The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-25
STATE NEWS.
HANCOCK COUNTY.

dANCOCk COUNTY.
At the recent wedding of DIR. G. G. Morri-
son to Miss Ida M. COnnors at Bar Harbor,
the wedding supper was given in the st,
Saveur Hotel to over 500 persons.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The farm buildings Of Harvey Ladd. Stur-
tevant Hill, Winthrop, consisting of house,
ell and stable, together with thirty or more
tons OF hay, fifteen or eighteen cords OF stove
wood and riding wagon. all valued at $500
CT $1,000, were consumed by fire Thursday
forenoon about 10 o'clock. Insured for $780,
The Waterville Sentinel says Colonel Jared
A. Smith, who has been examining the Ken
nebec River between Waterville and Angus
Ia, expresses surprise at the size uf the river
and It's possibilities for successful naviga-
tion. He has been engaged upon surveys In
the where large appropriations for streams
that appear as brooks in comparison with
the Kennebec. and the contrast was decided
ly point in favor Of the Kennebec water
way. The bed Of the river at the shoals is
shown TO be mostly made Of gravel and
small boulders which a dredging machine
could easily remove
The much talked Of flowage case, in which
thekennebec Fibre Company of Benton are
the defendants, was to come up for trial at
the present t. run Of court in Bangor, but has
been continued. The defendant company
own the dam at Newport, W which it is claimed
Is maintained so high that it damages the
highway and real estate. On en- oveTfiowed
highway OF Newport a Mr.. Grant was in
jured not long ago, and the town of Newport
sseks to recover of the fibre company the
amount Of damages for which the town Is
liable to Grant for his injury ON the public
road.
KNOX COUNTY.
The church at RazOrville. which has re-
Gently been repaired. was dedicated last
Sunday. The dedication sermon was
preached by Rev. o w. Waldron of Ssco,
and the prayer was made by Rev. F. Cooper
OF Windsor. Immediately after the sermon
an. an eiL9rt @ was s. made to raise money to cover
eomplished, getting In cash and pledges the
full amount, 1926.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Ernest Hurd Of Shirley, a graduate of the
Reform School, has-been sentenced to three
months in Bangor Jail for stealing $50 from
Mrs. Blackstone of shirley.
On Garland Pond, in Sebec, Mr. Edwin S.
encampments, and has named 1t Soldiers
Retreat"
Mr.. Smith, the veteran bear hunter of Alb
bott, killed his fiftieth bear a few days ago.
It measured SIX feet from tip of nose to tip
OF toes. His skin sold for SIS, which to-
gether with bounty and oil, gave the hunter
quite sum.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
AT :45 p. In. tomorrow Harris HOward's
experiments and lecture, "God In Nature"
will be given at the Elm street church In
Bath under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The lecture Is free, a
collection being taken to defray expenses.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Micah Norton was a fore-handed as we'll
as a red-handed man. In his will he dis
poses of four farms.
George Gushing, county treasurer of Som
erset county, informs the Skowhegan Re-
porter that the whole expense to the county
of Somerset Of the trial of Micah W. Nor
ton, including the coroner's inquest on the
body of Mrs. Cooley, is S3,l11.98.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Charles Smith of Pembroke made an at
tempt to shoot Mrs. Jacob Frost last Satur-
day evening. tie was under the influence of
liquor at the time. After firing several shots
through Mrs. Frosts windows, fortunately
iDJuring no one, he was driven away.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Waldo County Fish Protective Asso-
citation was organized at Crosby lnn, BEL
fast, Wednesday evening" October 18th. The
object of the corporation is the propagation
and drotection of fish in the bays, lakes,
ponds and streams in Waldo county, and
erecting buildings and holding such other
personal property needed to carry out the
object OF the association. The capital stock
is $1,000. divided into 100 shares OF S5 each.
The officers are Charles b. HaZeltine, pres
ident; I'll. z. Thompson, vice president; DR..
u. W. Goold, secretary; Hon. James G.
Pendleton, treasurer.