The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
the STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

The Seventh Day Adventists of Eastern
Maine and New Brunswick will hold their
campmeeting in Hoult0n, June % to %, in
elusive.
The Aroostook Conference of Congrega-
tional churches will hold its fOrtleth annual
meeting at Houlton, June II and 13, 1886.
Mrs. Eustis Darling, widow of Daniel Dar-
ling, of Moro Plantation, was 100 years old
last September. She is still smart and in the
enjoyment of good health.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The mill of c. w. Stevens, near Stratton.
took fire yesterday morning, and with its
contents was totally consumed. 1t was only
by hard fighting that the village was saved
Several Of the mems faces were severely
burned in their efforts to stay the flames.
The loss is $1,000; no insurance.
The Mount Blue Hotel, at the foot of
Mount Blue, in the town of Avon, owned by
Leonard Morrison, was burned Monday al
ternoon with its contents. The loss is S25OO.
insured for $500.
With this week the Pennington Normal
School closes the twenty-secOnd year of its
existence, and sends out its thirty
graduating class. The class numbers 81.
Among the happiest fishermen who have
gone home from Rangeiey this year, is DR..
Chas Haddock of Beverly, Mass. Last
Saturday, with George Oaks of Lewiston,
for guide, the doctor was trolling with live
Ddlb OIL ObUuty Olllbs
Lake, when he captured his prize, the big
gest trout taken this year; after 1t had been
captured nine hours it weighed 10 pounds
10 ounces, measured 2S1 inches in length and
164 inches around. There are as good fish in
the lake as ever have been caught. Many
are now going into the Lake and those who
return report good luck.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Hon. John Bridges of Castine, who is dead
at the residence of his son in WateIville, was
for many years prominent in the politics OF
the State. He served in the Maine House OF
Representatives as early as 1S43, and was
again member in 1S45. He was elected to
the State Senate in 1851 (at which session he
took an active part in advocating the pass
ing of the liquor law, in 1852, 1858, 1860 and
1861. From 1862 to 1864 he was In the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington, and
then served on the Capitol police until 1862
In early life he was Democrat, but his ad-
vocacy of temperance and his opposition to
slavery led him to join the Republican party,
which he helped to found in Maine. Origi-
nally a Universalist in religious Dellef, he In
his later years, embraced the doctrine of
Spiritualism. Mr.. Bridges age at his death
was 70 years and months.
Even herb tea is not always q safe beyer-
age Last Sunday, Mr. Emery Crosby OF
Aurora with his wife, went to Waltham to
visit the mother of the latter, Mrs. King
man. While there all three parto0k OF some
OSNN-
ed for colds. There proved to be something
poisonous in the tea, probably some poison
Gus herb, and all were taken quite sick, MIR.
Crosby being thown into convulslons.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. Blaine went to Bar Harbor Monday
afternoon.
The veterans Fifth Maine Battery will
meet with Mr. j. +. Chase of Augusta, in
September.
l. f~ an1a
bration on the Fourth of July. Mr.. Blaine
contributed 500.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The town of Mexico enjoys the fame of the
most stirring bear hunt of the season. Sllas
NJ Locke who has hunted some bears be-
fore, set a bear trap about two, weeks ago.
For some days the trap didn't yield any
thing. but last Wednesday Locke found 1t
gone. He knew by the signs that the trap
had bear, if he could only ind the trap.
Travelling about six miles he found 1t in the
possession of the largest bear he had ever
seen: and he had seen a few bears IN his day
As it was then nearly night, and Locke's
only weapon was jack knife, he left the
bear and returned home, breaking down the
bushes that he might return to the place IN
the morning. In the morning Locke was on
handTeady for the fight, but the bear had
got frightened and moved. But Locke found
him and despatched him. The animal when
dead, though apparently much swollen when
Locke ran into him the night before, still
measured seven feet, and was the largest
bear ever killed on Swift river.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor fish dealers are complaining Of
the scarcity of mackerel.
The Pilgrim Congregational church OF
Providence, r. l., has extended a unanimous
call to Rev. N. III. Harrison of the First Con-
gregational church of Bangor.
The station house at Newport on the
Maine Central railroad, caught fre at one
o'clock Monday afternoon from spark from
a passing locomotive and was entirely con-
sumed.
The June quarterly meeting Of the Maine
Eastern Christian Conference will be held
with the Christian church at Newport, COM
mencing Friday, June 18th, at 10 a. m, and
continuing over the Sabbath.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Sunday, June 9th, while Mr.. Richard Tib-
belts was passing through piece OF woods
in Pittsfield, on his way to pasture, for the
purpose of sailing his cattle, he came across
the body of man in an advanced stage OF
decomposition. Upon investigation and eX-
animation the body was Identified by the
clothing as that of Thos. Hopkins, who left
the poor farm at Hartland about the time OF
the heavy snow storm last winter. Nothing
could be heard of him previous to the dis
coyery, Sunday, and the supposition is that
he perished in the storm. His remains were
buried Monday, June 7th.
WALDO COUNTY.
The large set of buildings situated on the
Northport road, two miles from Belfast. and
owned by Capt. c. +. Cunningham, were
burned early Sunday morning. The loss Is
1900; insured for $4,000.