The Portland daily press., 1886-08-30
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoaG1N COUNTY.

great that the trustees H@NV ~ - = ,,a,,y a,1-
hibition building, 106x3O feet, TWO sS4Ltes II"a
high for noultrg, bees and vegetables.
Space has already been secured Ior lour
hundred cOops. 49,, -
Saturday two car loads OF ladles anu n zen.
tlemen witnessed the laying 3l td tbis Week
on the State Fair grounds IN Lewiston nIo.,y ~
the ladies of the Woman's Beneyoieehhs ehe
Union. This building is to be used Ior tne
benefit of the Young Woman readins snS agorll' an
It will be called the LADIES' rs 6SLi5ited 6dIn5Jiit di'N
The friar-teachers for the new French ga
madam parochial school in Lewiston aIIlIe9e arr, oe
Thursday in Lewiston. There are re loTI Tbey ey
them. middle aged men, from franee. .lio,, hnUi
come from near Lyons. Their dIess 10 P00"-
liar to their order.
ctrNfHERI.AND COUNTY.
The New Gloucester PaGklhS EoIhpS1{f fN,.,1im ~
nil Start mn next week. J. r. jordan oI
NH w staI' ~ " PPraasnrer. andP. A Collier, New
GIoncester. superintendent. az Iney y nake MlI.,
15o 0OO cars in Auburn, and 5OO,oOo Ill NeW
Gloucester. ~
The farm buildings, house, ell s1ed ana
barn of Charles Gott oil NOrth LSieus' ,rass Ma
DESTROYED by fire, Saturday morning. Inc
loss is about $500; covered Dy insuiaiioo'
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Cant. + G.. Beal of Phillips has been taken
to the ASYLUM at Augusta for treatment Tor
paSadYSesa KsdYaeaS q Eas sEast 4Faop 81 rhPs was severely
Injured last Tuesday on the Blackboard ROAD
from seven ponds by being drawn undera
tree that was leaning across the road. He
was caught between the tree and wagon seat,
bruising his head and breaking two ribs.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Bar Harbor Tourist has this horrible
suspicion: "If we mistake not there IS
rather nice-looking young lady sporting
about Bar HarbOr in mems clothes. she ap-
nears to be dashing young fellow about
eighteen years of age, about fve teet seven,
pl1nD. with a nOticeably genteel figure; has
a pretty face, rather long puffy mar and
wears a jaunty cap; dresses IN snapSy
knickerbo ekers and stands with one leg
across the other it resting on the toe OF the
shoe: is a great and ehatty talker, and Is
considered remarkably bright. She might
be taken for a member of yacht party we
have seen her at one OF our large hotels'
The Changers of Penobseot, Hancock ana
Waldo counties will have festival and
picnic at Verona Park on Wednesday, Sept:
9Th. The exercises of the day will consist OF
addresses by Gov. ROBBIE and ID. ID. Ihlng,
ESQ.,, shOrt speeches by other proinlnent
grangers, music, deciamatiohs' leci'"'ionS'
etc. --...
Several wears ago Messrs. w: N. Child
and +. S. Knowlton planted colony OF 0ys-
ters in Damariscotta. river and the result OF
the experiment has been regarded Win great
interest. The oysters are now a temptation
to local pOachers.
r. A. Metcalf of Damariscotta, has gone to
Salt Lake City, where he has secured POSI-
tiOn as first assistant in Salt Lake Academy
An attempt was made Wednesday evening
to take the life of John C.Budd, keeper OF the
toll house at the Wiscasset and EdgecomD
bridge. An Italian, who gave ms name as
Louis Philliwi, was about to cross the bridge
when the toll gatherer demanded the toll Tor
a foot passenger. The Italian drew from
his pocket pistol and resting the barrel over
his arm fired at Budd, who lodged his head
to one side, but not enough to escape the bull
let. Whic struck him ON the side of the head
near the eye, and traversed some distance,
making an ugly scalp wound. The man tried
to fire again, but was prevented by Mr; budd
and gentleman standing near Pnilllpi
was taken into custody. A hearing was
held Friday and the .would-be. murderer
committed to Jail to await the action OF the
grand jury at the next term OF the supreme
Judicial Court The assaiant OF Mr.; Budd
is not known in Wiscasset, and from his ap-
pearance he is supposed to be tramp.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Abel Homestead's two barns and sheds in
Skowhegan, three miles from the village
were burned early Saturday morning. Inc
buildings contained four horses, three cows,
two hogs, two calv es, one hundred cords OF
wood, moving machine and other TOOLS
IRe ass is Ss Q0t ii jn4AFfsss 4fs fSSts fStse heendiary
Last Monday Mr.. Homestead discovered
Paris green in the well from which he wat
cred his stock.
There is a prospect that the postoflice in
Waterville will be removed to moro ~ovfu-
modious building before long.
KNOX COUNTY.
Tourists who have Just returned from the
seashore, report that down on the Camden
coasts wealthy Philadelphian is about to
erect cottage, the outside of which is to be
constructed wholly of shells and pebbles.
When completed, the structure will cost
thirty-ive thou sand dollars.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The following board of editors have been
selected for the Cadet, published at the
Maine State College; b. T.; Clark, S7, Ed
itor-in-ehief; J. s. Williams, 's7, and S, 4.
Miller, 'SS, Literary Editors d. e. Campbell
SS, Campus; f. H. Elwell, Jr., 'SS, Ex,
change; G. L. Vose. 'S7, PERSONAL Y. q.
Cushman, 80, Melange; II. A. McNally,
Business Editor.
Rev. G. S. Hill of Dexter, met with pain
full accident while in the hay field few days
ago. He was struck in the leg by the end OF
a spoke which, the tire being partly broken,
was left bare. Soon afterward Mr.. Hill was
taken with lock jaw and died Saturday fore
noon.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Last Friday collision occurred ON Moose
head Lake, between the steamers Fairy of
the Lake and the Rebecca between and .
O'clock off Sandbar Island, about five miles
from Kineo. The Fairy was on her regular
trip from Greenville to KineO, having on
board number OF passengers from the after
noon express train, including f. Il. Boothby,
wife and party. The Rebecca had quite
large party Of invited guests, among whom
were f. W. Mcfarland and wife. and u.
Blair, Jr, and wife of Chicago: No lives
were lost, though the Fairy filled.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
d. C. Hathaway, landlord OF the Bath
Hotel, has taken five years lease OF that
hotel. Mr.. Hathaway was formerly land
lord of the Marston House, Lewiston.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
According to the Fairfield Journal the
lumbermen of that town are preparing to
cut upwards of 25,000000 feet OF lumber the
coming winter.
WALDO COUNTY.
The reunion of the 4th Maine regiment and
I'd Maine Battery, is to be held at Brooks,
September 18th and 10th.
YORK COUNTY.
Two French stores are to be opened in
Sprngvale shortly. one in Tebbett's store ON
Main street and the other in Gibbs store on
datiOn of the large number of French who
are expected. Eighteen families have al
ready arrived, and work at the cotton mills
is progressing rapidly.
David Morrill, of Cornish is building a silo
of the capacity of 20 tons.
IN GENERAL.
The following Maine postmasters have
just been appointed North Belgrade, Ed
ward E. Rollins; South Freeport, Charles
W. Jones, and Hickory A. Mansur, at the
newly established office of Mansur's Mills.
Winged insects resembling ants have at
tracted considerable attention in the State
recently. Thursday evening large crowds of
them attracted attention in Biddeford and
SacO. They flew at height of two or three
hundred feet. Some of the insects, unable
to keep up with the procession, fluttered
close to the earth and were caught and ex-
amined. They were found to resemble some
what the common ant, but We're of a brown
color and provided with wings. Their course
was directly seaward. Last Monday people
in Waldoboro saw what they called winged
ants Myriads of them swarmed around the
railroad bridge so that the hackmen were se-
riously bothered by them.
Gov. Robie at MINNEAPOLIS.
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