The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-19
State News.
ANDRosooGG1N COUNTY

ANOhOSCOGGlN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal SAYS that Phillip
Williams, of Turner, aged SO years, lately
made standing jump with dumb bells, of
e,even feet and one inch.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Ba III Sentinel and Times saws that the
body of a Maine man was found few DAYS
slnce in the Pscataqua river, supposed to be
that of Patrick Mullin who has been missing
since the first of April.
O'Brien, the ringleader in the Brunswick
burgaries, has been again arrested and there
is no doubt but the State will treat him to a
flee ride to Thomaston, and with board and
lodging after his arrival there
45- 'g. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Pennington Chronicle says that DR..
Randall of that village, has a small sized COW.
eight years old, native breed, whose milk for
six months has yielded, on an average, eleven
and half pounds of butter week. ..r
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth American gives the following
particulars of the death of Mr.. Lewis Went
worth, befo reported: Mr.. Wentworth was
in the store of ii b. Cunningham 81 Co. sit
ting on the counter, when the boy tending in
the store, went to the writing desk to put
away some paper, and seeing the pistol lying
in the desk, he took it up, and in handling it,
it went off He did not know it was loaded 3,
and was not aware that it was aimed at any
body. Mr.. Wentworth was about three feet
run ulilj anu udu his 0eau TO look at
him. Mr.. Wentworth was not conscious for a
moment after the accident and died shortly
after.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Deacon Joseph Barrows the father of DR..
Barrows of Gardiner-died in Hebron. at his
residence, on Tuesday last, aged GO years.
The deceased was Secretary of Hebron Acad-
envy for thirty years, and was Treasurer of
Oxford County for three years; and has held
many positions of trust in his own town.
An exchange speaks of him as q man of
sterling worth and ability, and one of the
most ihnuental men in that town.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
On "Wednesday afternoon of last xveel,
Epnrlam Harmon, young man employed in
unloading charcoal from the hold of the
schooner Marion Draper, IN Gardiner made
a msstep while on platform some ten feet
above the deck of the vessel, and fell through
the hatchway TO the bottom OF the hold n
distance ofsome twenty feet. He received a
deep cut, some three inches in length, near his
left eye, and a severe cut upon his head and
also fractured his jaw.
A special dispatch to the Star saws that the
carriage spring factory OF Wentworth Broth
ers, at Gardiner, was destroyed by fire We'd
nesday night. Loss $500; insured for $1,000,
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Weber & Haviland of Waterville, and two
other gentlemen have discovered mine in
the town of Garland containing anthony,
lead and silver. The parties are now opening
one of the veins, which crops out ON the top
of hill nearly 500 feet higher than the ada
cent ponds They nave gone down about 10
!ieet; In that distance the vein has increased
~ ~ tmekness to three times its width at the
Up There are several other veins of the same
nm vi ore in the same hill. so that the
alio 5 I OIL ore seems to be inexhaustible-
Leau mas recently been discovered in several
other towns in the State ~
AT.
Mr.. Charles Adams of Soorsr,o,+ oo,,.,;.
ted suicide in that town on TUESDAY, Of last
week, by hanging; He t; had been in low spirits
lor some time! ana ~ t LINES eyinced much alb
short time, he artfully eluded the vigilant
watch on his movements, kept by his friends
and locking his door on the inside and PUTTING
the key IN his pocket, went into an adjoining
room and succeeded i'm accomplishing his de.
sign. When discovered life was extinct He
was highly esteemed by ali who knew him.
he leaves wife and five children.