The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-07-28

The Aroostook Times says that diphtheria
is prevalent at Sherman Mills Three of the
town schools have closed i'll consequence.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Travel to Bar Harbor is fast assuming
very large proportions. The trains to that
resort on Friday and Saturday were crowded
with tourists.
While Mr. Scott of Bar Harbor was rid
ing on the Eagle Lake road, in blackboard
Thursday morning, he discovered Mr.. Hub
bard of Brookline, a guest of Dr. Amory,
lying in state of Inconsistencies. A pow
erful emetic was administered, as it was
found he had administered a dose of lauda-
num- A bottle was found in his pocket par
TALLY emptied. 1t is stated he is subject to
depression, but the general impression is
that it was not an attempt at suicide, but
that the laudanum was taken as sedatiye.
He is now considered out OF danger.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Prof. Rolfe, of the Hallowell Classical
School, has accepted position in private
school in Memphis, Tenn.
Colby University has bought of H. c. Bur
leigh, Esq, of Vassalboro, the old Briggs or
Clark house on College street, to be occupied
as a boarding house or home for the young
lady students at the institution.
Mr.. 0. G. Whitehouse, brother of eX-Mayor
Whitehouse, died in Augusta, Saturday, at
the age of 81. Mr.. Whitehouse was one of
Augustus most successful business men.
KNOX COUNTY.
Wednesday morning of last week, as Mrs.
James Walker OF Warren, was examining
an old quilt she saw glistening through
threadbale place something that looked like
gold. Ok examination she found it to be a
valuable gold ring This ring was lost thirty
five years ago by Mrs. Walkers mother, in
the town of Readfeld, at an old-fashioned
quilting, when this quilt was made, says the
Rockland Opinion.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Rumor says that large chair business is
to be done III Paris next year by New York
firm
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Among the judgments announced Satur-
day, in the Court of Alabama Claims, was
one in favor of Moses Giddings, ESQ.,, of
Bangor, for $5,06S, with interest at four per
cent from Nov %, 1868.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
The loss ON the box and excelsior mill of
T. A. Cushman, which was burned at 0rne-
| vile, Friday, is estimated at over $15, 900.
Insured for $14,470
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Superintendent C. E. Hyde, of the Goss
Marine Iron Works of Bath, was elected a
member of the American Society of Mechan-
| ical Engineers, at a recent meeting in New
| York city.
F. K. Jack received official notification
Friday, of his appointment as postmaster of
| BoWdoinham to succeed A. s. Purington.
The rejected candidates were W. S. Samp-
son and S. ID. Thorn, and each had more in
! fiuential support from Bowdoinham, than
the one appointed according to the Kenne-
| bee Journal,
SOMERSET COUNTY.
An infant child of Editor Merriam of the
Madison Bulletin was terribly scalded by
| hot water last week. If she RECEIVERS she
| will be Scared for life.
1t is stated that Hon. D. d. Stewart has
brought suit on behalf of one MarSton, a
resident of California, to, break the will of
! Gov. CobuTn on trivial technical points, two
| of which are that one of the Witnesses be-
| ing a member of the Baptist church in
| Skowhegan, to which Gov. Cobum willed
| $4,000, and that another owning a share of
| the stock of Coburn Hail. to which Gov Co
might be made free for strictly private pur-
| poses, are incompetent on the ground that
| they are interested parties
WALDO COUNTY.
A son Of Amos T. Goss, IA years old, died
in Belfast on Sunday, of lockjaw, resulting
from bathing in the salt water, while he had
a sore foot.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
| Eastport boatmen and the owners of the
weirs are considerably excited over the new
methods used by the Canadian boatmen to
| avoid the payment of duties on herring. 1t
seems that many of the boatmen from the
other aside, have, without acquiring resi-
! dence in the United States, gone to Calais,
where they have been naturalized by the
municipal court, and are thus able to bring
in fish free of duty, the same as other
| American citizens.
| YORK COUNTY.
The Biddeford police have concluded that
| the story of a crazy man with big knife be-
| ing seen in the woods in that vicinity is a