The Portland daily press., 1869-07-23
state News.
ANDRosooGG1N COUNT


Liquor seizures are repeated from time to
time in Lewiston.
The Journal has the following itsms
We learn that the pardon for John Manning,
now serving out sentence in our county jail
for liquor selling, has not been signed by the
Governor. The Council voted to grant such a
pardon, but the Governor has not given it his
signature.
Charles Melaney, employed in the Bates
mill had his hand caught in the machinery,
Wednesday, 2. M. It was injured SO badly
that DR.. Kicker, who was called, had to ampu-
tate the fore finger.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Somebody came near shooting Mr. S. r.
Jewell of Pennington, on Monday, by an ac-
cidental firing off of gun loaded with ball,
the missile gong close to the mans head. But
The Normal School building has been vast
ly improved this season. and the Fall Term
begins Aug. 26th.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Gardiner journal says several cases of
petty larceny took place in that city during
the past week, such as picking money drawers,
&c. One young man lay in the lookup all day
Wednesday waiting for his father, out of re
spect to whom we will not give his name. We
are sorry that the moral city Of Gardiner
should be so disgraced, and will add for her
credit, that these evi-doers were none of them
her children, but newcomers.
On Monday John B. Nutting, of Gardiner,
happened to get his foot under, a passing
truck cart, and got it pretty severely jammed,
though no bones were broken.
KNOX COUNTY.
Rev. A. r. Abbott, pastor of the Universal
ist church and County Supervisor schools,
died at six o'clock Thursday morning at Rock
land.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mrs. Alanson Hall, an elderly lady of Dix
field, while out berrying alone few days ago
had the misfortune TO break her ankle; it was
some time before her cries brought the needed
assistance. DIR. Bartlett attended to the case
On examination it was foun. that both bones
were broken. She is now doing well.
PENoBscoT COUNTY
The Wing of yesterday morning said: The
r. & N. A. Railwsy now being completed to
Lincoln Centre, an excursion Of the City Gov
ernment will be made over it to-day as far as
that place to inspect the work preliminary to
their report upon its acceptance.
The same paper has also an interesting ac-
count of the arrival of the Big Drive at Old
town from the West Branch:
The West Branch Drive. between 45 and 80
millions, has just got into the boom, after
drive of about forty-five days Being the ssbig
drive" of the river, they always come to Old
town with some formality. At the boom, the
crew, about 200 men, take the boats-29 this
year-and form into single file, the bow of one
fastening to the stern of that next preceding.
They preserve this order till they are about
quarter of mile from the landing-then it is
general race for the landing Usually there is
a @sheer boom" laying across their path, and
rather than go around it, they run over it,
some of the men jumping on to the boom to
help the boat over. The race, together with
falling into the river, creates considerable ex-
element When this line of boats gets fairly
in sight the Indians salute with their cannon
and flag. To-day the cannon frightened a
yoke ofoxen, getting in hay on Indian Island.
They ran with the cart into the river and at
tempted to swim across. Upon reaching the
sheer boom they got entangled with it, and
this, with the weight Of the CART and strong
current, made their. drowning very probable.
The drive, seeing the oxen, broke their line
and rushed for the boom. one boat striking it
with such force that the boat was stove to
pieces and let the men into the water. They
finally released the oxen from the cart and got
them ashore and let the cart 60 over the falls.
The men were picked up by other boats.