The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-30
state News.
ANDROsCoaGrN COUNTY.

A fire broke out in the Ticker room of mill
No. on the Lewiston Corporation at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. The hydrants of the cor
poIatlon promptly extinguished the fire with
out aid from the city fire department.. Loss
small and covered by insurance.
The Lewiston journal states that five of the
the manufacturing companies in Lewiston
Franklin, Androscoggin, Bates, Hill and Con-
tinentai-have each voted an annual donation
of S15O-S750 per annum-to the Manufac-
turers and Mechanics Library Association of
| that city.
The semi-annuai meetings of the directors
OF the several manufacturing corporations To-
Gated in Lewiston, were held in Boston. Sat
urday' The Hill Manufacturing Company de-
clares dividend Of ten per cent, payable
January l. At the last meeting of the stock
holders Of this company, the directors were
empowered TO increase the capital stock from
S7O0OU0 to a million, and special meeting of
the Directors will be held January Is, to act
upon the subject. The Androscoggin Compa-
ny declares . per cent. The Continental
Franklin and Bates Companies pass their diyi.
dends. The Bates and Franklin corporations
have been expanding largely in reconstructing
their mills. The Cumberland is contemplat.
ing the enlargement of their mill at an early
day.
We learn from the journal that on Satpr.
day morning Hon. Rufus Prince, of Turner
had a paralytic shock which for time de-
prived him OF the power of motion and of
speech. His right side was affected: but he
soon rallied, and had so far recovered on Sun
day morning that he was able to walk and to
converse. 1t is hoped that the effects of the
shock will wholly disappear in few days.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph saws Cant. Rob-
ert Skolhe d informs them that the other day
he chopped off theheads of six ROSTERS: when
he returned to get them for dressing he found
one whose head was of, but whose tail was
md nh =
He took him up, and found that there was life
In him. The rooster was placed upon his legs
and actually stood up, and every time the
captain touched the feathers upon the neck 1t
moved as if with the head on, to take a look.
Inc captain was completely taken by surprise,
and thought the-mischief was to paw, He
examined the neck, and found that the only
dlnerence In cutting was, that he had not cut
quite SO low down as in the case of the other
ROSTERS For rocsterology's sake he made an
other cut, when the blood few merrly, and
the fowl went through the antics common I'M.
on such Operations, dying fully at last The
moral of this story Island others beside the
captain vouch for it,-kll before you dress or
cook your fowl
The Bath Times says on Monday morning.
at about eight o'clock, Leonard Grifin's barn
in Freeport, was burned, with all its contains
consisting of twelve tons Of hay, three yalua,
, ole cows, one yearling heifer, one horse, and
1siuaoie colt. Loss about $1,000. No insur.
"Aee' origin of the fire unknown.
AENNEBRC COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Iaw;ston Io,,
says at .ne Singing school, which is held At the
Marston school, house in West Watarx,;, , tne
Thursday evening five buffalo rohes ,nn' ,sy'
en-. On Monday evening a harness Voc StoIar
from Mr.. Alfred Kicker; also one evan, ,oe GU
Gently some clothes were taken of Of ,be
clothes-line belonging to Rev. Mr.. McGowan
pastor of the Free Will Baptist church hera'
toll fho rohac
go towards East Waterville.
Rueben b. Dunn, ESQ is building a S15 900
or $4,000 church at East Wateryile, ali on
MS own his own hook, and will wait for the
members Of the church to pay him as thew
can. 1t will be of the Methodist order. saws
correspondent of the Lewiston Journal.
Mr.. s. s, Thompson, the contractor ON the
Somerset railroad, has told the Wateryille
people that they might get up pic-nic aye
cursion to N6rridgewock by tie 4th of ,Julv
next, as he is determined to have the cars RIM.
ming tn ere by that time.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The first moose of the season, fine LARGE
one, says the Bangor Wing, was brought into
Bangor by Mr.. A. B. Farrar of that city, from
the Lake, where he has spent the past few
weeks in hunting and fishing
YORK COUNTY.
Lieut.. Commander G.. NJ. Caswell has been |
ordered to the receiving ship Vandalia. at
hlttery Navy Yard, in place of Lieut.. Com.
= q. II. White, who is ordered to
League Island w