The Portland daily press., 1869-04-30
state News.
ANDRoscoeGIN COUNTY.

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The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. John T. Pet
tengill of East Auburn, a few days nee kill
ed eight crows at single shot.
We learn from the journal that the yenera-
BILE Father Jones of Minot is dangerously ILL.,
The Lewiston Journal says an impertinent
fellow had his face smartly slapped by a
spunky girl to whom he made an insulting re-
mark on Lisbon street. Tuesday.
A correspondent of the Farmington Chron-
icle says the town of Livermore is about seven
by five miles in length and width, and con-
tains three churches-Me Ghodist Baptist, and
Universalist; four stores, four saw mills, four
shingle and lathe machines, two grist mills.
one shoe shop, one box factory, one rake facto-
ry, one scythe snath factory, four blacksmiths.
three doctors, one lawyer, two ministers, &C.,
but mary veloclpede or velocipedist.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The water-power, mills and 800 acres OF
land connected, situated in Ludlow were re-
Gently sold to Peter Cochrane of Houlton.
The Houlton Pioneer says bring in the Rail-
road-start the Woolen Factory the
Savings Bank success-and nobody in Houl-
ton, and no new conner, need worry.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The dangerous operation of amputation of
the leg, by unjointing at the hip, was success
fully performed at Pennington last Sunday, as
we learn from the Chronicle, upon the leg of a
lad IL years old who about two years ago bruis-
ed the leg just above the knee A short time
afterwards he took cold in the wound while
bathing, and 1T changed something similar to
fever sore. From That time to Sunday last.
the sore had been discharging, till the bone Of
the leg was nearly gone. What little of the
bone there was left broke of its own accord on
Saturday last, swapping as it broke with a
sharp report The boy is as comfortable as
could be expected.
The Pennington Chronicle says complaints
of the ravages of field mice among the nurse
ries and orcnards in all parts of the county are
constantly heard. In many instances quite
large. trees have been completely stripped of
their bark. and utterly ruined. A Mr.. Cooling,
of Jay, has lost upwards of 5OO A. w
Thompson 100, and John Paine 90 ont of 1O0
recently planted.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
The Banner says that Miss Gilley, the wo-
man who was badly injured by falling down
cellar at the house of its editor, three weeks
ago, nearly, contrary to all expectation-is
still living, but has not recovered her senses. !.
nor can she sit up or be removed from her bed.
The wound on her head has healed, external
ly, but there is fever in the brain STILL Wheth-
er she will ever recover is a question the doe
tors don't know how to answer.
Charles Ballard of Vassalboro had his arm
30 badly shattered while engaged in blasting
rocks last week that amputation will be neces-
sary.
KNOX COUNTY.
We learn from the Free Press that the mills
in Warren known as Hills Mills, owned by
Caswell Merry, took fire on thursday morn
ing of last week and were destroyed. They
consisted of single up-and-down saw, stave
machine and thrashing machine.
OXFORD COUNTY.
nast Inesday when the evening train from
hartford and Buckfeld went on to the village
railroad bridge, the first span gave way and
carried down the engine, tender ane one car
and conductor, falling some ten feet into
the river. The engineer and conductor were
carried over the dam, and rescued immediate.
ly below, uninjured The engine was very lit
tie damaged.