The Portland daily press., 1886-02-16
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoGGN COUNTY


The palm belongs to the town of Liyermore
For seven years past the tax collector has made
ms MS s,,o eoectlohS % anu SQUARED up with the town
out for the printer. This year LiyermOres town
reports is one OF the first to be issued.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
DR.. L. Franklin Hincks, a native of Bucksport,
died at Hyde Park, Mass. Friday, aged sxty-ive
years. He was formerly Methodist clergyman
in Bangor.
Saturdays storm was very heavy at Bucksporl.
Two barns collapsed, one belonging to man
KNOX COUNTY.
Mr.. A. w. Hart the late superintendent of the
electric lighting station in Bangor, was in Camden
last week endeavOring to make arrangements to
Introduce the electric light in that town.
With the view of seeing what can be done to-
ward recovering portion OF the cargo OF the
merchants arrived in Rockland yesterday morn
ing and embarked in the steamer PenobscOt to
visit the scene OF the wreck.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
Mr. Eph. Markham, of the Watervile Mail, dis
posed of his interest in that paper Friday, to Mr.
Charles G.. Wing of Maiden, Mass, a nephew of
S e w e
editor being son OF Daniel Wing.
The winter term of school at Oak Grove Sem
mary closes this week. with about weeks vaca-
ton before the beginning of the spring term.
The new mill at Augusta is now equipped with
electric lights throughout there being 375
lamps in all. They are giving excellent satisfac-
tiOn
Vol. n of the Maine Reports is printed and in
the hands Of the binder at Augusta. 1t is expect
ed that it will be issued before March.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
NJ j. Dow of Brooks G. W. c. is now at work
IN Knox and Lincoln counties for the Good
Templars. He will attend Lincoln District Lodge
at Bremen, Feb. II. His headquarters are at
Wiscasset.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
=. new sport is rapidly gaining favor in Orono::
II IS termed "skeeing." The "skees' consist OF
as many feet in length, turned up at one end and
resembling narrow elongated tObOggan. These
are fastened to the feet like snow shoe, and they
answer the same purpose, besides afording an ex-
eeilent means OF sliding down hill.
There are ten from this State who are commits
stoned by the American Missionary Association to
labor among the Freedmen. One Of them Is Miss
Mary Duren Hyde of Bangor who is instructor in
Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N. C.
A change in the State college government is
agitated. A Wing correspondent thinks it prob
able that some important change for the better
may result.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
j. f. Sprague. Esq, has retired from the edito-
rial management of the MOnson Slate. on account
OF his law business, and Frank A. Hart, Esq, has
succeeded him.
The dedication of the new Patcataquis county
Court House at Dover will occur next Thursday.
During the afternoon the house will be open for
visitors and in the evening grand reception will
be given by the members of the Piscataquis eoun-
ty bar.
ln Milo family of nine children three are deaf
muteS. One of them, a daughter, 25 years OF age,
| was educated at Hartford, married deaf mute,
| and has three children all of whom can talk as
well as any children of their age. The two others
are a son of Is, now at school i'll Hartford, and
| girl of ~ at home. Both parents belong to q
healthy, tough race, and the antecedents Of both
families are noted as being very hardy people,
and as far back as can be traced show no defect
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
A young man stopped at the Richmond House
Wednesday night and before morning lie broke
open the cigar case took between six and seven
dollars in change, some cigars and tobacco and
left.
Two steamers, two four-masted schooners and
two three-Inasters are being constructed at the
New England Shpbuilding Companys yard at
Bath.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
John MeComb of Calais has hauled a hemlock
scaling 1920 feet into the head of Lambert Lake.
YORK COUNTY.
Capt W. p. Emerson of York was heard by the
House committee on rivers and harbors yesterday
IN favor OF an appropriation for York harbor.
The heavy rainfall of last week has caused an
unprecedented rise in Mousam river. Saturday
morning large accumulation of ice was driven
against the dam of Min No. 2 of the Sanford
Mills Company, at Sanford, carrying a portion of
| it away.
Seth MeserYe, who lives upon a farm in Day
ton. owns heller which he is very proud of. and
| we'll may be. The animal is four years old Of the
Durham breed and girths six feet and seven
inches, and, although she calved two months ago,
| produces daily Is quarts of milk.