The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-09
THE STATE.
ARonsrnnK COUNTY.


A dividend has never yet been declared
upon the stock of the Houlton water Oom-
Rainy, put the Aroostook Pioneer gentlelnan
LINKS LII IL Is done as he is anxious 70 secure
for it.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Haynes and five year old son, of
Oswego, New York, arrived in Lewiston by
the tuesday. evening train and stopped at
tne Rockingham House. On retiring lot the
nignt she blew out the gas In her room,
circumstance that was not discovered I'LL Tue
next Jay. Both mother and child are very
low ana some doubt is expressed OF Their re.
covery The gas is shut off in the basement
OF tne building every morning az Q CLOCK
put ior which both must have died before
the discovery was made.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Getchell mill at Berry's Mills, Garth
age was destroyed by fire on Saturday, Aug.
OF lumber piled but few rods from the mill
was saved. The canse of the fire is said to
have been hot box.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The LIST Maine Regiment, U. r., Knights
Pythias, have a field day in Wateryille, Aug.
Zotn. Lieut.. Col. John Sabin OF Lewiston
The lady who does the snake performing
In Forepaugh's circus was resident Of
Emma when girl, and attended school at
the academy. Her name then was Hattie
Winslow.
KNOX COUNTY.
The annual reunion of the Bisbee family
and their friends will occur at the home of
DAVID ID. Blsbee in Warren, Aug. 2oth. The
Hit family will hold their ninth annual re-
union at the residence of Chas. Fogler, in
south Union, Aug. 10, 1888.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The surviving veterans of the Ninth
Maine regiment will hold reunion in Ban
gor August 18th, the same week as the East
ern Maine Fair, and members can take adj
vantage OF the reduced rates offered at that
time to meet their old comrades once more.
Lincoln people were swindled by sharpers
in the train OF Wallace's circus, the aggre-
gate losses reaching, it is reported, $1,000 to
$500.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Fairfield board Of trade are discussing
their centennial celebration. Probably it
will occnr Sept. 25th, Goth and 9th with
Hon. II. NJ. Heath of Augusta as the orator
of the day.
George Booker of Cornyille. "a years old,
committed suicide Tuesday afternoon by
taking dose of Paris green.
An exciting and murderous ARRAY took
place in Skowhegan, Wednesday evening, in
which Dan Murray was struck over the head
and knocked senseless by James Smith.
Murray has not, so far, recovered enough to
tell his story.
Stephen Files, well known business man
of Fairfield, was buried Tuesday, having
died very suddenly of heart disease on FRI
day previous.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
For some time past, experiments have been
going ON at the Bath electric light station,
for the purpose of finding out the practical
bility Of burning sawdust in the furnaces
there, and the results have proved so salts
factory that this form of fuel will be used at
the station hereafter. The sawdust is sup
piled by Shaw's mill through large pipe of
galvanized iron, one foot in diameter, which
Is run from the saw pit to the station. A
powerful artificial draught is established
through this conductor and the dust is
benefit derived from this new departure will
be two-fold. 1t will enable the station 10
secure an abundance of cheap fuel landed
directly before the furnaces, and give the
saw mill chance to get some profit out of
material which was comparatively worth
less.
YORK COUNTY.
Walter Abbott, aged IA a passenger ON an
excursion train from Portsmouth to Old Or
chard, Jumped from the train at Biddeford
station yesterday morning. In attempting
to get on again he lost his footing and was
dragged quite distance by the moving
train. His arm was broken in two places,
his leg bruised, and injuries were received
about the head.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The stock of the Cherryfield Electric Light
Company, of which Mr., VIM. M. Nash is
president, is nearly all subscribed for The
company has capital stock of $1,000. Some
of the saw mills will have the light.