The Portland daily press., 1870-10-19
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state News.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY

AN0nOoCOO0AN OOONIIs
The present aggregate Of deposits in the Au-
lars. There are over 1900 depositors, and nine
tenths of the deposits are in small sums.
The Lewiston city government has author
lied the procuring of full plans for city build
ings, to cost not over $185, 900. The committee
is to procure plans of any architects they may
to the Council for their action. az
The venerable Israel Washburn, of Liver
more, has been confined to bis bed by severe
illness for several weeks. He is little more
comfortable, yet little hope is entertained Of
his recovery. ae .aa
HANCOCK COUNTY. .fftss
Saturday afternoon Jerome Sanborn, of
BucksPort, a lad Id years Of age, cvercharged
bis fowling piece while out cunning, and ON
discharging it it exploded, tearing off the
thumb and badly mutilating two fingers of his
left hand. .---.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
DR.. Eli Grillet Jones Of China has been ap-
pointed surgeon of the Philadelphia Lying-in
Hospital, also assistant surgeon of the Eye and
Ear Infirmary of that city DR.. jones will
probably remain in Philadelphia until spring.
KNOX COUNTY. groio-
Capt James Smith of Vinalhaven, of schr.
Carrie Smith, took in two nets one night last
week sixteen bhds. herring, equal to 70 bbls.
At Portland these are worth IS per barrel,
which would give for the nights catch 1916.
Quite number of the shore fishermen have
taken 80 barrels night. hff 90
a LINCOLN COUNTY. I'd it
The following are. the particulars of the death
of Joseph Bailey of Wiscasset, who was killed
on the 18th inst. while engaged in blasting
rocks in his well: He had lighted the igniting
fuse, and having waited the usual length Of
time without an explosion taking place, he
went to the well and looked into it, but as he
did ho oYplOeinn OoonrrQd n MIC ~
the ledge passed through Mr.. Bailey's head,
scattering his brains in every direction, and OF
course killing him instantly.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Forty-one vessels arrived at the port of Ban
gor on Monday. st- a
Petitions are in circulation in the northern
portion of PenobscOt county for the division Of
that county, making new county Of the north
ern portion of that and the southern part of
ArOostook, and, perhaps, some of the HOrtherly
towns and plantations in Washington, with
Lincoln for the shire town.
The brig Milwaukee cleared at Bangor for
Santao AntaO, Cape de Verde Islands, Mon
day. with an assorted cargo. She also took
out IA passengers. M .s--
SOMERSET COUNTY. elu4plsrs r
E. J. Fowler has been appointed postmaster
at Fairfield corner. t' :ti.a.f
WALDO COUNTY. }0i'ilR al
Last Sunday Mr.. Joseph Jones, of Brooks,
attempted to jump on the car of the gravel
train, while it was backing into the gravel bed
at that place, when his feet caught the wheel
and his foot and leg was drawn under the
wheels, several of which passed over him be-
fore he could be extricated. The bone of his
leg was fractured in two places, and the flesh
and tendons fearfully crushed and mangled.
YORK COUNTY. ~ Wv WV
james e. Hasty has been appointed pestmas-
ter at East Marlborough. q
AT LARGE. ozsiH g
The total number of scholars in Maine. as
returned to the State Superintendent for 1870
is 22S, 1877; for 1869 was 226,144; gain 2,O23.