The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-10-26
the STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

AROOSlOOh tOIoI4.
Mrs VIM Davis of Woolwich, widow of the late
Capt. Vim. Davis was found dead In her bed on
the morning of the goth inst She had been stop
ping for several months with her daughter, Mrs.
Preble. From the appearances it seems probable
it was q case of suicide. Her age was 90 years,
She had been in poor health for some time.
Bath fishermen report this years catch about
third less than last years.
CHI T. j. Southland has been chosen president
and W. S. StOutenburgh has been chosen director
of the First National Bank OF Rlchmond 70 MI lhe
vacancies caused by the death OF Levi Mustard,
Esq.
Preparations for the dedication of the Methodist
church at Farmington the 29tn inst, are progress
ing we'll Rev. Messrs. c. Munger, A. w. Pottle
and s. Allen are expected to be present and take
part in the exercises.
Rev. Francis b. Thatcher of Massachusetts has
accepted call to the North Church at Farming
ton and will assume the duties OF his pastorate
the first Sunday In Noyem6er M aaGSr,dgs
Divinity School, and is preacher OF power anu
ability. He is nephew of Henry w. Longtelow,
the distinguished poet.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
Fphraim O. Leach who died at his residence in
Jamaica Plain, Mass, last week, aged nearly 10
years, was well known in Watervie, 40 years ago
as Otis Leach, says the Mail.
Business at the wooden mills in North Vassal-
boro is slowly but surely increasing. New help Is
being employed and nn as fSst as S hes I1s n
in repair and set to running.
Some Lewiston visitors to the Soldiers Home,
at TOgus, report few interesting statistics The
weekly washing consists regularly OF 11,6OO
pieces, for i loo veterans, embracing only per
sonal clothing, sheets and pillow cases rive and
half barrels of -four LOO lbs OF beef, 500 IDS;
fresh fish, GOO lbs. salt mackerel, 10 bushels Of
potatoes 80 lbs. coffee, 20 lbs. tea, and 128 lbs.
sugar are used daily. From so to rs patients
eaYe medical treatment every forenoon, and nurses
give daily attention to 1875. Deaths average % to
the thousand; deaths last year, 10.
Sixteen divorces were granted at the last term
of the Superior Court ia Augusta.
s.,ko 10
to spend the winter in the South, leaving here
about the first of November. Rev. w. ID. Martin,
principal of ST. GATHERINGS Hall, will fill his posi-
tion at st. Matthew'S church.
Granite Hill, Hallower, was the scene Of a
genuine oldfashioned corn husking festival
Thursday evening. Mr.. w. p. Atherton, the sue
of that town, opened his doors and Hospitality re-
ceiyed a large company of friends and neighbors
Bodwell s. Burleigh of HaIlowell have sold the
prize cattle which they showed at the New Eng
land Fair for ~ cents pound, live weight Mr..
Libbey of Oakland has sold his cattle for 1012
cents pound, dead weight. In Boston good
as fine as there are in the country
Simon Merrill, aged 20 years, escaped from the
Insane Hospital Friday morning.
Fire broke out Just after 9 o'clock Friday night
in the basement of James Atkins hardware store
and tin shop, Hallowell, and burned up through to
the first story filed with stoves hardware and tin
ware, causing damage OF over thousand ool-
lars.
The facts regarding the one case of yarioloid in
Wayne are these: OpiHion is divided whether it
was really variolod or the result of vaccination,
but whichever it was, it was very light for yario-
loid, only two pustules appearing Miss Barker IS
out and working about home as usual, and every
thing has been thoroughly cleansed, Miss Barker
will return to her work at Danville junction as
soon as the weather is clear. The town has not
been boarded up to obstruct travel; there are no
new cases, and we trust there will not be, though
of course many are anxious.-Winthrop Budget.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Gov Neptune, of the Penobscot tribe of In
dians, is 73 years old, and everybody says he Is
| fine old gentleman. He can read or write and
| speak English with difficulty. His father John
Neptune was chief Of the Penobscot tribe for over
40 years.
The Dexter Gazette reports an elopement in the
town. No names are given.
Alex McLain, the great bear hunter of North
ern Penobscot, has lately trapped three bruins
WALDO COUNTY.
Rev. II. G. Carley died at his home in Prospect,
Oct. 9Th, aged nearly SO years In 1843 he was
ordained as minister of the Free Baptist church.
He has since preached in jackson, Swanville and
Prospect.