The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-26
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

| KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Green wood is sold in the Augusta market
for $3.50 per cord.
The bill authorizing he county commission.
ers to lay on, highway across The Kennebec
between WinsloW and Watelville has become
| a law.
S. A. Plummer, Esq, Supervisor of Penob.
| scot county, is assisting Mr.. Bigelow the pres
| ent week in visiting the schools in Augusta
and vicinity. An institute will commence
| there next week. ~t.
At Ga diner, Monday. while a loaded team
belonging to Bartlett & Dennis, driven by 10
| seph Glass, was crossing the river from the
Pittston side, near Gays wharf, the ice sud
denly gave way. and the team and horses, to-
gether with i've men who were on it, were
precipitated into the river. Three of The men
escaped dry shod, hut the other two found
some dit Guilty III getting out, and one of them
whose name we did not learn, Came very near
being drowned. Great efforts were made to
save the poor animals but it was useless as
the ice was very thin and broke under them.
Both horses went down, together with the har-
hesses, some tools and the runners of the team
and the body part only being saved. Bartlett
q DenniS lose about seven hundred dollars
a correspondent writing from West Water
vile, says: There is great excitement amongst
citlzers OF THIS place in regard to recent action
oil tue Legislature authorizing commissioners TO
lay out road and bridge across the Keppebec
river at East Waterville. Mr. Libby Zone of
the board of Selectmen) and Mr. Hnbbard
OF the firm of Hubbard 81 Blake. Scvtle
makers, informed me last hight that a petition
to the Legislature cf 800 names-ope half of
which were residents of Winslow and a LARGE
portion of the remainder, some residents Of
neither Winsiow or Waterville, Frepchmep.
and those paying only poll tax-was p,esept,
ed; the bill passed and received the GOVERNORS
signature in three days, and during tbosa
three NaVS comics of 10 oil
nal were not received in single instance nv
Subscribers in this place, or they wonld have
te'egraphed remonstrauce to the Governor's
signature, as the town will vote 3 to / AGAINST
getting in debt $4,000 to benefit Winslow by
free BRIDGE
KNOX COUNTY
The drinking men of Rockport are about to
form temperance aSSoca ton on The nlon ot
the Billings society at Camden. None but
those addicted to strong drink to be admitted,
LINCOLN COUNTY.
d. S. Glidden, the County Sunervisor has
just been spending n week in yisitino the
schools in Dresden. INV
The Wiscasset Oracle says that John Mar
shall of the RocklaDd aud Bath stooa lire
drove from Portland to Augusta-6G mites per
day-for fourteen years; and from Bath to
Damauseotta-54 miles per day-ior twenty
years. Allowing 80 driving days to the wear,
we lind that he has travelled the trlfinG dis
lance OF 430, $50 miles, or around the world
seventeen times, with few thousand miles to
spare During all this experience he has ney-
er met with any serious accident He is now
5o years OF age. and has not vet forsaker The
road. 1t is believed that Mr.. Marshall can
justly CAIN the Golden Whip as the Cbamni-
on Jehu of the world Mr. Marshall 10 now
suffering from severe illness.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A meeting of the past members of Bowdoin |
College was held at Calais on Wednesday |
evening last for the purpose of forming an |
Association of the members in that vicinity. |
A temporary organization was formed with |
DR.. G. e. Swan for President and G. n. |
Boardman, Secretary. An Executive Com
mittee, consisting of G. f. Granger C, H
Boardman and n. Fessenden, was annointpd
to arrange for a supper to be given Thursday
evening, January 81 at the Calais House at
which all past members of the colleoe we're
lnVlten to be present and assist in the forma-
ton OF permanent organization.
YORK COUNTY
Monday evening, Edward Littlefeld while
katiDg on the Saco river, slid into the water
md was drowned. His body was recovered
The York County Independent saws that
York County needs a new jail, and arSues at
reat length that it ought to be built at Saco.