The Portland daily press., 1890-06-19
THE STATE.
ANnRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

AuDurn'S new Danklng concern, tne Au-
burn Trust Company, which was granted
charter by the last legislature was formally
organized Tuesday afternoon with 5. +: Mer-
rill, president; Geo. @. Wing, vice esident;
and the following board Of trustees ). +.
Merrill Geo e. Wing, Q. Hoiw9y .a1rsS Ara Gqss He-
man A. Packard, B. +. Sturgis, M. d., l.. l..
Small of Auburn, Geo. A. Wilson Of South
Paris and Edward II. York Of Portland.
The state fair trustees met in Lewiston
Wednesday. Secretary Denison said that he
thought that the horse show was to be by all
means the best that ever was held in Maine,
because they had the horses to do 1t with.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Gouldsboro Land and Improveem
Company employs 175 men and the payroll
amounts to $1,000 per week. The company
Is planning a club house which Is to cost So
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The electric railroad rails are laid to the
pottery in Farmingdale, and the track will
be completed to Gardiner this week. The
brick foundations for the engines and dyna-
mos at the power station OF the electric rail-
road were completed Saturday and work has
been commenced on the brick work for the
new boilers to rest upon. The contractor
says the boilers will be set the 18th and
everything in that department ready for use.
Three new tug boats from Philadelphia
are on the way to the Kennebec this week to
hurry along business Tor the Ice Shippers.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
| Hon. John A. Peters. chief justice. and
Il Hons Artemus Libby, Lucilius A. Emery,
Enoch Foster and VIM. p. Whitehouse are
the judges sitting at the present term Of law
| court for the eastern district at Bangor.
Several OF the iremen in the steamers
| along the river struck Monday for higher
| wages. Most of them, however, came back
| Tuesday, the advance asked for being
| granted. The places Of the few who failed
| to put In an appearance were easily filed by
others by the boat owners.
The Bangor Creamery is now making but
| ter at the rate of LOCO los. per day. Last
year the creamery. paid out to the farmers
| over $4,000, and this year the amount will
| probably be twice as much.
| sAaADAHoc COUNTY.
| Three gold watches have been received at
l the Bath custom house from Washington for
i Manley S. Brewer, Anson p. Marden and
| Loring Thorpe OF Bristol, presented by
Canadian government in recognition OF hui
| shipwfecked crew of the Canadian schooner
| Ocean Belle, on Nov. 2S. 1886
At a special meeting of the Bath city
government held Tuesday evening the
$141. .sOo.44 with his veto. The. special point
| in this bill to which objection Is made Is the
electric light appropriation, member Of the
| common council being commonly under
stood to be a large stockholder in that con-
cern. The aldermen unanimously sustained
the veto while the lower board showed one
| dissenting vote.
Tuesday afternoon, Harry Ii. Donnell
launched at Bath the three masted schooner
| Addie p. McFadden, vessel 1852 feet In
length. 80 feet beam and 81 feet deep, gross
tonnage 25l.S0 and net 239.21. She will be
| managed by her builder and will be ready
for service in about two weeks. She will be
commanded by Capt. Wright OF Bath.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
A child has been placed at the Fairfield
poor farm and it is said hat 1t was twice
deserted. First a woman who had been
staying in Waterville went away leaving the
child and nurse girl behind saying that the
child belonged to the girl. The girl, how
ever, stoutly maintained that the child was
that of her mistress and would have nothing
to do with it.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
| The Lewiston Journal reports that Daniel
and Stephen Badger of West Lubec went to
the rescue of family which was being dis
ciplined by its drunken head, Tuesday. The
drunken man resented interference and
stabbed Daniel Badger. Badger answered
with his revolver infilcting flesh wound on
his opponent. The matter may be settled In
court.
YORK COUNTY.
Capt Prouty's steamer, the Mather, will
arrive at Biddeford in day or two, and vii
commence running next Monday.
| The town of Kittcry has bought piece OF
land near the former Uniyersallst church,
on which to erect the lookup voted for at the
last town meeting.
ding Tuesday, got full and later attempted
suicide by jumping into the river. He was
rescued by a companion after a struggle.
There Is a movement for the erection of a