The Portland daily press., 1886-07-26

| State of Maine. She has two parents. four
! grandparents, two grandparents, and
one great-great- -grandparent living The last
named is Mrs. Leeds of Thomaston, who is
| in her 9Sth year.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The annual meeting of the Winthrop Mills
Company was held at the office of the com
pany in Winthrop Thursday, July 22d. Tho
following officers were elected: Clerk, John
McIlroy; treasurer, Francis Cabot; diree-
tors, John d. Sturteyant, Moses MlldeS, b.
p. Cheney, Francis Cabot and N. Q. Poor.
At subsequent meeting of the directors,
John d. Sturtevant was elected president e1
the corporation.
A family party consisting Of A. b. Fletcher.
ESQ.,, and his wife, his daughter, Miss Emma
Fletcher, his wife's sister,, Miss Emiline
Spratt Of Bangor, and his niece, Miss Alice
sail boat in China Lake, Wednesday after
noon, were thrown into the water by the cap
sizing of the boat. They were rescued when
nearly exhausted.
The farm buildings of BENZ. r. Fish, In
Monmouth, on the road to Curtis corner,
Thursday afternoon. They were valued al
about 81, 900; probably uninsured. por-
ton Of the furniture was saved.
A petition is circulated in Waterville for
the pardon of Joseph E. Clinton, now serv-
ing a sentence in State prison for shooting
L. b. Severance, of Rockland. 1t is claimed
that Clinton was assaulted by Severance for
assisting Constable A. ID. Orne of Rockland,
in enforcing the liquor law there, and that
he fired in self-defence, believing his life to
be in danger
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Mr. George H. Brown of Washington was
seriously injured Tuesday morning by being
crushed between two rocks.
The Congregationalists of Washington
have voted to raise one thousand dollars to
repair the church.
OXFORD COUNTY.
There has been but one new case of dipth-
liberia at Gilbertville, Canton, for several
days. Seven children have. died thus far
About every case has been fatal. The Secre-
tary of the State Board Of Health, DR.. A. G.
Young of Augusta, has been there investi-
eating the disease.
South Paris is talking of having the water
system of Norway extended to her streets
During the thunder shower at Buckfeld
last Monday the lightning struck the Chin
ney of the house of l.. G. Mason, in the east
part of the town, and tore off the top; then
passed down into the house, giving Mrs.
Mason shaking up, but doing no damage.
l. D. Fuller of Buckfeld, who had both Of
his arms blown off two weeks ago last Satur-
day, is able to be out and is making calls
so.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Petitions are circulating among the help OF
the Dexter Woolen Mills Corporation, asking
for fortnightly payments.
Diphtheria is raging in the south part Of
the town of Etna.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
There is boy in Dover, Maine, born with
out eyes or eyelids. The part OF the face in
which the eyes ought to be according to all
precedents, is as smooth as the cheek. The
boy is fourteen years of age and his name is
Stimeford. His parents have repeatedly re-
fused offers to have the .child exhibited as a
curiosity. The lads mother is very near
sighted.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Knights of Labor convention to be
held in Bath, this week promises to be
largely attended one. 1t is estimated that
there will be from $50 to 200 present from all
sections of this State. Some of the leading
knights of Massachusetts and other New
England States will take part in the deliber-
ations of the convention.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The James Copeland of Dexter who died
at Pittsfield under suspicious circumstances
a short time ago was not the Dexter cloth
man." 1t is suspected that the deceased was
poisoned by the use Oh laudanun. IL mas
been aseertained that a certain party pur-
chased laudanum of well known sapotheca-
ry the day before Mr.. Copeland was taken
ill. 1t may be shown however that the drug
was purchased and used for perfectly legi-
innate purpose His friends say that he was
not in the habit of using morphine or other
drugs. The Fairfield Journal says that the
affair is to be investigated by County Attor-
ney Bradbury.
Wednesday afternoon Officer Tufts Of
Skowhegan arrested Elbridge Jones for
abusing his wife, Jones showed fight, but
wife was testifying against him, he seized
lamp and hurled it at ,her. The judge fined
him ON three counts, first, drunkenness; sec
ond, assault with intent to kill; third, for
to kill his wife. For the first he
was sentenced for thirty days and placed
under $500 bonds, to keep the peace for enc
year; for the second he is under $1,000 bonds
and for the third $1,000 bonds, making $500
in all. He failed to furnish suretlcS and
was taken to jail
The yacht Octavia NJ, built by Messrs.
McKenney and A. Parker, was launched on
the lake at East Madison on Tuesday.
Rev. w. G. Stinson of Pittsfeld. or ''Father
Stinson," as every one called him, passed
quietly and peacefully away Tuesday night
was born in the town Of Richmond in 1903,
and came to Pittsfeld in 1S45, where he has
remained, with the exception Of preaching
two years at Sabattus.
Deputy Sheriff Baker went out to Mercer
Saturday night and arrested Charles Nye and
Clara Vaughan. They are charged with rob
had been stopping there, of $40 worth OF
inery. They were bound over to the Sep
tember term of court.
wAsHINGToNCoUN
A serious dispute took place in Eastport
Monday afternoon, between Cape Ann
fisherman and Mr.. Mealey, resident Of
Eastport. Mealey got the Cape Ann man
down and Jumped on him. He then kicked
him in the face, breaking the bones Of his
nose, knocking out two teeth, and Otherwise
disfguring his face badly. The stranger Is
under surgical treatment and Mealey is
locked up.
The property willed to, Calais by the late
ID. K. Chase has at length passed from the
hands of the executors into the keeping of the
city authorities. The total amount that the
city will realize will exceed $4,000.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Roekland Opinion says that an indie
pendent paper, to be called the Belfast City
Press, is to be started in Belfast in two or
three weeks. The press and engine have ar
rived and are being set up, and the establish
ment is to be as well equipped as any week
" newspaper Office in the state. Judge
Broadman of the police court will probable
be editor.
YORK COUNTY
The work of quarrying granite for the
Market street bridge in Philadelphia, which
has been awarded to James NJ. Andrews Of
Biddeford, has been begun atAndrews' QUAR-
nv on the Pool road Between forty and fifty
vessel loads of granite will be quarried and
delivered at Philadelphia between now and
the middle ofneXt December. George r. An
drews is the financial manager Of the COM
pany that is supplying the granite, and
James Andrews and sons are experimenting
the work at the quarry.