The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-07-22
State News.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Jay Bridge is to have large grst mill and
box factory, employing about IS hands. Steam
will be the motive power, and the town has
loaned its credit to aid the enterprise.
The Augusta Journal says youths tenn
perance organization is formed in that city.
The whiting mill at Hallowell is to be trans
formed into a grist mill. The oil-cloth factory
of Wilder & Co. is to be enlarged.
A blacksmith at Watervile, who construct
ed for himself velocpede when the fever was
well up, has conveyed himself to and from his
place of business upon it ever since. He may
be seea all weathers travelling along, with
dinner pail upon his arm, taking all the COM
fort imaginable.
There are thirty-nine vessels loading ice and
waiting to load, between Bath and Hallowell,
on the Kennebec river, as follows: Bark AL
mira COomhs at GturSi5'o iOe houses at Pitts
ton, to load for Key West; B. itish bark San
Dominique, loading at Sturgis's houses at
Richmond for parties in Montevdeo. The
Knickerbocker Ice Company of Philadelphia
have fourteen vessels loading at their houses at
H9llowel, Dresden, Richmond, Reeds Rocks
and Bath. A. Berry of Dresden has five;
Gage & Co. have three barks at Pittston and
Richmond loading, and three more coming
No. Mitchell has three, w. & G. Russell have
six, Sagadahoc G. have two, Cedar Grove two,
Hartford City Ice Co. of Hartford, Conn, one,
j. L. Cheeseman two, j. E. Black, Hallowell,
one.
AENNEbEC COUNI1
One Addison Gilbert of Philadelphia, was
arraigned before Trial Justice Woodward at
Winthrop on Thursday, charged with assault
with intent to kiss the daughter of Daniel C.
Duley of Monmouth. He was found gully
and fined and costs.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Last Sunday man named Mason, the night
Waterman in the wooden mill at Norway was
cleaning his revolver, when it was discharged,
I,u1Ia Of inf ha oil IF ;c boy
and penetrating some distance into the arm
after passing nearly through the hand. 1t has
not yet been extracted.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY
The Bangor Wing tells of the return to that
city of Mr.. Samuel Mansel who had been alb.
sent nine years and was given up by his
friends for dead. Mr.. Manseii left Bangor in
1861 with the I'd Maine regiment, as teamster
After the battle Of Bull Run, a large number
of teamsters were discharged among them
Mr.. NJ, and in short time, his name was
published in list of men killed by the break
ing down of bridge. Hearing nothing from
him, his friends of course supposed the report
correct and have mourned him as dead until
his unexpected return. 1t appears that he
went West after his discharge, and has since
been engaged in teaming on the plains. A
short time ago, his party was attacked by In
dams, who ran off his stock and killed his two
companions, and being thus thrown out Of
business, he concluded to come to Bangor and
look up his friends.
SAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The new steamer Sasanoa, will be put on
the Bath and BOothbay line next week.
The Bath Times says that two daughters OF
Mrs. Phebe FOwles of Westport, left home on
Monday afternoon to go berrying across the
river, and have not returned. Their boat was
found on the shore, all right, but no trace OIL
girls have been discovered.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Calais snatches the Presss story about the
cochineal. The Advertiser says: Our Pat was
hauling load of goods, among which was a
barrel of guanO. In handling it the head came
out, and Pat caught big lump and put it 10
his mouth, and aztec rolling it around his
tongue two or three times spit it ont, with the
rather profane remark (excusable under the
circumstances,) that it was damn poor sugarl
YORK COUNTY.
Kiltery Navy Yard. 1t is reported that every
available vessel there is to be fitted for sea.
Rev. Elias Libby, of Limerick Village 81
boro, distance of six miles on warm day and
picked half bushel of blueberries and reached
home before sunset with his berries.
The Biddeford Democrat says a son of Mr.
Mitchell Parent, of Saco, who has been sub
ject to fits, while at play in the railroad bridge,
on Monday afternoon, had climbed to the upper
part of the inside of the bridge, and while there
was attacked with fit and fell a distance OF
some twenty feet, and was so severely injured
that he died Tuesday night. He fell into such
position in the lower part of the bridge, that
it was with considerable difficulty that he was
eXtricated.