The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-05-21
state News.
ANpRoscoes1N COUNTY.

Bates College is to have civil engineering
and surveying taught, and has engaged Mr.
Reed, practical engineer of long experience,
as instructor.
We learn from the Lewiston journal that
the Hotel Road Station on the G. T. Railroad
was broken open last Saturday night and 30
tickets stolen therefrom.
The Lewiston Journal says an economical
lady in that city recently sent a -four barrel to
ajunk store to sell. She paid job team Is
cents for hauling it, and when it arrived she
received IL cents for the barrel!
The water has overlooked the highway in
Durham, near South West Bend. On Sun
day horse broke through the bridge there,
throwing man and woman from the carriage
The horse broke a leg, as we learn from the
journal.
The Lewiston Journal says quite force of
men is now employed in caring for the logs of
s. r. Bearce & Co.'S drive which are coming
in daily in g0odly quantities. Their drive is
pSobably the largest ever aoated on the An
droscoggin-over twelve millions 1t will be
several weeks before the logs are all in boom
at this point.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Pioneer says as there have been some
doubts expressed concerning the building of
the Houlton Branch railroad, we are author
lied to say that the work will be commenced
this month, and as soon as Mr.. Osburn returns
from England, a force will be put on to com
plete the road with the least possible delay.
The Pioneer says Gilman & Dole last Thurs
day finished driving nine millions of lumber,
the amount of their winters operations on
Beaver Brook. The spring has been very ia
vora5le for getting lumber to market.
The Pioneer says one day last week, Mr..
Robert Austin, while engaged in saving wood
with horsepower in this village, had his left
arm sawed diagonally through the elbow Joint
to the shoulder. The flesh was lacerated in a
shocking manner, and the bone considerably
shattered. The wound was dressed by DR.. E.
ID. French, who advised amputation, but the
patient and friends objected.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Pennington Chronicle says during the
closing prayer at Sabbath School in that vii
lage last Sunday, rooster, having made his
way unperceived half way up the main aisle,
gave lusty crow, creating scene exceeding
ly amusing and ludicrous.
We learn from the Chronicle that Charlie,
son of Mr.. Hiram Ladd of Weld, and bright
little boy of six years, was drowned in that
village last Thursday afternoon. He was play
ing with two other boys on the bank of the
brook leading to the mill-pond, which they
attempted to cross on a log. The little fellow
slipped off, and was rapidly carried by the
swift current out into the pond.
Mrs. 7. w. Bean of New Sharon was Sc
verely injured last week in riding from that
place 'to Pennington by being pitched out of
the wagon.
The Chronicle says Hiram Mace, who, on
Thursday, served out his term of sixty days in
Jail as q common seller of liquor, seems to
have undergone some mental arrangement
during his confinement. He has been taken
to the Insane Hospital
KNOX COUNTY.
We learn from the Gospel Banner that some
time during the night of the 18th inst, a man
named Maddocks, who was in the employ Of
Thomas Nye, Esq of Union, got up and lit a
lamp and was about leaving the house, when
Mr.. Nye got up and asked him where he was
going. In reply he said he was going to the
As they found out in the morning he did not
home in Appleton, until Sunday, the 10th,
when some of his friends were at Mr.. Nye's
and said he had not been heard from. A
search was Immediately begun. On the ground
near Hill Mills, his knife was found with
blood upon it, and near by, on a log, was found
hair supposed to be his whiskers. At last ac-
counts the search was being continued but
nothing further had been ascertained. 1t is
thought he is in the-riEer.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
coming quite citified of late. Two or three
stores have been broken open recently, and
other evidences Of thieying abound. The peo-
them their deserts.
The Advocate says at q town meeting in
Bingham ion Saturday, it was voted. AZ to B.,
not to issue the bonds for the payment of the
subscription to the Somerset railroad.