The Portland daily press., 1886-10-16
THE STATE.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.

AT a special meeting of the Trustees of the In
sane Hospital, last week. charges were heard CON
eerning the conduct Of certain attendants IL re-
suited in the discharge of several Of them. The
attendants are hereafter to be uniformed, Me
women to wear caps, and the men to have SUIT
of blue with brass buttons. -,
Mr. Blaine has sent his check for $50 for the
benefit of the Grand Army leyee at Augusta;
The eoroners jury have decided that the hamsS-
dell girl of Albion came to her death through pol
son administered by herself Daniel Trask ana
his wife are censured for gross negligence In not
In the case Of Mrs. c. B. Besse, of Albion, a jury
has decided that she came TO her death through
abortion; and that there Is evidence tendlnB 70
implicate DR.. j. Mitchell, Of Freedom, In the mai-
practice.
KNOX COUNTY.
The work of grading for the Rockport railroad
IS nearly completed and the treStle work Will pc
commenced this week. The steel rails and the
ties have arrived, tine locomotive has been bought
and construction train will be put on IN = 'e''
short time.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Col. G. S. Edwards of Bethel, has made aeeVb e9ibb
tract with the Grand Trunk Railway 70 iu'ii'N
Rev. !. M Poltett' Of Buckheld, rendered MS
resignation to the Baptist church lase 0uHu"S ~
account of poor health.
PENoBsCOT COUNTY.
A 1aroa ice bouse with a capacity Of 16. 900 tons
is to be built in Bangor. The wing, says s enas
more ice will be housed on the fehoDscV1sS ehoD1sntad
a. The soldiers and sailors OF Bangor, who were
prisoners in the Southern pens
rebellion are to organize PRISONERS oi wax Az
sociation.
McCurdy, the Bangor swindler who has been
before the police court in Bangor settled his lines
and has left the city,
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Frank Farnham, a son Of James Farnham OF
Bath, is dead at Seattle, w. L. He Went 10 Cali
fornla about seven years ago, where he has since
been engineer on steamer plying between San
Francisco and Seattle.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
On Wednesday, Israel Stuart, while hunting in
VancebOrO was shot by the accidental discharge
of gun. The doctors say that his arm viii have
to be amputated
The Calais water works will be completed soon.
The reservoir will be about 30 feet deep and COW
ers about one-eighth of an acre of ground. The
sides are built of stone, the bottom is covered
with beaten blue clay covered with several inches
of clean white sand. The pumping station and
works are expected to be in operation by Novem-
ber 1st.
Work has begun on the new shoe factory at
Calais
1t will be remembered that shortly after the yes
sell boat and seine belonging to the Eastport fish
ermen had been attached by the Pembroke officer
for violation of the fishery laws, complaint was
made in Eastport against five Pembroke men for
the same offence and that they were bound over
to await the action of the Grand Jury. The Grand
Jury investigated these cases Tuesday and voted
not TO indict Several civil actions have been en-
tered against several EastpOrt parties to recover
the penalties for this offence.
YORK COUNTY.
of electric lights.
A man named Littlefeld was assaulted and
robbed of eight or ten dollars by hghwayman
in North Berwick recently.