The Portland daily press., 1886-11-05
HANCOCK COUNTY.

HANCOCK COUNTY.
During the last three m onths the receipts
OF the internal revenue Office, under Collector
Redman at Ellsworth, have been $1,000
greater than they were in the corresponding
three months OF last year. The Ellsworth
American thinks this fact which speaks
well for the present location Of the office.
KESNEBEC COUNTY.
Wednesday afternoon Emeline Peterson.
an inmate Of the Winthrop poor farm, set
fire to her clothes while lighting her pipe,
and was burned so that she died Thursday
morning.
The old greenhouses at the Insane Hos
pital are to be removed.
Mr.. Silas Stinson of Gardiner has been ap-
pointed Deputy Sheriff.
The mill owners and lumber dealers ON the
Kennebec expend almost $4,000 for log
driving alone, to the Log Driving Company
each year.
The Kennebec Journal SAYS: "Beniamin
Franklin Wright. Of Waterville, took his
examination before the Supreme Judicial
Court for Kennebec county Wednesday. He
is young man OF ability, and passed fine
examination"
Eighty-fye sacks of foreign mail were
shipped from the Augusta post office
| Wednesday,. The larger part of ii went to
| China, South Africa, West Indies, Australia
and New Zealand. The first direct mail for
Tasmania ever made up in Augusta was
| sent out.
The Kennebec county commissioners were
| in session Wednesday. The appraisal Of
| the Maine Central land at Waterville has
been postponed. Frazier Gilman has re-
| turned the check given by the Maine Central
| in part payment for the land, and the COM
missioners will proceed to appraise the same
as If there had been no money paid over or
bargain made.
A meeting of the council Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department Of Maine,
has been called to meet in Augusta this
| evening to take measures to entertain Gen.
Fairchild on his visit to this State.
The committee of the Governors Council
on the valuation of timber and grass on re.
served lands are in session this week a
Augusta, and viii not adjourn for severa
weeks. The valuation Is made under Law
passed by the last legislature and Is for the
purpose OF taxation. The timber and gras:
on some $1,000 acres are to be valued. Judge
Dascomb of Skowhegan has been before tn,
committee this week in the interest of the
Coburn estate. Omar Clark of Carratunh
and Mr.. Bradstreet of Gardiner have alsC
appeared before the committee. Bangor par
ties Will be heard next week.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
There was full attendance Of members O
the PenobscOt Bar, Wednesday, 20 tax,
action regarding the deaths Of John Varney
Esq, of Bangor, and John A. Blanchard
Iov., VI OlubOWus
sAGApAHoc COUNTY.
j. III. Gown, a prominent merchant O
Bath, died Wednesday morning, after brie
sickness of only forty-eight hours, Of kidne,
trouble. lie was about 55 years of age H'
had been in business about thirty years. III
served in the common council in 1882, ant
was very prosperous merchant leaving
good fortune.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Theodore Dawes had his foot severely in
jured in the w0olen mill at Madison las
week.
Russell Post G. A. r., at Skowhegan, dedi
Gated its new hall last night
The Portland Packing Company ha
leased the corn factory at Skowhegan vii
lage for five years, and will probably
ready for business next season.
The Somerset Reporter says that ther'
has been great improvement in the store
during the past year. Ten plate glass front
have been put in, making % stores, ont
} printing Office and barber shop in tow
that have plate glass fronts. There are s
stores, little ard large, in Skowhegan fitte
up Tor the sale of merchandise and all bu
three OF them are now occupied.
WALDO COUNTY.
There are i'm the Sears public library, Scar
port, 161 volumes of the French Encyclopat
! dia edited by Diderot and D'Alembert Thes
, books are said to be the only set to be foun
outside Of Berlin. Good judges have pre-
n0unced them worth one thousand dollars.
J Saturday, October 9th, Mr. James +. Clar
| of Belmont, was accidentally shot while o
| his way home from Rockland. A revolve
was discharged In his coat pocket, the bulle
} passing in between the ninth and tenth rib
3 and lodging in the lung On Friday last MI
!. Clark died from the effects Of the wound
Q He was 81 years old and leaves wife and
1 large family Of children.
YORK COUNTY.
! The cattle Of Jere b. Seribner, which wei
: put in quarantine last spring on account OF
disease among them, have been freed fro
the quarantine and he has sold them. TT
n State commissioners have settled with hi
. for all damages.