The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-04
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoaaIN couNrY.

ANDRoSCOGGIN COUNTY.
| Miss Alice Luce of Auburn, is chosen teach
er Of Literature and Mathematics in the
| Girls Latin school in Boston. Miss Luce is
graduate of Wellesley College and very
| able and successful teacher.
ARoOsTooK COUNTY.
| The Aroostook Republican says: A report
| of deficiency in the accounts of the Collec-
| tor of Fort Fairfield last wear and the wear
before IS current. The amount of the def
| cheney is stated at between eleven and twelve
| hundred dollars. A town meeting is called
for next Saturday to elect tax collectors to
collect unpaid taxes of 1884"
| CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
A week ago Monday night Abram York.
on Spring street, Brunswick, discovered a
man trying to get into the house of Reuben
Blake, his nearest neighbor, but the man was
| frightened away. Last Monday the same
thing occurred, and York went out pistol in
hand, and told the man to stop. Instead of
| stopping he put for the swamp. York fired
seven shots at him. and Blake aroused by
| the noise, fired three more They could hear
him crashing through the swamp but could
not see him. As he was heard to exclaim
| Oh! and as marks were foudd where he fell
in the garden, it is thought he was hit.
! FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr. n. A. Voter, living about mile from
West Pennington village, went to his pasture
/
| COWS had been badly cut with an axe. 1t
was without doubt the work of some person
| with evil intent.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. j. G.. Chilcott has assumed editorial
charge of the Ellsworth American.
On the 18th of August a man giving the
name OF Cressy, with a woman and child,
went to the house of r. b. Peters in Blue
hill, and left their horse and wagon, saving
they would call in few hours and get the
team. The parties have not been seen since
and the team still remains in Mr.. Peters pos
session. The horse is a light bay with only
one eye.
Miss S. b. Barrows, a native of Ellsworth.
after resident of several years as mission
airy In Maulmain, Burmah, is now in this
country. Miss Barrows will be in Ellsworth
ON Friday OF the present week, and will
speak in the evening at the Baptist church
She is accompanied by Burmese girl
The Portland Packing Company's lobster
packing factory at Prospect Harbor (Goulds-
boro), conducted by Alfred Hamilton. has
put up this season about $4,000 pounds of
lobster and $4,000 pounds of blueberries and
paid out upwards of $4,000 for fish and
wages: The Holsters were paid for an aver
age price of $1:35 per 100 pounds. The blue
berry canning business was mainly EXPERT
mental, and if successful will be largely in
creased next season.
The Mount Desert Herald says: Mr.. G. II.
cdlSonu WIZ lives near Gne sound p0St0fflce
IN Mount Desert, reports the discovery of a
very curious gorge or valley at one side of
Sargents Mountain. He says it is deep
gully forty feet below the level of the cliff.
with small pond about ten feet square and
four feet deep at the bottom. The banks are.
very steep-and on one side smooth granite
ledge. From the east bank, forty feet above
the surface, Mr.. Sargent counted five trout
swimming in the pool. He has lived within
mile and half OF the place over forty
hnfnr of To
ence.
KNOX COUNTY.
Wednesday afternoon, as Lewis Water
man OF Hope Corner, was driving spirited
young horse, the animal became frightened
and ran, dragging Mr. Waterman some dis
lance, breaking his leg near the hip tearing
off an ear, and otherwise severely iniuring
him.
The annual reunion of the Fourth Maine
Regiment and second Maine Battery will be
held at Hurricane Island one week from
next Thursday.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal says: Mr.. George
W. Sylvester, one of our Oldest and most re-
spected citizens died ON Tuesday, aged 70
years. Mr.. Sylvester has been resident of
Augusta since 1885, was at one time clerk of
the Kennebec House, and is well remember
ed by our older inhabitants.
Clarence Stevens of Smithfield put into
his barn 30 tons of hay the past season, all
the help he had being his wife and little boy
eight years of age.
A correspondent writes that the present
Lakeside campmeeting at Belgrade is one of
the most interesting ever held. The $50 a.
m. meetings are well attended, ALSO the young
peoples prayer meetings; Wednesday, fore
Terry, The children's meeting in the after
noon was led by Rev. w. N. Tenney of Con-
necticut. Rev. j. Tozier of New Jersey and
Rev. Albion Ross spoke at the evening meet
ing.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Acting postmaster general Stevenson YES
terday removed 81 postmasters, without
cause, and appointed 80. Among these is I'll.
G. Friend, at Etna, Maine, in place of c.
Friend, who has been removed.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The frost last week did much damage in
low lands in Oxford county Vines and
Deans were cut off and corn considerably in
jured. The fields show extensive marks of
the visitation.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Capt w. A. Timmons of Jersey CITY and
master of the wrecking schooner FIVE, who,
for some weeks past has been engaged in the
work of raising the sunken steamer MARY
Lee, off Small Point, has abandoned the
stood that Boston parties will at once make
strenuous efforts, with the aid of pontoons to
resurrect the steamer.
The steamer Della Collins took an excur-
sion from Dresden to Boothbay, Tuesday.
While going through the gates she ran on a
rock and damaged her bow slightly A little
girl standing at the head of the stairs was
thrown down. Her right arm was broken
abeve the wrist and it was feared she was
injured internally. Her name was Carrie
Reed, eleven years old, daughter of Archi- |
bald Reed of Dresden.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The demand for new church at Arson
bridge has caused pastor and people to work |
hard to bring it about Enough has been |
raised already to make it safe to begin the |
work.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Two years ago William E. Lakeman and |
Mrs. Olivia Bell disappeared from Lubec, |
Me-. about the same time, the former leaving |
a wife and five children, and the latter huS- |
band and two children. Mr.. Bell started to |
find them, and his search for two years car
ried him to many parts of the United States |
and to the island of Cuba. At last he learn
ed that they were inGloucester, and there he
succeeded in having them arrested. They
were brought to Boston, and it is said that
and chain which was formerly the property I
of Mr.. Bell. As it could not be ascertained
that marriage ceremony had been perform
ed the charge will be that of adultery.-Bos-
ton Journal
YORK COUNTY.
Thursday morning Miss Sarah Murphy,
employed in Emery & Holmes shoe factory
in Saco, had the middle finger of her right
hand SO badly crushed in button hole ma
CHINE as to require amputation.