The Portland daily press., 1868-02-15

ANDRObCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston journal says I'VE assure our
friends of the Bangor Wing and Portland
Press that there was no mis-print in our re-
port of the Ahdroscoggin Medical Association.
We fear the physicians of Bangor and Port
land will not return more favorable report
for those localities" g
We learn from the Journal that lady NAM
ed Gallagher was seriously injured IN Lewis
ton, Wednesday, by being run down By a
sleigh team. The woman was, at last ac-
counts, in a critical condition. 90
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth American says Captain Chas.
Deering, of the City of Richmond, with Capt.
Fuller, of Castine, was in town on Monday to
solicit subscriptions TOR boat to run from
Ellsworth to Bangor, and TO form connec-
ton with the Richmond at Sedgwick. Capt.
Deering has the utmost confidence that boat
on this route will pay and it certainly will be
great convenience to the public. e 81 ~
The American says Antonio f. Smith, of
Ellsworth, has laid a wager OF $500, with Chas.
Bragdon, that taking the lower spars from
the yard and stepping them to masts of ves-
sells, and putting the jig TO the masthead, be-
longs by right and practice as much as the
bowsprit, to the carpenters and not to the rig
gers, and this decision to be left to the leading
riggers of the United States. :
y = 95Bi KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Journal states that telegram was re-
-ceived in Augusta, Thursday, by Judge Rice,
bringing the sad intelligence of the death in
San Francisco, of his daughter, Mrs Captain
Dana. She left Augusta few months since,
in company with her family, Tor San Francis
co, where her husband had been ordered to
the command OF military post. ,-.-r g
The Augusta Journal says the masquerade
ball in tn city, Thursday evening was a COM
plete success in every particular. -W
All the fingers of the right hand of Mr.. Jas
0. Harris were cut of by a planning machine
in Winthrop ON Tuesday last.
The HallowelI Gazette SAYS Messrs. Bod
well s. Wilson, of Halloween, proprietors of
extensive granite quarries in that vicinity
have contracted to furnish and prepare the
granite for an elegant church which is to be
erected in Portland next summer. 1t is an
$4,000 contract.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Ro ckland Gazette says the news from
the railroad (Anox & Lincoln) is most cheer
ing. Work is to be commenced the coming
spring, without fail; but owing to few deep
cuts between Waldoboro' and Damariscotta
where only limited number of men can be
worked it is thought the entire road can not
be finished inside of 20 months.
Rockland never before has been so destitute
of houses Ito let" as at the present time. SAYS
the Gazette. 1t is next to an impossibility to
secure even decent rooms.
Next week Rockland is to have Grand
Mammoth Leyee, in aid of the worthy poor OF
thai city.
-t.f.- Is OXFORD COUNTY.
The Democrat states that on the 9th inst
the operation of excelsior of the knee Joint was
performed on the wife of MIR. Lemuel jackson,
of Paris, on account of chronic disease of the
joint of eight years standing. The joint was
opened, the knee pan removed, the lower end
OF the thigh bone and the upper end of the leg
bone sawed oh-about one inch Of eac I, and
the sawed surfaces placed together, with the
hope that they will join together and become
sound. The ends of the bones were so much
diseased that amputation or excison must be
resorted to, or there was no hope of recovery
The Oxford Democrat says the mills in the
vicinity of Bethel have been running on half
time for some weeks past, on account of lack
of water. All the streams and wellsin that
section have not been so low for many years.
...f. PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Saint Patrick's Day, March 18th, is be cele-
brated by parade and a grand banquet by
the hishmen of Bangor. -r..
The Theatrical Company of Edmund Coles,
from Portland, win make their first appear
ance for the season at Norombega Hall, Ban
gor, next Tuesday evening. &
The Democrats o. the 4th Congressional
District, have called District Convention in
Ba igor on the Sd of March, to elect delegates
to the Democratic National Convention.
A correspondent of the Bangor Wing states
that the Railroad Committee in the Legisla-
ture has voted to confirm to tho European and
North American Railway Company the lands
conditionally granted in 1864, without the pre-
payment of the amount due Massachusetts by
the Company. p ~-re F7r.sae s's~
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY. 4
We learn from The Dexter Gazette that Fri
day evening last, as Mr.. Edward P. Golf was
eating supper at the residence of his brother.
Col Golf of Sangeryille, he was suddenly
seized with illness, and on being conveyed to
bed, in few moments expired, without a
struggle or groan. Mr. Golf was until with
in q few years resident of Dexter: but had
removed to Illinois, and had returned TO
Maine on q visit.
WALDO COUNTY
Last October says the Belfast journal tho
store of Cramer s. Gillespie, at SATURDAY. Cove
Northport, was robbed of about $3.50 worth
of goods. The burglars made a GOOD selec
ton, taking the most valuable articles among
the stock. Recently it was discovered that
one haskell, IN Hope, has been selling SINH
lar goods, and descent was made on his
house. The bottom OF the cellar was dug up.
and the goods found buried there, besides
some that were the proceeds of other rob-
berries. Haskell confessed the crime and is
now in Jail.
Judge Dickerson has been elected to the va.
caney IN the Board of Dire ctors of the Belfast
and NJ. H. r., caused by the death of Hon.
Thomas Marshall. At meeting on Satur-
day night says the journal Messrs. Dicken-
son, Lancaster and Milliken, a Committee to
confer with the managers of the Central
Road, to ascertain the terms of connection
made their report. They had a full confer
ence with the President and Superintendent,
Hon. r. b. Dunn and Edwin Noyes, Esq, and
had received assurance of the most liberal
and satisfactory terms. The authorities of
the Central Road declared their readiness to
do every thing that would DO reasonably ex-
pected to facilitate connection on terms of
fairness and equity.
t- WASHINGTON COUNTY fsr7
The PASSPORT Sentinel says the sch. Oceana
of Lubec sailed from Boston about the Goth of
December last, since which time nothing has
been heard from her. 1t is thought that she
must have foundered at sea.
The Sentinel says DR.. Jonah of that town
made post mortem examination last week of
the body Of Capt. George Comstock of Lubec.
From the examination 1t appeared that death
was caused by cancer of the stomach. The
cancer had extended over the whole stomach,
YORK COUNTY.
Twentv-four painters were discharged from
the Conjunction Department at the Kittery
Navy Yard, Wednesday night.