The Portland daily press., 1889-08-21
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoeaIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston School Board elected. on
Monday evening, Mr.. u. G. Wheeler, sub
master Of the Lewiston High school in place
OF Mr.. Stevens who resigned. Mr.. Wheeler
Is graduate Of Bates, 'S7, and has been
principal of the Brewer High school,
As Mrs. Samuel Valley and daughter Lii
Lisborn Falls, Monday evening, the horse
became frightened at the ga p. m. train and
started down the hill on the run, turning
into John b. Barnes's stable, overturning
the buggy throwing both ladies out. break
ing one shaft and springing an axle. He
then ran to the further end Of the barn into
the stall there, with the wreck of the car
riage still hanging to him. Mrs. Waller was
badly shaken up and hurt her side but sus-
tanned no serious injury. Miss Lillian's
wrist was broken badly.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Aroostook. Republican reports the
presence in that vicinity of pot hunters, who
not only destroy the fish in the lakes, snare
caribou and illegally kill other game. but
also help themselves to cedar which does not
belong to them and make large quantities of
shingles from their plunder.
The bears in the vicinity of Presque Isle
are getting bold One came out Of the woods
not over sixty rods from the post Office In
this village Saturday afternoon, took some
observations as to his surroundings and
then plunged into piece Of oats, finally
.
where he staid over night and Sunday. But
like many stupid fellow of humankind, he
was not satisfied with trying dangerous
experiment once and repeated 1t to his own
undoing, for when he came out just at dusk
Sunday to view the beauties of the country
along the south end of the centre line road,
he was seen by Mr.. +. l.. Redman and in
less than five minutes was a dead bear.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The failure or the great Boston wool firm,
Brown, Steese & Clark, has caused much ex-
citement in Franklin county, where, owing
to the superiority of the clip of wool, this
firm has purchased in large quantities. Mon
| day, Samuel A. Maxwell Of Bangor, to whom
| the firm is indebted in the sum of nearly II
| not fully $4,000, was in Pennington, ac-
| companied by his counsel, Lewis A. Barker,
Esq, of Bangor. to attach what wool he
could find that had been purchased by
| Franklin county wool buyers. He found
| that the Franklin county creditors were
ahead of him in the attaching business, and
that Sheriff Sylvester was in charge of all
the wool that that the agents of the grm had
chased by Brown. Steese & Clark this season
in Franklin county Is as follows George
w. Ranger and Eugene +. Gilman of Farm
ington, have bought $4,000 pounds; Amos G..
Winder of Kingfieid. 1900 pounds; George
w. Davis of Pennington, 10000 pounds, and
G. Dana Austin Of Phillips 5000 pounds.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The annual convention of the w. G. L. u.
will be held at Bar Harbor October s, 0 and
10.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
1t is reported that an astonishingly large
number of insane persons have been brought
| to the State Insane Hospital recently, the
number averaging two day for the past two
or three weeks, and on some days as many
| as four have been placed in the institution.
| This may indicate an increase in insanity,
| but it is probably due to the fact that for
several months fears Of the diphtheria epi-
| demic at the institution has caused the
| friends of the insane to keep them at home
| as long as possible. 1t Is believed now that
| the epidemic is over.
| Mr.. John G. Swasey, Of Canton, Is men.
| toned in connection with the vacancy in the
treasury clerkship.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
John Meader. formerly of Gardiner, and
| Billy Clark, of South Boston, fought ten
round battle with bare knuckles in barn In
/ the back part Of WiscaSSet, Saturday night
1t was called a draw, although Clark was
badly punished. The principals have been
| In training for a fortnight. No measures tC
prevent the fight were taken and no arrests
have been made. 1t is reported that a mum
Der Of the towns people In good standing IN
society were present. Meader and Clark
were seen walking the streets In company
Monday.
PENoBsCor COUNTY.
A day or two ago, Mr.. Cobb Howe Of
North Dixmont was engaged In digging 0ui
the cellar under his house to make IL deeper.
After a little of the earth had been dug up
and thrown aside, some white bones
were revealed, and upon digging dowI
a little farther it was found that II was
complete human skeleton. There was moth
ing around the skeleton, no box or coffin, anC
the bones were nearly all i'll good state O
preservation. 1t is mystery how the skele
ton happened to be where it was found. Tn,
skeleton was found about a foot below th
original bottom Of the cellar
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Fifty tons Of ore from the Chertyfel
mine were shipped last week by the schoone
Clinton to the Portland Smelling and ReduC
ton works: where the galena will be sepa
making mineral paint.