The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-28
state News.
ANDRoscoGe1N COUNTY.

Joshua Robinson, employed on one of the
Lewiston corporations, after being paid off on
"Wednesday, had q spree" and got SO intoxi-
Gated that he fell down the stairs of his board
ing house, sustaining such injuries that he
died the next day. Rum brought him to an
awful death. # ESQ
F&9AtB KENNEBEC COUNTY. fks
The Journal says the mixed train from
Portland ran off the track at South Gardiner,
Friday forenoon On starting off from the
turnout the wheels of the passenger car
caught on one Of the frogs of the rail- and that
car and four baggage cars were thrown oft the
track. There was no particular damage, and
only about twenty minutes were consumed in
getting the cars on the track.
The Gardiner Reporter says the schooner
S. G. Smith is chartered and is expected i'm
medately to take the last load of the past sea-
sons crop of ice now remaining upon the Ken
nebec river. eN h2f F4
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing tells the following pig
story: A few days since, two Bangor men
who were interested in horse flesh, took some
Grading horses and started down the river
on specializing trip, and to give themselves a
Country air. took a load of pigs. They reach
ed down river town safely, when to their as
tonisbment and disgust, they were arrested for
stealing the pigs they had with them. Expos
| tulations were OF no avail. The officials had
| received telegram from this city, describing
! the men and team, and requesting that they be
| arrested and detained for the t.eft, and the
men of the law persisted in holding them. AZ
| ter considerable difficulty, bail was procured,
| and the disguised horse men proceeded to inves
tigate, when it appeared that the dispatch had
| been sent by some mad wag, who deputed a
boy to carry it to the telegraph Office and thus
| escaped detection. If the perpetrator of the
| godk ever falls into the hands of the arrested
| partics,he will'prcbable come out bald headed.
The Bangor Wing says that the average
ninht of hn ,hnre of bo Epac h,,,n,
| Class Maine State College of Agriculture and
| the Mechanic Arts, at Orono, when admitted,
| August Esd, 1870, was 142 pounds. The aver
| age weight at the close of the Fall term, Nov.
22d, 1870, was 153 pounds each, giving an aver
| age increase in weight of IL pounds each, or q
monthly increase of % pounds, which is very
nearly pound week.
PIscATAQUls COUNTY.
[From our Correspondent
The fifth snow storm of the season came
| down on the night of the 22d inst 1t is ueau-
tiful sleighipg now (23d) A gentle rain is fall
| ing and freezing into crust ON top of the
| snow. 8Ee sG5 G4
The price of hay has fallen to $12 per ton,
| at the barn, but couple of cold days will send
| it up again to $18. eS 5ftf@&
| The temperance people of Parkman are not
| pleased with the big story which is going the
rounds of the papers to the effect that there are
1000 bushels of apples at the mill to be made
lutu CuCl. Lucy laS ~ upOh ~ VI db tHcScA0B1
| Piles are intended for vi,aegar ssss ST
Thanksgiving day is cool and breezy, and
| more people are taking sleigh rides than go to
| church.. Nevertheless, .feao have assembled
| in the various houses OF prayer among the
| hills and on the banks of the Piscataquis.
Hllsdale Lodge, l. 0. G. T., visited DR..
| Stevens en- mass on the 23d inst.
| Thomas Seabury, Esq, of Parkman. had an
attack of hemorrhase of the lungs on the oath
| inst. He has lost four adult children from tu-
| bercular phtisis. fslt4aF
| DR.. Folsom is curing a case of phtiss with
| idoform-at least he thinks So
- WASHINGTON COUNTY. ----
VIM. Rogers, formerly of Lubec, but late of
East Machias, was found dead in his carriage
between the latter place and Mortified, on
Sunday morning. the 10th, says the Sentinel.
The Sentinel says that Daniel McGregor, of
Lubec, more than so years old, died last Satur-
day. He had been preacher Of the gospel in
the regulsr Baptist church for fifty years.
The Calais common council is at odds with
the board of aldermen concerning Mr.. Wild
denis matter. The aldermen unanimously re-
ected the report of the investigating commit
tee, but the council with equal unanimity
adopted it, and passed the order directing the
mayor to call upon Mr. Whidden to refund the
money paid him for his alleged services as at