The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-06
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.NpRoscoGarN COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Last Saturday town-meeting was held in
Minot to see if the town would transfer the
town meetings from Mechanic Falls to West
Minot where they were formerly holden. The
proposition was decided in the negative by
vote Of nearly two to one.
The citizens of Turner, Leeds and Greene
will hold Cattle Show and Fair at Turner
Center Bridge, East Turner, on Wednesday,
Oct. 18th. Should the day be stormy, it will
be held on the first fair day following.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Houlton Pioneer says some of the
Swedes from the new colony were in town last
week with load of baskets and other articles,
which they were disposing of to raise funds to
pay the passage of some of their friends or re-
lations who are to join the colony. On their
way down, they endeavored to capture an an
imal which they supposed was a cat 1t proved,
however, to belong to another species, and the
parties raised a (s) cent before they disposed of
a basket. They have large washing which
they are anxious to have attended to at once.
In tho S. j. Court for Aroostook County
Judge Kent has declined to grant the injunc-
ton in the case of the Houlton Branch rail-
road, restraining the town of HoultOn from
further issuing bonds in aid of the road. The
case will probably be carried up to the full
bench, and by that time the whole amount of
bonds voted by the town in aid of the road will
have been issued and the road built.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
We learn from the Bangor Wing that Mrs.
Laura Il. Snow, relct of the late JabeZ Snow
of Bucksport, met with an accident Monday
night which caused her death. She was about
misstep and fell to the bottom, striking on her
head and breaking her neck and arm. Her
age was 70 years. She was twin sister Of
Mrs. Henry Little of Bangor.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Hallowell has voted to extend the time to
July LIST, 1871, of giving aid to parties who
would, in the year 1870, build steam saw mill
Tor the purpose OF manufacturing lumber in
said city.
The Anniversaries Of the Free Baptist Be,
nevoent Societies of New England will be held
with the Free Baptist Church in Augusta, com
mencing Tuesday, October II, and closing
Thursday evening.
The Augusta Water Company has organized
| by electing B. Fl Cushman President and H.
5. Osgood. Secretary. The object of the COM
pany is to supply the city with pure spring
| water from the hill in the rear of the State
House. The cost of piping, &c., is estimated
| at $4,000.
| OXFORD COUNTY.
Our Waterford correspondent sends us an
account OF a sad accident in Waterford: On
Sabbath morning last, as toe daughter of Mr..
samuel Stone, 15 years of age, was riding to
church, she was thrown from the wagon and
killed. Owing to some error in Harvesting. the
| morse soon AFTER starting became unmanaeea-
| Die and dashed on at furious rate. She had
the presence OF mind to direct a younger sister.
who was with her, to try to get out from the
back OF the wagon. She succeeded in doing 50
safely. The older sister still endeayored to
control the horse, but was thrown out. Her
clothing caught in the fender and she was
dragged full quarter of q mile When found
| she was much mutilated and dead. She was
| lovely, intelligent and energetic girl, and her
death brings sorrow to all who knew her,
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says the Saltwater Branch
OF the y. & N. A. railway is nearly Completed.
The rails are laid to the outskirts of the VILLAGE
and the ballasting will soon be flushed.
| The report of the directors of the Dexter r.
Newport railroad show that Sis, 600 have been
received on the lease to the Maine Central
railroad and that Sic, 500 have been paid on in
terest on town script, leaving $500 to be divid.
ed among the holders of $12l,7OO of stock, or
about per cent.
The Bangor Wing is told that man in a
nelghDoring town who possesses q small house,
containing but one room, and had no barn or
granary on his premises, piled all the fur
| nlture in one corner of his house and was
threshing out crop of beans on the floor with
a fail. =
The Penobscot Savings Bank at Bangor has
declared semi-annual dividend of four per
cent