The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-25
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
/. N. Spoford of Wales was very severely
bitten Tuesday on the upper arm by stallion.
The beast took big mouthful of flesh clear to
the bone from which he separated it for sew
eral inches.
Mr.. Littlefield, jailer at Auburn, recently
discovered that two of his prisoners had con-
structed dangerous looking billies from stock
ings and shot, which they probably intended
to use to effect their escape from Auburn Jail.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph says the "Dead
March in Saul is to be played in that village
on the morning of the Fourth, and at II A. M.
the village of Bungtown, will deliver an ora
ton from the stand in the Mall, subject-"H ow
not to do it." At midday ''Greenville," ar
ranged as a quadrille of 444 40 measure, will
be sung by the select choirs of the different
churches in the village to be accompanied by
minute guns, to be fred every three hours, un-
der the direction of a former and well known
captain of artillery. At sunset the entire pop
ulatiOn will parade round the mall and listen
to that beautiful melody-"Now lay me
down to Sleep" sung bv some mortal angel, to
be hereafter selected by the principal prOprie-
tors of the water power and applicants for a
free bridge The 9 o'clock bell will be dis
pensed with, and one bray from CousOn's jack
will be the signal for closing the interesting
village exercises in celebration of the Fourth,
and for retiring.
The Brunswick Telegraph says: Suppose
| the Portland & Kennebec railroad should fol-
low the lead of roads terminating in Boston,
and sell season tickets; would not the compa-
ny find profit in SO doing? Not at present, it
is true, but in the future, possibly not distant
Portland people might then reside in Bruins
wick, and as the trains now run, find all the
accommodations they could desire. Lots of
people doing business in Boston, live further
from the city than Brunswick is from Port
land. Let this sy stem be adopted, and we are
firm in the faith that Portland men would
seek Portland as place of residence Recent
removals here give point to our suggestions.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
By the destruction of Baileys oil cloth fac
tories in Winthrop about thirty hands were
thrown out of employment. tbs the intention
of the enterprising proprietor Immediately to
rebuild.
The papers report the death of Lieut.. Drew,
of the United States Army, whilst leading a
force against the Indians in New Mexico. 1t
is feared that this is the son of Rev. w. A.
Drew. of Augusta, who was lieutenant in
the regular army out in that country.
the Augusta Standard says the work of re-
building the railroad bridge at that place is in
terfered with somewhat by the large number
OF logs now running in the river, and the orig
inal plan of performing the work of RAISING the
piers and placing thereon the iron superstruc-
ture has been altered somewhat on this ac-
count, which Will necessitate an extension OF
the time within which the bridge was to have
been completed. 1t will, however, undoubted-
ly be ready for travel sometime during the lat
lar part of July or first of August
Major Alfred Morton, of the regular army,
an Augusta boy, but for many years resident
in California, is now awaiting himself of the
privilege of sixty days furlough to spend a
brief season with his relatives and friends in
Augusta.
KNOX COUNTY.
Charles Roberts, of Penobscot county, con-
vict in the State prison, escaped from that in.
stitution on Monday. He was with others al
work in the shipyard, and when returning to
his quarters Jagged behind and escaped. Al
last accounts he had not been secured. Rob.
erts was committed to prison in May, 1869, fol
the crime of larceny, for the term of three
years.
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says the veteran Corneliu:
Crowley has been at the Bangor House as por.
ter since 1889, with the exception of about
three years.
There is young female violinist at Bangor
Miss Bell, who is only Is years of age, and
who, says the Bangor Wing, displays wonder
full talent and bids fair to rival Camilla Urso.
The Wing says Mr.. o. M. Shaw, of the Ban
gor House, has sold to Western gentleman
tor $4,000, handsome black four year old colt
onsh- bred mare.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Bark Nyphon arrived at Bath Thursday
from Wales with railroad iron, principally fol
the Knox & Lincoln Railroad.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mrs. Tozier, of Athens, recently celebrated
her 105th birthday. She is the Oldest woman
in the State.
The Somerset Reporter says Samuel II
Webb, OF New Portland, drowned himself il
the Gilman stream short distance above the
North Village, on the morning of the 21st inst
He had been labOring under a degree of insau-
ity for some months, and has been watched by
members of his family to prevent his injurins
himself.
WALDO COUNTY.
Ex-Sheriff Grant, of Monroe, relates a sin
gular circumstance, showing the peculiarities
of the honey bee. Mr. Robinson, of that
town, had swarm of bees come from his hiy,
week ago last Sunday which refused to b.
hlved in the regular manner, but went off on
a prospecting tour, finally settling down OF
the caves of Forest Grants house and enter
ing the ceiling by mouse hole have taken
possession over the chamber and refuse to va
cate the premises.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Eastport Sentinel says the hay crop il
that section will not be as good as that of las
year, but somewhat earlier.
The PASSPORT Sentinel says quite a number O
strangers from abroad are in town with theil
families for the purpose of spending a few
months in recreation and pleasure.
YORK COUNTY.
Jeremiah Carl, of Hollis, had his only horse
killed by lightning last Monday night, during
the thunder shower. He was in the pasture
at the time.
The wife of Mr. James Bartlett of Eliot, wa
stricken on her right side with paralysis anG
rendered speeches., ON the 18th inst, from
which she has not vet recovered, as we learr
from the Biddeford Union.
The wife of Mr. Matthew Fernald of Elio
died very suddenly last Monday, being seized
with convulsive fits Sunday night aud dying
about clock Monday. She was % years o.
age and had not been married quite year
says the Biddeford Union.
The Bddeford Union says on Saturday the
1Sth as Reuben Ham of West Newfield was a
work in his garden, he complained that hi
sight was leaving him. After being assisted
into the house he lay down on lounge anC
expired Immediately.
AT LARGE. ~
| Patents have been granted the past week t,
| G. f. Morse, Portland, sleeping car; w. w
Bartlett, Portland, spring bed bottom; G
| Hardy, Biddeford, grinding ledger and fly
blades palmer knives; A. Towne, Auburn
composition bronze paint; j. j. Emery, Owl
Head, cable stopper; E. A. Wilder, Dennys
vile, medicine for cure of diseases in cattle.
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