The Portland daily press., 1889-12-17
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

A report comes from the lu nber regions at
Portage Lake that huge panther came out
into clearing and walked around sOme men
who were yarding logs. The men were
much terrified, until the beast disappeared.
1t Is very rarely that these animals are seen
In Maine now.
School teachers will be interested In the
following definitions given on examination
papers by pupils Of the Gardiner grammar
schools: Exile part Of a wagon byword. a
word that has gone by; alley, q narrow path I;
mermaid, a kind Of a maid turmoil, a kind
OF oil; repast, to pass by.
Saturday, December 14th, the nineteenth
anniversary Of the birth of Willard Robbins
for seventy years resident OF Usion, was
observed at the house OF his son, W. NJ Rob-
bins, ESQ, at Union Common. Six OF his
great-grandchildren and few invited guests
were present.
Since the law relating to hawkers and ped
dlars went into effect the fifteenth Of last
July, 1888 State licenses have been issued, for
which the State has received S9.15O; 105
county licenses for which the treasurrrs Of
the respective counties for which they were
issued receive s. piece; 257 town licenses
for each Of which from SO 10 $50 was paid
into town and citv treaSurtes amounting for
the PSI licenses to s2939.
Inc bangor OOUlMcfelAl says Ono OF
the business senations Of the day Is the fail
ura Of Hon. Fred Atwood OF WinterpOrt,
who has for years been successfully engaged
In business there. Mr.. Atwood, through his
attorney In this city, has been edrcting a
settlement with his creditors for 25 cents on
a dollar. It Is understood that the Mer-
chants National Bank Of this city Is a credi
tor TO the extent Of over $4,000. and this is
probably the largest sum owed 20 any single
Institution"
G. A. Norcross, one OF the old forty-niners
VINO has been mining on Swift river In the
town OF Byron, writes letter to the kenne-
bee Journal, In which he says thar there Is
large gold belt ten or fifteen miles In brrath,
ranging about fifteen degrees east Of north,
and extending from Swift river across to
Sandy river and south to the Androscoggin.
Mr.. NOrcross says the territory which he
miners twenty years. He has made good
wages placer mining. but thinks he could do
better II he had means to crush che quartz.
Mf. Norcross expresses himself as extremely
confident Of the gold OF the region.
Mr.. Sanford FurbIsh of Webster is the
owner OF two-year-old boar which has
grown to enormous size and has always been
noted for his savage propensities. His
tu>ks are reported TO be at least two and
one-half inches In length. Last Thursday
Mr.. Furoish attempted to drive him home
from one OF his nelghbor's. But the boar
declined to be driven and showed fight.
Pitchf0rks were brought into requisitiOn to
overcome his 0bstinacy, and he was got
nearly to his quarters under the barn before
he did any damage. In crossing a miry
place In the road be made an attack on his
owner and threw him four or five feet into
the air and against fence. This so disabled
Mr.. Furbish that he fell on the ground and
the enraged animal had 1t all his own way
until help came and got Mr.. Furblsh out Of
his way and into an OK cart near by. rhe
boar then mounted the cart and was deter
mined to make an end Of his work in mutil-
ating the poor man. and 1t was with difficult
ty that he could be kept out Of the cart.
brother Of Mr.. Furbish then got basket Of
apples and succeeded In tolling MIN away
and into his pen, where he was secured. Dr.
Sleeper was summoned to attend the injured
man, and found one rib broken and wound
large enough to admit finger between two
ribs, extending clear through into the lung.
Mr.. Furbish's condition will be considered
critical for A week To come.