The Portland daily press., 1870-04-08
State News.
FRANKLIN COUNTY,

FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The store of Jewelt & Butterfield in Farm
ington was slightly damaged by fire on Thurs
day Of last week.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Kennebec is now open from Augusta to
the sea.
1t is now thought that Capt. Clark, Regis
Ex-Chief-J Justice Weston OF Augusta will
be IS in July. His sight is perfectly unim-
paired and he still writes an elegant hand.
Bartlett & Hartwell and Henry Lincoln of
Augusta have been fined $50 and costs. for
keeping liquors intended for sale in violation
OF law.
A former resident of Augusta, Mr.. Randall.
who has resided in California for the past
eighteen years, arrived home in Augusta on
Monday evening; His relatives fn there had re-
years and supposed that he was notiu the land
of the living.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A lot of salmon eggs numbering seven or
eight thousand, arrived on Saturday from On
tario, and were deposited by the Commission
er on Fisheries in Mr.. Politics. Matching works
at Alna They are in good conditions and far
advanced in incubation, and may be expected
to hatch during the present month.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that few DAYS
since, train got off the track and ran five
miles over the sleepers through the town Of
Bethel before it was discovered. The truck
frame kept the wheels up from the sleepers so
that they struck lightly.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The ice is out of the Penobscot river.
The trustees of the State Agricultural So
ciety were in session at Bangor Wednesday,
but the city made no proposition for holding
the State Fair at that place.
The seventh public Temperance meeting.
held in Bangor Wednesday evening, was q
great success.
The store and building connected Herewith,
owned by G. II. Norcross, Of Charleston were
burned Tuesday night The first floor was &C.
cupied by G. =. Nelson as a variety store; the
second floor by E. L. Brown for a dwelling.
The fire was discovered few minutes before
ten o'clock P. M. The wind blew a perfect
gale at the time and SO rapid was the progress
of the flames that it was found impossible to
save any of the goods in the store, and the fam
lily above escaped, some of them saving only
their night clothes.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Our Piscataquis correspondent 49," says
John +. Holbrook, ESQ.,, of Parkman, suffered
while handling nulish horse on the 9th inst.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Messrs. Wright & Russell of Richmond have
ordered their brokers to charter six vessels to
load at Richmond with ice during the present
week.
YORK COUNTY.
Hogan & Co., contractors for the grading
and masonry OF that portion of the P. 3 r.
Railroad between SpTingvale and Lebanon,
have sold and transferred their interest in the
contract to John N. Stimson, Esq, of Alfred
The Biddeford Democrat speaks highly of
Mrs. Livermore's lecture in that city.
The regular session of the Board of County
mi will ho hnlI Of lcrol T,,oc
day, April 18th.
Elder John Vance will resume religious SER
vices at Shaker Village, Alfred, in May, imme.
diately after his return from Kentucky.
County Attorney Aver and Sheriff Cooling
visited Kittery last week on official business
relating to the suppression of the rum traffic at
that place.
The Governor has appointed as fish wardens
the following persons: Thaddeus Il. Spear,
Gardiner; Francis Blackman, Bradley; Caleb
Gilman, Meddybemps; DavidrT. Saunders,
Frank Cardiff of Portland, a convict Of the
State Prison, has been pardOned by the Gov
ernor and Council He is only eighteen years
Of age, and on the crime OF larceny was sem
fenced to two year imprisonment. He has
been in prison little over year.
The Good Templars claim membership of
5000 in this State. The number Of lodges
is 800.
Hon. Lafayette Grover is the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Oregon. Mr.. Grover
is son Of DR.. John Grover Of Bethel.
The Wing has been shown letter from E.
r. Burpee, Civil Engineer, dated Ottawa,
Canada, March 30th, in which he says: "Our
charter for line of railway from Sherbrooke
to the line Of the State of Maine to meet an ex-
tension Of the Bangor and Piscataquis railway,
was passed last night. AS soon as it receives
the signature of the Governor we shall organ
ize and commence work. We hope to have
finished and opened next fall twenty miles of
it."
The Maine Democrat hears of the loss of
ship commanded by Capt. Benz. Mosher, of
that city, near st. Thomas, recently. The YES
sci and cargo were total loss, but the officers
and crew were saved.