The Portland daily press., 1870-06-28
state News.
'ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.


The Lewiston Journal says there is steep
hill in Greene, not far from the river, travers.
ed by road now unused, concerning which q
very amusing story is told. A Dutch peddler,
travelling through the town with one-horse
team, selling laces, ribbons, toys, and nick
nacks generally, arrived at its summit one day,
and, overlooking the valley below, thought his
horse hardly strong enough to hold back the
load down so steep a hill But his ingenious
Dutch intellect soon conceived how to do it.
Embarrassing the animal, he led him gently
down the declivity, and returned to drd1c the
cart doUn himself! Getting between the shafts,
and with one grasped in each hand, he started
on the descent-slowly and cautiously at first,
but the heavy load soon gaining impetus, and
impelling him forward, he furnished no more
restraint to its progress than a feather before
the wind. Down it came-faster and faster,
and faster and faster flew the Dutchman's feet,
keeping time with one of the liveiest quick
steps ever composed, till, finally, out of breath,
| and wholly exhausted, he fell, the cart passing
| harnlessy over him in its unchecked career,
and plunging with fearful velocity into the val
| ley below, where it brought up in a demoraliz-
| ed condition, its contents scattered about in
| the utmost confusion.
The Auburn city government has directed
| the City Liquor Agent to sell liquors in no
case without physicians prescription.
Parker Stevens of Auburn sustained seri-
GUS injuries Thursday. by log rolling upon
! him. Both his jaws were broken and his per-
son badly bruised.
There are two farms in Turner, from each
| of which $1,000 worth of wood is sold per year,
and yet it is said not even the annual growth
of the wood on the farm is cut, says the Lew
| iston Journal.
The Journal hears os four or five students
who agreed to get up dime novel, one get.
| ting the hero into bad pickle and the other
| getting him out, while the third one introduce
| ed to the admiriDg world a gorgeous heroine
and the fourth closed up ever ytf ing possibly
| and handsomely. The students wrote the nov
| el, sent it to Beadle, the dime novel man.
| Speedily Beadle sent them draftdor $25 and
published the novel; The students spent the
$25 in tat supper-and that's the long and
| short of one dime novel;
| ARoosTooK COUNTY.
| Mr.. George f. Whitney of the Pressure Isle
| hotel sustained very severe injury last Thurs.
day, in one of his eyes, by the explosion of q
cap which he was attempting to adjust to his
| gun.
On Section IT, Range 8, the Land Agent will
| have five acres OF trees felled and lm5ed OF
each lot, and a log house built, not in the
| opening made, but near by among the uncut
| trees, on each of the lots set apart for the
Scandinavian emigrants, VINO are expected t.
arrive the latter part of July.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
1t is expected that the new post office at Au
gusta will be completed and ready for occu
! PduCy dDOul luc Hluulo VI q uly.
A candidate for State prison honors, named
Bolton, only about fifteen years of se, residin:
| in Augusta, few DAYS SINCE while catchin!
logs in the river, threw his younger brother in
to boat. after knocking him senseless, anG
showed the boat into the stream. leaving hi
his senseless victim 10 the mercy of the waves
He was rescued, however, and after some effor
| restored to consciousness
The Waterville Mail says the old Ticopi
Bridge Company has voted to accept tn
| award of the County Commissioners Tor tn
site of their old bridge over which the fire.
bridge is located The free bridge. abou
| which there has been so much controversy i
now under contract and will be immediatel,
| built.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Potatoes were selling in Bangor market o.
| Saturday for one dollar per bushel-that is TO
old ones. New ones will be along soon afte
the Fourth of July.
Tbc Why gives, as the quantity of knive
and forks to be used to-day at the Masonic din
ner, ten bushel ,skets-full.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Bath Times says young lad about
years of age, son of Mr. Patrick McDonough
was playing in the saw-dust on Patten
wharf, Saturday evening last. when he acci
dentally fell overheard and was drowned be
fore assistance could be procured. The bod
was recovered about midnight.
WALDO COUNTY.
We learn from the Bangor Whig that a.
unsuccessful attempt was made Thursda
night to rob the house of G. II. Treat, ESQ, il
Winterport of the silver ware The rogues-
there were two of them effected their es
cape. Mr.. Treat and wife were out of town.
AT LARGE.
AT the annual meeting of Maine Loyds O.
Tuesday, June 21st, r. b. Fuller was chose
Attorney and the following Advisory Com
mittee was elected: William McGilvery Sears
port; Washington Ryan, Portland; Georg
Stetson, Bangor; Nathan G. Aver, do j; Hen
ry E. Prentiss, do; Isaiah Stetson, do N. A
Farwell, RocklaDd; Charles Hayward, Ban
gor; Samuel F. Kelsey, do.