The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-07
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.


ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The weather for the past month was rather
unfovorahIe To the farmers OF southern
Aroostook in the vicinity OF SHERMAN na.s nli.ls
for Securing late erain and digging potatoes.
The latter are rotting badly. There Is Ialr
run at the factory at Salmon Mllls and Iney
viii probably receive 25,OO0 bushels. They
took in Saturday 1000 bushels:
II has been uncommonly sickly in the vicin-
ity of Salmon Falls for the past six weeks.
Two persons were admitted to the C0ngre-
gationa1 Church at Sherman Mills Sunday by
An idea of the business done in HOulton
may be gathered from the shipments from
that point during the month OF September.
173 ears of potatoes, aggregating 1872 BUSH
els; 27 cars lumber, or 328, 600 feeti SO cars
shingles OF 1867 thousand q cars of general
merchandise; q cars fresh meat; IA cars
sheep; 8 cars leather; cars starch; 4 cars
horses; cars ashes car hides; / car ex-
tract; making total for the month of~S26
car loads.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion
of being concerned in the breaking and en-
tering Of Covell's harness show in Lewiston
on Saturday night. The suspected parties
are James Reagan and a young man named
Beedo, familiarly known as "Seedy."
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
A child of Frank Noble at West Baldwin
fell into tub of water Hast Tuesday morn
ing and when found was unconscious. BY
the exertion of much care 1t was rescued,
and at last accounts was recovering
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Later particulars of the death Of f. Eugene
Morrill,, of Pennington Falls, have been re-
ceived by the Pennington Chronicle. The
deceased, with his brother, G. w. Morrill,,
were ON train bound west on the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad. The train
consisted of two sleeping, one dining and
several passenger coaches, their sleeping car
being the third from the rear. When within
three miles of Watertown, Wis, about 7.30
p. m, Tuesday, 2Sth ult., they were brought
to standstill on down grade by hot box
on the locomotive. There was only single
track dt this point. Following behind them
was what is known as a wild freight train"
When their train stopped men were sent out
with danger signals to warn approaching
trains and the passengers rested easy. with
out thinking oil danger Eugene Morrill, step
ped out ON the platform and was standing on
the car steps, when without any warning the
wild freight" crashed into their train, COM
pletely wrecking the dining car and one
sleeper, and driving the steps, on which Mr..
Morrill, was standing, under the third car.
On the passenger train, only two passengers
beside Mr.. Morrill, were injured, and they
but slightly. As soon as possible Mr.. Morrill,
was rescued from the ruins, and in about
three-quarters of an hour two surgeons from
Watertown arrived at the wreck, and did
everything possible to help the wounded man.
But it was evident to all that he was fatally
hurt, and in about an hour he breathcd his
last. His remains were brought home by his
brother, and buried last Sunday forenoon. 1t
is said to have been the largest funeral ever
seen In the village.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The rise in real estate at Bar HarbOr is re-
markable. 1t is said that Mrs. Pine0 nee
nf
last week an offer of 100000 for the island.
A piece of property, which sold two years
ago for S12, 600, and was offered last year for
1900, was sold two weeks ago for $25,0O0
The purchaser has been offered and declined
$4,000, and has since been asked to give
bond to sell for $3.50 but he refused. say
ing nothing short of $40, GOO will be considered
as price for selling.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A very sad case of sickness has been re-
ported from Clinton. Every member. save
the mother, of a family consisting Of the par
ents and FIVE children, were taken with ty-
phoid fever of a malignant type. On the af-
ternOon of the 10Th ult., two of the children.
young man Of 20, and young woman Of
16, died. The young woman had been sick
only three days. By order of the doctor their
bodies were removed at once from the house
to barn, from which, on the following morn
ing, they were buried
The Maine Central Railroad Company will
at once take about fifty feet from the south
end of their freight house at Augusta, move
the office north, build baggage room west
to the freight office. and ex end the platform
and awning across Oak street TO the baggage
room.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Oxford County Universalist Associa-
tion met at West Paris yesterday and con-
tinues today.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Higgins, the jockey who was so terribly
injured at the New England Fair at Bangor
during hurdle race, and who is now at the
aims house, may possibly recover his reason,
so the physicians state. but lat present it is
rather doubtful. He has lain in ali uncon-
scious condition for over a month with little
improvement.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
The season at Moosehead Lake, now near
ly closed, has been the most prosperous Of
any in the history of that place.
WALDO COUNTY. -sa.t
The stockholders of the Waldo County
Agricultural Society met at the grounds of
the society Saturday, October I'd, and elected
the following officers: President, Simon A.
Hunt, Belmont, and Luther A Pitcher, Bel
fast; secretary, Mark A. Wadlin, Northport;
treasurer, A. s. Redman, Belfast; trustees,
Frank Gray, Morrill,; Abner Littleield, Bel
Waldo; Jesse Fl. Frye, MOntville; James ".
fast; Albert Meseryy, Searsmont; ]. c.
Townsend, Belfast; Joseph r. Littlefeld,
Brooks; Daniel A. Wadlin, Northport; Lor-
etto Hayford, Belfast; Israel Woodbury.,
Morrill,; j. A Wilson, Belfast; F. G. Wood,
Northport; Albert L. Mudgett, Belfast
Union Harvest Grange held a successful
fair at Montville Centre Saturday, Oct. 2.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
James Carey of Topsfeld, while in the
woods hunting October 1st, was attacked by
huge bull moose ano driven out into a
d small os stream: Isa The moose % stopped at the
shoot him. Carey sold the hide and horns
for SIS.
YORK COUNTY.
Orin bennett died suddenly of heart dis
street, Biddeford, Saturday He was rs
years old, mason by trade and well known
in York county.
William Greaves, the Englishman who
met with an accident in the Pepperell mill
in Biddeford, that deprived him Of his right
arm several weeks ago, has so far recovered
from his injury as to be able to start for his
home in Oldham, Eng. During part Of the
time he suffered terribly from idiopathic
lOckjaw. His teeth were pressed tightly
together, and for four weeks and three days
he did not take particle Of solid food into
his mouth. He had lost one of his teeth,
and through this opening liquid nourish-
ment was administered every hour, which
kept him alive and finally wore out the dis
ease.
W. A. Allen has introduced the incandes-
cent electric light throughout his printing
and tag manufacturing establishment ON
Washington street in Sanford and his resi-
dence adjoining. A trial was made Tuesday
evening with the most favorable results
The leading merchants are agitating the
question Of discarding kerosene for this new
medium of illumination.
Sanford Items.
AT the meeting of the Cadet Band Monday
evening, it was decided to have the grand
street parade, ball and banquet take place
on Saturday naVt Amopor az. - go