The Portland daily press., 1868-12-29
state News.
ARoosrooK COUNTY.


The Houlton Times says the season thus far
has been very favorable for numbering opera
tons. There is Just snow enough to make
good shedding in the woods.
The Houlton Times says kind Of conf
dence game was attempted bv a man, name
unknown. who called on Tuesday at j. e.
Burnham's store in Houlton for o package left
there by Mr. B. f. Billings, agent for Sander.
son, Foster B Co., Boston, paid the express
charges, and departed with il. 1t now turns
out that the man was an imposter and no
friend" TO Billings. The package Contained
trade samples valued at $3.50. Ofica.s O e on
his track
The township Of Caribou, Arocstook, is the
most northerlv settled town In the State. It
Is little farther north than Oxford or Sonar.
set counties.
gEnSEBEc COUNTY.
4 fatal accident occurred at North Wayne
Friday morning. james Davis, an axe smith
in the North Wayne scythe factory, caught
his clothing in an upright, revolving shaft and
posts standing near. One of his arms and
portions of his body were thrown nearly across
ihe shop, as we learn from correspondent Of
tho Lewiston Journal.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Franklin Spofford, ESQ.,, wealthy and in
6uential citizen of Bucksport, died on Satur-
day afternoon.
The Ellsworth American Gays the logging
teams are well uto the woods and some of
them are doing nicely. For gathering up the
hemlock logs there is just snow enough.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
We learn from the Bangor Wing that on
Sunday there was in that city series of bold
robberies made in broad MONDAY by thieves.
several houses having been entered and valu-
able articles taken therefrom. Suspicion rest
ed upon four young fellows strangers in the
md narfl of hal do
police were in search Of them information
came that four fellows had been arrested in
ner ~ tor breaking and entering the house
oa Mr. Daniel M. Hall in that town. They
were taken to Bangor and proved to be the
in that city, They gave their names az Rich
ard May, William Carney. Charles e Tb as em
and Charles O'Conneli, all abont seventeem
o. ags ana ba5 IN Boston One of
picture of the three taken in Lewiston w6are
they may have been operating. The wboIe
gang were we'll dressed in clothing of good
quality. eN
the Bangor Wing has the following as the
prices paid for produce from country teams:
Loose hay comes in plenty and is selling at
froW S1400 to 1900 per ton for the best quality
poorer qualities sell at from 1000 to IL O0.
looses straw is in demand at from 10 90 to 1300
per ton, and is not plenty at these high pricc..
oats are bringing from 70 to IS cents; barley
sells at Iron 70 to 70; yellow-eyed beans
rs; extra pea beans from 8 rs to 20: nota,,
toes, 40 to 70 cents; solid and common iumn
butter is worth from % TO 40 and AZ cents and
a very extra article of lump would bring from
IS to 48 cents; eggs So cents; chickens IL to
IS cents; geese 90 to %; turkes from 20 to
"a and % cents; ducks 90 per pair: ronnd
hog, IL and IL 1-2 cents. The market has been
well supplied with poultry the week past, and
of very good quality, most of it not having
been frozen.
The Bangor Wing Gays the Trustees of the
Theological Seminary in that city are taking
measures to complete its endowment,:a move