The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-16
THE STATE.
HANCOCK COUNTY.


Burton n. Harrison, who was Jefferson
, Rayis private secretary during the war; Is
n&Vlng summer cottage erected at Bar
HHsro3F: Hsrt He Is now practieing lawyer In
Every mail now brings many applications
Tor rooms ana cottages at Bar Harbor, which
is very much earlier than they usually com
mence to come In. The widow of the late
William III. Vanderbilt has engaged the
same cottage that they had last year for the
coming season. and it is said that every cot
tage and nearly every room connected with
one hotel has been engaged for the season.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A special session of the Governor and
Council is to be held at the State House on
Tuesday next, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
The spring term at Colby University com
mences Wednesday
Luther Rollins, so years of age and who
resides near the old fort on the East Side,
Augusta, attempted to commit suicide about
10 O'Clock Saturday night, by taking lauda-
mum. He took an overdose and the drug
mo- affecting, he survived He Is a penSioner
and has family. Domestic infelIcity was
the cause of the rash attempt.
Mr.. Frank T. Noble, formerly of Augusta,
Is visiting M n that city preparatory TO setting
out tor central America, where he is to es-
tablish an American importing and export
ing house, with headquarters at Living
stone, Guatemala. His family will reside in
AuRuSId uuIlHB MS absence.
About 520,5OO tons of ice is now stored in
the houses along the Kennebec. This is as
near an estimate as can be obtained at the
present time. Last winter 100000 tons Of
ice were stored, leaving a shortage of 470,-
500 tons.
The Wsterville Mail, under its new man
agement, has increased its size, added new
dress OF type, and otherwise greatly i'm
proved its makeup. With its appearance
thus improved it ranks among our most at
tractiye exchanges.
A prominent Augusta gentleman left home
for few days recently, In his absence the
hostler went off, and lady on going to the
stable discovered the horse in half starved
condition, the animal in his hunger having
gnawed the crib and stall in many different
places.
Cocaine is coming into quite general use
among physicians in performing surgical OPP
erations. Recently an Augusta surgeon em-
plOyed it very successfully in removing q
cancer from the face of patient. Injecting
the drug beneath the skin he rendered the
parts soinsensible to pain that the knife Of
the operator could not even be felt.
The managers of the Maine Industrial
School for Girls held their first quarterly
meeting at Hallowell last week. 1t was
voted to dispense with the Office Of house,
keeper in each school and employ a teacher
for the school rooms instead This teacher
will hold a school exercise in one building
in the forenoon and the other in the after
noon. This change was considered practic-
able, and it saves the employment OF one
officer.
PENoBsCor COUNTY.
John Varney, ESQ.,, of Bangor has COM
menced a suit for damages against the
Maine Central Railroad for injuries to Ben
jamin Twaddle of Greenbush, alleged to
have been caused by his being pushed from
the station platform at Oldtown by enc Of
the railroad officials at that place.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Alfred Austin, teamster at MOOsehead,
recently hauled with pair of horses a load
of logs on to Roach river, scaling 3,679. 1t
was hauled from the stump distance of two
miles and is believed TO have been the larg-
est load ever hauled around the lake.
sAGADAHoo COUNTY.
George Hawley of Bath has a keel
tons, which is reported to be for parties in
Bangor. Her mainsail will contain 1900
yards of canvas.
WALDO COUNTY.
Capt William Fl. Goodell of Searsport,
master of the ship Governor Robie, was SEN
fenced to four months imprisonment at San
Francisco, recently, for cruelty to his sailors.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A fishing smack landed 1900 pounds of cod
in Eastport one day last week, which were
taken in the bay in three tides fishing.
The report of the town of Lubec for the
year 1856 will make very credtable shsv-
ing. The bonded debt has been reduced
81, ZOO in three years, and interest on bonds
reduced from $500 annually to 1882.
The bill to construct public park of the
old fort at Eastport is considerably talked
about by Maine people in Washington, from
that vicinity. Several influential gentlemen
propose to have an appraisal put upon the
property and sold. The Secretary of the In
terror will be interviewed on the subject.
The Calais city government has finally de-
cided the water works question by accepting
a proposition to build the works The COM
pany is to place eighty hydrants for fire pro-
lection and to furnish all necessary water
for city purposes for the sum of $1,000 per
year. This sum about equals the cost of the
present fire department
IN GENERAL.
Mr.. Moses Kicker of Cambridge, Mass, q
prominent contractor and builder Of that
city, died Thursday night he was native
of Lebanon, Me-, and was nearly "a years
old. He had conducted business in Cam
bridge for ever fifty years, among the struct-
ures built under his direction being the City
Hall and the Webster school house. He was
a member of the First Baptist Church and
man of very charitable disposition.