The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-07
state News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDhooCOGUlN COUNIf.
The Journal says preliminary survey of the
proposed railroad up the Androscoggin VAL
ley from Lewiston, has been completed by
John Read, ESQ.,, The survey embraces the
following route: To East Auburn, to Turn er,
to Brettun's Mills, to Canton Mills, striking
the Androscoegin river opposite Canton Point
thence following the river through Peru to
Dxfeld, thence to Mexico corner and thence
to Rumford Falls The entire route is 40 g
miles. There are no difficult cuts or grades,
and the road would be unusually easy to build.
The steepest grade would not be over 40 feet to
mile. The feasibility Of the proposed road
becomes more and more apparent, and the de-
sire to have 1t constructed more earnest
The Lewiston Journal says officer Mitchell
discovered Monday afternoon, the body of a
male infant in some bushes in the rear of Lis
bon Block. The body was wrapped in piece
of cotton cloth and fastened in a salt box. The
infant, to all appearances, must have been
born alive.
The Pennington Chronicle says two Irish
men, employed on the section below East Liv-
ermOre where culvert was swept away by the
recent heavy rain, ran their hand car over the
track early Monday morning, and not observ-
ing the wash-out until too late to break up,
were precipitated into the wreck falling con-
siderable distance. They had their limbs bad
ly broken, and were otherwise seriously injur-
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Thirty soldiers were discharged from the U.
| S. Military Asylum in Augusta, Wednesday.
The bridge over the Vaughn broea.on the
| Ltchfeld road was carried away last sunday
| night by the fro~s'ct
rne Iancy goods store of Mrs. Burnham. in
Gardiner was bre ken into and set on fire Tues.
| day night. The fire was discovered by the citu
Waterman before much damage was done, and
| the flames were extinguished without creating
| ageneral alarm.
l III
The Journal says application will be made tt
present Legislature for authority allowing the
Hallowell Bridge Co. to sell the property tc
the city of Hallowell county of Kennebet
| with view to rebuild the same.
| KNOX COUNTY.
| The Rockland Free Press says Mrs. Staples
wife of Thomas A. Staples who resides neal
the Atlantic House, died suddenly of hear
disease last Saturday. She appeared in goot
health at noon, and ate a hearty dinner.
A young man named William Brewer, sor
| OF Lewis Brewer, was severely burnt on Tues
day by the escape Of water or steam from the
Kettle attached to a steam box at the Soutl
Marine Railway in Rockland.
| PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing learns that a man named
Thomas Murray was killed a few DAYS since al
Chesuncook Lake by the falling of limb up
| on his head.
| The Wing says it is something very unusua
| 10 see tne henduskeag stream clear of ice al
in summer, two weeks in dead of winter, as W.
now do from our side window.
Chief Justice Appleton is busily engaged il
| sitting the docket of the S. j. Court for Pc
nobscot county, and reducing the number O
| cases.
The Bangor Water Power Company petition
| the Legislature to authorize the city council o
Bangor to aid them in the establishment of a
dam at Treats Falls, to an amount not exceed
| ing $150,000
| YORK COUNTY.
| a large barn 42ixi72 belonging to Dorrance
| Hill, near Goodwin's Mills, was blown dow1
| on Sunday night last. The building was to.
tally demolished, but his stock was all saved,
The first National Bank of Bideeford (for
| merly City Bank declares semi-annual div
ldend of five per cent. The Directors O
Ocean National Bank, at Kennebunk, have
declared semi annual dividend of five DC
cent.