The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-12-27
State News
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Maj. Dill of Phillips sends the Chronicle the
following interesting item: A farmer in Phil
lips short time since, in digging well came
upon scaly CT rregularly lamina.ed rock,
about two feet below the surface of the ground
Through this ledge he worked down by blast
ing four feet further, at which depth he found
three frogs, completely imbedded in the rock
These frogs were each from three to four inches
in length, but about an eighth of an inch in
thickness, appearing as il flatted out by pres
sure In about ten minutes after they were
thrown out, they showed signs of life by slight
motions or twinges of the eye. They also
commenced initiating themselves and growing
thicker, and in the course of half an hour hop
ped Off They were nearly the same color as
the ledge in WEIGH they were found.
The Chronicle says on the night of the Oh
inst. the stable, granary, and out buildings of
Mr. Lewis Bean of Beams Corner, were enter
ed by burglars, and nine bushels of wheat,
two of barley and buffalo robe worth twenty
dollars, were stolen. The rOgues also took
Mr.. Beans horse sleigh and harness, to trans
port their plumber. In the morning Mr.. d.
found his horse in his stall, the reins put up,
as if he had been turned loose, to find his way
back.
Mr.. Herbert o. Nichols of West Chesterville
lost valuable pair ofcalves a few nights SINCE
They were tied together to stanchions with
bows and in some unaccountable way were
strangled. -.
The Pennington Chronicle says that owing
TO the drifting OF the snow Monday the Phil
lips stage got completely swamped within
mile OF Phillips village. The driver found it
impossible to proceed, and with great difficult
ty turned back his horses, who were founder
he, with his shivering load of passengers, watt
ed till daylight. He says he has not witnessed
such gale for years. 3N4"stE
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
John Robinson, an old gentleman is Gar
diner says The Home Journal cut two fingers
from his lett hand, while reaching over CRU
lar saw, at which he was at work, on Monday,
last in the shop OF his son, P. S. Robinson
He lost his little finger and the next one to it,
and had his fore finger badly sawed up.
Mr.. Hazen McKelley of Clinton bad his
ankle badly crushed and broken, last Tuesday,
between an upturned root, and heavy log
mounted on sled which swung and caught
him. Portions of the bone were taken away
by the surgeon, but it is hoped that amputa-
ton will not be necessary. MIR. McNelly
seems to be peculiarly unfortunate; he having
had one of his hands sawed of at the wrist a
little over year since. a57gl ira =
The Gardiner Journal says Captain Loring
Ballard, OF Farmingdale, was at st Thomas
at the time of the awful tornado there, and it
is feared he fell victim to it, as nothing has
been heard from him since.
KNOX COUNTY. -
The town of Warren, in this State, says the
editor OF the Farmer, is the only one we have
FlSlteu WufCu COutdlHS q complete Sc
ries OF the primary rocks of the older geolo-
gists. Here NAV be found beds oil trap, gran
lite, gheiss, porphyritic gheiss. mica slate, pyr-
itiferous mica slate, iron ore, quartz beds, tai
cose slate, soapstore, limestone, marble and
argillaceous slate. 1t is an excellent spot Tor
the geologist to study these formations in
their relations to each other and to other for
nations. r%rE n~
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The amount of lumber surveyed from Janu-
airy LIST to Dec. 23d, 1867, at Brngor, as we
learn from the Wing, was zoe, 483 1853 feet
against 237 ,149606 in 1866, and 165, 40S, 04S in
1866. tt
The Wing says Mrs. Davis, who was SO Sc
riously injured last Saturday afternoon on the
Hampden Rad, is, Notwithstanding her frac-
tured bones and many coLtusions, quite COM
Portable. There is yet no evidence Of any dam
gerOus internal injury. vte9 'fA =
The importations into the port of Bangor, by
water, during the year 1867, as appears by the
Harbor Masters books, copied into the Wing.
were as follows: Molasses, 1924 hhds.; -four,
26, 1874 bbls.; pork. SITS bbls; corn, 2S0667
bushels; salt, 80 S72 bushels; lime, q, 741 casks
coal, II ,139 tons; plaster, lila tons; shingles,
from st. Johns and st. Andrews, 14,284 900;
clapboards, 645,0O0. The exports were, pota.
toes, 23S,632 bushels; bricks, Ito the Mediter-
ranean) 100000; hay, 1920 tons. Number of
arrivals, 2,471. Clearances, 2,471.
.st.a4 SOMERSET COUNTY. @ j.
MIR. Wakefield Greenleaf has been appoint
ed Postmaster at Starks, Uice Leander G.
Smith, deceased.
The dedication of the new Masonic hall at
North Anson, will probably come off Tuesday
eve Feb, 4th, and not January 7th as was first
contemplated ,s
YORK COUNTY.
Our Kennebunkport correspondent informs
us that the underwriters sale OF the cargo of
schooner Emma of st. Andrews, sold on the
Oath. was we'll attended hv nartias from Saco
Portland and Boston-the -four was princi-
paly low grades, about 800 bbls. sold for TAT
IL, the corn, 1000 bushes brought .64cts, the
other.goods fair pri es for their condition
The same correspondent says that three new
ships now ready for sea at the wharves in
Kennebunkport have been named respective
ly "Hawthorne, ALASKA" and "Sitka." 1t is
presumed their owners would like to have
such beautiful names in the light of "trade
marks which will prevent subsequent build
ers from making any confusion OF identity by
adopting them for their own vessels.