The Portland daily press., 1886-01-28
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Mr. d. d. Coombs of Auburn has recently COM
pleted a fine life-size portrait of Mrs. ID. Seabu
ry of Auburn, wife of the late Albion Seabury Oh
Yarmouth.
Custom House Officer Lowney Of Carbon, selL-
ed four horse team with its l0adOt 200 bushels
of smuggled oats in Easton last week.
KNOX COUNTY.
Mayor Case and wife of Roekland are in St.
Louis, and will be abs ent about six weeks.
A "Mikado" sleigh attracts attention on the
streets of ROckland. II contains nogshead,
nicely upholstered, on runners, and decorated
with the well known characters OF the charming
play.
Jeremiah Sullivan who died at his home in
Rockland last week, was member of the Fourth
Maine Regiment and was wounded in the shoulder
at the battle of Fair Oaks, for which injury he
was receiving pension at the time of his death.
He was respected as citizen.
Geo. II. Haines of Camden, has recently written
and published sketch Of the Knox and Lincoln
railroad and its attractions for tourists along the
line of the road. 1t also contains much matter OF
historical and business interest
Thomaston has so sea captains ON the active
list and 20 retired. This is quite alarge number
at time when business is so dull in the shipping
line writes correspondent. Ship building and
the sailing Of vessels has been always the prlnci-
pie industry and business of this town., but the
past few years it has been on the decline The
coming season promises still less.
The knights of Labor recently sent written cir
eulars TO the ship building firms in Rockland that
irst-class ship carpenters should receive S2.25
q day, and second-clasSs carpenters, r including
Cobb Wight & Co., who have been rebuilding the
schooner Billow on their railway at the South-end,
will stop work rather than pay the wages asked.
Grange stock is rapidly rising in Knox county.
More interest is taken in the order than ever be-
creasing in membership and new Grange is soon
TO be organized at Thomaston.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Messrs George Tuck and Clarence ID. Brad
man, two Bangor young men, have gone into the
book and job printing business in Boston, having
bought a large office on Washington street.
Two hundred millions of shingles passed
through Vanceboro last year from ArOostook and
New Brunswick points on their way to the Bos-
handled by firm in Bangor.
They are talking up billiard tournament in
Bangor
Ten per cent has now been added to the water
taxes in Bangor, the time limit announced for re-
duction having passed. Next Monday the officials
will commence to turn off the water from the resi-
dences of people who have not paid; Over s26,-
water taxes since last April, but $4,000 OF this
amount was due on last years bills.
The annual meeting of the Bangor Board OF
Trade was held Monday. 1t was voted 10 CONF
municate with their Representatives IN congress
in relation to the further Improvement OF tne nar
Dor and river, and for survey oil tne renoUScOe @
river from the port Of Bangor to BueKsport Nar-
rows.
The managers OF the Eastern Maine state falr
are making efforts to have the New Englanu falr
he General fhaf The exhibition when held here was
| the best that was ever given by the society.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
No trace has yet been obtained OF John Boyle
who mvsteriously disappeared from Calais on JAN
nary An. He has been living with Joseph Brad
| ford on Ferry Point, and on the night last seen
| FOOL Tea with his daughter. He was thinly clad
d eVVn bsd on light shoes the weather then being
mild The river has been searched in open places
and inquiries by letter have been made at Vance
relatives without success. Mr.. Boyle was about
| e5 years OF age and was well knownin Calais.
YORK COUNTY.
A prominent holder in real estate Informs the
Biddeford Journal that there are prospects OF 40
or more tenementS being erected in Sanford vii
lage the coming spring.
The heavy seas of last week washed ashore at
Kennebunk the keel OF some large vessel, with
copper fastenlngs, which from appearances has
laid on the bottom OF the ocean many years. 1t is
evidently part of the wrecked vessel Isadora,
which was lost, with all on board, of York Gins,
Mr.. Volney B. Cushing an Iowa orator will lee
ture before the W. c. T. U. of Cornish, Friday
evening. This Union organized only a month
ago by Mrs. L. NJ. n. Stevens of Portland, is IN
tiourishing condition. Since its Organization "
| has collected, made over and distributed most
| two hundred garments for the poor people OF the
| town.
When the atmosphere is favorable one or more
of the Portland electric lights can be seen on tie
| Portland road within three miles OF Saco, q ouS-
| tanee Of twelve miles from Portland
IN GENERAL.
Beginning next Monday, citizens Of tniS tne SsaIe
NAV catch landOcked salmon, trout anu tV5uS ~.
and carry them to their homes for their own use; USE
| This open time continues through Malon anu
| April. ,. =.
II is quite possible that before the Mitec1 % h Is
| over 3nnies Will he high party OF Canaaa Duy-
ers have been purchasing lots Of them u T6sH
coggin, Oxford and Franklin t snrmers yrnish
bee1 paving 81 25 per barrel, tne IIieIS IIIisn-
ing heT own barrels They cal bf none DgSs Of the ne ap
pies seconds and pay stralsht, BFn B[eS rod az III
| Heseon Davis. Of Mnot Centre, and have about
| Cleaned out the cellars in many neighborhoods
wear and have made reputation for fair dealing.