The Portland daily press., 1886-03-31
THE STATE,
ARoosTooK COUNTY,


People who imagine that they are little
slow up in 4Aroostook in the business line
will be surprised to read from the Pioneer
There were shipped from Houlton railroad
station for the week ending March 9th, /;
cars shingles, II cars hay, 20 cars potatoes OF
10,700 bushels, 3 cars leather, 2 cars starch,
car ashes, cars miscellaneous; total 81 cars
HANCOCK COUNTY.
In the store of H. F. Gilley, at Bucksport
Henry Blake of Verona ate 43 eggs on {
wager.
Elisha Abbott and Reuben Mansfield Of
Verona were among the crew of the schooner
Q. I'll. Morse that is supposed to have sunk
the steamer Oregon.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Hon. James G. Blaine, Mrs Blaine, Miss
Margaret Blaine and Miss Dodge went tC
Bar Harbor Monday night.
OXFORD COUNTY.
There are four brothers by the name Of
Taylor, natives of Buckfeld, all living,
whose combined ages amount to 1924 years.
S. M. Locke, the young bear hunter Of
Byron, has trapped 80 bears, besides assist
ing in capturing several in their dens.
The South Buckfeld correspondent of the
Oxford Democrat, tells about big barn in
that town ''envelOped in snow"
Mr.. G. E. Richardson, South Paris mer-
chant, will soon move with his family to
Minneapolis, Mimi, where he will engage in
the real estate business.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
A petition for an additional militia com
pany in Bangor is being passed around.
Men are said to be hunting deer with dogs
in Penobscot county. The present depth OF
snow in the woods renders it impossible for
the animals to escape and dog can easily
hill wit OF Of Of cto,
The game wardens are hunting the poachers
very closely and try some of them nearly
every day. 1t is, however, impossible to eff
fectually prevent the illegal killing.
A change has been made in the system Of
government at the Maine State College.
What is called "the cooperative PLAN has
been adopted. A council of students shares
the government with the faculty. This coun-
Gil is composed CT two seniors, two
juniors, one sophomore and one fresh
man. 1t holds weekly meetings and
reports to the faculty, who seem after
cording to this plan, as the action of the
councillors is subject to revision by the pro-
feSSorS.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The st. Stephen Courier says the trial of
n. f. Clapp, late treasurer of Arson,
charged with keeping common gambling
house, was settled last week by the defend
case. d. Clapp was not detained over night
in the lookup because he could not secure
bail, but because the justice declined to ac-
cept any bail.
WALDO COUNTY.
After serving over twenty years as pas
tor of the Baptist Church at Lincoln Centre,
and having been restored to health, Rev. S.
Besse has received a unanimous call to the
passionate again.
IN GENERAL
The season for taking salmon and canning
Holsters commences next Thursday. Then
the close time for catching black bass and
white perch begins.
The teams are fast leaving the woods and
the next two or three weeks will witness the
closing up of the numbering operations.
The following represents the Maine ice
crop, and is copied from map recently is
sued: Kennebec river, 57S,5O0 tons; Penob-
scot river, 10000 tons; Cathance river, 90
600 tons; coast rivers, Ala, 300 tons; total
amountin the State, 1889, 400 tons.
1t is a remarkable fact that in less than
one year, 1884, Maine had six different gov
errors, which number has probably never
equalled in any State of the Union within a
similar period of time as follows: Governor
Fairfield for the year 1843, resigned Gov
ernnor Kavanagh, president of the Senate,
1S43, died, succeeded by Governor Paris,
president of the Senate, 1913; Governor
Dunn, speaker of the House, 1S43, superseded
by Governor Dana, president of the Senate,
1874; Governor Anderson, elected for the
year 1874.