The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-02
THE STATE,
HANCOCK COUNTY.

HANCOCK COUNTY.
The cottages at Bar Harbor en- which work
was partially suspended during the winter
are now rapidly approaching completion.
ON Eden street alone, cottages are being
built for Edwin Pendleton of Cincinnati,
Mrs. King of New York, Prof. Harris or
Andover, James Hinch of Bar Harbor, Rob
ert y. Fabyan of New York, Mrs. Violet
of Baltimore. The prospect is that more
people will go to Bar Harbor this summer
than ever before. An inquiry at the differ
ent hotels reveals the fact that about half
| the rooms are already engaged.
Mr.. jeremiah Green, q blind man, Of
North Brooksville, has earned about S120
this winter at fishing smelts with hook and
| line.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Salvation Army of Augusta is pre-
| pairing for grand celebration to take place
| on the 10th, 18th and 18th of this month, In
| celebration of the first anniversary of their
| march upon the city. Among the distin-
| guished visitors will be son Of Gen. Booth,
| who is the grand commander OF the worlds
| Salvation army.
/ Augusta's only skating rink Will be sold at
| auction Saturday.
The trustees of the Insane Hospital at
their recent quarterly meeting made.
| thorough inspection of the condition OF the
institution and make gratifying report:
They find general improved condition OF
efficient superintendency and management:
Male Female Total.
No. of patients at last visit. 239 248 497
" admitted snce.......... 13 IL 20
" discharged since........ 10 IL
+" remaining REM March 81. 251 49i
The Colby University Athletic Associa-
tion held its annual meeting Wednesday
| morning and elected the following officers
for the present year: President, II. W.
Trafton; Vice President, F.; Goodwin Sec
| retary, A. f. Drummond; Treasurer, N. T.
| Burbank; Field Day Directors, =. Q. Brown,
| NJ. H. Small, G. F. Goodale, II. b. Woods.
KNOX COUNTY.
| A dandelion blossomed in the Thomaston
! prison yard Monday. This breaks the record
| for Knox county.
The death of Capt. John Crockett in Rock
| land Sunday, takes away another OF those
| old pioneers who made Roekland's vessels
| and Rocklands mariners famous IN years
| gone by. He was one of family of twelve,
| eight sons and four daughters. which con-
stituted the family of Jonathan Crockett.
| DIR. J. p Cowles, who has lived in Camden
since 1870, has gone to Hartford, Conn,
| where he will live with his father and
| brother. DR.. Cowles has been prominent
man in Camden affairs, having held many
| important positions and his departure will
be regretted by the community.
Just before the arrival of the noon train
| Saturday, City Marshal irish OF hoekland
| received dispatch from Detective Ira NJ.
| True from Bath, stating that Showers, the
| alleged Massachusetts murderer, was on the
| train, dressed in female apparel. The City
Marshal summoned Deputy Marshal Brack-
| ley, and jumping into an open wagon drove
madly to the depot. They were about to
| capture woman when some one discovered
| that she was a well-known RocklaSd lady.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Rev. G. L. Tracey of Oxford has accepted
a, call to BECOME the pastor Of the Advent
| chapel on Hill street, Biddeford. He will
| commence his labors the first OF next month.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
| Mr.. E. A. Capen, who lives on Deer Island
| at Moosenead Lake, proposes to build sum
mer hotel there the coming season. The
| location is very beautiful one.
Next Tuesday, Councillors Smith, Bixby
| and Sands will be in Bangor for the purpose
| of examining the accounts of Major W. u.
| Clayton, the State liquor agent. The follow
| ing day. in company with Councillor Hatch
of Bangor, they will visit the Maine State
| College and inspect the diseased cattle.
| James II. Logan, who died in Bangor
! Tuesday, was pensioner OF the war OF the
| rebellion, having served in the Fifteenth
| and Thirtieth Regiments of Maine Volun-
| teers. He also served in the Mexican war
| under Gen. Scott, being a private in the
| Seventh Regiment, United States Infantry,
| and was one of the first to enter the city Of
| Mexico. He was well known there as Mex
| ican JIM" He leaves widow and several
sons and daughters.
Capt William Flowers, steamboat in
spector, visited MOosehead Lake this week
to inspect the rebuilding and repairs now
being made on the steamer Governor Coburn
at GreenVille.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor lumber operators fear that
they will not be able to haul all of their
yarded logs on account OF TINS storm; me ne
work when it is soft, and the rain may put
stop to numbering.
Charles Staples, Jr., of Portland, United
States steamboat inspector, has been in Ban
gor this week for the purpose of inspecting
the iron at the PenObscot River Steam Boiler
Works to be used in constructing the boiler
for the new Isle au Haut and other steamers
now being built.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Daniel Reed of Madison is in his 1O2d year.
He is the oldest man in the county, if not in
the State.
The Reporter says that the only thing
talked about in the county for the last two
weeks was the famous dog case. 1t brought
crowds from all the surrounding towns into
Skowhegan.
For several years Col /. S. Bangs of
Waterville has been buying and bonding ex-
tensive tracts of land in NOrridgewock, con-
tanning great beds of granite, with view to
their development. He has now secured
three or four hundred acres. He has also
succeeded in securing the cooperation of a
number of Chicago capitalists. A stock
company with capital of 100000 will be
established, the best of modern machinery
will be purchased, a mile of railroad will be
built from the Somerset railroad to the guar
ries, and the enterprise will be started this
summer with every facility.
WALDO COUNTY.
One evening last week six Belfast gentle
men were seated at card table When the
question of weight came up. The united
weight Of the six was 1900 pounds
The financial condition of Montyille is
good. The cash in treasury and uncollected
taxes in hands of the collector. when col
lected. are sufficient to pay all liabilities of
the town and leave $1,000 in the treasury.
In reference to the railroad suit in which
Belfast is interested, the Journal says; The
railroad suit recently begun ought to be de-
cided in the shortest possible time and the
decision, when received, should be accepted
as final and conclusive. II Is said that by
mutual agreement decision could be
reached by next June. 1t is obviously for
the best interests of the city, and for all our
people, that the case should be disposed of
as expeditiouSly as possible.
YORK COUNTY.
The term of Office of Mr.. B. F. Pease Of
Cornish, as member of the board of manage
ment of the State experimental station.
expired yesterday.
AT the closing concert given by the Lubec
Brass Band, Oscar o. Owen of Buxton
Centre, principal of the Lubec High School.
was presented by the band with a Three
Star Boston cornet, costing S65.
The earliest resident lawyer in Maine was
Noah Emery of Kittery, who was born in
that town, now Eliot, Dec. IL, 1699, and died
tnere IN 1852. He was admitted to the bar in
II2o, and was repeatedly commissioned
Kings attorney for the province of Maine.
HIS descendants are numerous The late
Judge Nicholas Emery, for many years
Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine. was
descendant of Noah Emery
IN GENERAL
Natives of Maine residing in Lowell are to
form an organization for mutual improve
ment and the benefit of new arrivals from
the Pine Tree State.
The secretary of the State Board OF Health
thinks that the weekly reports on preyalene
diseases in the different towns can Oe easily
made to him by postal cards from cores
pondents He wishes statements relative to-
any diseases which may prevail, especially
those of any infectious nature