The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-14
THE STATE.
ANDRoscoeeIN COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Mr.. G. p. Drake Of Lewiston, mourned ON
Friday the death Of Amelda Wilkes by Bay
ard Wilkes, dam Boone mare-one Of the
most promising colts In this part Of Maine,
and named by him for the coming $4,000
Fair track where she has been In the hands
OF the trainer. She has been Ill with dis
temper which became complicated with
other troubles.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Hon. l., @. Stearns and George 1. Trickey,
ESQ.,, OF Caribou, have purchased 2OO0 acres
Of timber land In the town of Mapleton.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY. "a
The twelfth annual meeting of the Cum
berland North Conference Of Congregational
churches was held with the church at Harps-
presented were High and Sixth street, Au-
burn, Brunswick, South Freep0rt, Gray,
Harpswell, Lewiston, Minot Centre, Turner,
New Gloucester, Yarmouth and North Var
mouth.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The finding Of the body Of A. B. Elwell.
killed while cunning at Pennington Falls,
The facts Of the case point conclusively to
death by accident.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Bangor News says at Is UNDER
stood the management of the circus will
bring suit against the city OF Ellsworth for
sbs fr mot Then
by the circus people that the Ellsworth pc
lice stood by and refused to attempt to stop
the fight, that the city after granting them
license failed to protect them. Should Miss
Wardell. the circus employe injured, not re-
cover from her injuries grave complications
may arise.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The road bed Of the Kennebec Central Is
practically finished. The stations are yet to
be built. The engine is on the rails but the
passenger cars are in the Maine Central
yard at Gardiner. Everything will be ready
and trains running by July 1st.
KNOX COUNTY.
Schooner Bessie E. Lane, from Windsor
for Bangor, put into Rockland Thursday
night. II reported passing the body Of
man floating near Saddleback Ledges, Tues
day afternoon: 1t Is hoped some one may
pick 1t up as one or two seamen are missing
and the body of DR.. Charles Roberts has
never been recovered.
A Rockland despatch says that young
man recently employed by dealer In that
city to sell pianos and organs on the install
and was discharged. Afterwards the young
man, according TO the despatch, collected
some $3.50 OF his customers and cleared out
with 1t.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The new steam freighter, "MedOra," built
In Carney's ship yard at Sheepscot Bridge,
Newcastle, is nearly completed, and having
shipped her screw propellers, has hauled off
from her dock. Her dimensions are, length,
~ feet; beam, ~ feet; depth 6 feet. Her
motive power Is supplied by two upright
tubular boilers from the Cunningham Iron
Works, Boston. She has two oscillating en-
glnes of eighty horse power each, built by
Messrs. Whitney & Crowther, Boston, has
two screw propellers.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Somerset Reporter says that Geo. II.
Blake OF Skowhegan, has sold three good
horses within as many weeks, for a sum ag-
gregating $3.50.
YORK COUNTY.
City Treasurer Owen Of SacO, says the
crow bounty business Is very poor this year.
Thus far he has redeemed" but ten heads.
Col. John M. Goodwin sent the Biddeford
Journal spear Of grass from his field, meas
uring All inches.
WALDO COUNTY.
The spring sale at the shoe factory of
Critchett. Sibley Il Co., has closed, an ac-
count ofstock has been taken, and the COM
pany Is now at work upon fall goods. Dur
ing the spring sale Of five and half months
the company made 10000 pairs Of shoes
$4,000 pairs more than were made during the
corresponding season last year During the
last sale the sum Of S55, 900 was paid to the
workmen, an average Of $4,000 per month.
Two hundred and seventy-fye people are
| employed in the building.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The New York, st. John and Maine
| Steamship Company Is considering the ad-
| visibility Of running tender steamer be-
| Eastport and st. Andrews, to connect the
| New Brunswick railroad with the steamers
| Of the line.
The Passamaquoddy Indians have nom.
| mated their candidates for their September
election: For Governor. Toma Dana
| Newell Francis; for Lieut.. Gov, Joseph
Selma, Thos. Francis; for Representative to
| Levy Mitchell.