The Portland daily press., 1885-10-28
THE STATE.


ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY,
Col. Daggett of the q. S. A., who has been
ordered back to his command in the West
has left Auburn where he has been spending
the summer with his family.
Mr. E. j. Pulsifer of Poland, exhibited at
Lewiston, Saturday, some mammoth second
crop strawberries, berries and blossoms on
the same stem.
An organization was effected at Lisbon,
last Saturday evening named the New Eng
land Mineral Paint Company, for the pur--
pose of manufacturing the Lisbon paint and
other paint materials. The officers are Pres
ident, E. III. Caylor; Secretary, Jno. l.. lib
bits; Treasurer, Jesse Davis; Directors, E.
Capital stock, $4,000. Par value of shares,
800.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The new covered bridge now being built at
Fort Kent over the st. John river, will be
opened in about week. The old bridge at
the same place was carried away by the
freshet last spring. The new structure CON
sists of two very long spans on new piers
which are six feet higher than the former
ones.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Prof. N. G. Brackett editor of the Phillips
Phonograph, has returned to Harper's Fer
ry, w. Va, to resume his former labors as
President of Storer College.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Seven Bar Harbor summer cottages are yet
occupied by their owners.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
organized society in Winthrop last week.
Mrs. C. E. Springer was chosen president,
and a vice president from each of the
churches in town, five in all.
The Legislative reunion in Augusta, next
January which the Hon. Fred Atwood OF
Winterport, is endeavoring to place on a
cnl;d hoeic cannot hn otharwisa than a ynrV
pleasant affair. There have been about
10000 different members of the legislature
since Maine became State, Of which it IS
probably safe to say from 1900 to 5000 are
still living, though scattered all over the
Union. Such reunion as is proposed will
have as strong tendency to bring those
men back to Maine for brief season as did
the recent National Encampment held in
Portland.
The new Congregational church at Hal
lowell will be dedicated to-day, and the pas
tor elect, Rev. Edward Chase, will be in
stalled
Two Gardiner boys recently got the craze
and went to Portsmouth to join the school
ship, New Hampshire, but neither passed
the examination.
DIR. Young, of the State Board of Health,
is absent this week on trip to Canada. His
route is through island Pond, thence home,
by way of Madawaska and Houlton. He will
be absent week.
lady of Augusta possesses magnificent
head of hair nearly five feet in length.
There is now bright prospect that the
Readfield Wooden Mill, which has been idle
for several years, will again be operated on
a firm basis.
A colt of Pilot Knox has recently been
dropped by a valuable Morgan mare, the
property of Mr.. May. 1t is the first colt ever
got by the celebrated stallion and its future
is regarded with considerable interest.
Mr.. Joseph Briggs new residence at
Baileyville, Winthrop, is nearing completion
and will cost upwards of $4,000. Mr.. J. J:
Murphy of Augusta, is doing $4,000 worth OF
plumbing on the building.
KNOX COUNTY.
While A. B. Fales of Rockland, was gun
ming at McLain's Mills, Appleton, the other
day, he came across a fye-acre piece of land
literally covered with boxberries and the
fragrant Mayflower, or more correctly speak
ing, the trailing arbutus The latter plant
was found in all the different stages of bud
and blossom.
Hon. VIM. r. Porter of Cambridge, Mass,
in honor of the twentieth anniversary of his
summers in Camden, recently gave sump-
tuous dinner at the Bay View House to his
ness men of Camden. Responsive speeches
on the prospects Of Camden as summer re-
| sort were made by Hons. j. r. Simonton, p.
| j. Carlton, Edward Cushing, Capt. Coombs.
| DR.. Miller, W. w. Perry, and others.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
There are five nuns on Indian Island Old
| town. The sisters are the Penobscot Indi-
ans teachers, and are the religious instruc-
| tors of the young and old Indians.
| The condition of Mr.. Calvin Kent of Brew
| er who was entangled in the shaft at the
| Prentiss mill, is improving.
sAGADAHoo COUNTY.
| Our Richmond correspondent writes that
| the bodies of the Tibbitts brothers. drowned
| covered and taken to their former home,
which is in Southport, instead Of Westport
| as at first stated.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Saws the Machias Republican: The fol-
lowing statistics will show that it is not nee
essary to go out of this State to find good
farming land. Otis Hoyt of this place
planted one quart of peas with his potatoes.
His family used all the green peas they
wanted, and Mr.. ii. harvested barrel of
ripe peaS-four bushels, worth two dollars
per bushel. Samuel j. Crosby raised ten
bushels of handsome wheat from half a
enteen bushels of excellent barley from
seven-eighths bushels sowing.
YORK COUNTY.
Hon. Increase Sumner Kimball of Sanford.
the Nestor of the York county bar, S4 wears
of age, is rapidly failing in health with no
hope OF recovery.
IN GENERAL.
From all sides come good reports of the
apple crop. 1t has been great year for rus,
sets, which have grown in perfection, and
which, being good winter apple, will COM
mand good price when other kinds have
disappeared from the market.