The Portland daily press., 1868-10-03
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY

are now alive with squirrels and partrldgeS,
and the crack of the rifle is heard in every d.
| rection where the leaves fall.
The journal says if Grant is elected-and he
will he-Lewiston will grow more rapidly the
year 1863 than any previous year of her history.
We learn from the journal that the exterior
of Ara Cushman & Co.'S new shoe factory in
Auburn is completed. A boiler house is being
built in the rear of this establishment. The
machinery will be impelled and the building
heated by steam from 20 horse power boiler.
The Journal says the challenge from the
Bowdoin Base Ball Club to the Androscoggins,
for the silver ball and State championship will
ne accepted, the game to be played week from
next Saturday.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
John G.. Collins has been sentenced to three
months Imprisonment in the County jail for
illega, voting at the September ectiOn. He
first voted in Industry and then proceeded to
New Sharon, where he was legal voter, and
threw second vote.
In relation to the death of young Dyke, who
was supposed by some to have been murdered
at Chesterville, the Chronicle says about N
hour before his death Dyke visited young
girl, gave her an apple and made some remark
,out her keeping it a certain time. There
of paper on which was written, "GOod bye all;
when you find this L shall be dead" This is a
piece OF testimony which goes to confirm the
theory OF suicide.
The Chronicle says the potato crop in that
section has been considerable injured by the
recent heavy rains. 1t is thought that it will
be necessary to harvest them at once, in order
to save serious loss resulting from decay.
KNOX COUNTY
In conformity with a vote of the city, the
city council of Rockland as passed a resolve
that the credit of the city of Rockland be and
hereby is pledged for the sum of Four Hun
bred Thousand Dollars, to aid in the construc-
tinpn e fha o,,A In, po.1,
The Rockland Gazette says Lester Ingra-
ham, son of Capt. Orrs R. Ingraham, the boy
who was injured by stroke of lightning on
board the William Tibbetts, and afterwards
badly burned with sulphuric acid, which had
run upon the deck where he was laid, died
last Tuesday night.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Skowhegan Reporter says H. K White
of the firm of White & Dane, had one of the
fngers5of his right hand sawed off and the
others more or less injured last Saturday by
circular saw in the Sash and Blind Factory.
The Reporter hears of couple not hun
dred miles from Skowhegan, who, DESTROYS of
entering the state of wedlock, prese nted them
selves to the minister tor that purpose. The
would be bridegroom could not find the certifi-
cate, and declared he had lost it. Prog, ess
was stayed and the parties returned to the
state of single blessedness The male party
sought to drown his trouble with benzlne
u.
in consequence of his untimely ~inebriation,
the lady very promptly refused to make an
other attempt TO consummate the contract.
YORK COUNTY.
From the Biddeford Union we learn that
John Palodee, OF Saco, a Frenchman, commit
ted suicide by hanging, and was found dead in
the wood shed of the old bake house Friday
morning. He was discovered by his wife The
deceased leaves four children.
Jeremiah Lewis, of Kittery (Foreside, COM
mitted suicide on Friday last by drowning in
the PIscataquis river. His body was recover
ed in few hours after, within a few rods of
where he jumped in. 1t is supposed he was
laboring under temporary alteration of mind
at the time of committing the rash act. Mr..
LIE Wis leaves wife; his age was about thirty
five years.
The Union States that last Tuesday night
the house and sleeping room of Mr.. G. G. Saw
yer, in Saco, was entered by some burglars,
and two watches stolen. Que was a Geneva
| hunting cased gold watch, lady's pattern,
numbered 1921, witt heavy gold chain. They
| then broke into the house and room of Mr.. Jo-
| seph HobsOn, and ransacked his wearing APP
| parel but fortunately obtained only a small
amount of change The rascals were prevent
ed from further depreciation by the barking of
a dog and left.
The Kittery Navy Yard correspondent of
| the Union says about fifty carpenters have
been discharged from the constructors depart
She uurlng Ine past Two weeks, winch leaves
dozen now employed.
r1 me same correspondent says Commander
n noh e y. Blake was detached from this yard,
Oct. LIST, and ordered 10 the U. S. S. Swatara.
European squadron. Commander r. v Mo
Cauly is ordered to Navigation duty, in place
of Com; Blake. Chief Engineer James W,
ha to t 6een detachea from this yard
Pacific squadron. Mr.. Whitaker Acted t't in
the capacity of store keeper and inspector -
He will be relieved by Chief Engineer VIM
| r Brooks.