The Portland daily press., 1868-11-18
State News.


ANDhOsCOGGlN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal SAYS Mrs, Sewel
Golf, while descending thelstairs leading out @
the High street Universalist church, Auburn
on Sunday, caught her foot in the Garnet an6
fell heavily, striking upon her arms. 1t was
supposed at first that both arms were fractur
ed, but upon examination, the bone of one
was found to be out of place. while the other
was severely wrenched.
The Lewiston Journal states that Mr.. Llovd
Arnold of that city fell through bad place in
the sidewalk in front of Flint and Tracy's new
block on Lisbon street, few evenings since
and broke his left leg. Mr.. Arnold received a
severe wound in his other leg. while in the ar
my, rendering him lame for life, and now this
accident makes him doubly crippled,
The Spring street Baptist parish in Lewis.
ton, has sold for $500 its old house of worship
and lot, cOruer of Spring and Hamnshire
streets, to Abraham Libby, who proposes to
remodel it into two houses. The society is to
vacate the house the last Sabbath in this
month, says the Journal.
A gentleman out hunting in the woods near
Auburn, says the Journal, shot white souir-
rel day or two since. The little animal is
perfectly white and is great curiosity. Its
skin is to be stuffed and preserved.
ARoosTooK COUNTY
The Bangor Wing says that Moro, in Aroos-
took county, gave unanimous vote for Grant
at the last election, although fifteen votes we've
pers had the regular vote, but they didn't un-
derstand about the electors. They could not
find Seymour and Blair on the ticket aud con-
cluded that it was black Republican trick
rhey sent a man to Dayton to have the mat
ter explained, but he didn't return till the polls
were closed. Hence the absence of Demo-
cratic votes.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Charles Evans, engineer of the locomotive
who was arrested at Brunswick last Thursday
fbn dnnt ~, 80
boy IL years of age, by threatening to send a
STICK OF wood at him-the billet of wood slim
ping from the engineers grasp, and STRIKING
the boy so as to cause his death-has been
bound over to the January term of the Superb
or Court in the sum of $1,000 He obtained
sureties and was discharged
HANCOCK COUNTY,
AT the Supre ne Court for Hancock county.
last week, Charles Conary, illegal voting
was sentenced by Judge Kent to four months
imprisonment in the county iail-and all an
pllcatlons TOR remission or qualification of tn @
penalty were refused by the Court. Conary
voted the Democratic ticket in Surry and then
went to Ellsworth and repeated the vote.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Norway correspondent Of the Lewiston
journal says it is understood that friends of
the Norway bank robbers have threatened to
burn and pillage the village, if the robber now
IN prison at Thomaston is not released
PENOBSCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing gives the following as the
prices paid in the streets of that city for pro-
duce from market teams: Loose hay sold at
from $14 to 16 per ton for the best article. and
poorer qualities at from $11 to 10; straw at
from 81 to 8; oats So cents: potatoes have been
brought in, in considerable quantity for the
bad travelling that has continued for the week,
selling at So; yellow-eyed beans are in demand
at from $3.50 to 3.75; butter is plenty at from
40 to 45 cents, for good packed and common
lump, while an extra article of lump would
bring from 46 to 48 cents; eggs, 80 to "a cents;
chickens, from Is to 18 cents; turkeys, from Is
to 20 cents; round hogs, IL to IA 1-2 cents
YORK COUNTY
A. H. Prague, of Saco, is making extensive
for opening cigar mandatory.
He has had great experience in this line of
business and will find ready market for his
different brands.
"A number of boys al Bar Mills were playing
Win a hand-car ON the Portland q Rochester
IWsliirrooad, one day last week. when one of them,
kn t,niam Meserve,. stepping in front. was
Tbe n ae DOWN and the car passed over him.
lot of az contalned-besides the boys-a large
wos .ools but, strange to say, the little fellow
was out slightly injured.
ID "a snse1ep was driven into the mill nond Of
r;od Mill ILLS py dog last Sunday, and was car.
II over tne dam, and an eighth of n mile ha.
low, when it swan to the shore. VI " in''e "e-