The Portland daily press., 1869-10-15
State News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The trains on the A. r. R. are now runnin Q
regularly to Pennington. In ten hours Mon.
day and Monday night trestle bridge ITO feet
long was thrown across the "dug OUT in Will
ton. Such dispatch reflects great credit on the
management of the road.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The Chronicle reports numerous casualties
resulting from the late flood, though none,
thus far, of fatal character.
A little son of E. S. Bragg, at Fairbanks
Mills, while leading his COW to the pasture
stepped into a hole made in the bridge by the
freshet and broke his leg
A young man by the name of Joseph His
cock, employed to boat passengers across the
stream near the Red Bridge in West Farming
ton, while in a tree securing rope, fell and
broke his leg last Friday.
The Chronicle says the truant Red Bridge
which started down river on a sail, in the
flood, has been found two or three miles down
the river, in very good condition, and will soon
be taken back to its old quarters.
1t is conjectured that the pond in depres-
sion on the summit of Saddieback Mountain.
burst from its boundaries during the late
freshet.
The Chronicle says the nastiest looking place
just now in the valley of Sandy River is PHIL
fps Upper Village. TO
During the storm of the 4th, at the village
of Madrid, the rise of water was so sudden
that several families were completely sur.
rounded by the Hood before they were aware
OF it. Mr.. Z. d. Witham, wife, daughter and
aged II, who found themselves surrounded
beyond possible escape, stationed themselves
upon the guards to the shade trees in front of
their house, making themselves fast to the
trees by means Of ropes. In this predeament,
they remained one hour and a half. dnrinG
which time, timber, and one whole house.
hoated down the Main street in front of them
they were not rescued until the water subsid-
ed - -
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. Nelson Young # Trenton, accompanied
by his wife, left home last Wednesday to visit
MS nsh stand ON Long ISLAM, aud when with
In tDree or four miles from the Island his boat
was upset and they were drowned. Mrs.
Young,s body was picked up, but at the last
account Mr.. Young's body was not found.
KENNHBHC COUNTY.
The journal says that real estate is high in
Augusta, and houses in great demand. Fam
lilies from other places are constantly moving
into the place. A large number of dwelling
houses have been built the past season, and are
in process of flushing. More are needed for
even present demands.
The Kennebec Journal states that Aaron
Hamilton, aged 10 years, son of Henry Har-
ilton, living on the east side of the river at
Augusta, has been missing since Tuesday eve
ming, and it supposed that he is drowned as
no Wtto iao0 oCCH VII UOdTu u SCuOODeT dL
wharf The river has been dragged but his
body has not been recovered.
The Farmer learns that Hon. T. S. Lang h IS
purchased the elegant estate on State street
in Augusta owned and occupied by ID. T. Pike
Esq, and will soon remove from North Vas
salboro, with his family to that city, which he
intends making his future home. The price
paid for the property was $4,000
The Gage House in Augusta, one of the
grand old mansions of the oden time, has been
undergoing extensive renovation ard recon-
struction having been purchased by Ira d.
Sturgis, Esq of Riverside, one of the lumber
kings of the Kennebec, f)r a residence.
PISCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The Dover ObserUer says the freshet was very
severe in that region. The boom of logs above
the dam in Foxcroft, owned by Mr. 4 d. Gill
man, broke loose at about three o'clock on
Tuesday morning, and all swept away A
boom of logs at East Dover, owned by Mr.
Kennson, were carried away about the same
tlme Mr.. Gilman's loss was about $4,000, that
of Mr.. Kennsou's about $4,000. The loss of
crops on intervale farms, both up river aud
down, must be very great.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Skowhegan military company was or
ganized on Saturday last, by the choice of tho
following oficers Isaac Dyer, CAPTAIN. y a
Smith, 1st Lieut.; Brooks d. Savage. ID Iient
Col Dyer was ,ormerly ofthe 18th Maine rea.
iment; Col Smith was Lieut. Col, of the lat
Maine Heavy Artillery; and Lieut.. Savage
was member OF Go. F. I'd Maine Regiment.