The Portland daily press., 1870-06-16
State News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The employees of the Bates Mill, at Lewis
| ton, in large numbers, united, Monday even
ing, in presenting to G. l. Barker, ESQ tn
efficient and popular agent, with silve
| pitcher, saver and goblets, says the Journal.
The County Supervisor, Mr.. S,etson, assist
ed, probably, by Mr.. Rounds, Principal of III,
| Pennington Normal School, will hold ;
| Teachers Institute at South West Bend vii
| LACE, Durham, on Monday and Tuesday, Jun,
| 9th and 18th.
The Lewiston Journal says Hon. Job Prime,
| of TurLer, has an an ancient book, printed al
London in 1640, and entitled Prototype or
| the primarie precedent pres dents out Of The
things they did and had.'' The book is curl
osity, especially in photography.
A correspondent of the Lewiston Journa
says Joshua Campbell, an old man of some
| seventy-five years, died quite suddenly in The
streets at LiVermore Falls, Sunday 1t ap-
pears from papers in his possession that he had
lately come from New Hampshire. where he
had been spending some time at Laconia. he
was intending to take the cars Monday on hi:
return. and was brought to the Falls. and left
in the street a short distance from the resi-.
dence OF friend, where he was to spend the
night; Shortly after leaving the carriage he
was observed to falter, and before he could be
carried to the house of his fredd, he was quite
dead. Heart disease is supposed to be the
cause.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
The Pioneer says there are large quantities
of potatoes in the Aroostook valley for which
there is no market. 1t was thought, last fall
that potatoes would be scarce in the spring
and farmers governed themselves according
ly," and refrained from feeding them to their
stock, which they might have done with profit
The Sunrise says that between two and three
millions of spruce lumber has been passing
Pressure Isle village during the past week,
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rain OF Tuesday was very opportune in raising
the river SO as to enable the drivers to push
forward their logs.
One Bartlett Rediker, was recently brought
before trial justice at Fort Fairfield on two
complaints Of assault and battery, on one of
the other he was fined fifty cents and costs. and
from which decision he appealed AT the
same time he was complained of for setting
hre to barn, which, with a horse and pig
were destroyed. On this he was held in the
paltry sum of 500 for his appearance at the
s. J. Court. A fourth complaint was made
against him for adultery, the proof of which
was very convincing. The "Dogberry" order
ed him to recognize in the sum CT 500! for his
appearance at the S. j. Court. Of course
Rediker furnished the bail.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The uniform of the Capital Guard at Au-
gusta is to consist of a blue swallow-tailed
coat, trimmed with buff and gold lacing :
pants, same color; hat with buff plume. CIti-
zens are subscribing literally towards the
funds of the company, says the Journal:
The Kennebec Journal says the other day
crazy man escaped from the Hospital, scaled
the Arsenal fence, and appeared in the house
of Col Whittemore, asking for protection from
the American flag IL was granted him.
The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. William Cof-
ren of Readfeld, was seriously injured last
Friday, at the moving OF building, which he
was directing. Slowing pry struck him on
the head iDficting serious injury. 1t was
feared it might prove dangerous, but he is re-
covering rapidly.
ternoon, while Mr.. James NJ. Larrabee was
moving some of his household goods 10 wag-
on, on West street, in Gardiner, his little son
Jamie, about four years OF age, was playing
with a bureau in wagon, when it became
overturned and fell to the ground upon him,
causing internal injuries of the bowels. AZ
Ter experiencing severe pain for about four
noors, the little fellow was relieved by death.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
po nme uniform of the Jameson Guards at
I'D nant 10 10 consist of dark blue dress coat
GU LIS, trimmed with buff The coat is
slug az front and has three rows of buttons
crescents on the shoulders TIE WI Wt;n CIV
the honorary members of the coynn 10y Says
subscribed largely to help pay for the nave
The Marie railway in Brewer ia in ooa-" 10
ton and on Monday the ship Hope of R SpeLa-
port 800 tons, damaged by getting ashore on
Eagle Island, was successfully hauled up for
general repairs. The railway is owned by
Messrs. VIM. McGilvery & Co.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Martin Bates, of Concord, was drowned on
the Sd inst. 1t is supposed that he went in to
bathe at small pond known as the Felker
Bog; he was not missed until some boys the
following day, were fishing at the SAM place
and discovered his clothes The peishbors
were summoned, but SO late at night he could
not be found. Search was made early the fol-
lowing morning, aud he was found in ten feet
Of water; being unable to swim, and having
waded into deep water, he probably lost his
footing and was drowned.