The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNT,


Auburn has a smart tax collector He has
gathered in $25,000 of this years commit
ment.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal says: 1t has leak
ed out that Chairman Brown received a
vigorous trimming at the Waterville meet
ing OF the Democratic State committee for
the part which he played in the Centre Lin
colnville postmaster matter. Simon after
promising better things was granted leave
on probation to return to Washington and
reopen his office bureau.
John Carson of Togus was arraigned be-
fore Commissioner ChOate at Augusta Thurs
day morning for selling liquor on the
grounds of the National Military Home. He
was bound over.
A said case, the result of the poor debtor
law, occurred at Augusta recently. A lady
residing on the east side was arrested for
debt ON an execution from an Auburn firm
of lawyers. She did not have dollar in the
world and was destitute of friends. Being
without funds she was unable to DISCLOSE
and her relentless creditors kept her in Jail
a week until several kind hearted gentle
men in the city made up a purse, paid for
her disclosure papers, and she was dis
charged.
Miss Jennie Vivian of Augusta has the
honor of receiving an invitation from the
managers of the Eastern Maine State Fair
to contribute two crayOn portraits to be
forthcoming ialr. Al Inelr suggestion, she
has selected as subjects the portrait of
Hannibal Hamlin and that of child.
Col. E. c. Harrington, State inspector Of
rifle practice, was in Augusta Thursday, en-
gagged in arranging for the shooting at the
coming muster There is to be a regimental
skirmish match for silk banner presented
by the United States Cartridge Company of
Lowell, Mass. also a slkirmish match with
moving target The champion marksman
will be presented with handsome gold
badge which is now being manufactured. 1t
is expected that the shooting will be of a
very interesting character.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Rev. Mr.. Jordan, who has preached at the
Congregational Church at Denmark for a
of i'll health, and the pulpit will be supplied
by Mr.. Hauge of South Brighton.
The Norway Advertiser says: The peo-
pie are still very much interested in the
question whether the shoe factory is going
ornot? Though many different theories are
rife it is the fear of all interested in the pros
perity OF our town that the shoe factory will
CO."
PENoBsCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says that the dredger
Thursday scooped another old cannon from
the bottom OF the river. 1t is supposed to be
one of the identical guns which were lost
overheard in the river in the year 1779 when
one OF Commodore SalSt0nSalIS SloOpS of
war was blown up. The one on the post
office approach was lost from the same
vessel.
Burleigh & Bodwell, the well known cat
tie importers, will exhibit forty head of their
stock in Bangor at the coming New Eng
land Fair.
A heavy shower passed over Orono Thurs
day morning. 1t is estimated that thou
sand dollars worth of damage was done in
the town. 1t was local shower reaching
hardly beyond the limits of the town.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Simon F. Wood, who stabbed Bennett at
Gardiner, last Monday night, is a native of
Clinton, where his mother and four sisters
and four brothers now live. The Fairfield
journal says OF him: HE is we'll known
here and his frequent rows on the street
when in liquor made him a terror to his COM
panions. He stabbed man in Charles
Fogg's camp four years ago and has always
managed to pick quarrel with inoffensive
persons who were afraid of him. He is a
coarse, brutal fellow and has come at last to
the point his friends have long predicted"
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Central Congregational Church of
Eastport is reported to have received a lega-
cy of $4,000 from the late Mrs. Sarah G.
Leavitt.
KNOX COUNTY.
Our Port Clyde correspondent writes Ex-
Gov. Dingley was in this village Thursday
ascertaining the wishes and wants of the
coast fishermen in regard to the action that
may be taken by our next Congress relative
to removal OF the fishery treaty with the
Canadian government. We are much pleased
to see our Congressman labor in our behalf.