The Portland daily press., 1870-05-30
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The Lewiston Journal says a little girl nam
ed Howard, residing in that city, received quite
severe scalp wound from a bullet fired by
some careless boys who were practising with a
pistol. A haif-inch variation would have kill
ed her.
A coroner's inquest was held over the BODY
OF the infant found in the canal at Lewiston,
as mentioned in Saturdays Press The iury
found that the infant was born alive, and came
to its death by suffocation by some cause to
them unknown.
The Lewiston Journal says the Androscog-
gin company OF that city have two cotton mills
the main mill-one of the largest in the coun-
try-having been built in 1861, and put in
operation in the spring of 1861; and the small
mill having been built and put in operation in
1866 The main mill is 542 feet long and "a
wide, five stories high; and the small mill II
feet long and 62 wide, three stories high.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
W. w. Edwards has been appointed Chief of
Police in Waterville, in place of Col Bangs,
who declined the Office.
The ice trade continues brisk on the Kenne-
bec Six vessels were in waiting at one of the
icc-houses in Gardiner, the other day, for car
goes.
The Kennebec Journal says James M, Hall.
of Calais, an inmate of the Insane HospitaI
escaped from that institution Thursday night
by tearing into strips and tying together the
bed clothes in his apartment By means of
these he descended safely from the third story
of the building. Mr.. Hall was captured Friday
by the police, and returned to the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Butman celebrated the
Afteth anniversary of their wedding dav on
the goth inst, at Gardiner, receiving gifts and
congratulations from their friends.
KNOX COUNTY.
The dwelling of Mr.. Charles Hamln, at Ash
Point, South Thomaston, was entirely destroy
irQ In dow p,~kt TI,a
were aroused from their slu mbers by the crack
ling flames at about one O'clock. Partially in
sured.
The Rockland Free Press makes its appear
ance in a new suit, and looks handsome. 1t is
one of the best Republican pape S in the State,
well conducted, and deserves an extensive pat
ronage.
The Rockland Gazette records the death of
Still another of the brave Rockland boys who
SO periodically imperied their lives for the
Union in its recent great struggle for indivisi-
bllity and perpetuity. Horace r. Munroe, son
of James Monroe, died in Washington on
Monday last of consumption. Mr. Munroe
was about thirty years of age, and served with
distinction in the Goth Maine volunteers dur
ing the late war; and lost a leg at the battle Of
Coal HarbOr, Va. Exposure and wounds un-
dermiDs d his health, resulting in consumption
and death.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mrs. Winslow of Canton is now 1903 years of
age. Until quite recently she has enjoyed ex-
cellent health.
The town of Denmark has voted to exempt
from taxation any manufactures that NAV be
erected on the excellent water-power in that
town.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Our correspondent says little four year old
son Of John M. Briggs of Parkman fell under
heavily loaded Ox-cart on the 23d. The
wheel passed across both thighs, severely con-
tusing, but, strange to say, not f-acturing
them.
In Parkman horse ran away with car
rage containing Mrs. Moran Benson and
daughter, the 25th, throwing both from the
wagon and severely bruising them.
Josiah Richards fell from high cart on the
18th, in Parkman, while in motion, striking
upon his head, concussiug the spine, and pro.
ducing paralysis of the upper extremties.
La Monson, recently, Mrs. Davis had two
ribs broken and her wrist bones badly crushed |
by the upsetting of a wagon.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The Bath Times says an ice freighter is load |
ing at the Railroad wharf with ice brought |
from Lisbon on the AndroscOg.in.
The x. s. P. railroad depot in Bath is being |
frescOeu.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Age says that Hamblen the bur- |
glar came very near escaping while being con-
veyed to State Prison. He was taken down in |
q carriage, and while on the way managed to |
unlock his handouts and one of the manacles |
from his feet with a piece of wire which he |
had concealed in his shirt Collar. He was dis
covered by the guard just in time to defeat his
purpose.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mr.. John Moore, of Barring, while passing |
the railroad station at that place on Tuesday, |
was accidentally run against by the train of |
the st. Croix and Penobscot railroad, and in
SANITY killed His neck appeared to be twist
ed as though it had been dislocated by tine sud- |
den shock.