The Portland daily press., 1886-03-24
THE STATE.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

ARooSTooK COUNTY.
The liabilities of Houlton have been de-
creased 1854 the past year.
Houlton has warrant for town meeting
fifteen feet long. 1t contains 81 articles.
The Aroostook Pioneer tells of a novel
seizure made at Bridgewater last week Dep
uty Collector of Customs, j. G.. Smith, dis
covered load of Struggled oats under
store. Under statute which directs the
seizure Of any building near the frontier in
which smuggled goods are concealed, he seiz-
ed the store, oats and bags The owner paid
the appraised value of the store and SNUG
ged merchandise. 1t yet remains to be de-
termined by the Treasury Department wheth
er to release the seizure on such payment or
to direct the destruction and removal of the
building.
Mr.. Silas Ireland of Sprague's mills has
lately received pension and back pay
amounting to S2155. Mr. Ireland was one
of the pioneers of Aroostook, raised a large
family, and when the war broke out, being
too old to go himself, sent two sons and one
step son. One son was killed in the battle
of Gettysburg and one died in the hospital.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
Judge Wing of Auburn, has received a
letter from E. d. Wiggin OF Boston, the we'll
known detective. commenting on the remark
ed murder of Agnes Long, at Attleboro,
Mass, and the Lizzie Lowell tragedy in Lew
iston. The likeness is certainly wonderful.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Lewiston Journal
says that it now looks decidedly as though
B. Emery Pratt, would never receive his
commission as postmaster OF Philips, to
which position he was appointed several
months ago. Many citizens of both parties
in that town are moving earnestly for the APP
pointment of Miss Cornelia L. Crosby.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Bar Harbor people are vigorously pushing
temperance work. The citizens are taking
hold of the matter and rumsellers are driven
into corners. An Unusually large number of
seizures have recently been made and the
people propose to follow up the work.
The Deer Isle Gazette reports one hundred
and sixty cases of whooping cough In IRE
mont
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The twenty-eighth annual session of the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Maine
will be held at Augusta, Wednesday and
Thursday, April 14th and 10Th. AS there
are 325 lodges and over 10000 members IN
the State, the session promises to be large
and interesting .
A woman's assembly of the Knights of
Labor will be organized in Augusta as soon
as.the time arrives when the general officers
will permit the organization of new assem-
blies. Already large number of women
OXFORD COUNTY.
Our correspondent writes that the spring
term of Fryebury Academy opened WedneS-
day, March 18th, with 153 scholars in atten-
dance. The school and teachers are so well
known that it is not necessary to speak
further about them.
Representatives Of one of the large Massa-
chusetts shoe firms will go to Fryeburg this
week to look over the ground and see what
ixNAn &c hn fnxt ~
lists who will build a factory there. 1t lis I'M
derstood that the citizens have already sub
Scribed several thousand dollars to further
an enterprise of this kind.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The State College annual catalogue has
just been published. 1t contains the names
of one post graduate, eighteen seniors,
twenty-five juniors, twenty-eight sophie
mores, twenty-four Freshmen and seven
special students, total of one hundred.
The case of Richard c. Greenleaf, Execu-
tor VS.. City of Bangor and the Merchants
National Bank of Boston, alleged trustee
that has been pending for three years OF
more has been settled. The trustee was dis
charged with costs against the plaintiff. The
suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover
payment from the city of one of the old I'M
returned Penobscot and Kennebec railroad
bonds for $1,000 which had been missing fol-
several years. The Maine Central railroad
naQ agreed 10 nOlu LHe CITY udTInleSS lIOLl dill
losses arising from these obligations and il
was found that they had paid the same bond
with interest to parties who claimed to have
lost it in the Augusta fire. They therefore
refused to pay the amount to the new claim
ant.
SOMERSET COUNTY,
One of the curiosties of Norridgewock is
the historic willow tree ON Maine street. Its
circumference, one foot from the ground, is
twenty-six feet and at the distance of three
feet, the circumference is twenty-thTee feet
The circumference about twelve feet from
the ground, where the limbs commence tC
branch out, is about the same as at the base
Two Of the limbs are about ten feet in cir
conference and extend from the trunk sixty
feet on one side and siXty-two on the OPP
posite side. This tree attracts much atten,
tion from strangers who visit the village, and
they can hardly believe that it is not yet Q
century old.
YORK COUNTY.
The total tax assessed last year in York
county was $22, 800; receipts $50, 941.75; ex
penditures $32, S41. IS. The excess of re
sources is $6,223.20. Of 1877 persons commit.
ted to jail 139 were sent for drunkenness and
liquor selling.