The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-31
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State News.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

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l. f. !aat-l..- ARoosrooK3 COUNTY. H.. 81 7s7s ~.
The Aroostook Pioneer learns from Presqut
Isle that James Rideout, whose pecuniarN
condition has of late been growing ono better
very fast, Z took ',French leave" Of his friends
about week ago, report says, for Canada
He leaves numerous creditors to- niolrn bii
sudden departure .-SEs9..tf '%'''~~4 S-4s )
= The Pioneer states that Capt. Daniel Ran
dali, of Island Falls, in trying tosave his book,
wnen his store was burned, had one of his
Glands badly burned. 33I so 80 ~ilG ,ASo7'
81 sl4 40 FRANKLIN COUNTY ID 'f&A .-7.f
Z The Chronicle states that Benjamin Tarboz
of Phillips, raised the past season, 1854 bushels
of wheat; 81 bushels grew upon four acres o
4ploughed pasture land, without any manure
Mr.. L. says, the wheat he raised was a bearded
wheat. called tue Australia, having a large
plump kernel, and producing more bushels to
the acre, and more pounds of -four to the bush.
el, and of a better quality, than any Of a num.
Der of varieties which he has tried. $50 90 o.
p We learn from the Fartnington Chronicle
that Mrs. Persis Parcher, now residing in
Chesteryilie, was eighty years DID, last July
Since her Birthday, she has cut and set togeth-
er, two hundred and twenty five squares Of
patchwork, knit twenty-six pairs of double
mlttens, and gloves, a large number of pairs OF
stockings, bcsdesa goodly amount of other
work. She reads fine print by candle light as
Well as any young person; never wears glasses
on any occasion, and she retains her mental
faculties in a remarkable degree. Her de-
scendants number one. hundred and six; chill
dren twelve, grand children, niuety-three.-
One of the fifth generation is five years old.
I.'ta -a. KENNEBEc COUNTY. ,
The Star relates that Tuesday night as a
freight train at Waterville was starting from
the depot, an Irish woman, with several chill
dren, one of whom was in her arms, started to
leave the rear (passenger) car; she had plenty
of time to get of, but for some unaccountable
reason stayed back till the train had Started.
She stepped from the car, hut instead of keep
ing her feet she fell upon the rail and the car
passed over both her legs. The child fell in.
side of the wheels aud escaped without injury
save Q scratch, or two. II was supposed that
both the woman's legs were hopelessly crushed
by the car wheels, but only one of them was
broken, and both, it is said will be saved. The
saving clause of this affair was the fact that
the woman had on eight woelen skirts. ls--
The Masquerade Ball at Gardiner, on Tues
day next, promises to be "a brilliant affair.
Costumers from the Boston Museum will be
present, with rich line of costumes, for grave
or gay. Arrangements are made to return
those who wish to attend from Portland for
one fare the round trip. 7Ai4.. t-! 1 ~ ;.
The Gardiner Journal says the millmen and
everybody else, almost, are wishing for q rain.
tor the drouth ID sore in the land. Our lum-
Der mills are running half the time on turns,
and The paper mills are running only about
haH-time. Many OF the wells and cisterns are
also dry. We have had no heavy rains since
last summer. -'..-- ii ."eii ?
"a .@@ % t-r.i. KNOX COUNTY. --i-4a i..Jsa.As
A correspondence the Rockland Free Press
states that there are at Camden eleven water
powers on the Megunticook stream now occu-
pied In various branches Of manufactures Sat,d
there are several. others on the same stream
equally available not yet occupied: There are
also hve other water powers on other streams
occupied in driving machinery tor saw. grist,
stavs and shinge mills. ,..,
. ID ..44...A LINCOLN COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Lewiston journal
says the young ladies of Boothbay, to the num-
Der of ten, asserted the privilege of the season
by taking as many young gentlemen to Dam
arlscotta, for a ride and dinner on the 22d inst
They drove, ordered the oats-one of them IL
Is said, sixteen quarts and omitted nothing
WITHIN the boundary Of their rights. = a.
a little son of Mr.. Anderson, of Southport.
WAS crowned IN the river, near his house last
week. while sailing mis- boat
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e Bangor is actively forwarding the railway
enterprise IN which she is interested On, the
one hand she proposes to loan her credit To tne
Piscataquis road for $4,000 mile. instead of
S500,00O in all; on the other she proposes to
abandon her lien on that part of the European
end North American railway from Winn to
the boundary, accepting instead clean mort
gage Of the road from Bangor to Winn. Both
these measures will facilitate the construction
of the roads. Legislation is asked for these
and also to authorize change in the
connection OF the two roads from Milford to
Oldtown. ''''F-''''
st-,. 81 ..su sAGApAHoc COUNTY.
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Capt. James w. Frye has been confined to his
house by Illness for number of weeks, and
that his friends are apprehensive rs to the re.
suit, ...--..,.. -. 80 - - -
The Bath Times. states that Capt. Orr, of
bark Wapella, recently wrecked at yarmouth.
w alec, leaves wife in Bath. The first.officer'
Mr.. johnson, was the father of Young John,
son, one Of the clerks in the Bath Post Office.
and leaves wife and eight children. The on,
ly Bath seamen known to be abo ard were
G. Frank Bacon and George Turner.
The Bath Times says the Leap Year Ba]lp at
Columbian Hall Tuesday evening is said to have
been a decided success. The attendance was
quite large, and the ladies were exceedingly
gallant,-taking every advantage of the. priv
ileges accorded them, and which thew enjoy
only one year in four. how'd.
SOMERSET COUNTY. . ..
Moses Littlefeld, Esq, has sold his interest
III the Clarion to Colonel Zemro A Smith, and
viii hereafter give his attention to his lob Of
fee. .'-'
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Machias Union says four weeks 400 a
man named Farrell, Mailing from Stenben. rob
bed the schooner Keokuk, at Machiasport. of
two barrels of goods and provisions, had the
barrels conveyed to Machias, thence by stage
TO Cherryheld. Subse9uentlo, he entered
Handy Leighton's store, at Steuben, and took
out goods which led to his detection and ar
rest. 81. -
.--.- t.- -,-i ID. YORK COUNTY.
From the Saco Courier we learn that val
haDie horse got into the river just below the
faliroad bridge, at Saco, on Tuesday, and in
enaeaVoFing to get him out bis neck was bro
Ken, and he had to be killed. He belonged to
Mr. Wiley, Frenehman employed by Mr..
nlack, and was a large, sleek animal, weigh
ing 1400 lbs. and valued at $500
The Courier says last week before the su-
preme Judicial Court, at Saco, the notorious
RUNNERS, Livingston and Young were ar
faighed for the robbery at Cornish, and pleaded
not guilty; they were committed to Saco iail |
% await trial. On Thursday, John w, Floyd |
pleaded guilty to an indictment for burglary
N Lorenzo Emmons's house in Biddeford, and |
arceny OF some $30,--aDd was sentenced to |
lard laborIn the State prison for three Years
be IS the same party who was arrested for /
hooting at Mr. Frank Adams on Beach street |
n Sae0, one evening last fall Same day |
leonard Trafton, young fellow of Shan. |
eigh, pleaded guilty to larceny of horse from
he pasture of James Leavitt, in Shapleigh. /
ome time in Dece xiber, and was sentenced to |
we years in the State prison.