The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-24
THE STATE.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The heaviest loser by Eaton who has skipped
for Canada from Auburn, Is Deacon Stephen Dav-
apHu ta qseex x9 Es hEelds isr5 qpte n wsS of
duly endOrSed-the signatures being valid OSy
ing to the lapse of time the endorsements have
become outlawed and void. The note Is now moth
ing more than Eatons unendorsed note of hand.
anu anu as u now looks, not of much value. This
note was endorsed originally by Eaton's father
ana brother A note of $3.50 is held by Geo. w.
Furbish, secured by another note as eollsteraI
WHICH Is CANNED not to be genuine.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Deer are very plenty along the line of the Euro
9ev 9v Fna1pch Fp1pch OF the Maine Central Last Thurs
WY Sep nsnr SWEET saw four from his locomotive
HA''eocK COUNTY.
ing sy brief " visit fid at Of Biddefor are max
departure for California. PIT, previous to their
KENNEBEC COUNT
Mr. Blaine presented ST. Marks Hon.
gusta with one pound of silver dollars at thel A,
party the other evening. "hu
Hon. Wallace r. White of Idaho was in Angus
ia Saturday. He has been making a brief visit to
Maine. He stated on his return to Idaho yester-
day.
The Kennebec Journal says; d. d. Stuart. Esq.
counsel for the petitioners, has given notice that
he shall push every specification in his appeal
from the decision of the Judge of Probate allow
ing the late ex-Gov. Coburn's will.
A seal appeared in the river opposite Augusta
Sunday, crawling out upon boom near the east
bank. Several parties obtained guns and endeav-
ored to shoot the animal but were unsuccessful.
1t is something unusual for seal to come so far
up river
Howard Owen, Esq, of Augusta has been con-
fined to the house during the past week with a Sc
we're cold, threatened with congestion OF the lungs.
tits thought he will be able to get out again dur
ing the week
The State House has undergone its fall cleaning
with soap and water, the double windows fasten-
ed to their accustomed places and the occupants
thereof dreading the long dull winter before them.
Augusta, and especially the State House, is a dull
place without legislature, although weeks re
union and jubilee will help out
One of the representatives to the Legislature
from Augusta is now an inmate Of the Augusta
almshouse. AT one time this gentleman owned
some OF the best appointed stage lines in this
part OF the country and was worth at least $780,
O00 bnt the railroads reduced his business. his
d eeeame @ MeSk ana his property Went m to T1n
to the city for aid. Recently, mortgages on his
only, remaining piece Of property were foreclosed
and he was taken to the almshouse, where his few
remaining days will be spent, uncared for by
single relative
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
A powerful disnfectant is used at the Maine
Central depot in Bangor, in all cars which come
from the East, as a precautiOn against small pox.
There are eight inches of snow at Katahdin iron
works. The ponds are all frozen over and teams
cross them safely.
Captain c. f. Homer who has long served the
Boston and Bangor Steamship company in the ca
pacity of commander OF the steamer Katahdin,
has been put in charge of the Penobscot of the
X.
tain Mark Pierce, the first mate of the Penobscot
has been promoted to the command of the Katah-
din.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The fall term at the Maine Central Institute at
Pttsfeld, closed on Friday. 1t has been the larg-
est term the school has had for four years. There
will be vacation of two weeks.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The fumigating station at Vanceboro was used
for the first time on Saturday. Quite a large
amount of baggage was fumlgated.
WALDO COUNTY.
Miss Ella Moody, of Searsmont, a young lady
about twentyOne years old, has suddenly lost her
sight. She retired at night as well as usual and
in the morning was blind, paralysis of the optic
nerve having taken place.
YORK COUNTY.
VIM. Goodwin a brakeman on the Boston and
Maine mad his finger crushed so that 1t was nee
esSary to amputate 1t while coupling cars i'm Saco
Sunday night.
Three inches of snow fell at Limerick Sunday
Rev. c. E. Andrews, pastor of the Second Con-
gregat0nal church in Biddeford, has received and
declined 1attering offer to become the pastor of
Congregational church at Wakefield, Mass.
Rev. John Chamberlain conducted mute ser
vices at the Christ church Biddeford Sunday morn
ing and atTfinity church, Saco, in the afternoon
There are ten deaf mutes in the two cities
Intelligence was received in Saco Saturday of
the death of Bernard Whitman, which event oc-
CURED after short illness on the 18th of Octo-
| ger at BogOta, U. S. Columbia Mr.. Whitman was
the son Of the late Rev. Jason Whitman tor many
| years prominent Unitarian clergyman OF Lex
over the Unitarian Society in Saco previous to the
| pastorate of Rev. j. I. G. Nichols. During the
time of his ministry in SacO he married sister OF
| the late Gov. Fairfield