The Portland daily press., 1886-06-17
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoaaIN COUNTY

Tuesday of next week the county commits
sioners will meet the Cumberland county
commissioners to view the proposed new
rood from Polond Springs to Danville juno
tion. The distance is 81 miles, aud Al miles
of new Road will be required. The road is
partly in New Gloucester.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
"Old Uncle Pervear," of Sedgwiek, says
that he will be 107 years old if he lives until
December. He works in his garden this
summer, and appears as smart as man OF
45, but says that his memory is failing him
little
KRNEEBEc COUNTY.
The city government of Augusta has ap-
propriated $500 for the Fourth of July cele-
bration, thus assuring. success to the under.
taking. Prof. e. S. Allen and his wife of
Providence, X. l., have been engaged to
make balloon ascension.
Up to Tuesday night, nothing had been
heard of Frank Bowman, the missing Man
chester man. 1t is thought that he commit
ted suicide.
Today is memorial day at the Soldiers
Home at Togus Gen. James A. Hall Is to
deliver the address.
There are four bears at the park of the
Togus Home.
Richards's paper mill at Gardiner will
start up soon, probably the first of next
week. Since the strike repairs have been
made ON the machinery, and 1t is nearly
ready to start again. The greater part OF
their old crew have signifed their readiness
to come back, and Gen. Richards says he
has had applications enough to make two
crews if he wanted them.
KNOX COUNTY.
A Rockland man killed a cow last week,
and found a darning needle embedded in the
flesh near the heart. The Courier-GaZette
says that the COW had evidently accomplish
ed the hitherto impossible feat of finding
needle in hay-stack.
PENoBsooT COUNTY.
A sturgeon eight and one-half feet long
was captured in the river at Bangor Monday
night.
Very many eels are found in the water
pipes in Bangor. A stranger in the city is
taking advantage of this fact to sell some
filters. He goes to a house, explains the
good points of the article and then asks per
mission to fasten it to the water pipe and let
the water pass through it for few moments.
This is granted and when the filter is taken
off he finds small eel in the inside. This
of course at once ensures sale and the man
departs to work the next house in a similar
manner.
The Bangor Whig says that great amount
of talk has recently been made in the Boston
newspapers, and some in Maine, to the effect
that the Savings Banks in this State were to
reduce their rate of interest to three per
cent One of the treasurers OF Bangor
bank says that there is not the slightest
foundation for these statements. The rate
is now four per cent. and likely to remain so.
Tuesday was the fftieth anniversary of
the entrance into the practice Of medicine OF
DR.. Hiram H. Hill of Augusta, and in cele-
bration of the event and in honor OF Dr:
Hill the physicians of the State rendered
him an elegant complimentary dinner at the
Augusta House Tuesday evening. Many
prominent physicians of the State were
present, one hundred plates being set at the
banquet tables. Among the distinguished
guests were Hon. j. W. Bradbury, Judge
Attorney General Orville D. Baker and Gen.
Selden Connor. Of the Portland physicians
Drs. Gerrish, Weeks and Hunt were present.
DIR. Harlow of Augusta presided at the ban
quet, and on his right sat DR.. Hill, hon; j.
w. Bradbury, and Dr. Garcelon. Dr. hlil,
| in response to toast, made an address, IN
which he thanked the physicians, for the
| high compliment, DIR. Gerrish read poem
| suitable to the occasion Dr. weeks, OF
Portland responded to the sentiment: "Ihe
| Maine General Hospital; the child OF the
| Maine Medical Association; may the proud
| est hopes of its founders be realized" Hon.
| James W. Bradbury responded to the toast,
| 'sFifty wears ago." Letters of regret were
| read from Drs. Gordon and Dana OF Port
| land.
-Four salmon, the combined weight of
| which was 110a pounds, were on exhibition
| in Bangor Monday evening
Hon. j. r. Bodwell was in Bangor Tues
day. In the afternoon he visited Oldtown
on business connected with the Water Power
Company. He received many cOngratula-
tions on his nomination for Governor.
Sergeant Fred w. Pickett Of the United
States Signal Service, formerly of Etna, who
was one of the three officers chosen for the
exploring expedition to Alaska several years
ago, has Just finished the work of making his
report at the War Department and expects
to pass few weeks at his old home, Mr..
Pickett is graduate of the Maine State Col
lege in the class of 80 and has made bril-
liant record in the Signal Service,
PIsCATAQUIs.
Messrs. D. r. Campbell and j. B. Mays
will build a new woolen mill at Sangerville
1t will be 10-set MILL cost 100000, and EN-
ploy large number of hands. A stone dam
fourteen feet high, will be built on the priyi-
lege now owned by Owen Williams. The
town has voted to exempt the proposed mill
| from taxation for ten years. Mr.. Campbell,
| who has gone on a visit to Scotland, will be
home again in sixty days, and then work on
the mill will begin. This has given Sanger
| vile quite business boom, and considerable
building will be done there this season.
sAGADAHoC.
Rev. S. +. Dixie has labored with the Swe-
! denborgian church of Bath for forty-slx
years, it having been forty-siX years ago Sun
| day that he preached his first sermon. Mon
dav the members of his church gave him a
| surprise party at his home. The house was
| decorated with flowers, and refreshments
| were served.
The wedding of City Missionary Montgom-
| cry, of Bath, and Miss Susan N. Philbrook