The Portland daily press., 1870-01-31
state News.

ANDRosCoGGN COUNTY.
Officers Fanght and Kincaid of Lewiston
were in Portland Thursday, on official bust
| ness, when they unexpectedly fell in with
that distinguished scamp, Jim Brophy, who
escaped from Auburn Jail last fall by the use
of skeleton key. They arrested him and
took him back.
A young John Chinaman went through
| Lewiston on the Maine Central railroad to-
wards Bangor on Tuesday. He was dressed
in robe of blue silk, and most astonishing
| ..pig-tal," hung from the back of his head.
| He attracted much notice on the train, says
the Lewiston Journal.
The Androscoggin Herald learns that Ansel
| Archibald of West Poland, boy Is years OF
age, actually spun 16 skeins of stocking ya-n
| pronounced the yarn excellent. A most re-
markable days work truly, but some of our
| young ladies can beat it-on street yarn.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
1t is expected that the cars will be running
on the HOuton Branch railroad by the 1st Of
November.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Bowdoin College Reading Room has
been reftted under the College government
auspices, and furnished with the leading news
papers and periodicals of this country and the
English reprints. 1t is now. a first class reading
room, alike OF credit to the college and profit
to its students.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Last March the ladies of Sedgewick village
organized society for public Improvement
Since that time, they have raised the sum of
| $3.50. With the assistance ofthe Free Masons,
| they propose to erect hall in the village, as
We learn from the american
The american says that L. G. Etting, of Ire
mont, mate of brig VIM. Adams, fell over
board in East river New York on the 9th in
slant and was drowned.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Readfeld District Conference of Metho-
dist ministers at late session passed series
of radical temperance resolutions.
Taylor, the victim of the Winthrop stabbing
case, yet survivors, but is feared he may not
recover.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The whole number of passengers carried
over the Dexter and Newport road during the
year 1869 was q, 758.
Mr.. George Kendall, who lived on a farm
about three miles from Dexter on the Exeter
road, died very suddenly on Friday last.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
The clergymen of Dover and Foxcroft are to
commence series of temperance lectures
soon. That's the way to push the reform.
The Dover Observer says: On Friday last,
Mr. Thomas Withee, of Brann's Mills, had his
ing three fingers and otherwise severely ipjur
ing his band. On Saturday, Mr.. Luke Towne,
of Sebec, had his right hand severely injured
by loaoed sled passing over it, causing COM
pound fracture of the bones Of the hand.
The last Pscataquis lodge of Good Templars
took ground against tobacco as well as rum.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The coming municipal election is agitating
the citizens of Bath.
The Bath Times learns that Capt Samuel
B. Reed OF the ship Hudson, who has been out
nearly eight months on his passage from Akyab
to port in the United Kingdom, and for
whose safety the most serious apprehensions
have been entertained, was spoken last mouth
off the Cape, and all fears for his safety have
been removed.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Skowhegap Reporter says the town of
Hartland voted on Saturday last to raise forty
thousand dollars, to aid in building the Pitts
field, Hartland and st. Adams railroad. The
vote was very emphatic, being four to one.
WALDO COUNTY.
Six stores in Belfast were broken into Fri
day night, and quite an amount of property
stolen. The police say the work was done by
professional burglars
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Rev. II. A. Philbrook is to edit the Calais
Aduertiser when enlarged.
AT LARGE
The Bangor Wing says tbot Patrick WEIGH,
employed in logging camp at Telos Lake met
with his death in a singular and sudden man
ner. 1t seems that on the 10th instant, he was
going to camp to dinner, carrying cant dog
on his left shoulder and an axe hanging on his
right arm, and while passing load of logs the
handle of the axe caught in them in such a
mannsr as to cut his arm off above the elbow.
The men with him did everything in their
power to arrest the flow of blood, but without
avail, and he died at four o'clock the same af-
ternoon.
=, The schooner Lookout of Cherryfeld from
Norfolk for Barbados lumber laden, sprung a
leak in the gale of the 7th instant, and was
capsized She was commanded by Captain
John SHAW OF Gouldsboro. The captain aud
crew staid by her two days and then took to
their boat being fortunately picked up. upon
the night of the same day having been three
days without food. They were carried to
Havana Cuba Vessel partially insured.