The Portland daily press., 1869-12-14
state News.


L hNOX COUNTY.
| The Washingtonian movement is havino il
effect in Camden. Under the influence of ;
new society under that good old name 10 an
young men there are saving their money thai
went for rum and putting it away for bette
| purposes.
The Camden Herald states that Mr.. William
Young OF Indian Island, while engaged il
| cutting wood near pine Hill," cut h;s foot
very badly, the axe entering the outside of the
lett foot, severing two arteries. Mr.. Young's
| wfe happened TO be with him, and assis ted
him to his boat She then pressed the arter.
les together with her hands, and by so doin o
| partially stopped the blood while he rowed the
boat home, distance of three miles.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal saws Hon. Thomas
Drummond of Chicago, one of the newly an.
pointed Circuit Judges, is brother of the
| late Rev. James Drummond, for SO MANY
years pastor of the Congregational church in
auburn, and Is native of Bristol in this
State.
PENoBscoT COUNTY
-. The people of Upper Saltwater are not to be
oeaten by the withdrawal of the Veazie
railroad They will petition the Legislature
to allow the E. & n. A. railway to extend a
branch to them in its place, with the under
sIanolng that the company accede to their
wishes.
The Bangor Wing gives the following prices
OF produce from the country wagons on Satur-
day. The amount Of produce coming to mar
ket IS comparatively small, and business in
anat ina line quiet; loose hay selling from SIT to
$l9 per ton for the best quality, and Inferior
| qualities from $12 to SIG; oats are selling at
from % to 20 cents; yellow eyed beans at So 30
70 Sz 60; pea beans from SO 90 to SO 25; barley
at something less than one dollar Der busbei: !:
potatoes from 80 to 60 cents; common lump
ae anu so1d Dutter from 30 to 80 cents; eggs from
80 to 50 cents; chickens Is to 18 cents and tur-
kies from IL to % cents; round hogs, IA to Is
cents; dried apples from II to Ia cents. Good
seasoned hard wood 81 so to So 90 Der cord.
and dry soft wood from $4 90 to IS 90,
:, The horse and sleigh of Geo. w. Merrill of
Bangor were stolen from his store door on Fri
day evening. Saturday an old offender nam
ed Samuel Fol,oman drove the team nm to Of
ncer Lancasters door and gave himself up.
lie will be sent to Thomaston for another
term.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Methodist parsonage at Kendalrs Mills
was damaged by fire to the amount of S1OO on
Monday evening last
A barn in Fairfield, owned by Henry Tay-
lor OF Portland, and occupied by Mr.. B. Her
som OF Waterville, waslburned on Monday of
last week, with its contents of hay, carriages
and and farming tools. The barn was Insured tor
@zoo, and the contents for $780,
YORK COUNTY.
LAST Thursday night the store of Mr. LON
nj into upon Factory Iisand, Saco, was broken
nronortr snu about hundred dollars worth of
baoamy bPope,ey taken. taken. The next day Officer Durein
ner En,er,, ortisned that two youths named Ed
gar gar Emery "a and James Avery were the % cnInrits @
arraened ns % before em JuSse 1e Saturday they
guilty. For want of bail they were nI H. p,eaued
mitted to Jail to await the action of the GronG ro
Jury next month. o'anu
The lumber which constituted the caroo of |
the schooner Eva of st. John, wrecked weeI ~
Or two ago upon Old Orchard Beach while on |
her voyage from Salmon River, N. B., to Bos- |
lon, viii be sold at public auction to-day upon |
.he beach, the consignee being satisfied of the |
m19IP1ossiblity of reshipmenf The vessel is |
tlil upon the beach but the captain is san
.nine that she will come off at the next run of |
ull tides