The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-04-26
State News.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY

ANDkOSCOGGlN COUNTY.
Eight rumsellers came to grief Saturday in
Lewiston.
The Oxford Democrat says that Henry f.
Fitz, Esq. Custom House officer stationed at
Danville junction, has detected, lately, frauds
in the manifests of shipments of grains, &C.,
to the value of $1,000. The operations cover
several months. The Democrat remarks that
this shows the importance of an officer at that
point.
The Journal says that a very pleasant prize
debate came off at Bates College Chapel FRI
of the Sophomore class, Rynne, Goodnow,
Keene: Frost and Bennett The question dis
cussed was, sought the United States to an
mex more territory by purchase or Otherwise?'
The committee of award, judged the prize due
Isaac Chase bennett
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. Foster of the Maine Medical School re.
ceived quite severe and painful burns on his
hands last Saturday, while preparing phOs-
phorus needle for experiments in damagne.
tism.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The corporators of the Bucksport and Unior
River Railroad will meet at Bucksport, Apri
18th, for organization.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Augusta people talk of organizing a rail
rail excursion to California.
Several persons we're confirmed at st
Mark church, Augusta, by Bishop Nicely las
Sunday.
Henry Whitney and his wife have beer
swindling the people of Waterville and Ken
dalls Mills. Whitney pretends 10 be an in
surance agent and a canvasser for q book, but
he has an unpleasant way of running off with
out paying his board and otherwise grossly
misbehaving.
KNOX COUNTY. -
There are 12O persons in the town of Warner
who are over seventy years old and % who ar
over eighty. -
OXFORD COUNTY
Porter has just been having first class ex
element, and has voted to recall a vote takel
year or two ago to aid the Portland & Rut
land railroad, as we learn from the Biddefor,
Journal.
PENOBscOT COUNTY
According to the Wing the Bangor boys hav
| gone very extensively into the business Q
| gathering dandelion greens.
| The hotels in Oldtown, as we learn from tn
| Wing, have closed their doors against travell
| ers. Cause, officers refused to allow them t.
| sell rum. The landlords can't live if the
| don't sell rum-the public can't live if they dc
| Another hotel will be opened next week.
will run by water.
The Bangor Common Council non-concul
red with the vote of the Board of Aldermen il
relation to granting additional aid to the Bar
gOr g. Piscatauuis railroad, and passed the OF
der submitting the question to the citizen
by an unanimous vote. The Aldermen wi
| probably recede. } i
| sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
A second edition of Moses Owens s'Frae
ments" is is tO be published shortly.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Machias Republican intimates that if M
Hume, of Cherryfield. remains in the State b
| NJ, oh 10
| county this fall.
WALDO COUNTY.
Hamlin, the burglar, attempted to break ia
at Belfast again one day last week. He ha
succeeded in saving off the bars to the door
| his cell, and also of the Jail before he was dis
covered. He used saw made of the stet
spring from hoop skirt The bars we're saw
| nearly oil, and the Sits filed with shoemai
| er's wax SO neatly as not to be discernable
In few hours more he would have been
liberty.
AT LARGE.
The Bath Times says that the building Of fish
ing aud coasting vessels, mostly schooner
which was formerly carried on in several towI
in Massachusetts,, is now concentrating itse
in Maine.
The Times says that Capt. Chas. Owen ,wbol
the telegraph OF Saturday announced as ha,
ing been unshipped by lightning, is perfe,
salamander. This is the third time accider
of this description has happened to him. Th
first instance in which his vessel was total
destroyed was that of the Sallie Fern whic
occurred in 1851. The other was that of Il
Elvira Owen which was struck in the Bay
Blscay in 1854, when every man on board W.
knocked down, one man being killed outrigh
and others injured in very serious manner
The Thomas freeman makes the second vess
which was entirely consumed. Both the Sal
Fern and the last named vessel met their IA
in nearly the same latitude or in the vicinity
| HatteraS.