably drunk on
the 18th inst, getting the liquor in Otisheld,
and, finding his way to Edes Falls, entered
the store of George b. Hall, and gave him a
blow in the face. For this business he was
laid on the floor. He threatened to stab his
own brother. 1t was found necessary to re-
strain him, and Walter SOuthworth made q
| complaint. He was brought before a JUS
| tlce, plead guilty, and was sentenced to
| thirty days in Portland Jail. He was given
| the option to tell where he got the liquor and
| go free or suffer the sentence. He told he
| got the liquor of person in Otisfeld, giving
| the name under oath, &c, and was released
| from custody.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. George B. Swan, for two years precep-
| tor of the Castine High School, has gone, by
| invitation, to establish high school at Vic
| toria, Vancouver's Island. a teacher from
| New England was desired
Mr.. Potter, for several years teacher in
| the normal school at Castine has accepted
a professOrship in the State University, Lex
ington, Ky.
The Ellsworth American says: Deer are
reported to be unusually plenty up river this
season. If we had warden here and the
abOminable practice of bounding them could
be stopped they would doubtless be found in
A
stricting the bounding and shipping of deer
seems to be practically dead letter in this
region.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The North Wayne boy who was recently
accidentally shot, win recover.
Work on the new Episcopal church at Au-
| gusta is progressing rapidly. The entire
| stone work of the church is taken from
| Colonel Bangs quarry at Norridgewock.
Mr. and Mrs. Grin Colcord of Farming
! dale, celebrated their golden wedding, Sep
! tember 10Th.
| Mr.. Thomas, who so narrowly escaped viO-
lence at the hands of a mob Saturday night,
| in Gardiner is not a special State constable
| for the enforcement of the liquor law, as
| first reported, but an agent for the Law and
| Order League. Mr.. Thomas was previously
| State constable, but when his commission
| expired there was so much opposition to him
| that the Governor deemed it unwise to reap
| point him.
! The proposed change of the city clock back
to local time brings out variety of COM
| ments, and about the only verdict to be
| drawn from them is that it will be bother
anyway, says the Gardiner Home Journal.
| Yesterdays Kennebec Journal saws.
Mrs. Bradley, who was in town again yes
! terday to obtain from the executive the par
| don of her husband who is in Portland iail
| for rumselling, lost some of her documents
on the street yesterday and they were picked
| up by one of the telegraph messenger boys.
The woman seems to be very persistent in her
efforts to secure clemeney for her spouse.
| Says the Kennebec Journal: The peace and
| JOY OF a loving family circle have been
blasted in Wateryille by the skating rink,
| and that much preached against amusement
| OF roller skating has found more victims.
| They were before the Superior Court until
| late hour Monday night endeavoring to set
! tie their difficulties. 1t was an action for
| divorce. The libelant, Mrs. Jennie Walker,
| was young, pretty and piquant: and the Ii
| Delee, walter Walker, was fine looking
young man. The testimony for the
| defence shows that the wife had visited the
| skating rink, and become fond of the roller
skating pastime, on account of which trouble
| eventually arose.
| PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
| Among the celebrities who arrived in Ban
60 from st. John Tuesday morning was a
French count with an unpronounceable
name who is the president of a large Paris
| banking firm. They are interested in pro-
| posed new Nova Scotia railway and this
gentleman was on his return from an extend
| ed visit to that province.
| John A. Greenleaf of Auburn, who con-
| tracted to build the Dexter school house,
| has sued that town for some $1,000 for al
| legged breach of contract Dexter held a
| town meeting on the subject last Saturday
| to consider whether the town would oon-
| plete the building, pay the contractor for
| what had been done, and annul the contract.
A law suit now appears to be the next thing,
1 ollaOp6 hrpaPh n fraot
| sAeADAHoC COUNTY.
The Richmond Bee says that the schooner
| Reuben Eastman recently made the passage
| from New York to the Kennebec in forty
| eight hours, aud at another time made the
| round trip from Gardiner to New York and
| back, with cargo both ways. in thirteen
| days, and the Bee allows her to be the cham
pion vessel of her class on the Kennebec.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
After fifteen years contemplation the citi-
zenS of North New Portland have completed
a fine two-story school house and furnished
it with seats and desks from one of the best
| manufactures. The schools opened Monday
of last week.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Capt Charles Deering was in Cherryfeld
| Thursday in the interest of the proposed
| steamboat route between Machias and Bos-
ton. Captain Deering, states that the pro-
that city, and is being backed with substan-
| tial aid. He further stated that it was the
| intention of those who have the management
| OF the enterprise to erect a deep-water land
ing at Millbridge, where the boat may touch
at any time of tide.
Steuben is excited over two incendiary
| fires last week, according to the Machias Re
publican. Sunday evening an unoceupied
house belonging to w. II. III. Dunton, near
his mill, was discovered on fire. An exami-
nation proved that the fire was set in a
| wooden sink standing near the window.
| During the following evening a light was
seen in the stable belonging to A. J. Parritt
Two of his neighbors went to the building
where they found pile of shavings ablaze
| Both fires were eXtinguished without serious
loss. Thursday evening, James Parritt's
barn, six miles from the village, was de-
| Str0yed with contents, including ten tons of
hay, and a horse and carriage Since the
| two previous attempts, q fire patrol had been
| maintained in the village but the firebug
was able to get in his work in the outskirts.
| pected of all these fires.
YORK COUNTY.
The semi-annual session of the York
| County Congregational Conference will be
| held at Alfred Tuesday and Wednesday,
! October 9th and 7th.
The centennial committee of Parsonsfeld
! met at the village the 18th inst, for review
| OF the finances of the celebration, and they
| ind they have some S400 over and above eX-
| penses and voted to publish a history of the
toWn, ana appointed committee for that
| purpose.
| IN GENERAL.
The following is list of patents issued to
Maine inventors for the week ending SEN
| tember 22d:
| Hiram E. Brackett and f. L. Sawyer, Hamp-
| den, shingle binding tool.
Arthur NJ Burnham, assignor TO C. Clifford and
| j. T. Richards, Gardiner, mop wringer
| Edwin z. Carpenter and NJ. S. Wright assIpnor
| to A. Carpenter, FOXCrOft organ action.
| William Johnston, DamariscOtta, plant pro-
| tectOr.
,1Ivenleaf A. Wilbur assignOr to himself and
| c. II. Wilbur, Skowhegan, pencil case and sharp
| ener.
| The jacksonville (Fla) Times Union publishe,
| an abstract OF the State census showing that the
| population of Florida has increased 64653 since