The Portland daily press., 1885-07-02

ROoSON.CsIN
who has ,yaIIad auburn girl Is rrrur,s-,;
the school house where Sba bass ~ W anu from
taught twelve weeks tef~ @ of sugbeessIniiy ScbI
spring VI SCHOOL this
AROOsTooK COUNT
A man named Mcclellan, while n. -.
revolver at HOulton on Monday, acciAhnga
discharged the weapon, the bullet ent&uy
the front abdomen, taking an Oblique cOulg
toward the left hip and lodging against the
bone. His physicians prObed successfully
for the ball, and the patient is now recover
ing.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Rev. S. d. Towne was ordained and
installed pastor of the Union Evangelical
church at Ellsworth Falls on Tuesday
One day recently c. T. Mason, clerk Of the
Mt. Desert, found wallet containing $500
In money and cashiers order for $500
After little inquiry he found and restored
it to the owner, a Boston rustieator at Bar
Harder.
The hotel men and cottage owners at Bar
Harbor say that that resort will have more
visitors than ever this season. Among the
visitors will be the belle of Charleston, s. c.,
Miss Gayer, and the daughter of Mai. Gayer
of Meeting street, Charleston, who during
the war was provost marshal of Georgia and
the CarOlinas. Those who frequented the
English chapel at Paris some two or three
years ago, while it was under the rectOrship
quislte voice in the volunteer choir. While
those who recently saw her in her role Of
Maria in the late amateur performance of
File du Regiment, say she is eXcelled by
none.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Thomas L. Meyer, who was arrested in
Gardiner last week on suspicion of being con-
nected with the Hotel North robbery, has
been discharged.
There was but one death in Hallowell dur
ing the month OF June; that was an infant
that died June l.
Mayor Weeks of Augusta has given the
Salvation Army permission to parade the
streets with drums.
The directors Of the Edwards Manufaetur-
ing Company held meeting in Boston Mon
day, and declared a dividend of "a per cent
for the past six months. The mills in Angus
ia have probably given better returns during
the first half of the wear than any similar
property in New England.
Tuesday evening, shortly before O'Clock.
Charles Catlin, a boy 15 years of age fell
head foremost fifteen feet to the bottom of a
hole near the railroad embankment at Au-
guSta. de was rendered senselesS for time
but will recover in few days.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Prof. Spanhoofd, the accomplished resi-
dent professor OF the Berlitz school OF mod
ern languages, Will reside at Squirrel Island
during the coming summer, where he will
| give lessons in German.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The various ice companies along the PEN
| Obsc0t report a small demand for ice at pre-
sent. Few sales are being made, but at good
prices.
The town of Springfield short time ago
| cleared up its debt and is now making exten-
sive preparations to celebrate the event and
| the glorious Fourth.
The amount Of $1,000 has been contributed
as a fund for the Firemen's Relief by the
| citizens Of Bangor. The purpose OF this
fund is to benefit Bangor tiremen disabled on
duty.
One of the queerest sheets of water in
Maine is called Shows ocean. 1t is a little
| pond in OrringtOn, near Bangor, and its pe-
culiarity is that, although situated away M
| among some hills on the bank of the Penob-
scot it rises and falls as regularly as does the
river. There is supposed to be some sub
| terranean connection between it and tide
| water.
| IN GENERAL.
| The old board Of directors of the Maine
| Telegraph Company have been reelected.
| with Hon. A. W. Paine as president. and
! John 5. Kicker secretary and treasurer
Farmers throughout the State are rejoicing
and congratulating each other on the beauti-
ful rainfall of the present week; but they
complain at the same time that tie hay crop
| will be very light, rain or no rain.
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