The Portland daily press., 1885-12-01
THE STATE.
HANCOCK COUNTY.


Business is booming at Bar HarbOr. The aetiv-
ity in real estate is greater than at any previous
time in the history of the place. Every available
foot of land is being bought up by capitalists, who
are persuaded that Mt. Desert is destined to be
the great watering place of America. Building is
in progress on every hand. Eight new cottages
are in different stages of erection between Duck
Brook and the johnson and Manning cottages.
OF these the VALLEY House promises to be the
tage, Situated near the Howard House on the
High Brook road is nearing completion on the
outside III promises 70 De a moqest anu holhelke like
structure, not larger than his permanent resi-,
dence in Augusta. The statement circulated
widely in the public prints that fifty cottages are
in process of erection is an eXaggeration, though
building is going on in all parts OF the village
Messrs. j. Westley and Ed. Bowden of North
Castine lost twO-yeaT-Od steer about q month
night another, three-year-old, was found pois-
oned in the same manner, according to WING
correspondent.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
CAPTAIN Collins of Gardiner, of the Star of the
East says the storms this fall are the worst he
remembers since 1894.
Scarlet fever, one of the most pernicious dis
eases which affect children, continues to pre-
vail in Augusta. One entire family is down with
it.
The Hallowen Academy, the denominational
school of the Maine ngregationalsts, has just
and seventy-three pupils have been i'll attendance
The Kennebec is frozen over for the winter
above the Augusta dam.
The Edwards Manufacturing Company OF
Augusta has contracted with the Swan Electric
Light Company of Boston for plant to light
their new mill there. The apparatus will be set
up at once.
Kimban Brothers of Lynn, who have country
factory at Gardiner, in trouble with their help
there, and it is reported that they viii return with
their work TO Lynn The factory IN Gardner mas
been leased to this firm for ten years. but lnsur-
ance rates are so much higher than on the firms
property in Lynn that it practically offsets the
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Boothbay Advance says: "The bondsmen
of Lewis Best have applied TO Governor Robie to
fer to Maine Best is supposed to be in Massaehu,
setts." Bests bondsmen, Messrs Poole and
Remission, were defaulted IN the sum OF Sfoo
each at the late term OF court.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The last number of the Academy Bell, published
by the students of Fryeburg Academy, has been
issued, and as usual is bright and interesting
number.
Col. Frank Oakley, United States parsilal OF
Wisconsin,, with his wife, is VISITING IN Bangor
sAGADnH0C COUNTY.
While Wsrkng on the waste run at Clark &
Chaplin Ice CompanyS houses, at East Bowdoin-
ham, yesterday morning. Henry Leayltt OF
Lewiston fell to the ground distance I nee % so @ OF
for dead, but his injuries may not prove 1atal-
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Keene Brothers of Lynn are having labor
troubles at their Skowhegan factory.
The NOrrldgeWOck Hlgn OcnOOl anu ClaSSlcal
Institute closed its fall term last week. The at
tendance increased throughout the term
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
little boy of the name of Walter Carroll, of
EastpOrt LET an axe fall on his foot one day last
week He ran into the house and cried himself
to sleep. When his sister returned home she took
off his boot and found that three of his toes were
cut entirely off.
YORK COUNTY.
Fully eighteen inches of damp snow fell in the
town Of LYMAN during the late storm. This is the
heaviest fall for some years and the roads in
some places are completely blocked, in many
places the trees being loaded down with snow SO
as to impede travel.
GENERAL.
There are three Maine girls in the Society for
the Collegiate Instruction of Women at Harvard.
Nearly all of the lumbermen now have their
crews in the woods, and are beginning work IN
earnest Excellent shedding is reported from all
the regions, which is quite unusual at this early
npriod