The Portland daily press., 1890-05-01
THE STATE.
ANpRoscoaaIN COUNTY.

Adjutant Nye Of Burnside Post Of Lewis
ton has issued invitations to the several
posts in Androscoggin county to send dele.
gates to meeting OF q. A. r. men to be held
In Auburn, May 14th. to arrange for the FOR
nation of battalion TO attend the National
Encampment In Boston in August.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Pleasant leland C.ssrNa es- sess- D. y-4s ~
Soule. He has lined up the Interiors with
alternate strips of red and white cedar, and
enlarged the dining hall to 20 by 28 feet and
his Office Is made little larger than the din
ing room. He has stuffed spread eagle and
three new bucks head set up In his Office
that are trophies Of Mr.. Sou!e's rifle In the
paft year. He has built a Photographic
studio for Harry DuttOn Of the firm Of
H0ught0n d DuttOn of Boston. He Is get
ting his Steamer Cupsuptic ready by paint
Ing and making other necessary repairs.
The Mooselukmeguntic House Is being
painted. and Landlord Prescott Is adding
twenty-four feet square to his stable and
building a wharf I30 feet long. Among
other additions and improvements at this
hotel the proprietor will add teams for the
use OF guests.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Augusta Driving Park will be put In
condition for the season in few days. The
frost Is not entirely out Of the ground, but as
soon as 1t is the work will begin. The track,
however, will need but few repairs.
The Knickerbockers flushed the shipping
OF the 5000 tons Of Ice in the Old Orchard
stack Tuesday, and Wednesday commenced
to ship from their Farmingdale ice houses.
Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock Super
intendent Wisler, in charge Of the iron work
of the new bridge at Augusta, completed
his task and the tools will be shipped today
to Pennsylvania.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Citizens of Bath are planning to buy the
Randolph shoe shop, which will be vacated
by Ii bby & Co. in a short time, for the pur-
~ frkrn fnO INT a nr1cf md cV.in mill
At the last term of the Kennebec Probate
Court, Frederic Danforth Of Gardiner was
appointed administrator of the estate of his
father, the late Judge Charles Danforth,
which amounts to $4,000.
KNOX COUNTY.
Prescott, the Cumberland murder, who
died last week. was buried within the prison
poor to claim the body. The chaplain read
the Episcopal burial service and offered
prayer. The other prisoners attended the
service.
OXFORD COUNTY.
A few days since Samuel r. Carter Of
South Paris. agent Of the society for the pre-
vention Of cruelty to animals, was notified
| that parties were violating the law In loading
large cattle and young calves together IN the
| same car, at the Grand Trunk station at
South Paris. Mr.. Carter at once visited the
| station and found that it was the practice to
/ fill car with oxen, and then fill in between
| their legs from Is to 25 young calves, con-
trary to the statutes: Mr.. Carter's visit re-
/ suited in the railroad officials promising that
| the practice should be stopped.
| PENoBscor COUNTY.
John w. Steward, William NJ Bailey, Jos.
| G. Graves '91, and Arthur @. Grover '92, Of
| the State college at Arons, with Blanchard
| 'SS and Vickery 'S9, will join the staff Of En-
gineer Hilliard who is 10 survey the Shore
Line route.
The Maine Central Company has COM
| pleted the highway from the northwest side
| Of the brook, across its ground to the depot,
| In Dover, and that pnblic way Is now open
| for travel. 1t cost the town OF Foxcroft
over 81, 500 to build the road from Lincoln
street, including the bridge over tie brook.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The four-masted schooner at Kelley Il
Spears yard, Bath, has been named for
| Charles Davenport, in honor Of Mr.. Daven-
port Of that city and will be launched about
the last Of next week.
| SOMERSET COUNTY.
| A ball in Madison was brought to a sudden
and disheartening end by most untimely
accident the other evening. "Reuoen's Il
string gave out at li.SO O'CLOCK Reuben was
~ The assessors of Fairfield have finished
their duties and the findings are as follows,
for this year, compared with 1889: Number
| Of polls in 1890 9S3; in 1889, OF; valuation OF
real estate In 1890, $500, $50; in 1889, So563OO;
valuation of personal property in 1890, $751;
$50; in 1889, S352, 800; total, 1,217, $40,
against 81, ,209. .260 in 1889; number Of dogs,
l33, against 13S last year.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
| l.. L. Lunt & Co., wreckers, Of Portland
have a large crew at work gathering up
| what is valuable Of the steamship Eduardo
Since they left here last fall the sea has done
work enough by breaking up the Eduardo
to save them about one thousand dollars.
YORK COUNTY.
The second annual convention of the York
and Cumberland Bee Keepers Association
will be held at Grange Hall, Buxton Centre,
May 10. Sessions at a. IN. and y. IN. An
interesting programme is assured and a
profitable time Is anticipated. All persons
interested are invited.
There Is prospect that the wooden mill at
West Buxton, destroyed by fire two years
ago, will be rebuilt this spring. Interested
parties are canyassing for stock, and nearly
the required amount, $4,000, has been SUD
scribed.
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