The Portland daily press., 1870-01-12
state News.
ANDROscoGGIN COUNTY,

ANOnOSCOO0iN SOUNTY,
The Lewiston Falls Manufacturing CO hos
declared dividend of ten per cent.
On Sunday, by previous arrangement near
ly all the clergymen of Lewiston and Anhnrn
preached discourses on the subject of temnar.
rance at their respective churches.
The Lewiston Journal says the remains of
the late Herbert s. Field, murdered last fall
at Manistee, Mich, as is alleged, by his late
partner, Vanderpool, have been disinterred
and on Saturday noon were BROUGHT tn the
home OF his father, Stephen Field, in Minot
when funeral service was held. Monday at
10 A. NJ, after which the body was removed
to Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth american tells of n venerable
| couple in Hancock, Mr.. Summers Wooster
and wife, living on the place where he was
| born. They have been married nearly seven
| ty-three years and have always lived on the
| same place. Mr.. Wooster is now in his ninety
| nth and his wife is in her ninety-tnlrd year.
They were married in 1877. His wife was new
er in a wheel carriage in her life and not more
| than three times in sleigh
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Deacon James Smiley of Sidney, died OF,
| the 2Sth ultimo. at the advanced age of 80
| years and 10 months. He died in the same
| house in which he was born, and on the farm
which his hands have cultivated from boy
| hood.
r
diner, died Saturday night of old age. be,no
nearly 100 years old. He was born Ssntemhe.
!11o. came to Gardiner from Falmouth. Mass.
IN !792, and followed the business of black,
smithing forty years.
A soldier at Augusta had narrow escape
from death, one evening last week, by mistak-
ing plank walk between two stores for the
| Kennebec bridge. The walk led out over the
banks of the river and the soldier walked The
length OF this and fell to the ground, a dis
tance OF eighteen feet He struck upon his
| head and shoulders and slid into the river.
Severa! by-standers saw his condition and
saved him from drowning. He was saved as
by miracle, being injured but slightly, as We
learn from the Kennebec Journal.
| David L. Pinkham. who was arrested on a
charge OF murder and arson, at Framingham,
| action OF the grand Jury in February next, He
claims relatives in HallOwell; Maine.
One sawmill in Gardiner that was compell-
ed last year to hire teams to cart off the saw
dust made, has received this year $500 from
the ice companies for all the dust made. and il
has been removed at the expense of the COM
panies.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Frye6arg people are only little ahead
Some Wags have erected sign over the coun-
ty road, warning travellers to "look out for the
engine while the bell rings"
Mr.. Joel Frost went to his barn in Norway
few evenings since to fodder his cattle. and
found the place generally occupied by an ex-
celent COW vacant. He became alarmed fear
ing that some one had stolen her. when mon
going into the lott to pitch some hay to his OK
en- he discovered the cow quietly feeding at
the tn NOW, she having ascended the stairs.
Inougn she went up alone, four men were re-
CURED to ASSIST her going down.
PENoBscoT COUNTY
The Bangor Whtg says the murderer, Law
yryarN Nftnsr 70 Il
should not, has come to not TO want to die and
tearing he shall. He had the Doctor called at
two o'clock oMonday morning, he laboripg
under the impression that he was filling m
He is doing quite well, however. The unusu-
al abstinence from the use of LIQUOR for a week
has made him nervous.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
Senator Mayo of Piscataqus county is re-
ported SICK and has not yet taken his seat in
the Senate Chamber
From Correspondent
"A son of B. G. Rollins of Abbott fractured
bis thigh bone and sustained other severe in
Jurles by sliding with other boys down hill on
hand-sled, on the 9th.
The town of Abbott has, at LEGAL meeting.
voted to loaniber credit for $4,000 to Chas. Foss,
Esq, to aid in the erection of a woolep facto-
~, and also to exempt said factory from taxa
tlon for ten years.
w. S. Knowlton, ESQ.,, Supervisor of Schools
for this county is actively at work, visiting
schools, lecturng, holding teachers meetings
and institutes; and in short doing a good
work for the boys and girls in these commu-
mites.
Influenza is prevailing in this county and
many cases eliminates in lung fever.
A revival OF religion is in progress in the
Baptist Church in Guilford.
We have but little snow in these towns
enough, however, tor comfortable sleighing
S.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY
!he Bath Times says portion of the Church
gong community were shocked last Sabbath.
as they were returning from their wonted place
OF worship, at seeing drunken wife escorted
under some difficulties by one of the city Off
GERS to the lookup.