The Portland daily press., 1870-05-27
state News.

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Published by Sewel & Miller, Chicago, Ill.
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state News.
ANDROsCoGGIN COUNTY.
Mr.. George Williams, formerly clerk ut the
Dewitt House, has leased the American
House, at Lewiston, and will take possession
next week.
The Lewiston journal says Mr.. W. H. Mum
roe, who for many years, has been the Over
seer of the Spinning Department of the Cont
mental Mills, being about to leave to
take new position in the Pacific Mills at
Lawrence, was surprised on Tuesday evening,
by the gift of a magnificent gold watch valued
at 5000, presented by Mr.. S. H. Murray in be-
half OF the operatives in the Spinning Depart
ment.
We learn from the Journal that the work on
the proposed improvements at Lisbon Falls,
will be at once begun. A part of the propos-
ed canal will be constructed, about 200 feet,
one set of gates will be put in and $50 Fl. p.
Leffel water wheel. A saw mill will be erect
ed, 60 80 feet, to run a circular and up and
down saw, with single and lath machinery.
1t is hoped these improvements will be COM
peted within three months.
The railroad station at Lisbon Falls is being
removed about twenty rods farther south, upon
a better and more convenient site, which has
recently been well graded to receive it.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
A little daughter of Charles f. Owen, in
Brunswick, two years old, recently broke one
of her arms by falling from the lounge to the
floor.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mosquitoes are so plenty in Orland, being
blown ashore from the pond, that three boys
concluded to see how many they could gather.
They scraped them up and put them into a
large sized factory pail until it was crowded
hAo t,,1 onAt 1,ar iuIv fbnu nd
off of the water and put on the ground and
crushed more than two pals full more. Those
in the pail they kept in the mills two or three
days for people to look at. So says a cores
pOndent, who signs his name, of the Ellsworth
american.
Messrs. Hall Brothers, on their two farms in
Aurora raised one hundred and forty tons of
hay last year; and the year before still larger
crop.
The american says Mr.. Joab Snow of Sedg-
wick while at work at the granite quarry at
Bucks Harbor in Brooksville one day this
week was SO severely injured by being damned
between some stones, that he died in three
and a half hours.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Major Frank Davis, of Augusta, has recent
ly sold his six-year-Old Mcclellan colt, gelding,
to New York parties, for the sum of $780,
"Knox-them-all," one of the "Gilbfeth
Knox" family, has been sold for the pretty lit
tie sum of $4,000 to one of the most prominent
horsemen in Boston. This colt will be three
years old next June, so says the Waterville
Mail.
Mr. A. G. Walker, for several years clerk in
the Adjutant Generals Office, has been APP
pointed clerk to the paper credit investiga-
ton committee, now in session at the State
House.
The aged mother of Joseph A. Homan, ESQ,
one of the publishers of the Maine Farmer,
died in Greenwood, Mass, on Monday last
Her remains were taken to Augusta for inter-
ment.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Supervisor of Lincoln county has open
ed the public school campaign in his county
by holding Town Teachers Institutes for
DamariscOtta, New Castle and Boothbay. He
will hold one in Bremen on Saturday, the 2Sth
of May, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M. The
teachers manifest an excellent spirit and much
earnestness for the best methods OF performing
their work.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Canton correspondent of the Lewiston
Journal writes that Hon. Cornelius Holland,
M. D., of that place, has been very sick, but is
now slowly recovering.
PENoBscoT COUNTY
Hiram Peavey is building fine steam saw
mill at Passadumkeag.
A large tannery 10 to be erected at Lincoln
by William piaIsted of Stetson. 1t will be one
of the largest in the State
The Bangor Wing learns that the town of
OldtOwn proposes to build Town Hail. at a
cost of some SIS 900, on the lot recently pre-
scented to them by Messrs. Lord & Veazie.
The Wing says the contract for completing
the work on the Laboratory of the State Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Oro-
no, has been awarded by the Executive Com
mittee, to Mr.. w. D. Chase of Orono. The
contract for making from 800 M. to 500 M.
I,rn1 tl,o Cor Ix,1 60
ten and A. J. Rankin, at 81 per M, the ma
chinery for making and wood for burning be-
ing furnished by the College.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The Times says Moses r. Greenhalgh of
Portland has purchased of Mr.. Tibbetts the
outstanding lease of the Columbian House at
Bath. He will take possession on the first Of
next month, after a thorough refurnishing of
its accommodations.
suffering from severe and painful affection of
the arm bone, submitted to amputation We'd
nesday forenoon. The cancer made its ap-
pearance last August, since which time it has
made rapid progress, until as last resort sur
gical aid was deemed necessary. The arm was
taken off midway from the elbow to the Shout
der and was very successfully accomplished
Mr.. COvel is IS years of age, and bore the oper-
alton with fortitude, says the Times.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Arson ADVOCATE says that NJ. Steward,
Esq, has finished his "drive on Flagstaff and
Bog Brook, making clean thing oft. He is
in luck this time, for many OF the drives are
hung up tor want OF water.
WALDO COUNTY.
Work upon the Moosehead Lake railroad
and upon the depot buildings and upon the
route is being pushed forward. 1t is hoped to
have it finished by the 1st of November.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The new steamer City of St. John, made her
first trip to Calais from ST John on Saturday
The steamer is 600 tons burthen, and is we'll
equipped for the new route.
There was brisk snow storm in Calais on
Tuesday.
The Calais Advertiser says that since last
Saturday the fires in the woods have broken
out anew, and an immense amount of valuable
timber land has been burned over.
YORK COUNTY.
A son OF City Marshal Durgn, of Saco. had
one of his legs broken, and the other badly
crushed, last Monday evening, while running
to fire with an engine. He fell and the front
and hind wheels of the engine passed over
him.
The Pepperell Manufacturing Co. at Bidde-
lord are building large brick building in
their yard, rear of York and Smith streets. 1t
is to be three stories in height and will be. used
for temporary carpenters shop, and new
planer is to be put in.
The Biddeford Democrat says Col William
Thompson, of Kennebunkport, will have his
1000 tons ship ready for sea in ten days. This
ship is considered the finest model of any ever
built in Maine.
Bradford Cakes, Esq, of Kennebunkport,
has q frame for a coaster of 100 tons in his
yard, and is cutting another the same size to
build this season.
Capt. Nathaniel Thompson, of Kennebunk-
port, is building ship of 1000 tons to be off
this fall. Work upon this ship has been sus-
pended for some time but was resumed last
Monday.
The Maine Medical Association will hold
their annual meeting at Bangor on the 18th,
10Th and Both of June.
Patents were granted during the week end
ing May Oath to Cyrus S. Stevens of Portland,
assignor to himself and Daniel f. Knight of
same place, for spring bed bottom; Hatherly
Spear of Cape Elizabeth, for water elevator;
William II. H. Frye of North Fryeburg, for
hay spreader; Russell S. Morse of Wilton, tor
washing machine; Simon Fl. Richardson of
Bangor, assignOr to himself and L. N Egery
of same place, for hauling up logs; Edward
p. ROuche of Bath, for device for nebulzing
perfumes and volatile liquids. Annotated May
II, 1870.
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