The Portland daily press., 1870-01-08
State News.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

w w ehO uCmUcTS cltCt VI lu6 common COun-
Gil OF Boston as President of that Board, is
native of this State He was born in Har
rlson, in this county, Sept. 6, 1912, and was
chosen to the Massachusetts State Senate o.
1868. Last year be was a member of the
Common Council. His election to preside
over the deliberations of that body is notice.
able because he, like Mayor Shartleff, is &
Democrat, while the Republicans, having
clear majority of ten or twelve in the council
might have as easily chosen one of their owl
faith to that position. Mr.. ingalls, is lawyer
associated in business with Hon. Chas, Levi
Woodbury..
Stephen Walker of Brunswick, was fined S:
and costs by police justice of Brighton, Mass.
for cruelty to calves in transportation
The Congregational Society of South Bridg.
ton nave contracted for new house of Wor.
ship to be built by the Knapp Brothers fol
$4,000. l.. ID. Fassett of Portland is the archi.
tect.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Inc Pennington Chronicle saws that, a, dis
trict school at Mt vernon, was recently brok-
en- up by the appearance of small poX.
Last Tuesday one of the boys at the Abbott
School, otherwise known as the Little Blue
School in Pennington, while sliding, ran
against post and broke one or more ribs.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth american says the Eden
schooner which went ashore on Rye Bench in
oIlC A1tii WiehouG tuc CIcW, Was ny
Ulmer Knowles, and the crew consisted of the
|. Capt. Wyatt Higgins, -Ladd all of Eden.
1t is quite certain that these all persisted. The
captain obtained an insurance on his life of
$1,000 before sailing and sent the policy to his
wife in Eden.
The gold diggers at Durgan's cove fremont
(not cave as every paper had it last year, have
suspended their excavations for the present
They have erected a building over their hole
and charge an admission fee to the curious
says the american.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Journal says Mr.. A. Davenport of Hal
lowell has id his cellar pork barrel made oil
cedar that has be5n in constant use for 10Y
years, and is now as good as when new.
KNOX COUNTY.
The brave South Thomaston bow, Lewis
Buchanan, who saved the Schooner Common
wealth from going ashore at midnight during
the violent gale in December, has received a
check for SO from George X. Budd of st.
Louis, who writes to the Rockland Free Press
that he is an old seaman and appreciates the
perils encountered by the boy.
OXFORD COUNTY.
A. dealer in mutton while examining his car.
go at West Paris to see that it was properly
slowed away in the car, got locked in the car,
and was carried to the next station before he
was released.
The Oxford Democrat chronicles the follow
ing accidents at Upton: Mr.. Clark, of Byron,
working for II. Fl. McKeen, near Rapid river,
chopped his foot nearly off. Gilbert Tyler
of Grafton, got his leg badly damned while at
Brown, son of Jas. Brown, Esq, of Grafton,
was knocked down by tree falling on him.
PENoBscoT COUNTY
The Wing says as the workmen employed in
repairing the Basin Mills in Orono were cut
ting a channel through the ice below the mills
wednesday afternoon to let off the surplus OF
back water, Thomas Shea fell into the quick
water between the main ice and large cake
OF ice just cut out. The current quickly car
RED him under the passing cake, when John
Mcdonald jumped upon it at the risk of his
own life and succeeded in pulling him out by
the aid of another cake which, getting under
him, forced him up to the edge of the floating
cake so he could be reached. Both floated
down stream some forty or fifty rods to the
edge OF the jam below, over which they reach
ed the shore.
The Bangor Whig says little child of Isaac
Henderson of Levaat, was badly burned while
sleeping in its cradle, few days since. The
mother being absent for short time on her
return found the cradle enveloped in flames.
and snatehng her baby in her arms, ran to a
nelghbors. where medical aid was kindly fur-
nished. The little sufferer expired, however.
IN about ten hours. 1t is supposed the fire
caught from spark swapping into the cradle
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The supreme judicial Court, Judge Bar
rows presiding, adjourned finally, Thursday,
after session of two weeks and two DAYS.
The next term will be in April
SOMERSET COUNTY.
A fire broke out in Skowhegan about halt
past ten o'clock Thursday morning. in the
bakery owned by James Harmon, but was ex-
'lnguished without any very great loss of prop
'rty. Loss estimated at about $3.50; fully in
;ured.
In the Supreme Judicial Court, at Norridge-
Vock, ELIAS Hammond was acquitted on q |
,harge of burning the dwelling housed Of |
Jnarles f. Bowden in Brighton. In the case |
# Mrs. e. A. p. EllSins charged with setting |
ire TO the barn and ontbuildipgs of Randall |
dcCrlllis, in Palmyra, the jury could not |
gree upon Notwithstanding seven for con-
lction to tive for acquital.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Revenue Cutter Dobbir, Captain War
Ter, was in Belfast horbor on Tuesday. She
las orders co cruise for the winter from Pc
lobscot Bay to PASSPORT.
The Belfast journal says the timber for the
abroad bridge at the Point is all delivered ON
he spot, having been taken up in scows The
eavy castings are being made at the Belfast
9undry The wrought iron work is all fitted
a Portland, and if delivered without DELAY.
ne bridge will be in position by January 18th
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The PASSPORT Sentinel says that the winter
aus far has been remarkably mild here, the
smperature for the month of December aver
cling u degrees above zero.
Captain Treadway, of the Rev. Cutter Moss
God had been relieved from the CON-
and of the cutter at Eastport ana
Ill proceed to Ogdensburg N. Y, to takal
)mmand of the Revenue Steamer, Chase. II
lieut.. Frank Barr has been ordered to the
,mmand of the Mosswood
YORK COUNTY.
Rev. G. j. Clark, pastor of the Methodist
lurch in Saco was visited by his parishion-
8 and friends ON Friday Dec. S1st, who left
nple testimony of the esteem in which he is
Id.
Mr.. Hatch, farmer residing near Wells
rner was instantly killed, in the woods on