The Portland daily press., 1869-07-26
state News. /. I .
ANDRoscoaarN COUNT,

s-H ~ ANDRosc0GGIN COUNTY.
In the months OF March, April and MAY 5000
cases OF shoes were shipped from Auburn De
Pot besides these shipped by express. rC4
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Rev. Mr.. Snow of Auburn, has been elected
Principal OF Westbrook Seminary and has ac.
cepted the position, He viii enter, we hear
upon the discharge of his duties at the com
mencement of the approaching term, He will
also preaclt 1egulafly sat the Uniyersalist
Church at Stevens Plains.
The Bridgton Savings Bank, chartered ky
The last Legislature has been organized, with
VIM. w Gross, President; Rufus Gibbs Treas
urer; A. q. i White, Assistant Treasurer
Trustees, VIM. w. Cross, John p Perley, w,
A. Stevens, b. 2. Stone, Chas. E. Gibbs
.sosnDa KENNEBEc COUNTY. 49,.
Ills proposed to have Firemen's Muster
in Augusta, Sept, I'd, and subscriptions have
already been made amounting to between 5000
and $500. It Is proposed to raise one thousand
dollars y ht+ss9 tssiA se 516If@ 10
e Lent.s circus folks having arranged d glitch
their tents" in Watefville on commencement
evening when the college boys need an the
patronage OF the people, considerably changed
their arrangements SO as to give the college
boys . clear field, and will visit Wateryille
some other time. Fiss.i., d fs.s,T,s, ,..
Some old houses in Watcrville belonging to
the Peril md and Kennebee Railroad Co. have
A-Sn SWIM W a4StiOht " DC ituUyeQ IN IOur
weeks, preparatory to the building of a new
depot. go "a
Joshua Nye Esq. is recovering. sl.ass1rs
Sumner Percival, a prominent business man
OF Waterville, died last Friday morning.
,,S KNOX COUNTY.
We collate the following facts CONCERNING
the State Prison from the Rockland Gazette:
The new wing is built in the most s,bston-
tlal gfVIa 0f Dranifa wifi, IN iIa
is well lighted and ventilated, and adds about
seventy-dve per cent. to the previous canac;tv
of the prison. About forty-lige. men are now
at work in the shoe shop, and about $1,000
worth OF boots now stored in the chamber over
the shop are ready for the market. Work is
brisk in the carriage shop, and the busines Of
this department. Is Increasing every wear.
Several styles of carriages besides sieighs and
heavy wagons, are made here, and the w0rF-
rnanship y Of the best. The extreme punish
is confinement in the dark cells. Oh 4 bread
and water diet. These cells have no hea
bench, or seat in them-n0thing but the hare
stone walls and floor, and are perfectly :isrk
Confinement here generally su6dues the most
refractoEy although one convict stubbornly
remained IN punishment six days, recently.
without touching food or drink for the whole
time. AT the end of that time he Concluded
y TO promise obedience, take his rations and 90
TO work. Warden Rice is declared to be ssthe
right man in the right place as prison ola.
cer-mild and humanitarian In his views and
practise Of discipline, but at the same time
hrm and efficient. s,e.s & :
,'s isis asi PIsoATAQUIs COUNTY. -sss sif
The Piscataquis Observer says that Eastern
Queens owned by Mr.. Daniel Wymsn Of
2 Foxcroft, was driven ON Tuesday last on Ban
gor TrottiDg Course one mile in 2 2:32-one half
mile was made in lila IL and I rs respective-
ly, This was very. good time under the cir
cumssances, a. . very heavy wind was blow