The Portland daily press., 1868-01-22
State News.
= ANpRoscoaerN COUNTY

ANDROSCoGGIN COUNTY
The Lewiston Journal says John Steven
who halls from Portland and was committed
to Jail on Saturday last for drunkenness and
disturbing the peace, thanked the City Mar
shal Tor his kindness in lodging him in the
lookup on Friday night saying it was the best
and most comfortable place he had been in for
long time. For the five nights previous. he
had slept in box car at the Androscoggin De-
pot without covering Of any kind except the
light clothing he wore, and he had no oyercoat
Hs won go into the car, close the door, and
lying down upon the floor sleep soundly as he
N ght, under the circumstances. N
Tie Lewiston journal says that the Furlone
Paper Pantalet Company, at Mechanic Falls,
have met with SO good success as to induce
them to enter upon the manufacture of other
descriptions of paper goods. They are now
putting up an article for ladies' collars pres
sentlng advantages that must commend it to
the sex, 1t is put up in strips without cut
ting, SO that collar of any size may be had
at will. The edge is rounded and Supplied
with linen cord, so to be as strong, dti rable
and easy to the neck as one of linen, which
it closely resembles. The company also de.
sign to apply this improvement to ladies' and
gentlemen's cuffs. I.I..... ..t .....l "
KENNEBEC COUNTY ga.
The wooden mills largely owned by Hon A
P. Morrill, at Readfield, have been Obliged to
suspend operations on account of low water.
Isaac w. Reed, of Augusta, lately publisher
OF the Maine Standard, has been appointed
Route Agent on the Kennebec and Portland
Railroad, in place of Andrew jock, removed.
The Hallowell Gazette says that it has intel
ligence that the Military Asylum is to be re-
built OF brick at Togus. There are now, well
cared for at Togus, 100 disabled soldiers. ~, !.
a-a. .la PENoBscoT COUNTY. .r- I'D t.;
A curious case has been on trial in Bangor
claims damages of Ben. w. Davis fer breaking
into her private burial lot and iniuring it,
She alleges that she made all the necessary ar
rangements for the funeral OF her son in 1866
and paid all the necessary bills at the request
of deceased's widow, but the defendant with
force and arms, put the body into another cof-
Tin, using her robe, employed another minister
and buried the body in another place. De-
PENDANT claims to have acted by. direction of
the widow of deceased, and as Selectman of
Blu Ington, and to have buried the BODY in a
proper place: The trial occupied four days
and was decided in favor OF defendant Plain
tiff filed motion for new trial. 'a .'l
YORK COUNTY. 81
The Maine Democrat says last week, while
Mr.. William johnson, of Saco Pool, was dig
glng CLANS, he came upon a cannon ball which
was undoubtedly fired by the British during
the war of 1872, as they then took possession
OF that locality, and destroyed quite a number
OF vessels and other property. The hulks OF
several OF the old vessels are now to be seen
partially embedded in the mud at the wharf.
near the house of George Bryant, ESQ. where
theywere scuttled and sunk over fifty We airs
ago.
The wife OF Mr.. Samuel Slater, of Sanford,
ON the 14th inst, presented her husband with
an addition to their family of three children,
two boys and one girl, weighing over 1-2,
o L and ~ lbs, respectively. DR.. Gilpat.
rick, the attending physician, reports them as
well and likely to live. Mr. and Mrs Slater
have now family of six children, the Oldest
only about six years.
We learn from the Democrat that an alter
cation between two young men named Kezar
and Towle took place at Porterville last week.
when Kezar gave Towle a severe blow on the
chin, cutting deep cash in his tongue, which
happened to protrude little too far from its
natural location just at that time,
Some twenty young ladies banded together
the other day, in Doughty's Falls village,
Berwick, went to store, purchased barrel
Of Hour, etc, put the same upon hand-sled
and drew II to the house of their pastor, Rev.
MI. Caverno, much to the amusement of the
villagers, and to the complete surprise of Mr.
and Mrs. o., tor whose benefit it was intenned.