The Portland daily press., 1870-01-10
state News.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
A company has been organized in Auburn
called the "Auburn Ice Company"
The Lewiston Journal chronicles the death
of Mr.. John Morrill,, Of Auburn. Mr., Morrill,
was a well known printer, formerly publisher
of paper at Livermore Falls. The past TWO
years he has resided in Auburn.
Sheriff league has appointed the following
deputies for AndroscOggin county :-Thomas
LttIefield (Jailor) Auburn; VIM. Keenp. Me.
E. w. Dolley. Livermore Falls; P. K. Stront'
Durham; and o. G. Douglass. Lewiston.
The Androscoggin Board Of County Com.
missoners has been organized by the choice of
Col. Lee Strickland of Livermore, Chairman
The only change in the former board is that
VIM. D. Roak, Esq, of Durham takes the
place of jesse Davis, Esq, OF Lisbon.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Mr.. Drummer G. Knight, of Pittston. has
been appointed Superintendent of County
Buildings, at Augusta.
Two young lads run away from their homes
in Gardiner last Wednesday, arriving IL
Lewiston on Thursday. But the father
OF one of them was there almost az soon
says the Journal and lodged information viii
the police, who found the boys ON Lisbon St.
and they returned to Gardiner in the after
noon.
KNOX COUNTY.
The engineer employed to survey the routt
for the proposed Georges Valley railroad. IL
connect the Knox and Lincoln railroad witt
the city OF Belfast has just published his re-
port. The cOnta mplated route begins at thu
line of the Knox and Lincoln road in Warren
thirty-se miles east of Bath and clever
through Warren to Rockland and about on,
west Of Warren Village and the head Of tide
on the Georges River. 1t follows thar rive
some distance, and passes through South
Union. Smiths Mills In Appleton Searsmon
Mills, Belmont and Morrill,, reaching the val
line OF tire Belfast and Moosehead Railroad
down that valley to the city of Belfast. Tn,
whole distauce is thirty miles, and the line Il
said to be very easy.
There is in the town of Warren, a woolel
mandatory operation, that employees onl,
persons who be,ong in the place. No outsid
ers are hired unless it is impossible to procur,
help in the town. = 80
OXFORD COUNTY.
MIR. George L. Vose of Paris is new nrenar
ing map of the White Mountain district
rms was never done, and requires a good dea
of labor. Mr. Vose says that the line between
New Hampshire and Maine is very crooked
one, aud that if Strengthened, it would chang,
titles to not a few persons owning land on tn,
The Oxford Democrat says: eve have re
ceived a communication from the mother O
the Buck boy, whose hand was cut of by
Bryant boy while beech nutting. She state
that it was not done accidentally but fir ON
spite. ..
The Oxford Democrat says that the new
Board of Oxford County Commissioners wa.
organized on the first of January. Vim. Chase
appeared and was qualified. N. B. Hubbard
Esq, of Hiram was chosen chairman for thu
bron retires from the board.
The Oxford Democrat says that Ashley J
Paine, the first settler, now living in the town
of Mason, seventy three years old, is still hale
and hearty. He has thus far, the present win
ter, taken the whole care OF sixteen head o.
cattle, fifteen sheep, Que horse, TWO hogs and
lot of poultry. b. sides getting up portion o.
his fire wood and doing other chores, incident
to a large farm.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The action of the town of Concord v. Della.
ny aud al, involving the validity of paper
credits, has been decided in favor of the de-
PENDANTS on point of law. The case goes. up
WALDO COUNTY.
The case of Georgiana Stickney v. Axe]
Hayford, to recover damages from the defend
ant for an alleged false imprisonment aud for
publicly charging the plaintiff with gross
lewd ness. which has been tried once and q
verdict of more than $1,000 returned against
the defendant, was again tried last week al
Befast-the first verdict being set aside by
the full court, and a new trial granted On
Friday the jury returned verdict for plain
tiff, assessing the damages at $3.50.