The Portland daily press., 1870-09-16
state News.
ANpRoscoGe1N COUNTY

~@NSNONNAN COONI1.
The fire in the woods in Anbnrn wos
thought yesterday to be under controI One
I~hundred and fifty men were engaged Tbnrs
day afternoon in the work of subduing it. The
loss Will reach several thousand dollars in
wood and timber.
Early Thursday morning a cottage and two
small stables on Spring street in Auburn wera
destroyed by fire. A horse pedier's cart and
three tons of rags were burned in one of the
stables where the fire is supposed to have ORIG
mattel from spontaneous combustion, The
rags, &c, were owned by Messrs. Cook and
s Loss $1,000. No ins urance. The cot
tage was fully insured and was owned Inv d
NJ Cook. Furniture saved. The house and
furniture of A. j. Verril adjoining was dam.
aged several hundred dollars which loss is COW
cred by Insurance. - Wv
The Lewiston Journal saws as the Maine
central train approached the Auburn station.
wednesday afternoon, a box in one of the
trucks OF baggage car was found to be on fire
Examination showed it to be completely melt
cd OH. The baggage was transferred to box
caI anu 'ne mails TO passenger car, delaying
the tram only while the luggage was being.
transhpped.
The store of G. f. Piper & Co. at Bretton's
MINIS, Llvermore, was entered on the night of
June 18th, and about $3.50 worth of goods
stolen. Two strangers who had been seen
hanging ABOUT the village were suspected, and
about week afterwards one of them was ar
rested. lie gave bis name as Horace Moody.
and confessed and implicated man named
Chas. A. Eastman of Lewiston, as conteder-
ate. He also informed the officers that the
stolen goods were hid under a stump near
Wilis's Mills in Auburn, where they were ali
fOnnd. After long chase, Eastman was on
Tuesday arrested in Carmel, and forwarded to
Lewiston on Wednesday, says the Journal.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The house, barn and out. building of Daniel
Ellsworth, in Avon, was destroyed by fire on
Thursday night of last week. There was
large amount Of hay in the barn. Property
partially insured.
Rev. r. b. Howard OF Pennington preached
S MS farewell sermon to a crowded house last
SapOatn, and Tuesday morning started with
West. ""oA 80 'A0
HANCOCK COUNTY.
me Ellsworth american says that a partv
from Sedgwiek, week before last, were al Mar.
T STal .sdand' on pleasure and fishir cruise.
Iney MADE the Island their headouarters ana
on Friday, while it was blowing fresh M
Averlll, aged about 70, and Eugene Er,and
aged u, left the island in an open boat to cetni,
some hsh, and have never been seen since
Iortlons OF the boat have been found on the
shore, and no doubt exists but the boat was
capslzed and both men drowned.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Maine Farmer says: As we 90 to nres,
this "wednesday evening, our DISTINGUISHED
fellow townsman, Ex-Gov. Samuel Cony, is
lying apparently at the mint of death with no
hopes of his recovery. While on his wav homo
from visit to Oldtown, on "Wednesday of last
week, accompanied by Mrs. Cony, he took lodg-
ings at the Bangor House, intending to leave
in the morning train for Augusta. During the
night he was Frustrated by severe attack of
remaining unconscious for several
hours, but with prompt medical assistance he
was so far restored in the mo- ng as TO be able
to resume his journey home, winch be reached
i'll an exhausted condition, and has since, with
occasional intervals of apparent improvement,
been gradually failing.
KNOX COUNTY.
"A Democrat in Thomaston killed fine horse |
on Monday from overdriving him in bringing |
voters to the polls.