The Portland daily press., 1886-09-03
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

I "
rooms and ticket office are near the en-
| trance. About 1000 people can be seated
| comfortably.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Miss Lila Plaisted, daughter of Ira Plais-
ted OF Philips, after diligent course of art
studies in the great galleries of Italy, is
about opening painters studio in Boston.
Franklin and Megantic branch OF railroad
will be completed in the next thirty days.
The work is pushed with rapidity.
The fire on Mount Abram is still raging,
but has done slight damage to the timber as
yet The most that has been burned over is
the timber that was blown down Nov. 13,
1883, and by another year would have been
worthless.
The reunion of the soldiers of Franklin
county will be held on the fair grounds In
Pennington, on Monday and Tuesday, the
9TH and 9th inst. 1t has been decided to
honor of the late Gen. George B. Mcclellan.
The Pennington Band has been engaged for
both days, and it is said two or three other
posts in the county will bring bands with
them.
MIR. z. T., Haines, who for many years was
a member of the Boston Herald staff, is to
edit the Phillips Phonograph.
Edwin d. Waite of Dakota, formerly of
North Jay, recently had his house demol-
ished by a cyclone and his wife instantly
killed. Mrs. Waite was the daughter of the
late John Tucker of Dixield.
DIR. W. c. Hatch is about to publish a his
tory of the town of Industry. The work
will be about 500 pages and will include the
towns history from its earliest settlement in
1871 down to the present time.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The granite business at South Brosksville
has been an important matter for the place
during the current year, having given en-
ployment for about 10 men. Up to the pres
ent time five cargoeS have been shipped to
New York.
The Grand Army clam-bake, which came
off at Sorrento, Sullivan, on Friday last, was
a great success. The gathering was under
the auspices of the Weare Post of Sullivan.
The company, which was made up of men,
women and children, numbered between 200
and 300, mostly from the towns of Sullivan,
Gouldsboro, Franklin, Hancock and ELS
worth.
In the Bayside district in the town of Ire
winter. One of them was Capt. b. L. Ath-
erton of Mt. Desert, and the other a lady.
Capt sAtherton commenced the school and
taught it several weeks, but was finally su-
perseded by the lady teacher. Capt. Ather-
ton has laid all the facts before Hon. N. A.
Luce, State Superintendent of Schools who
says that Mr.. Atherton was the legal teacher.
and can recover in the courts pay for the
whole time the school was taught.
KNOX COUNTY.
Appleton is proud of very smart old lady
Mrs. Adeline Robinson, aged n years, has
just gone into well 20 feet deep and cleaned
it out She was assisted by her daughter.
The ladder being too short they attached
rope and lowered it, Mrs. Robinson Chamber
ing down by rocks till she reached the lad
der
Work is expected to begin at once on the
change of the telegraph line from Gardiner
to Wiscasset and along the Knox and Lin
coin line to Rockland. 1t is intended to
build q new line and continue it to Belfast at
an entire cost of several thousand dollars.
The Courier-Gazette says that in all 251
foreign vessels have discharged cargoes of
wood in Rockland since June 1st against 158
during the same time last year. The 251 yes
sells have discharged over 1900 cords of
wood in that time. More foreign vessels are
entered at R0ckland annually than at any
other port in New England.
The Episcopal diocese board of Missions is
in session in Camden.
The Camden & Rockland Water Company
per Hill. They will employ about seventy
five men. The reservoir is to be of about
5000, 900 gallons capacity and will be paved
with granite blocks. The walls will be of
clay, gravelled and walled up inside with
granite to preyent the ne, water va from w Washing g
Over $SS,000 has already been spent in exca-
waiting for this reservoir, including the price
paid for the land. 1t is estimated that it will
require $4,000 more to complete it. A ten
the reservoir and twelve-inch pipe from
the reservoir will supply the city of Rock
land.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal says that since the
first of January there have been erected in
Augusta, or are in process of erection at the
present time, over 60 buildings, including
one church, one store, three blocks, one pub
lie building. On Cushnoc Heights over sew
enty-five buildings have been erected within
fourteen years, and most of the best house
lots have not been in the market for three
years.
The people of Gardiner are to feast on
western beef William Wood and A. P,
Berry have lately formed partnership and
propose to furnish their customers with st.
Louis dressed beef. A cargo is to arrive
next Friday. Their refrigeratorS hold about
40 tons of ice.
Aug. 29th, Mr.. VIM. S. Badger of the
Maine Farmer, completed the twenty-fifth
year of his connection with that tpaper, and
has started ON his second quarter of a centu-
ry as publisher.
An attractive feature of the coming statis-
tical report of the State Department con-
cerning Maine industries, ETC., will be an ar:
JlClc lIOul tHC pen VI LII. W. II. hdPhuhl VI
Augusta, on Maine summer resorts
The number of inmates at the National
Soldiers Home, ToguS, is 1889. During
week past there has been but one man iu the
guard house.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Dr. Young of the State Board OF Health
visited Canton this week to investigate the
re-appearance of the diphtheria epidemic
there. There were nine deaths at its first
appearance and it was thought that the dis
ease had been effectually subdued, but it has
just broken out again and there have been
two deaths this week. The doctor finds that
the contagion arises from poor disinfection
and want of isolation. DR.. 0. A. Horr of
Lewiston, a member of the board, is in Eu-
rope for the study of his profession and look
ing up some matters in connection with the
State department of health. DIR: Young is
making an abstract OF the public health laws
of the State.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Mrs. w. S. Farwell of Mount Chase, shot
herself Monday morning. She was handling
loaded revolver and accidentally discharged
it. The ball entered her left breast intiicting
what was considered mortal wound.
John Varney, Esq, of Bangor, died short
ly after midnight wednesday night, after a
brief illness, from disease of the heart and
liver. Mr.. Varney was widely known as a
lawyer of much ability, having few super
iors as an advocate. He was man of ge-
NAL disposition and pleasant qualities and
had wide circle of friends to whom he was
| greatly endeared. He was about 40 or Al
| years of age, was never married, and leaves
| an aged mother, brother, Col. George Var
| ney, and two sisters Mrs. John L. Strlck
| land and Mrs. Charles f. Woodland.
PIsCATAoUIs COUNTY.
| The Monson Slate ascribes the explosion
| in Dr. Halls office in that place last Friday
| to spontaneous combustion. 1t says: 1.-THE
| fire was discovered in two drawers in the
| bottom of the bookcase which contained
| some cotton bandageS, a part of which had
| been once used, instruments, and probably
| some chemicals. The building is very
closely built, and tight, and had not beer
open for two days. There were three cans
| OF ether, and some other chemicals In the
| room. The day had been hot. The book
| case was hard wood and the drawers shut
| close. The closeness of the room and that
| the fire started in these drawers, accounts
| for the slow progress of the fire. After the
explosion about everything was thrown
away so that there was hardly anything
left to burn"
| SOMERSET COUNTY.
Bears recently killed over 20 sheep in ;
| back pasture for Hiram Pease, WlnSloN
| Strickland and others, in Lexington.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
A movement is on foot to have a bis
shooting match at the grounds of the Batl
| Driving Park the first week in October. l
the necessary arrangements are made, th'
| Rath Light Infantry Yarmouth Rifles anC