The Portland daily press., 1869-04-02
State News.
ANDRoscoea1N COUNTY.

The Lewiston journal says a preacher. of
our acquaintance has little daughter who is
much engaged in the manufacture of paper
dolls. A few Sundays since, in the middle of
the sermon he had occasion to use his hand
kerchief and to his astonishment scattered in
all directions some fifty specimens that the
little one had lodged in the parental pocket
for ssfe keeping. The effect upon the audi
ence was as marked as that created by the
Japanese poper butterfly player.
The Lewiston journal says the volume of
water running over the falls is hourly increas-
ing and the prospect is good for a freshet-
The river ice is becoming very thin and break
ing away in spots.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Pioneer says the largest hog ever raised
in Aroosto0k, we believe, was slaughtered
few days ago by Hugh Reed, of Molunkus-
1t weighed when dressed 7S9 pounds. It was
sent to the Bangor market.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Bath Times says Miss Martha Holmes,
young lady residing in Freeport, has been
for several months past subject to temporary
insane fits, and on Saturday evening last, dur
ing the absence of her mother from the room
for moment, she arose from her bed, raised
the window and jumped out; and dressed in
nothing but her night clothes, and barefoot,
she wandered round until she fell exhausted
on the cold snow near the house, where she
lay in that state for two hours, though The
gent exertions made to find her, but owing to
her white clothing being SO near the color of
the snow she was passed by repeatedly with
out being discovered. She was Just alive when
found, but on being carried to the house and
stimulated with restoratiyes she revived and
was living the next day, though very low, and
it is feared that her system has received so Sc
we're shock that she cannot recover.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Pennington Chronicle says the lumber
men in the Dead River section me ct with seri-
GUS difficulties in getting their teams out of
the woods. One driver, after attempting for
several days to reach the settlement, came to
a stand-still on the border Of pond, which
the condition of the ice rendered impossible,
and having nothing for feed, killed his horses,
fifteen in number. on the spot, rather than
allow the poor creatures to die of starvation.
The team was owned in New Portland. 1t is
said that this manner of getting rid of the
horses has been resorted to in several other
instances. At another point rude sled was
constructed of split pines, by which the horses
were conveyed across the pond and thus saved.
The Pennington Chronicle says not long
si4ce, while Mr.. Elisha G. Jones, who resides
on what was formerly known as the Capt,
James Mayhem farm in Strong was at work
with hired man in a shed attached to his
house, the roof yielded to the pressure of the
immense pile of snow, and as quick as thought
the two men were buried beneath the fallen
timbers and snow. For time it was suppos-
ed they were both dead, but after much labor
they, were disinterred, found to be alive, bad
ly but not fatally injured. Two barns in
Avon, one belonging to John Crosby, and the
other to Samuel Norton, have also been crush
ed by the weight of snow, and made perfect
wrecks.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
In the Supreme Judicial Court John A.
Hunt has recovered verdict of $4,000 against
the town of West Gardiner, for being thrown
from his wagon in consequence of defect in
the highway. At the same term Mrs Serena
Shaw of Waterville recovered 1854, 90 against
Dr. Charles III. Rowell of Kendals Mills, for
malpractice in reducing dislocated leg. The
trial occupied five days.
Franklin Smith, and others are to erect at
Waterville, this season, the largest saw-mill
on the Kennebec.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Rockland Free Press in speaking of the
accident in the Episcopal church at Thomas
ton last Sunday evening says the cause of the
disaster was the insuficienoy of the prop be
meath the crossbeam. The chancel is very Sc
curely and thoroughly built. Had it not been
so the loss of human life would have been very
great. The prop underneath was not the one
which had been placed there by the builder.
The workmen had put more slender one in
its place without his knowledge, and when
such very heavy pressure was brought to
bear upon it, it gave way, and the heavy cross
Deam slowly settled down. Several persons
were good deal bruised, bnt only two, Mrs
James Gilchrest and Mis- Emma Stevens were
seriously injured. Master George Williams
had an arm broken but is doing well. Many
who were supposed to be injured were only
frightened.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The town of Wiscasset, at its recent annual
meeting voted to close not only all the liquor
shops, but also the town agency for the sale of
liquors The latter was carried into effect by
the selectmen the next day.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
VIM. Kendall of Fairfield, Regal Arch
Mason, is the oldest Free Mason in the Unit
ed States, having been made one March 5, 1904
at Kennebec Lodge No. of Hallowell, and has
consequently been in the order 65 years. He
is now 81 years old, and during his life has
been a noted inventor, having invented steel
bells, the circular saw, revolvers, &c., &c.