The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-09
THE STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

AROOSTOoK COUNTY.
The Changers in northern Aroostook, under adj
vice, are holding their potatoes for higher prices
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The ice is piled so deep in the river road near
the bend at Durham, as to make it impossible.
The stage had to take the back road Men were
at work cutting out the road Thursday.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Prof. Avery of Bowdoin has recently been elect
ed member of the Royal Asatc Society Of Eng
land and ireland, distinction rarely awarded to
an American scholar, as so few of them pursue
the study OF the Aslatic languages. rs
HANCOCK COUNTY.
young man at Somesville, Mr.. Edgar Richard
son, on Monday afternoon, the goth ult., while
taking his gun from boat. drawing it towards
him by the muzzle, received charge of buck
shot In his right arm Amputation near the ell
bow was found to be necessary, as the bones of
the arm were badly shattered.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
At the beginning of the past year there were in
the State Treasurer'S office in Augusta, photo
graphs of ten of the twenty-three ex-treaSurers
and commissioners of the treasury. During the
year Treasurer Burleigh has, by correspondence
with relatives of deceased officials, obtained por
traits of the other tTeasurers, and all have been
framed and hung up in the office. OF the thirteen
new pictures, eight were obtained in Maine, two
in Illinois and one in each of the States Of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Michigan and New
York.
KNOX COUNTY.
Mr. Palmer Hatch of Camden, while working in
the Anchor Works last Friday, was Oing the ma
chinery, when he was caught by. the belt and
whirled twice around the main shaft, tearing his
clothing into snreds and bruiSing him severely.
Last fall, two young ladies of Rockland, Misses
Sarah M. Thomas and Lizzie E. Davis, began the
manufacture of apple jellieS These jellies they
shipped as venture to wholesale dealers in Mas
sachusetts and New York. Finding ready sale
at remunerative prices, they continued the bust
ness, and up to date have shipped 1900 glasses.
They have now $50 bushels of apples on hand,
to make up into jelly, and have more orders than
they can comfortably FILL They do all the work
themselves.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
Mr. E. w. Bailey of Dover, lost valuable COW
few days ago, from the effect of swallowing
nail, which, upon post norton examination was
found to be lodged In her throat, near the wind
pipe.
A young lad in Bangor stole $40 Wednesday.
from his father, who is a truckman employed
about the city, and then skipped to Boston on the
evening train No clue to his whereabouts has
yet been discovered
Some ten feet of Perkins s. Livermore's dam at
Bradley was carried away Thursday morning 1t
can be quite easily repaired, and win not hinder
them any in their work at the mills, as they use
both steam and water.
A Grand Army post will probably be organized
in Island Falls this evening, charter having
been granted several petitioners there. 1t is ex-
pected that 1t Will be strong post, composed of
good members belonging in Island Falls, Sher-
man, Dyer Brook and Crystal.
The ice men along the Penobscot river feel ex-
ceedingly happy over the change in the weather.
The ice is now clear and blue, and about six inch
es thick, and unless anchor ice drifts down under
it the operators will have as fine field as was
ever seen on the river 1t is thought that not
much anchor ice will form.
WALDO COUNTY.
An effort is being made to organize a lodge Of
Knights of Pythias in Belfast
A. C. Both, C. E., the United States government
engineer was in Belfast on Wednesday, to look
after the wreck Of the schooner Waldermar, which
was sunk in that harbor last November. He says
if the owners have abandoned her the govern
ment will remove the wreck.
From appearances at Durham station, on the
Maine Central, Wednesday, it would seem that
the inhabitants of that section for some miles
were engaged in hunting that extremely unpopu-
lar carnivOrous animal, the American skunk.
There were $50 skunk skins there awaiting ship
ment to Boston,
IN GENERAL
The New York Evening Post tries to show that
Delaware casts larger vote in proportion to pop
ulation than Maine. Bangor correspondent
correets this statement. From the census of 1880
it appears that the voters of Maine bear to the
population very nearly % per cent while in Della
ware it is almost exactly 20 per cent The three
per cent difference calls for 4400 more votes in
Delaware to equate her ratio of voting with Maine.