The Portland daily press., 1868-12-14
State News.
ANDRosCoGaIN COUNTY.

| "a uectiDR VI luz lOlFtctOTs tu6
Ce' trail and Belfast & Moosehead L IKE Rail
| roads was held at the Dewitt House, Lewis
| ton, FridayafternOOn for the purpose of effect
ing lease OF the latter road to the former.
| Lewiston supports about So persons ON the
city poor farm.
Scarlet fever is raging quite extensively
among the children in Lewis on. There has
been quite number of deaths from typhoid
| few. the past week; also several from pneu a.
monia, says the Journal.
About 40 eases of shoes per day On an aver.
| age are shipped from the Auburn station. or
| over 10000 cases per year.
A warrant is out for another town meeting
in Auburn. Saturday of next week. Dec. 10 b
to choose Representative to the Legislature
70 MI Inc vacancy accustomed by the Death Of
Hon. T. A. d. Fessenden.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
We learn from the Brunswick Teleerspb
that on Friday night of last week, some scoun
1rel set fire to the house on the west side OF
the Maquoit road, second below Mere brook
The fire wars lighted on the southeast corner
and must have been started bv the applica,ion
OF some peculiarly infiammable material. For.
tunaiely the daughter OF Mr. Stephen Dolley
the occupan', was aroused. and her father and
neiehbors soon put ont the fire.
The Brunswick Telegraph says, on Safurda
evening fire broke out id rhe barn OF Can air,
Jesse Coolidge, on. the river road leading to
The barn with the shed and house attached
were burned. Several cords of wood all cut
| and housed were also burned, aud we suppose
whatever articles were in the barn. Most II
not all the furniture was saved. The loss il
set down at s22o on On which there is said TO be
The telegraph. say 3, Postmaster Rev. Geo
Crawford Cf Brunswick, has 0verworked HIM
| self and isin failing health, which his friends
can only hope may be fully restored by entire
rest from all mental toll.
:'@s-- WALDO COUNTY.
:. The Belfast Age says two barns and out
buildings belonging to Thomas P. Shute of
Stockton. were destroyed bx fire last Monday
night. Their contents which were also burn
ed consisted of about 65 tons of hay, fifteen
head OF cattle, two horses, farming tools, car
riages, harnesses &c.
=, The Age:states that Mrs. Ann A. Ford of
Swansvil'e shot hawk or eagle ON Thanks.
s ea,f mor.nng, which measured itur and a
naif ieet across the expended Wings. This
hawk which was shot on the wing and while
carrying OFT hen in its talons, had destroyed
twenty or thirty dollars worth OF poultry in
the neighborhood during the season.
MIR. Edwin r. Ellis, Ian lord of the Amer
can House, Belfast died ON Thhtsday morn.
ing. His disorder was brain fever. Mr.. Geo,ge
Baker, also former landlord OF the American
House, died in Boston, soif Monday
We learn from he Belfast journal that
Hanson w. Young, Young man belonging in
Waldo, was severely iniarel while drilling out
The charge exploded, driving the powder aud
fragments OF rock into bis fa;e. .Oae of his
ewes is entirely destroyed, and fhe other much
injured: but it is thought that the sight of the
latter may be preserved.
YORK COUNTY 81
~ We learn from q. the BID asierd Unien that
lin the railroad train! ..-s~- p.
On Monday night last the house of Mr.. Cas-
par Achorn.- in Kittery, was burned to the
ground; and on Friday his friendly ,neigbors
had assisted in erecting new house, which is
already framed and DO .rded-and the CHM
neys are being built, They have large hearts
over in Kittery. = go:
WASHINGTON COUNTY,
Parties from this town, Jonesport, and Cut
le' says the Machias Reuubiiean, have pur-.
chased eleven thousand acres of timber land
on the island Of GRAND Menan. in British wa
ters. There are three saw mills on the terrific
ry. One at Dark Harbor. one at S, al Owe
and one at Grand ,Hsrbor. They are operat-
ing the present winter in shiptimber and logsl
II is expected annexation will speedily take
place.
The Machias Republican says the Eistport
big fish, about which so much has been wr it.
ten and sung, turns out to be no marvel at al
1t IS GA y on3 of the ma-'y that 1--we been
caught IN. Lubec and in that vicinity, and in
fact they are very common fish, and can be
found ashore alpost any day at low water
among the shadows of that coast. The most
remarkable thing is that such a furore could
have been got up about SO common fish.
George Seaman, Esq Of Saco died Satur.
day, aged 81 years and 4 months. Mr.. Scam
man represented his naive town in the Gene
raj Court OF Massachusetts b. fore the separa-
ton and several times since in the Maine Leg