The Portland daily press., 1870-07-12
state News.
ANDRoscoGG1N COUNTY.

On Saturday Conductor Darrell of the
Maine Central railroad, was attacked at Dan
vile junction by one Cyrus Twitchell, a river
driver, who was crazy drunk. He seized Mr..
Darrell and threw him up into the air, land
ing him on the ground ten feet of. Twitchell
was arrested and will be put through"
On the Fourth Mr.. John Bonney of Turner
broke his leg just above the knee, by making
mlsstep into little ditch as he was coming
from the fire works at Mechanic Falls. He is
over 80 years of age and has had the same
limb badly broken before, which left it consid-
| erahly shorter than the other.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Hon. Warren johnson, State Superintend-
| ent of Common Schools, is in Aroostook coun-
ty, examining the condition of schools in that
| county.
| At the celebration at Caribou on the Fourth
o cannon which Mr.. Leslie Barnes of Fort
Fairfield was loading prematurely went off
| and severly injured Mr.. Barnes. The flesh
| from his right arm was torn toff, leaving the
bones and cords bare from his elbow down, his
face somewhat torn and filed with powder,
| and at first it was supposed his sight was en-
tirely destroyed.
| KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A beautiful GA passenger car made at Water
vile has recently been put upon the Maine
Central road.
| The Kennebec Journal learns that G ilbreth's
Knox horse ".Knox-them-all has been sold
for $4,000.
| The highest individual tax paid by a res. dent
Of augusta Is that OF Allen Lambard, Esq.
| S., 800 30. The highest nonresident tax is
paid by the A. & w. Sprague Manufacturing
Company, amounting to $5,842 &c. This does
not include the village school tax, which is
50 so per $1,000 and 81 80 on each pol.
KNOX COUNTY
| The Camden Herald says that Mr. G. Halves
had his leg broken while engaged in peeling
bark, III Unon one day last week.
| OXFORD COUNTY.
Hon. John B. Harlow, prominent citizen
and politician of Oxford county, died at Dix
field on the Both ult, aged 20.
| PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The City of r. chmond made an excursion
from Bangor TO Mount Desert on Saturday,
taking a large party, who enjoyed the sail very
much.
Eggs are worth 20 cents per dozen in Ban
gor, the Wig says, and new potatoes bring So.
per bushel.
One of the deck hands of the steamer City Of
kichmond fell from the saloon deck to the
up the Penobscot on Saturday, and was badly
| injured.
| PLsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
| The meeting of the Piscataquis Co. Lodge Of
| Good Templars, at Parkman, on the 9TH inst.
was grand success. Most of the officers of
the Grand Lodge were present, together with
some rs visitors from Penobscot Co. Lodge.
Monson Choir furnished excellent music; the
| picnic, supplied by Parkman ladies, was to
them of much praise, and Baker was unusually
happy and eloquent in his public address.
Next session, at Abbot, in September.
The ground is usually parched, the clouds
(July 81 give equivecal signs of rain.-most OF
| the farmers have commenced haying, and a
| few are in the middle of it. S.
| SOMERSET COUNTY
The mills at Kendalps Mills are shut down,
The dam having been damaged in the spring
| freshet, workmen are now busly engaged in
making repairs.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The st. Croix Courier says that man was
taken into custody, in Calais, last week, for
forging the name of Shaw Bros. to a check OF
$500. 1t is said that this is not the first Of
fence, that he has. frequently forged the same
name before.
YORK COUNTY.
The Biddeford Journal says that very heavy
| trains are now being run over the T. s. &
| p. Road For several days the 1.43 A. M.
| train has averaged sixteen cars. The tide OF
/ summer travel is setting in fast, and with con-
siderable energy.
| AT LARGE.
The new postal bill in Congress provides for
the following new post Office routes in Maine
From New Portland to North Arson, West
Paris to Sumner, Hudson to Bradford Corner
Fort Kent to Saint Francis, Pembroke to
North Perry, Springfield to Vim. North
Newport to Corinna, East Corinth to Garland
South Weston to Glenwood, Mount Desert via
Seal Cove and Bass Harbor to Southwest Har.
Dor, COoper's Mills via West Washington
Washington and North Union to Union.