The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-05-05
st ate News.
ANpRoscoaa1N COUNTY.

ANDRoscoGGM COUNTY.
A few DAVIS since, Mrs. William Dingley, of
Auburn Sustained a compound fracture Of the
wrist by an accident on the highway.
The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. Parker S.
Stevens of Auburn, had boiled egg for break
to cut it opeu, he discovered after opening the
egg that there was another small egg inside of
it, fully formed with good shell. The outer
egg was about the size of turkeys egg and
the inner egg little larger than robins egg.
Lewiston has voted to charge clrcuses you,
for every twenty -four hours, while menagerles
can exhibit their wonders at $40 per day;
theatres, IS; personal agility and minstreisy,
Sc; puppet shows and concerts, $6; feats OF
balancing, wire dancing, sleight OF hand or
legerdemain, $6; images, pageantIy, panora-
mas, art gallery, statuary, or oil paintings, 20;
than those named, Sc.
A COW owned by Dr. w. r. Wright of Dur
ham gave birth to calf few weeks since
which bad two distinct perfectly formed heads,
stomach and lungs single. but two passages to
each, the hinder parts double with the exeep-
ton that one pair of the legs were. but slightly
developed and the others not well formed. 1t
was a singular freak of nature. The COW has
before had several calves which were perfectly
formed.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Saturday evening a boat containing two
persons was capsized near Staples Point in
Freeport, and Mr. Joshua Soule, hearing the
cries for help, put off in his boat and rescued
tom of the boat, but the otLer man, named
johnson, was drowned. His body washed
ashore the next morning.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Deacon Isaac Snow, an old and highly re-
spected citizen of Ilallowell, was stricken
down by paralysis on Sunday.
The Lewiston Journal says that few days
since, there was a strange land slide near Har-
ris' Hill in New Gloucester. A portion of the
highway, about sixty feet long, suddenly fell
in to the depth of twenty five feet, rendering it
necessary to relocate the road in that vicinity
The probability is that the action of subterra-
mean waters undermined this road. Large nuns
beers of people are visiting this spot.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Bath Times says that one day last week
son of Mr.. Southland of Wiscasset, fell
from beam in the barn striking upon a tub
that was used for watering the cattle standing
on the floor. So severe was the blow that his
skull was badly fractured, and his nose and
arm were both broken besides other injuries
The lad lived but five days after the injury.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The mean temperature of April, according
to observations taken at the State College o.
Agriculture at OrOnO, was 43 81 being four de-
grees warmer than the same month in 1869.
The Bangor police made four seizures Tues
day.
City Marshall Wingate of Bangor was knock
ed down in the street by a horse on Tuesday,
but his injuries are not serious.
PIscATAQu1s COUNTY.
Albert Dougherty has been appointed post
master at Shirley, vice Paul S. Merrill, resigned
sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The Kennebec journal says the railroad
bridge over Catbance river, between BowdOn-
ham and Topsham, which was burned down on
Safurdav al vpa rQhni1t in WI ant -fivn
hours after work was begun upon it. Tht
| bridge is about one hundred feet long and SON,
| seventy feet high. The passenger trains wer'
only little delayed after the fire and befor
the new bridge was built. Freight trains wer'
| hardly delayed at all. <--,
The Free Will Baptist Society of Richmon
are engaged in renovating their meeting house
| Among other in prOvements their vestry is t.
| be enla ged and remodeIled.
A horse belonging to a Mr.. Sawyer of Ban
| ly smashing the carriage and breaking his lie,
| in such manner as to be found necessary t,
kill him. He was fine horse, and was value,
at $500.
YORK COUNTY.
The underbrush at the side of the P. s. & T
railroad caught fire Tuesday morning, nea
Old Orchard crossing. and ip the Afternoon
near Miliken's crossing, Sac6. The land O
| Capt. HOratO Hight of ScarborO and Ephrain
Harmon, Benz. and Parker Millken and other
| OF Saco was burnt over, but the damage is no
| yet ascertained. As far as can be seen from tn
road it is but slight.
A boy named Charles Perkins, five year
old, son of Mr.. Charles Perkins, who lived il
Charlestown, Mass, has been missing sine
about five o'clock last Saturday afternoon Al
search has been fruitless, and the parent
could form no idea as to the child's where
abouts until Monday morning, wheh the,
learned that lady, in company with anothe,
inquired of person in that vicinity, on Sal
urjay afternoon, the residence of Mr.. Perkins
The person, a neighbor, asked if she mean
the Mr.. Perkins who had a little boy, and sh
replied, eyes, that is the one,' and the tw
went in the direction pointed out to them
The parents suspect that this woman was tn
child s aunt, who lives in Rockport, me, an,
that she took him away with her. Mr.. Per
kins started for Rockport on Monday to salts
fly himself if his suspicious were well founded
The MAINE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 70
May, was under the general supervision of Mr.
A. j. Blethon of Farn,nsto., 4l--a.+----
| the month. The table of contents is as follows
GeOgrapffyy Sf,cfffrE; row snail we Grow
| The Relations of Common Schools to Colleges
| To make Children Think; Recess; DISCIPLINE
| of Teaching; Poor Teachers and Low Wages
Debatable Questions; Seven Practical Rule
| for Teacher.
| In the resident editors department.: Is it tn,
Beginning of the End?; A Good Movement
School Legislation; Physical Culture in Am
herst College; A Hard Nut to Crack; Astron
Omy for the Month; Educational Intelligence