The Portland daily press., 1869-11-18
State News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

Our Lewiston correspondent writes that
lire broke out about seven o'clock Tuesday eve
ming in the building owned and occupied by
George w. Ellord as a boot and shoe store on
Lisbon street. The fire was discovered before
| 1t had made much head way, OF a great copfla.
grafton must have followed, there being row
OF frame buildings on both sides of this street
Mr. Ellord was damaged about "a OOO The
building was insured for 81 500 in the Traders
and Mechanics. Insurance Company. of Lowell,
Mass, and $500 in theAlbany City Co. Of
New York.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mail matter to the amount of about two hun
dred bushels was sent to the Augusta post Of
flee on Thursday.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal relates that on Janua
ry last Capt. Hiram Mari, a fisherman residing
at southport, started from his home to cross
the bay to Georgetown. While MAKING tba
trip in his sail boat Capt. Mari was lost hnt
MS body was not found, though the shores
were searched for many days. Some months
to Mr. T. for the payment of a promissorv
note of $50, which Capt. Mari had against him
at the time he was dro owned. Mr. P~ayerred
that he had paid the note" and refused to
acknowledge that he was indebted to the es-
tate of the deceased. As the note itself was in
the pocket of Capt. Mari when he was lost. M
conclusive evidence could be produced thai II
had not been paid. But curious to relate. dpr.
ing the heavy gale of last September, the body
Beach, and in the clothing was found a wallet
containing, in nearly perfect preservation, the
note for $50, the payment of which MIR p. had
refused to the widow. p could no lonoer
evade paying it, nor did he seem disposed to.
after the body of the deceased seemed to have
risen from its burial place on purpose to de-
mand it. W.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Mr.. Chas. 81. Purington of Oldtown dropped
dead in the cars tuesday night, while on The
way 10 attend the opening of the Katahdin
House at Winn. Heart disease was the cansa
of his death.
The Canal block of mills at Oldtown tool,
fire Tuesday night, but was extingus he'd with
the loss of portion of the roof. The damage
is not heavy.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Union Advocate says: Mark Felker Of |
Concord young of q years committed suicide |
on Thursday last between 9 and 10 ococI
A. M. by shooting himself with a shotgun |
After doing his mornings work The went into
his room, where he loaded the gun with SING
as supposed, and after placing the butt OF the
gun on trunk with the muzzle to his breast
he snapped it by the aid of the ram-rod. The
charge entered just above the pit of the stom-
ach and came out nearly between the shoulder
blades and went out through the ceiling. He
was single man, living with his mother in
good circumstances, and no cause can be con-
jectured for the melancholy act.
sAGADAHOC COUNTY
Firemans Ball at Bath tonight
The Times says that special meeting of the
Directors of the Knox & Lincoln railroad
company took place in this city Tuesday and
the night before. Measures were taken to |
complete the road and have it running in one
year from this time. Action was also taken
for the construction of bridges for the entire
route Measures were also taken for the pro-
IpuIing OF steam ferry boat to ply between
pain oatn and Woolwich, and also for procuring
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
dne storm last Sabbath in Calais must have
esrE or else the people easily
the fact that last Sunday four cbnrehas rro ora
not opened, and by uniting their forces Two two
,lergymen got together the only Protestant . om
licences in town, which numbered twelve ner.
IONS.