The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-04-15
our OWN STATE.

Tho following nominations were re-
jectcd by the Governors Council ut the
late session of that body: @. p. Mattocks',
States Attorney for Cumberland County;
Z. G. Harlow of Dixfcld, one of the Com
missioners to investigate the jail system.
Tho following were laid on Tho table:
Mr.. Paine Of Bangor, for Insurance Com-
missioner; DIR. John Benson, one of the
Commissioners for visiting the Jail. Tho
following nominations were confirmed:
George. +. Talbot, Gen. Scldcn Conner,
Commissioners to investigate tho paper
credit frauds. L. Wilder rarely declined
to serve on the Commission, and the name
of Abraham Sanborn Of Bangor Demo
craft, has been put upon tho nomination
book in his place. ..1 Iun rI..w
A cedar log has been put into Dead River
measuring 1923 feet. II is the property Of
Charles and Elias Milliken Of Augusta What
becomes Of Lebanon alongside Of these little
twissf 1'.rrnU W. lrI1rn .l ~ .'
The SkoNhcgan Reporter says that vcner-
able gentleman in Canaan, over 100 years Of
age. recently turned over to his friends his pri-
vate papers among which was found about three
hundred dollars in State bank bills. I'LL good.
The E,stport Sentinel says the rcpo rted fail
urc Of the well known commission house Of Z.
A. Souicr & Co., Philadelphia, has created not
little excitement among business men there
It Is estimated that not FAR from 900 win be
the loss to PASSPORT citizens, the report proves
true. At almost any other season Of the year
the loss would have been much heavier.
Mrs. Brainard, widow, in East DiIacld,
committed suicide BY hanging herself In pam
try March Oath. r-n ur ...l 'r .
The Kcnncbec Land and Lumber company
have employed from 100 to $50 men In their
logging operations this winter besides fourteen
o1cu and seventeen horses. Over 5000. COO
feet Of pine and spruce lumber have been put
into the Churchill stream and will be rated and
driven down river for use at the company steam
mills in Augusta and at Pittston. ~. .r..
The waterville Mail says Mr.. Erastus Chad.
wick, Of Benton, dropped his pocket book just
amer paying his toll at the Ksndall's Mills bridge
Tuesday night, about dusk. and did not motto,
his loss till an hour or two afterwards. In the
meantime several persons had passed the bridge.
Next morning II was found thrown over the fence
minus contents, Coz dollars. Mr.. G. is an In
dustrious young man, and had Just gathered up
nearly al be possessed, to start In the morning
to pay II for little farm.
The skowhegan Reporter says that Mr.. Jared
Bates Of Concord, has team Of siK Jokes OF
two-ycars-old steers, which have been driven BY
a boy Is years Old all winter, hauling railroad
sleepers, lumber and wood. I.'r, ~ rS,0
Aoow belonging to Seth Leayitt Of Phillips,
dropped q calf Thursday, good siss. and perfect
In MI respects but one, Il had no legs. II
would throw its head ub and back and jump
forward nearly foot at each trial. The owner
LiIled Il At one day old and has since come to
,rieG. As his friends told him Il would have cold
for $500. writes correspondent Of the Lewis
ton Journal v.
The Governor has parioned Issac G. Ycaton
Of Belgrade. Who wss ssutsnosd for the crime Il
larceny. 10 imprisonment In the county Jail for
the period ofsix months, and Cornelius c. Hays
Of Pond Island, waldo county. who vas CON-
mitted to the stats Prison Feb. .. 1860, for the
period Of l-s yr.. for the crime ofbursisy
A crippled child Of Edward vsrney Of Porter,
ared about six ysau, was % shockingly burned
one av lsst week, hy h clothes tab.ng hrs, In the
absence Of his parents. that u survived IL injur-
ies but few hours, sAys the 0xfbrd Democrat.
The Mcssrs. Brsd,trcet are preparing to build
ship Of about 1000 tons burden. old measure.
ment, at their yard In farminsiale, this season,
Is We learn from The Gardner Reporter. "