THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, November 8, 1879

                                                               MAINE MATTERS
                                                                     HANCOCK
          A bold attempt to rob the U. S. mail was made lately between Sargentville and
     North Penobscot. The driver, Freeman Grindle, had a bullet sent through his hat, and
     returned the fire, which frightened the horse so that he broke away, leaving the robber
     standing in the road.
          Honorable Eugene Hale has sufficiently recovered to return to his home in Ellsworth.
          F. M. Rowe has built a carriage factory at Bar Harbor.
         
                                                                     KENNEBEC
          The S. J. Court decided that the town of Monmouth cannot be held to pay a note
     given by William Brown, Treasurer, because it was issued without the express
     permission of the town. In this case, it is said the town did not receive the money. Mr.
     Brown explaining that it is a part of "the $12,000 mystery" in which he is involved.
          Richard C. Plaisted, of Gardiner, from an orchard 20 rods wide and 76 rods long, gets
     this year 750 barrels of first class winter fruit.
          The Messrs. Fuller, of Hallowell, use 800 tons of chalk per year in the manufacture
     of whiting and putty.
          Honorable D. D. Milliken of Waterville, died on the 28th, aged 75.  He was for 26 years
     president of the Waterville State and National Bank, and a trustee of Colby University. He
     had been a member of both branches of the Legislature, and of the Executive Council, and
     held other places in trust
                                                                         KNOX
          The Gazette says that John Holmes was not buried in Thomaston, as is generally
     believe, but his body lies beside his first wife at Alfred.
         
                                                                       LINCOLN
          J. W. Lake and Charles  Coombs of Richmond, broke into four stores in Damariscotta,
     last Sunday morning, and this was one too many, for in the fourth store Manfred Wyman's
     they were overhauled by Mr. Wyman and his father, just as they were leaving with their
     plunder. Coombs fired at S.  D. Wyman, the father, wounding him in the breast, when the
     later struck him over the head with a club and captured him and his team. Lake and the
     younger Wyman were meantime exchanging shots, none taking effect, and Lake escaped
     on foot. Wyman's wound is not serious. It is supposed these men committed the burglaries
     Nobleboro, Alna, Dresden and Whitfield, lately.
  
                                                                   PENOBSCOT
          John Dinan, aged 79, was killed at Bangor last Sunday night by falling down stairs.

                                                                 PISCATAQUIS
          D. F. Hodgkins, who had both legs cut of by a train near Dover, last week, died the
     the night of the accident.
                                                                   SAGADHOC
          Mrs. George Hall, of Bath, on Monday, while playing with a pistol,  shot her six year
     old daughter in the face, terribly mutilating it and probably destroying the left eye.
          Richmond correspondent E.,  writes; Quite large quantities of wheat have been raised
     here this season. William F. Hall raised 150 bushels from 10 acres, which is more than
     has been raised by any one man in Sagadahoc County this season. Total amount of
     wheat here is about 400 bushels.
                                                                     SOMERSET
          Mrs. Eliza Kinsman, who died at Cornville, lately, aged 90, had for father and uncle
     two officers of the Revolutionary Army.
          Ashman S. Salley, a native of Madison and a graduate of Bates College in 1875, was
     ordained and installed pastor of the Roger Williams Church, in Providence, R. I., last
     Friday.
          Mr. James Bray  of Skowhegan, died a few day ago, aged 70 years.  For 35 years
     he had convulsions when his stomach was empty. Within a year or two the trouble
     has been serious, and his weight dropped from 446 lbs., to 275lbs. An ulcerated
     cancerous stomach and diseases kidneys were the cause of his death.
          There were 18 cattle show in Somerset County this fall.