The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-17
state NEWS.

ANDResCoGGIN COUNTY
In Lewiston, Mr.. Bell took walk with Mr.
Cross's half divorced wife, and Mr. Cross ex.
emplified the fitness of his name BY whackino
his rival over the head until he very nearly he.
came cracked Bel. The court will try to
settle the matter.
A son OF Mr.. Llewellyn Gould, of Leeds sevan
years old, fell out of tree, few DAYS aoo
breaking his leg between the hip and knee.
ARoOsTooK COUNTY.
Geo. w. Haines has been appointed most
master at Maple Grove, vice e. A. Rollins re-
signed.
A very heavy and destructive hail storm
passed over Ashland, on Friday last. In the
vicinity OF Rafford's place, crops of all kinds
were comp etely destroyed and was cut off "a
smooth as if moved down with scythe. Win
dows were broken out, glass and sash. Dr.
Bussey, who passed that way the next day at
noon, twenty-four hours after the storm, in
forms the HOulton Times that even then the
hail remaining on the ground could be shovel
ed up by the cart load.
The Sherman Voice complains that there are
not half enough carpenters and joiners in that
vicinity to supply the demand
A son of j. G. Madigan, Esq, of Houlton.
bore eff the honors for the best defamation in
the Senior Competitive division of George
town Coll, and those of his class for best Eng
fish Essay on last commencement day.
d
ging a canal in Sherman, found a live turtle,
measuring IS inches across the back, ten feet
below the surface of the ground. He is pre-
served as a curiosity.
The Sunrise says that Mr.. Dennis A. Foster.
of Pressure Isle moved with machine the
other day, an acre of oats in forty-ore min
uteS.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Mail says that young man named
Nichols, in the employ of Gen. Smith at his
mills, has been arrested and bound over for trial
for robbing the Waterville post-ofice.
The Mail says the West Waterville Soldiers
Monument Association have commenced their
| new building, corner of Church and Grove SITS.
The building will be of stone, with faced brick
| trimmings-per plan by I. w. Silloway, Ar
| chitect, Boston. When completed it will be
an ornament to the town.
The Waterville Mail denies the reported in
| terview in that town between Judge Rice and
John Ware in regard to the tender of $lS5 900
cash for that amount of railroad bonds held by
| the latter.
| OXFORD COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that Ezra F.
Beal. Esq, of Norway, proposes to enlarge
his house by making additions to the amou Mt
| of $4,000 and open it is as hotel.
A gentleman from Paris says that during
the thunder shower on the 24th he could see
burning at one time, three sets OF farm build
ings, in as many towns, that were struck by
Ii ginning during the shower
| PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY
| [From our Correspondent
| Candidates for the Office of Sheriff,-the only
contested office in the county, since Mr. Lee
broke has consented to be candidate for
County Attorney,are multiplying like the frogs
| OF Egypt. The most prominent man who is talk
| ed OF, In opposition to Mr.. Jewett, is Weston
Briggs, Esq, of Parkman, but Mr. Briggs will
not consent to this use of his name, and will
himself support Mr.. Jewett in the Convention
on the oath inst
A very intelligent German gentleman is
| now canvassing the county, selling a new kind
of pen, and manufacturing sympathy for Prus-
| STA.
Hay is worth twelve dollars per ton at Abbot
village; blueberries ten cents per quart.
There is, in Parkman, a large pond called the
Bennett Pond" 1t is remarkable that on
farms which surround thislpond, not the slight
est damage has been done by grass hoppers,
| while in other localities in town, the corn is
| quite ruined by them.
JOSIAH Jordon, M. D., formerly physical
| IN fOxcrOtt, subsequently surgeon in the
army and now broker, in Springfield, Mass,
is on visit to his old friends in the country
Miss Rosamond Welch, of Wellington, was
thrown from carriage on the 18th inst suffer-
| ing severe Commissions and fracturing the clavi-
Gle.
Doctor Stevens found valuable mare of his,
| covered all over with hard tumors, about the
size Of . walnut, last Saturday morning. His
| horse doctor pronounced it case of vegetable
poisoning, and administered strong vinegar
with satisfactory results.
Mrs. Mary Clark, of Abbot INDUCED in the
luxury OF free bath at midday, in the Pts
cataquis River, on that hot third Sunday in
July last, and, as result died of coneestiye
fever, on the 18th inst. S.
The Bangor Wing states that young man
nInI Larn \
about three miles above Sebec village, Friday
afternoon.
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says that on Friday AFTER
noon, the body of a man, apparently 35 years
OF age, was discovered in the river about one
bruises about the head, that there had been
foul play. The body was about feet inches
high, hair dark, and clothed in checked shirt,
dark pants and vest, and gaiter shoes, part
cloth with buttons on the Sides
KNOX COUNTY.
Alarge three-story brick building on the cor
ner of Main and Water SITS, Camden was con.
siderably. injured by fire Tuesday morning.
The iewelry stock of Chas. K. Miller was coz
siderably damaged.
YORK COUNTY.
The Saco Independent says the York Manu-
featuring Co. have shut do wn for short time
to enable workmen to put put in a new wheel
for the mill now building in their yard, which
is to be one of the largest in the State. This
corporation was never in more fourishing
condition than at present.
Wesley Remick and Frank NJ. Paul of Ell
lot, were shot Monday afternoon in the Piscat-
aqua river at Newington, by Calvin Huntress,
Wmle attempting to land on his grounds
Remick was hit in the forehead by buckshot
and Paul in the leg. Wounds not dangerous
AT LARGE
County Institutes will be held the present
season as follows:-Brunswick, Aug. %; Far
mington, Aug. 90; Anson, Sept. 5; Foxcroft,
Sept. II; Houlton, Sept. 10; Bangor, Sept. 26;
Cherryfeld, Oct 3: Ellsworth, Oct. 10; Sears
port, Oct. II; Rockand, Oct. "a; Wiscasset,
Oct 81; Lewiston, Nov. I; Augusta, Nov. IA.