The Portland daily press., 1885-10-24
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoee1N COUNTY.

| mills at LiVermOre Falls, Wnlcn nave Deeh
shut down for repairs, are now In operation.
Sensational rumors of small pox have kept
the city physician and city marshal OF Lew
| iston pretty busy for the past few days.
Hardly an hour passes in which new rumor
| or new form of an old rumor does not
originate
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
A little girl in Woodland, 10 years old,
| picked up 30 bushels of potatoes in one after
noon, few days ago.
| Rev. Father O'Sullivan who has been
| pastor of st. MaTy's Catholic church IN
| Houlton during the past four years, has left
that place to become pastor of the church in
Maehias
Master Elwood Dudley, the eleven year
| old son of NJ. II. Dudley Of Castle Hill, frac-
| tured an arm the other day. Previous to TINS
mishap he has stuck pitehfork through ms
| ear and the muscle of his arm; had his nose
| slit with an AK in the hands OF his playmate;
| been run over and knocked senseless by
/ 200 pound base ball player; been kicked
| nearly rod by horse, etc, and Is now as
| bright and smart lad as one will see IN
| weeks travel.
Peter Joseph, an Indian who had been
| taking too much fire water, went to the mouse
| of Francis Newal in Houlton, Monday night,
| broke in the door, kicked boy in the ribs
| threw the baby out of the window, caughs
Mrs. Newal by the hair OF her nead, ana
| dragged her out doors and around the house,
| terfered TO save his wife. The police were
| called in, and when they arrived he was
| playing the fiddle in blissful ignorance OF the
| devastation he had wrought.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Congregationalist says that the First
| church, Yarmouth, has expended $1,000
| upon its house of worship and in making tne
| parsonage more conducive to the comfort OF
| the new pastor, Rev. L. Reynolds.
Tne New Gloucester and Danyille Agricul-
tural Society has elected the following
| officers for the ensuing year: President, >.
| r. Robinson; Vice President, L. NJ Merrill
| Secretary, p NJ. Austin; Assistant Secre-
| tary, J. w. True; Treasurer, Z: Z. Rowe;
Marshal, G.. p; Haskell; TrnsteesEA1;r 1r y.
| Lawrence, A. F. Cole, F. r. Rounds, VIM.
| Dumont, Solomon Larrabee.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Blueback fishing in the Rangeley Lakes is
| reported very good.
| HANCOCK COUNTY.
| Miss Mary Agnes Thicker of Ellsworth,
| the author of "SignOr Monaldln1s Niece, is
| spending the autumn at the quaint little
town of Assisse,, Italy, where the simple
| manners of the thirteenth century still pre-
| vail. Here Miss Tinckner spends her morn
| ings in literary work, and her afternoons IN
| rambling about the town and the beautiful
| spots surrounding it.
The great event of the season at Hancock
was the marriage of Rev. Arthur A. Cam
| bridge and Miss Belle Switzerland, which
| took place at the Baptist church at South
| Hancock, on Tuesday evening of this week.
| Mr.. Cambridge is a graduate Of Colby, 49,
KNOX COUNTY.
| There was very exciting match race at
| Rockland, Wednesday, between John Mills,
| Gibbs of Bangor, and McLain, owned by ii:
NJ. Bean of Camden. Each horse, captured
| two heats, and the last one and race was
| taken by McLain in 2.35.
| A petition is being circulated, to be pre-
sented to the government, for breakwateT
| at Matinicus. The breakwater, as petltloned
| for will be in three sections, and If built Will
| make fine harbor between Matinicus and
| Ragged Islands, about mile square.
| KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The special delivery system has not be-
| come very popular in Waterville as yet. only
| three letters having been received from out
| of town.
During recess, at the district school, Kent's
| Hill, October 20, Asa Gile, son of Mr.. l..
| Gile, fell from platform which he had con-
| structed in sport, and injured himself in
| ternally. He is suffering severely, but 1t is
hoped that he will speedily recover.
| Col Fred Atwood of WinterpOrt is one of
| the gentlemen prominently connected with
| the movement for legislative reception in
| Augusta. He has written many letters In
connection with the matter, and it is pro-
| posed to have meeting of those most inter-
| ested, in Augusta, at an early date, form an
| organization and fix day for the reunion.
| A Boston concern has made proposals to
| the Edwards Manufacturing Company OF
! Augusta to lease the water power at the
dam, and erect an electric light plant for the
purpose of lighting the city. They repre-
| sent that the National Military Home, Togus,
| and HallOwell can be lighted from this
| source.
| Two thousand eight hundred army mus
kets were shipped to Springfield, Mass, on
1 a.. he Toe ,daxYf
arsenal at Augusta. They are to be made
| over into breech leaders.
Mr.. Walter Stinson, deputy postmaster at
| Augusta, is nephew Of James u. Blame,
| and it is said the new postmaster, Mr..
| Fowler, will retain him.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
| The Whig says there is good deal OF
| activity about the Katahdin Iron Works.
| The work of rebuilding the factory destroyed
| by the fire two years ago is now rapidly
| going on.
Compulsory vaccination in the .pnbllc
| schools has been ordered by the supeIlnts lu-
| ing school committee and municipal omcers
| of Orono. Scholars not vaccinated before
Monday, October 26th, will be debarred
from the schools.
A party of ladies and gentlemen from East
| COrinth lately climbed the Big Spencer
| Mountain at Moosehead, taking two days for
| the trip, and camped OF the summit at nlgnt;
| The Bangor Wing thinks they are the flrst
| ladies who have ever made the ascent of the
| mountain.
| Two hundred Italians arrived in Bangor
| from New Brunswick on Thursday.
The Congregationalist church at Orono
/ was the scene of a very pleasant event
| Thursday afternoon, the occasion being the
| marriage of Miss NJ. Addie Powers, one OF
| Orono's popular young ladies', to Arthur M.
| Harrington, M. S., graduate OF Maine state
| College, class of '76, and veterinary inspector
/ ri,afo 0f q station
| at Garfield, N. j.
| The next morning after the late fire at
| Forest Station, which burned Eaton d
| Crangles dry sheds and storehouse, together
/ with all the shocks contained therein, they
| put force of fifty men on to rebuild the
| same, and had enough of the building erected
to start their peeler in one week. The mill
is running again to its full capacity.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
| Hon. j. III. Kimball has been appointed by
| Gov. Robie delegate to represent the state
| of Maine at the National Cattle Growers
| Association of America, to be holden at
| Chicago, Nov. 18th.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
| The Kennebec Framing Company of Fair
| field have repaired the damage done by the
/ recent accident to the large fly wheel, and
| will have their mill running again the first
| of next week.
| According to the Journal, partridges are so
i plenty III budb tHCy uJ dDOub ei4C
| streets. One recently flew against the heavy
/ glass plate window of the store of Allen d
| Totman and broke its neck.
No logs will be piled by the Fairfield lum-
bermen this fall. The mills will have their
stock pretty well worked up by the time the
| river closes. Lumber has sold well, but at a
| low price, for the entire summer. Teams
and men are being sent forward into the
camps, and the cut of logs this winter must
| be large one. Most of the help for logging
has been secured at home, and but few men
will be employed from Canada for fear small
pox will be introduced. One or two cases in
| camp would ruin the logging business.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Rev. H. F. Harding has severed his con-
nection with the Red Beach and Robbinston
| Congregational churches and has accepted
| call to East Machias.
| YORK COUNTY.
The Adventists are building a church at
| Steep Fails on the Limington side of the
river. Mrs. Mary A. Ridlon gives $500
| towards the building.
An order was received at the Kittery navy
yard Thursday, directing that hereafter all
| foremen and other heads of the civil force
| employed in the navy yard shall designate
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