The Portland daily press., 1869-06-02
State News.
ASpRoscoeGrN COUNTY,

Mrs. Moses Merrill, . lady of over three
score years, residing in Auburn, since last fail
has woven 800 yards Of carpeting.
Thompson 8 Putnam's agricultural ware
house in Lewiston was entered by burglars on
Saturday night, and about $12, principally
coppers and 5-cent pieces, taken from the
drawer.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Presque Isle sunrise says the big drive
is now almost down to the Aroostook Bridge
in Maysville. Owing to the late high water
the logs were carried on to the intervals in
some places to quite a distance, and there re-
main, while the water has fallen to less than
full banks We understand that one hundred
men and six horses are employed and have
made progress of only ten miles IN SIX days.
Wednesday the drive, which has been laying
in the mill-pond in Presque Isle for several
weeks, was started for ST. John, and market.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Bangor Whig says
there was picked up in PenobScot river, near
| Bucks Ledge, on May 10Th, the body of man
of middle age, about five feet four inches in
| height, with dark hair; he had on black doe
under pants and shirt, Gurnsey frock, with
vest outside, and thick boots There were in
| his pockets leather wallet, containing 81 80
in U. s. scrip and few coppers, pipe, horn
comb, brass door-key, chest or closet key. and
three small iron keys, with brass tag attached
marked 20. The body had the appearance of
having been IN the water considerable time
| There were no indications other than that the
man was accioentaiiy uro"neo.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
The depot of the Maine Central Railroad at
| Belgrade was broken into Sunday night and a
| small amount of scrjp was stolen. The bag
| gage aud freight were ransacked. but it is not
known whether any was stolen.
a.ar to,,lr -, t,,a por+,o,a O. Hon
| nebec RAILROAD near Bowdoinham. was de-
ssroyed by fire on Monday evening.
prNoRscor corYNrv
we learn from the bangor wing tnat an
lrshman named Downey was drowned IN Pe-
| nobseot river on Monday. bis body was pick
ed mp in the water among rats Just below the
Drldge: ne is supposed 70 nave lallen IN from
tue taios ahu peen aceiuensany ur9"pee.
The Whig says Monday morning a building
| connected with the house of John Palmer, on
State street, in Brewer, was set on fire by some
unknown villain. Fortunately the fire was
discovered and extinguished before making
headway, the incendiary meanwhile making
eood ms escape; ne was seen, however, ana
neared amonc the niles az lnmber on nth he
| wharf, a,
The Banoor who savs ON sa,nrdov evsn-
;no Cont hn's saLs s " WHY 10y osSn U4
vans 81 Reitast r;r.a1 ~ no,a,s an w., n.g-
dronned dead on the dsaL ~ &c sessa, IA u :
a.e lis supper in apnarentIv good health and
then went on deck and in a lew minutes was
dead. Heart disease was the supposed cause.
The Wbie saws gentleman named M;tcball
arrived in Ban9or Mondav EVENING 81, ro,.te for
Rradford who left Hong Kong on the ID dav
ot Nav having made the MASSAGE in the mn.
nrocadantad short t,ne of s,osn5, 5o,,s
He made tha trn from San Tranccisco ~ NJ Ne,v
Vort in civ dsusP o,,J ranarts tha raoJ ~ be n n
GOOD condition "N r. = ~ -o1A y - =
soo1
Mr.. Charles Roundy had very narrow es-
cape Monday morning The Whig says he
was experimenting with small copper boil
or, and stepped few feet from it to speak to a
gentleman, wnen IL blew up. The fragments
;eoo ho;no sea - asod utlection, one iarge
o;Iu ,, o1o ,'a as ;,;,,ra 'y iee' III 'ne ar
HaoA5 no ono was in'uAeu'
Judge Asa Walker, lawyer, formerly Of
Bangor, and at one time editor OF the Bangor