The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-16
THE STATE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,

A prize fight in Brunswick between
Charles Carter and young" Perkins was
stopped Friday night by Sheriff Despeaux;;
Perkins had the best Of the mill and would
severely punished. A Bath sporting man
| filled the position of referee and declared
the fight draw. No arrests were made.
Bridgton Academy closed the Spring term
Thursday evening, April 18th, with dra-
matte entertainment. There has been an at.
tendance of III students during the past
term. The summer term begins April 24th,
under the same instruction.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Information is received at Phillips. which
leads to the belief that the robbery from a
freight car at Pennington, recently, was OF
much greater magnitude than at first report
ed. The stolen goods were the property OF
that place, and estimates Of their value made
by their owners, run as high as $500 or $500.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Bar Harbor cottages have been reno
waited and placed in condition for occupancy
this summer. Many of them will be opened
the last Of this month or the first of May.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
c. III. Nelson is a plucky breeder. When
DIR. Bailey Of Portland, telegraped him in
Washington last week that his $3.50 stallion,
doctor the following BURY him. Mrs.
Nelson fine. Had good dinner. Glad we
live. Don't propose to let the loss OF good
one cause us TO 60 out of the business. Mel
son."
If the proposed lodge of Knights of
Pythias is instituted in Winthrop it will
make nine secret societies at that place, to
say nothing of the various temperance, lit
erary and other organizations which are not
secret.
The firm of Webber & Philbrick of Water
vile, contemplate putting up new foundry
building to enable them to fill the orders Of
their fast increasing business.
KNOX COUNTY.
Allan Henderson, mail carrier between
Fox Island Thoroughfare and Pulpit Har-
Dor, died very suddenly Thursday. AS he
arrived at the postoffice door he fell dead.
Walter Tolman of Portland, who bought
some time ago the lot Of land on the corner
of Sea and Commercial streets in Rcckp0rt,
has the men at work digging cellar for a
fine house he is going to erect there the com
ing summer.
EThe Appalachian Mountain Club Of Bos-
ton, which represents wealth, social and his
torical culture, will visit Camden and Mount
Megunticook, this season. The club num-
bers about 100, with Col. L. Wentworth Hig-
ginson of Harper's Bazaar, as president.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Otll cullluS has Dttu duucu 70 Tic IOil VI
Maine industries by young Paris farmer.
Kimball Stone. A number OF Paris me-
chanics have been trying to see whether the
rare stones found in Oxford county could
not be cut in Maine as well as in New York.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Hon. John Appleton of Bangor, has sold a
splendid granite quarry at Bunker Brook
above Blanchard, to the Canadian Pacific
railway contractors. They are now engaged
there in getting out large amount or gran
lite for their bridges.
''Dr." Stevens of Old Town, who is in the
limboes for forgery, seems, from the reports
of the Old Town Herald, to be an unprinci-
pied quack, who has had some success i'm
posing on ignorant people of Old Town.
Bangor has one of the smartest old men on
record He is Mr. Elijah Spencer and he is
now So years old. This winter he has
camped out all winter on the line of the Ban
gor u Piscataquis railroad, five miles from
Bangor, and chopped wood. His work has
been very steady and he has very much to
show for his efforts. Saturday he left Ban
gor with his camping outfit and lot Of traps
and will go into spring quarters all alone on
the shores of Pushaw Lake. He expects to
trap muskrats and minks and sell the pelts
in Bangor.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The Bath Times reports that lazy brute
in that city sends his children, a girl about
IL years, and a boy Of about seven, about the
city begging for food. The boy was recently
seen on the street making his daily rounds.
He was barefooted and shiyering with the
cold.
YORK COUNTY.
FL. A. Deal, who has in times past swim
died people in Biddeford and Saco, has
turned up in trouble in Dover, N. ID.