The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-20
state News.
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ANDROSCOGGN COUNTY

3 I11r st. ASDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says an adventurous
boy who was trying the ice on the river above
the bridge, Sunday, broke through The cur
rent carried him down that he rose above
the ice, and was rescued by being drawn out
by the hair of his head,-a hair breadth es-
cape. e' .s
About six inches Of snow fell at Lewiston ON
Saturday and the sleighng, says the journal
was Indifferent. On Monday the mercury
stood at IL degrees above zero
The Bangor Wings Lewiston cores
pondent says it Is generally known that
the cotton mills at Lewiston have been
losing money this season. A gentleman
tells us that one of the mills suffered the loss
of over $4,000 in one days manufacture By the
fall in the article. But it has paid and doubt
less must AGAIN. As an instance; man in
one Of the Lewiston Mills He has since re-
ceiyed $4,000 rs dividends, and his stock can
be sold for $4,000,
}ed. BagE1f- HANCOCK COUNTY. ~.
The Methodist Parsonage nj Fremont, oceu-
pied by Rev. BENZ Il. Stinson, was burned
down on Saturday morning, together with the
stable, as we learn from the correspondent OF
the Bangor Wing The fire was caught by 90
ing INTO the stable witha lantern. MAD RI
-.~--A'5 KENNEBFC COUNTY H. 10 rrs2ev
The cotton min at HallowelI, which was
built IN 1874, has recently been greatly improy-
ed and supplied with new machinery A new
Corliss engine of go horsepower is part of
the new equipment. At present, saysth Bath
Times, 2UO hands are employed and $4,000
spindles are running on jeans and fine sheet
Tag. w hen the works are running at full ca
pacity they turn cut about 20O00 yards OF
Jeans and 10000 OF sbeetings per week Cot
ton warp rs also made--f5 TO 20 bales of cotton
per week being used for this purpose The
machinery of this mill is driven by steam pow
er.-..y 81. ti-
PEEoBscoT COUNTY. 7yl .1'..
The Bangor Wing of Tuesday says that the
cold snap OF Sunday closed the river above the
bridge. TWAS still open below. According 10
appearances yesterday, and last evening" The
prospects OF an immediate closing of fine river
were altogether too good. Unless q change of
weather comes On before this paragraph is
printed, We shall expect TO see The close ofnas-
igation at once-perhaps to-day although il
may open again il rhaw comes on This will
be- bad thing for our lumber interest, there
beng a large quantity still WAITING, shipment
and many vessels partially loaded. There We're
l25 san OF vessels in port yesterday. The
earliest date of the rivers closing for fifty years
was Nov. sd 1917. In 1912 it closed Nov Doth
and in 1874 on Nov. 9th. For % years past
the river has not closed until December.
We learn from the Wing that the Dexter
railroad is now completed. 1he rails will lie
laid down as soon as the spring opens, and the
road be in running order by the first Of July.
The whole line of fourteen miles runs over easy
grades and with hardly any ledge cuttings
1t will be coIap!oted within tire estimated cost
When this road is completed it viii be an ad
avenue for business. ar. ff
SOMERSET COUNTY .su
The Keudalls Mills correspondents OF the
Bangor Wing says five inches of snow fell in
that place last week, and the boys and girls are
enjoying the seighing.
The Kennebec river is frozen over at Ken
dtall's Mills and there are some seventy-fiye
'af RS RATS imbedded in the ice.
,aI ane same correspondent says Mr., Philbrick,
i@Snu ,l.d OF the Philbrick House, has a fine
,na =: ,ouldland dog that weighs 100 pounds,
yyben OH y Two years old. A few weeks ago
q n Nau %hn Hale, the horse thief, stole Mr..
nnaasv aLont = morse, the dog became very
went to Mr.. P.s room ana ,,s,. t h: nisl' "nu
the bed and gave very Iona ha aa ~ 80, ~a
told byP TO 60 and lie down, bn pa nm ,11
not do, but continued to bark ,ii's ne "ouio
go out p. got up and took cn,, ~" AZ ~
him until he lay down, but at the sar' AM" t ge,''
he was very uneasy In the mornip,, WI 'li9 9
went to his stable be found that somebody had
broken out square of glass and unboted liz
back door of the stable and there stood one |
OF his horses loose i'm the floor; the intention
no doubt, was To steal him, but the barking OF;
the dog scared them off @ ~ s-c=C&
sAGADABoe COUNTY.
The Bath Times says the house owned by
capt. Wallace of Small Point, Phipsbnre was
entirely consumed by fire, SATURDAY. afternoon
Otlgin OF the fire unknown. ia
The Times received information about /
o'clock Tuesday morning. to the effect that the
Kennebec River was frozen over down to the
+" Chops" Pretty cool that. ii
YORK COUNTY. t7 o1l-asi
The Saco Democrat publishes list of 1874
names of men who served in the revolutionary
war, all of whom it is believed went from Bux-
ton. 80 ----4
Hon. e. F. Pillsbury is to be connected with
the Saco Democrat on its removal to Bidde
1ord on the LIST of January 1868.