The Portland daily press., 1886-03-26
THE STATE.
ANDRoscoGoIN COUNTY.


The town of Turner will celebrate its CEN
tennial anniversary on July 7th. Eight hum
dred dollars was appropriated at the last
town meeting, and the exercises are to be Of
most interesting character.
AROosTooK COUNTY.
The Aroostook Republican says that tha
Democrats of that county are about the
most dlscordant and dissatisfied set OF meR
on record.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
There are 139 students in the Castine
Normal School. The graduating class num-
bers 18, and the entering class 33.
According to Mt. Desert Herald cor
respondent, there is q lady residing not more
than thirty miles from the village of Dem
boots made for her that measured on the
sole from heel to toe nineteen inches;
across the ball seven and one-half inches.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Mr. JamesS. Manley. q native Of Augusta,
who has for several years past held
subordinate clerkship in the United States
District Court of California, has succeeded
to the office of deputy clerk.
Half-fare has been secured on all the rail:
roads of the State for delegates attending
the annual session of the Grand Lodge Of
Good Templars, to be held 40 Augusta, April
14th and 18th.
The Kennebec Journal says that T. z.
Beane, Esq, of Hallowell, q member of the
Kennebec bar, is candidate for the position
of collector of internal revenue for this dis
trict. A petition circulated in his favor
bears the signatures OF several thousand
veters.
Gen. Selden Connor received invita-
tions to deliver Memorial Day addresses at
Portsmouth, n. H., and Milo. but was un-
able to accept.
KNOX COUNTY.
Tho cohan,o fO huiid Iina .,P aah1aa f,.
Rockland for the transportation of lime
rock, which fell through about q year ago
has been renewed. The Trentsn Iron Co.
proposes TO build the line on contract for
Rockland corporation. Several prominent
Rockland capitalists have interested them
selves in the scheme.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
In the little town of Medway, of 6eS inhab-
itants, ten rumsellers we're arrested last FRI
day by Sheriff Estes of Winn. They were
all arraigned before trial justice and con-
victed. Part were fined $50 and costs each
and the others 800 and costs each. The
men were all French. One went to Jail, 9TH
ers paid the fine, and still others appealed.
The Whig has the biggest snow story of
the season. 1t says that man drove into
Bangor from Glenbum who said that his
horse travelled upon ten feet OF solid snow
for distance of three miles.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Benjamin Hilton of North Anson has been
reapp0nted superintendent of the horse de-
partment at the State Fair for the season Of
1886.
WALDO COUNTY,
1t is reported that a new weekly paper Is
soon to be started in Belfast.
Mr.. II. E. Mcdonald, city marshal elect of
Belfast, is agtating the question of having
uniformed police force, to be paid regular
salary, and fines, ETC., to golto the city. The
plan is approved by the mayor and nearly IL
not all the members of the city government.
George o. Bailey has sued the city of Bel
fast for $1,000 on account of the death of his
famous trotting horse George o., who died
from an accident which took place March
II, 1885. Mr.. Bailey alleges the accident re-
suited from defective highway. In the shape
of snow banks. The horse was valued at
$1,000, but $1,000 is all that can be recovered
on account of defective highway.
YORK COUNTY.
At q meeting of the directors of the San
ford mills held in Boston last Tuesday, 1t
was decided to suspend operations in the
rug department indefinitely. The work Of
completing the patterns now In the loom will
consume the greater portion of two weeks,
when the suspension Of operations In that
department will be general This will throw
some sixty hands out of employment
IN GENERAL.
The cotton manufacturers of the State
have combined, the Kennebec Journal is in
formed, every mill in the State entering the
league but one.