The Portland daily press., 1885-10-29
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY

Hon. Rufus Prince of South Turner has
put 400 barrels of apples into his cellar this
fall.
Evening schools have opened in Lewiston
with large attendance.
Mr.. r. e. Patterson, formerly Of Lewiston,
is having excellent success in Minneapolis.
He is now employed on large contract on
the Northern Pacific Railroad works near
Minneapolis and is prospering finely.
The board of aldermen of Lewiston has
authorized the city physician to vaccinate at
the city's expense those persons who feel the
expense is more than they care to assume. The
city physician says that every day, the city
is gaining on any possible small poX cpl
demie.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Miss Eliza Bisbee of Brunswick slipped
Monday on the pavement in front of her
house and, falling. broke her hip bone She
is 65 years of age.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
There are but two telephone subscribers
in Hallowell, viz: The Maine Central Rail
road Co. and Hallowell Granite Co.
Heath Post, G. A. R., of Gardiner, will eel
ebrate its eighteenth anniversary the 10th of
next month. The post now numbers 107
men.
Asa Gile the lad who fell upon the end of
plank last week, is still suffering greatly.
A doctor from Augusta was called Monday
ana GQe IdUlly u6TiNeu UuI uIblc ouCUuldSc-
ment from what he said of the boys chances
of recovery. His injuries are internal.
KNOX COUNTY.
As an illustration of the large business
done in lime in our State the fact is
noted that on Sunday last thirteen vessels
arrived in New York with lime from Rock
land and three from Thomaston, making a
total of sixteen in one day.
Capt. Isaac Coombs of Camden recently
Alavandpr aitb han r or
at Han Kow, China, chest OF tea grown in
the emperor's private garden.
At a recent meeting of the Congregational
society of Thomaston it was voted to give
the Rev. j. FL. Strout, who has supplied the
church here for several Sundays, call to
become the church's pastor.
Two weeks ago the Courier-Gazette pub
lished an item stating that the fishing
schooner Clara Benner of Matinicus with a
crew of seven caught on travis in one
days $4,000 pounds of fish. Since that time
the same schooner has brought two fares to
gated 25,000 pounds. In less than three
weeks this schooner has caught and dis
charged $1,000 pounds of fish.
Two small Rockland boys who had been
reading trashy literature ran away from home
last week, slept in hiding places about the
retire for the second night were found by
the police and returned to their homes.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
At the last meeting of Penobscot County
Grange, twenty-four fourth degree members
were Initiated into the fifth degree.
A curiosity in the line of vegetable growth
is turnip to be seen at the Bangor House.
The seed fell within the ring of a horseshoe
and inside of this the root grew up. 1t en-
tirely filed the shoe and grew around it en-
bedding the iron an inch deep; Thus col
Jared it is a peculiaT-looking turnip The
bottom of the root consists of two prongs
which are in strong resemblance of an image
of an elephants head.
SAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Edward F. Dyer, a carpenter at the New
England Companys yard in Bath, fell into
the hold of four-masted schooner, Monday
forenoon, distance of eighteen feet In
falling he struck large timber and before
striking the bottom was rev0lved around
several times. He was unconscious when
taken up. Two ribs were broken and he
was badly bruised. Mr.. Dyer is nearly 60
years old and the accident will cause him
| to remain in the house several months. Sew
eral years ago he received a similar fall and
broke several ribs.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Daniel Robinson of East Madison was
born ON Dec. Is, 1884, in South Arlington,
| Mass, and is as smart and vigorous as man
| seventy years of age. He retains his memo
| nv and relates events that occurred when he
| was a boy and feels proud that Dec. 18th he
| will be 101 years of age.