The Portland daily press., 1869-04-24

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Packard are rebuilding the saw mill on Little
Androscoggin river, burned few months
since. They will put in circular saw and
manufacture shoe boxes, of which from 100 to
$50 are consumed daily.by Auburn shoe man
ufacturers.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph says the Andros-
days, and is now "wednesday quite high. A
boom across the cove gave way on Tuesday
night and a large number of logs went out be-
longing in part to Hiram Toothaker, and in
part to Messrs. Coburn & Thompson. Some
estimate the loss from $1,000 to $1500 to each
owner.
The Brunswick Telegraph says the price
asked for the toll bridge between that town
and Topsham 10 $4,000. No decision has been
arrived at towards purchasing it and making
it free bridge.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth American says Rev. Father
Immaso, the Catho1e Priest who has been
stationed in Ellsworth for couple of years
left for New York last week to take the steam
er for Europe. Father Immaso returns to his
native country, Italy, while Rev. Father o.
Kief of New York succeeds him here.
A correspondent of the American says Bar
Harbor, Eden, is getting to be quite noted
place. The six hotels in the village were not
sufficient to accommodate all the people who
visited the place last summer. Two new h0-
tells are now in process of erection, and several
very nice privete residences are being finished.
New York parties are building some very
good houses in the village, and others, / un-
derstand are to 60 up during the season.
KNOX COUNTY,
The Rockland Gazette says last week q
young woman at Vinalhaven by the the name
of Lawry, after partaking of a hearty meal of
lobster, went to bed apparently in her usual
Tn oh firfna off ~ c1,o
complained of severe headache. Her husband
arose. lit light, and found her in dying
condition.
Last Saturday, says the Rockland Gazette,
while a young man by the name of Graham, at
the Meadows, was attempting to step upon
piece of limestone, in order to get out of the
way of a team, the stone turned over and
comsng in contact with his foot completely
severed it just below the ankle.
The Roekland Gazette says sone two
weeks since, while Mr.. e. Bragg was at
son work splitting block with steel wedges,
a piece of steel few and struck him in the
eye, destroying the sight entirely.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mr.. jackson Chapman, of Bethel, died
$500 to the Maine Missionary Society, and
$500 to the second Congregational Church in
Bethel, OF which he was a member. The bulk
of his property, amounting to about $17 900,
is divided among his relations, says the edito-
rial correspondent of the Lewiston journal.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
We learn from the Bath Times that on
Friday, the 18th inst, Capt A. d. Young dis
covered a box floating in the Kennebec river,
and succeeded in getting it ashore, 1t was
about a foot deep aed two feet square, strong
ly nailed together and bound with hoop iron.
When opened it was found to contain hu-
man skeleton. The attention of coroner Pot
ter was called to the matter, and jury was
summoned to investigate the affair An ex-
animation showed the flesh remaining upon
the hands and feet; the knees were unjOinted,
apparently for the purpose of being put into
the box, but were held together by
the ligaments; with these exceptions
the skeleton was totally devoid of flesh or
other substance pertaining to q human body.
The top OF the head had been sawn of, just
above the eyes and ears, the operation having
been performed in an inartistic manner. There
was a hole through the upper section just back
of the crown, about the size of bullet, the in
ner edge being somewhat splintered. The sur
geons who were called as witnesses were of the
opinion that the hole must have been made
while the person was alive. The back part of
the skull was fractured frem the hole down to
the edge of the section; the right jaw bone was
also broken. The skeleton must have belonged
to person aboveitAe average size and the teetm
indicated that he must have been sixty or sew
enty years of age. The verdict of the jury was
that he came to his death by means of blow
or wound inflicted on the skull by some sharp
instrument in the hand of some person or per-
sons, to the jury unknown.