The Portland daily press., 1885-10-30
THE STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

Between 4 and O'Clock Thursday, oct z2d, q
very sad accident occurred at Balrs Mills, in Ma
pleton which resulted in the death Of Sadie child
of Millard and Myra Fillmore. While Mrs, FIJI
more was at a neighbor's few rods oil, her little
daughter was seen to run from the house with her
clothes ON fire. She was soon caught and the
flames exttnguished, but not until she was fatally
burned. She died the next morning. 1t was sup
posed she had been playing with the fire In the
house.
On Monday evening of last week, three men
started from the vicinity of Orient, In boat for
point on North Lake, where a raffe was to take
place. The boat In which they embarked was
subsequently found minus the men, but contain On am
ties, supposed to contain whiskey. 1t is inferred
that the latter article led to seuffie or quarrel
knocked overheard and drowned. No trace OF
the missing men had been discovered up Thurs
day, when some twenty men were engaged In
boat hailed from St. John the third residing across
the boundary line from Orient. One of the unfor-
tunate men leaves widow and several children
in reduced circumstances.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
In Farmington,a "a few nights ago,a partridge flew
against Mrs. Creations front door, and broke
tibule, where the bird was found in the morning
HANCOCK COUNTY
Mrs. Sally Tinker is the oldest person in Ire
mont, being 80 years old, walks two miles to
church on Sundays, and reads without spectaeles
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The small pox scare has died out at Wayne,
Miss Barker having returned to her situation at
Danville and no other cases Of the variOIoid ap-
pearing. Business was nearly suspended for two
weeks, in consequence of the exaggerated reports
emanating from this single case OF variooid in its
mildest form.
The dedication of the new building at Oak
Grove Seminary, VaSSalb0r0, and the reunion OF
past teachers and pupils has unav0idably been
postponed from the 9th to the Oath OF November
Examiners ]. S. Patterson Of VineIand, N. j.,
James II. Fritts of GOspOrt, Ind, and Ezra Peters
NJ D., of Danville ILL.,, of the pension department
are in Augusta, engaged in examining the pension
ers at the National Military Asylum, Togils.
Wednesday afternoon, Cushnoc Heights, Angus
man John P. Ryan, one OF Augustus prosperous
business men, and Miss Minnie A. Wood, the ac-
cOmplished daughter OF MIR. Benjamin S. Wood
being the contracting parties.
An Augusta lady, who, at one time, was an ear
nest SalVationist, but has recently deserted, had
much difficulty as to the feathers on her hat. The
she did Since her estrangement from the army
she has decked her bonnet with larger variety
of feathers than ever and is in all respects thor
oughly weaned from the red jersey and tambour-
inc,
Mr.. O. Moulton, owner of the schooner Oregon,
which left Gardiner recently loaded with lumber
for a southern port received a despatch WedneS-
day, from the captain, Henry Blanchard, dated at
some port in Massachusetts, stating that he had
had some trouble with a sailor, who had stabbed
him three times with a knife. Capt. Blanchard
is said to be a very popular man, and good cap
tain, but he had rough set for crew.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
w euneSQdy ulOT0lHB, AlDeIU young
man living at Pushaw, with his cousin, Walter
Lancaster, took gun and went out hunting, TAX
ing canoe in which they went up Pushaw stream
The gun lay in the bottom OF the canoe, and Wal
ter, accidentally hitting it, caused 1t to be dis
charged, the charge entering Albert's foot, eaus-
ing bad wound.
Fred Wilson, a cigar maker Of Bangor, was
brought before United States Commissioner Ham
lin Wednesday, upon complaint OF the collector OF
internal revenue, for removing cigars from his
mandatory without the same having been prop
erly boxed and stamped He was, after hearing
ordered to recognize in the sum of 5000 for his
appearance at the December term of the United
States District Court in Portland, aud furnished
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Skowhegan is the next town to introduce the
electric light.
the Somerset Reporter is that the cut on the Ken
nebec for the coming season viii exceed that OF
last by 20,ooo,o0o feet. The increase will be
mostly on Dead river.
A 10 years old daughter of Sumner w. Clark of
Cornville, while making bed Sunday night, using
a light, in some manner caught fire TO her clothes
and was so severely burned that she died Monday
morning.
The logging crews are having glorious weather
in the woods Mr.. George b. Bearce Of Lewiston
returned from Milan and Cambridge the last OF
the week for a few days, and reports active busi-
ness. At Cambridge he has eight horses and
twenty men at work. The crews are yardlng on
snow to make easy slipping; As soon as the frst
whiffs of snow blow down through the pines and
spruceS, and whiten the forest roads, bigger crews
will start into the forests.
WALDO COUNTY.
According to the Journal, thirty families Of
stone cutters have recently moved into Belfast.
We forgot to mention it at the time, says the
Belfast Journal, and i IS not matter Of great
his colOrs as candidate for the cOllectorShip at
Belfast, and surrendered to w. NJ. Rust.
Mr. and Mrs. P. NJ. JONES' of Belfast, were
thrown from carriage Tuesday evening, by the
breaking of an axle when descending hill. Mr.
Jones was only slightly injured, but Mrs. Jonesis
left arm was broken between the elbow and
shoulder
Secretary Bracket of Belfast, is busy sending
out charters and supplies for new lodges of Good
Templars in different parts of the State. Four
lodges were organized in one day, the 22d inst,
and nine have been instituted since the Grand
Lodge session two weeks ago. He expects to
charter twenty-five more before the end of the
year.
The Belfast Journal says Our readers will re,
member the discovery of the remains of an old
lady at North Searsport in May, 1884. On Mon
day last, in compliance with request from Farm
ington the body was exhumed by w. j. Mathews,
for a more thorough examination. In one Of the
stockings was found an old glove, brass thimole
and key. The articles may be seen at Mr. Main
| ews's. A sister of Mrs. A. 7. Tuck OF Farming
ton, who was insane at times, was missing Ioa ir0
| that place at the time the remains were tound,
and may have been the person who died In the
| swamp at North Searsport.
YORK COUNTY.
Mark W. jenkins of North Berwick, was run
over and killed by an Eastern Division passenger
| train recently, at the grade crossing at North
! Berwick.
II is said that several cottages will soon be
| erected near the Old Orchard campground. Rev.
| Mr. Chase the Methodist pastor, also contem-
| plates building house on Union avenue.
| IN GENERAL.
! The following patents were issued this week to
| Maine inventors: Seth +. Beedy, Pennington,
| telephone transmitter; Patrick c. s. Henderson
| Portland, invalid's convertible chair and bed I,
! d. Loring and A. ?. Giles, Boothbay, ice planer