The Portland daily press., 1867-11-16
state News

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Telegraph says the selectmen of Bruins
wick are about to furnish the Hydraulic
Board with all the facts accessible, i'll relation
to the great water power, and such other small
powers as may exist i'll the town. This puts
matters i'll the right train for Brunswick in
terests. .s# s 81 81 any,
They pay a merited compliment to our
tOwnsman Mr. Gardiner, who has charge of a
singing school in Brunswick numbering $50
scholars. He says Gardiner is cultivated vo-
{ caltst, singing with great delicacy and ex-
preston.
ea ''tt KRNNRBEo COUNTY, N4l3 s9eai
The Winthrop Bulletin says the remains of
Sager, hanged more than 30 years ago tor poi
soning his wife, were deposited, by Isaac Shaw,
on the west shore OF Cobbossecontee Lake in
Winthrop. where they now remain.
The town of Winthrop contains "a persons
from 20 to 50 years old, averaging IS Years each
OF those, 45 are males and 20 females The
Oldest personis Mrs Olive Metcalf aN
The editor of the Bulletin has been a ON flying
visit to North Monmouth and describes the
industry that peryades the place. The hoe and
shovel factory employs about 20 hands and
turns out from 1000 to $500 dozen shovels and
hoes annually. The webbing factory employs
Is hands and turns out about $50 gross per
week. About 600 dozen pairs of heel and toe
plates per week, are turned ont by Mr.. s. e..
Fairbanks the well known manufacturer of the
celebrated Wilton yarn. The shoe peg factory
turns out from twenty to fifty lunches of pegs
The Bulletin states that Miss vesti Howe,
maiden lady, between so and 80 years of age,
wasfound dead I'M pasture near herdwellng
Monday morning, Nov. 18th. She has lived
alone jOr several years, in small house. on
the road leading from Wayne village by the
Wing School House, near the town line be-
tween Wayne and Fayette. She has been an
object OF charity for macy years.
The office Of the Hallowell Gazette had mar
row escape from fire last Wednesday night,
by the so0tin the chimney taking fire and fall
ing through an aperture into the Gazette office.
Two cases We're destroyed and considerable
| type melted. The Gazette says the fire was
| first discovered upon entering the office in the
| morning. 1t was narrow escape.
| J5a OXFORD COUNTY.
AS Mr.. Rufus Tamong was crossing the An
| droscoggn river, at Canton, in a small boat,
loaded musket was discharged, the contents of
| which entered his right arm. 1t is feared the
| limb will have to be amputated.
| "A correspondent of the Oxford Democrat
| says that ON Thursday oflast week, Mrs. Sybil,
4 wife of Samuel Ross having occasion to go in
! to q shed chamber, stepped upon board viii h
not being properly secured, gave way and she
| fell a distance of ten feet, striking upon a
solid floor, severely bruisng her, and, it is fear
ed seriously injuring her spine. l. i t...s
Fifteen thousand bushels of potatoes and
| over three thousand bushels of oats have been
shipped from the Bryant's Pond station within
the las two months. =. saa,s-a
The Democrat says schoolboy at Rumford
| walked five miles in 40 minutes, on a wager of
80 that he would walk the distance in an hour.
He accomplished the task easily, and could
have gone mile or two farther in the time.
he walked the first two miles briskly, ran
i with dog trot" down the hills, and also about
all the last mile. " ~ exsrfi5f- s.g..
Mr.. Nj. e. Haskell, of this city, lost his pock-
ct book near Locke's Mills short time since.
1t contained S6S and some valuable papers,
It was found, says the Democrat, by Mr.. Ezra
Stephens, OF Bryant's Pond, while hunting
teXes, who restored it to Mr.. Haskell 80
,,,--s mia -PENoBsCoT COUNTY
The Wing says Mrs,D. o. b. Darling had his
horse and carriage stolen in from front OF
his residence in Bangor on Saturday evening
last Fortunately, however, he soon discover
his loss and at once organized a pursuit which
| resulted III the recovery OF the team, but il
was void of its occupants, who had taken
advantage of darkness to effect their escape.
baa PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY t
| The survey of the Bangor and Piscatauuis
railroad, by Col. Wildes, the Engineer, is max
ing good progress, and the route proves by ac-
tual survey, quite as favorable as the most san
guipe of the friends of the road anticipated
correspondent of the Observer saws the
barn of Stephen Darling, of GreenvilIe, was
struck by lightning on the afternoon of Nov.
3D. killing buck and two COWS and badly
damaging the barn.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Mr.. Christopher Gushing, of the firm of c.
81 . w. Gushing of Bath, died suddenly of
heart disease on Thursday morning, as we
learn from the Times while conversing in the
steamboat office, in his usual pleasant way
and without any unusual appearances.
LINCOLN COUNTY. 4Fsez
Capt. Rufus Hpei5qn, Of If. Boothbay, had his
iast week, and hrs arm was so much injured
that ampntation above the elbow became nee
essafy. He is now doing well.s f-- AZ
rsg KNOX COUNTY. .-5 a
We learn from the Rockland Gazette that
the house owned by Chas f. Blake. Esq. and
occupied by Mr.. Thomas j. Blunt, in Union.
about q mile and half from the Common. .
was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour
on tuesday morning of Fast week Mr. BIuut's
family only escaped ia their nisht-elothes an d
lost all their furniture aud household goods
except two beds and little bedding
et l..ij WASHINGTON COUNTY.
capt. Joel Knight, OF Calais. while sailing
IN q boat from that place to West Quoddy. on
Eriday'of last week, in attempting TO replace
the rudder which had unshpped, was knock
ed overheard by heavy sea that struck the
boat, and drowned.
/ sl4&kes YORK COUNTY k .-trt
! AT a meeting of the Saco EncamDment Post
No. 8, Grand Army of the Republic, the fol-
lowing officers were chosen: p. c., Capt Il.
/ w: Guntill; S. V. C.,Lieut. Frank IT, Harmon
| ~. y, Capt Edward A. Skinner; p A :,
Capt. David 5. Barrows; z. @. NJ, Capt Sum
ner , Richards; P. s., Major J. w. Snow
Ihe Biddeford Union says grape culture in
the town OF Newfield has proved quite a sue
An old building on the wharf at Saco. used
ior me storage Of waste by che York Cornpa-
| ny, was set on fire Tuesday night Tho ddn,
age, says the Union, was slight = ''N'
| -si4E4 LII e 81
| .ns.stnSS rto