The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-07-08

The Presque Isle Sunrise says that the son
of Mr.. George Dingee, of that village, who
was at play on the logs in the mill pond last
Friday accidentally slipped in and came very
near being drowned, having sunk for the third
time, when Master Charlie Gallagher, a lad Of
IA years, plunged in and succeeded in bring
ing him to the surface, and sustaining himself
and burden until rescued by some worlSmen
who were near.
The house and outbuildings of the Rev. e.
Knight. Fort Fairfield, were burned last Fri
day.. There was no insurance On the same
day the dwelling house of Mr.. Robert McCuby.
of Eaton Grant, was burned.
Six or eight large and elegant private resi-
dences are to be built in Houlton this season.
The academy is to be rebuilt. The Free Ban
fist meeting house is completed and dedicat-
ed The sSnell House" is now kept by Mr..
Philbrick recently of KendalPs Mills House.
George Parks, formerly of the Smell House,
has purchased the Stage House at Mattawanl-
keag 1--we horses, one belonging to David
Anterior and one to Nelson Herrin, were sold
lately for $4,000 each. So says the Sunrise.
p SCOPE 20 KENNEBEc COUNTY, 8oa Hs9
Thayer, of Mansion House, Augusta has
purchased in Lewiston valuable horse nam
ed Happy Jack" The price paid was $1,000
The horse made mile on the ice last winter
In Lewiston in LIS 4 minutes, says the Ken
nebec journal.
The same paper has the following cool item:
Err Wills, OF Augusta, rose early on the morn
ing OF the fifth and dug mess of Early Rose
potatoes from his garden. They were Of good
Size ana TAR IN advance of any other variety.
Inc journal notes some improvements in
Augusta as follows: Improvements are in pro-
gress on the cast side of the river, near the end
OF the Kennebec dam. The corner now occu-
pied by two OF three stables is to be cleared
of, the substantial buildings are to be remoy-
ed to the street and between it and the bank
of the river, and new hotel is to be built on
the corner. This is the beginning of a thor
ough clearing up in the vicinity, and Of per-
manent improvements 2 l'9E set5i
~ sAGADAHocK COUNTY. i1 Cd aFds
Donnell & Deerings blacksmith shop was
burned Monday at Bath. 1t was total loss.
tools and all. A' - s4l "a Qllll '
sd aAs 3 YORK coNNTY. lln4 ID SO
Inc mortgage given by Chadbourne and
NOVEL; to s. HI. Cole and E. H. c.. Hooper IAN
of Biddeford) of stock of furniture &c.. (less
than four months before bankruptcy has been
set aside, and the property is to be made over
to John j. Scammon, assignee II
A sailing party Of sixteen persons was cap.
Franklin Kurdish in Kennebunk, July 9th. A
son of Joshua Littlefeld and the child of
widow were drowned. Rum did it." -ol sii
As Mr.. Merrill, of Dayton accompanied by
w 1Eauies, was driving down Main street, Sa-
% %, tuesday afternoon, his horse fell just be-
io ,e &c Ign Factory Island BRIDGE and broke
he viii II MS oas legs near the shoulder, so that
dent arose from no defect IN the rood b,t was
probably caused from an injury the the horse re-
ceiyed BY being kicked by anotba ne horse tha
day before, which famed the animal Ao''0 Wy
The only reminder of the long by-pono d.x.
when York was the shire town of York c og.
y, is the session of the Probate Court in tha
old York Court House, where Judge Bonrnee
noids term the frs. Tuesday of every july.
Inc lawyers generally happen to have their
wives Tor some other female companion) with
them on these occasions, and are sure to COM
turn to the Cape Neddick House (so long and
iavorably known under the administration of
the Freeman family, who still keep til to dine.
The U. s. Steamer Penobscot has arrival
at Kittery, and anchored in the stream near
the yard, from quarantine