The Portland daily press., 1889-10-23
THE STATE.


The contract to furnish the stone for the
new addition of the Massachusetts State
house has been awarded to the Bodwell
Granite company of Hallowell. The figures
are something like $4,000.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Monday evening, William Pushor, of De-
troit, while driving over the bridge at Pitts
field. was thrown out and badly hurt. AS
his horse was frightened by some boxes on
the bridge, suit for damages may follow.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Sunday an English skipper. Capt Frank
Wooster arrived at Machiasport In small
schooner from Grand Menan. Sunday dur
ing the latter part of the day he transferred
from his vessel to steamer City of Rich
ment to Portland. telling the officers of the
steamer that they had been duly entered,
and that he had a permit to land them.
Monday, after the steamer had left, he
made his first appearance at the Custom
House at Machias, desiring to enter 700
papers from Grand Menan. Seeing the ir-
regularity of the proceedings, Collector
Lynch informed him that he should impose
a fiue on the vessel and sent an Office to Ma
chiasport to detain her, but she had sailed
away. Orders were sent by telegraph to
seize the herring there, and they are now in
possession of the customs authorities. The
value of the goods is about $500.
Owing to the low run of tides the three
masted schooner Johanna Swan, was not
launched at Harrington as was intended.
She will probably leave the ways Thursday
and proceed to Wilmington, Del, where she
is chartered at $4,000 to load machinery to
Rosario.
The important case of Sarah E. Longfel-
low, Executor, vs. William Longfellow,
which has been pending in the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court for the county has been settled.
The acfinn was hr0uOhf nv fha Lotto Cant
Stephen Longfellow about two years ago,
and since his death continued by his daugh-
ter, who is the executor of his will and tes-
lament. The suit was for the recovery of
balance OF nearly twenty thousand dollars,
claimed to he due on account of stumpage on
timber cut on Township No. %, NJ. D., in
this county, which was owned in common by
Capt. Longfellcw, and heirs of his brother,
the late Nathan Longfellow. The account
covered period Of about seventeen years,
during which the defendant acted as an
agent of the owners of the township. In
order to escape the six year limitation, the
plaintiffs counsel, G. b. Donworts, ESQ.,,
very adroitly, and as it turned out, success
fully, made use If the old English Action of
Account, which enabled him to include the
full time of the agency. The amount paid
by the defendant In settlement is not knOwd !;
but 1t is said to be large sum.
YORK COUNTY.
Cyrus L. Berry, who has just come into
possession of a large amount of property
through the death Of his uncle in California,
lett Biddeford yesterday on his trip West.
MT: Berry is veteran Of the Fifth Maine,
Whlcn regiment can now boast of four mil
lionaires.
The Biddeford school board has voted to
grant the petition Of the high school scholars
for the adoption of the one session plan.
A tramp named John Carter, of Augusta.
insulted Sac0 citizen and then fiouris6ed a
revolver, Monday night. He was afterwards
arrested at Old Orchard, and in the Saco
court, was sentenced to Jail for 60 days.