The Portland daily press., 1870-09-21
State News.
ANDRoscoGGlN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGlN COUNTY.
A young child died in Auburn few DAYS
since from inflammation of the bowels, or stop
page, caused by swallowing the stones and
skins OF grapes.
The Journal says the Lewiston City Council,
at their last meeting, Saturday, appropriated
$500 to purchase the lots, corner Lisbon aud
Pine streets, adjacent to the city lots, corner
Pine and Park. No plans for city buildings
have yet been adopted.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
John E. Wright has been appointed Post
resigned.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Bath Times is informed that the North
Vassalboro' Manufacturing company will not
lose by the failure of f. Skinner & Co., to any
considerable extent, if they lose anything at
sll. The property OF this company is valued
at over 100000.
Our Waterville correspondent writes that a
part of the staging used in the extensive re-
pairs. now being made on the chapellbuilding at
Colby University, fell on Monday forenoon,
precipitating Mr.. Eleazer c. Getchell and two
thirty feet below. Mr.. Getchell had an arm
broken and received severe bruises about the
head; one of the Roncos was found to have
broken his leg, and the other, though most Sc
yerely bruised and taken up for dead, was
found to have broken no bones. All received
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OXFORD COUNTY.
A match.game of base ball was played at
Hiram Bridge on Saturday, 18th inst, by the
Peqtawkets of Fryeburg and the Waverleys of
Limerick, which the latter won by a score vi
66 to IS.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
An unsuccessful attempt was made Friday
night to rob the house of Mr. George W. Spratt
in Bangor.
The store OF DR.. E L. Norris 10 Bangor, was
entered Sunday night, and robbed to the
amount of $50. Mr.. Charles Nights bookstore
was also entered the same night, and robbed
of about thirty dollars worth of small WIRES
cupied by Mr. W. F. Marks, jeweler, from
whom the rogue took a watch and some chains
&c. to the amount OF 5000.
The Bangor Wing says on Friday night an
ambitious individual took horse and harness
belonging to Greenfield Wing of Kenduskeag
He then went to Horace Lords shop and Dor
went to DR.. Nason's and got four or five bush
els of corn and SOM other articles of lesser
value. he then drove to Sidney Clark's in
Levant, where he traded horses and annexed a
few articles, turning Mr.. Wings horse loose
He went from there to near Hermon Hill pick
ing up such arsicles on the road as he thought
worthy his attention. He picketed the horse
IN the woods, went to Mr. Z. II. Hopkins
house and called for breakfast, but was refus-
ed. A short time after Mr.. Hopkins children
discovered him in the woods, roasting corn and
potatoes for his breakfast. They called two
neighbors, who went to the place where he
.camped" to see what he was doing They
knew the horse and wagon, and attempted 10
arrest the fellow, but he was too spry for them
and escaped. Theyifollowed him TO near Her
mon Corner, where the neighborhood to the
number of abO ut fifty, turned out to arrest
him, but were unsuccessful.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Brewster Hotel at Skowheean cauobt
fire in a bed in one OF the chambers Mondav
morning, but it was discovered in season 10
conflue the fire to the room where II or;o;nat-
ed. The furnature and bedding in the room
were nearly all destroyed
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Robert F. Robinson has been appointed Post.
master at Wesley, vice Abram j. Drew. re-
signed.
YORK COUNTY
A barn belonging to Dr. A. X. p. Hammond
OF Elliot, blew over, Sunday, during the heavy
wind. A valuable horse and other Stool ;ns;da
escaped injury.
Friday night last, a hundred or more large
rats lad siege to the sdence of gentleman
iivng IN Aittery,and actually ate through and
i ~ the mouse, and after entirely ransacking
II, LETT IN the morning, says the Portsmouth
The post office at Eliot has been CHANGED to
South Eliot, and Thomas f. Staples continued
as postmaster, and Eliot Depot changed to
Eliot, and Charles E. Thompson CONTINUED as
Postmaster