The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-09
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY.
There was fine fall of rain throughout An
droscoggin county, Tuesday night and We'd
nesday mOrning-just in season to save the hay
crop. ..ur ..-
At Lewiston movement is being made for
a celebration of the 4th of July and LewistOn's
Tooth birthday.
The Inspector of Milk at Lewiston, having
some doubts about the purity of some of the
milk brought into that city, has forwarded
some of it to the State Assayer for analysis.
The Journal says several parties have recently
been made sick by drinking milk-or what has
prs.ed for milk.
A little girl named Jennie Clark, about II
years OF age has been sent to the county jail
for 30 days for larceny at Lewiston. She has
stracting something or other from every place
she visited, and has been in the habit of sleep
ing in sheds or barns at night
ARoOsTooK COUNTY.
The Pioneer says the mercury at Houlton
last Sunday stood at 96 and 102 degrees, &C
cording to location.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The new soldiers monument at Bucksport
will be dedicated on Thursday, June 10th, I'M
der the auspices of Post No %, G. A. R., of
that place. .s .e-
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
At meeting of the trustees of the State Ag-
ID, ",
it was voted to hold the annual show in Au-
gusta on the 2lst, 22d and 23d of September
KNOX COUNTY.
The body of man named William Gould,
who disappeared eight weeks ago, was found
Wednesday morning, on the beach between
the Atlantic wharf and South Marine railway,
in Rockland. The body had been in the water
recognized only by the clothing he had on.
Mr.. Gould was about fifty-ive years of age,
and was man OF Incorporate habits. 1t is
thought that he may have fallen or jumped
from the wharf, on which he was last seen
alive, while under the influence of liquor.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Susanna Winslow. residing in Canton was
103 years old IN the oath of March.
The funeral of Hon. Cornelius Holland,
NJ. n at nA-&vsy-e---+s.--stl ga. uas largely
attended, there being from six to eight hun
bred people present. There were over one
hundred MasOns in the procession. Rev. Geo.
Bates of Auburn, preached the sermon. Hon.
Ruel Washburn p. G.. NJ, conducted the Ma
sonic service.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says thrifty housewife in
that city sent word to the grocer who delivered
her some eggs the other day, to either come
and take the eggs away or send up some chick
en- coOps!
A proposition has been made to the Bangor
A. Wood to purchase the two hundred thou
sand dollars of the Bangor & Piscataquis Rail
road stock now held by the city and pay for thu
same 1875 600 and put said road in fair running
order in thirty days from the contamination o
trade, and finish up said road within a rea
sonable time, SO that it shall be first-clas
railroad. The proposition was tabled.
Rev. j. s. Aver of Bangor, celebrated tn,
semi-centennial anniversary of his marriage
on Monday evening.
The Bangor Wing states that on Tuesday at
ternoon, DR.. Seavy, assisted by Drs. Il.
Seavey and Thaver, removed a cancerous tn
NOR from Mr.. Richard Patten, at Hermol
| Corner. This tumor was situated in the neck
and involved some very important tissues
| The carotid artery was ligated near its origil
| from the aOrta, 1.-THE main artery of the body
and four inches of the jugular vein, which wa
involved, was successfully removed. The pa
| tent rallied from the operation, and ia now Il
a fair way to recover.
A dispatch from Bangor says the droutb
broken. A heavy fall Of rain, Tuesday nigh
and Wednesday, morning, causes general re
| joicing among farmers and gardeners.
The body Of John CoOliff, of Richmond. N
| B., one of the four men drowned at Piscataaui
Falls, May 18th, was picked up in Argyll
Boom on Tuesday. The bodies Of the other
had been found previously.
| w. 'l SIS WALDO COUNTY.
The mills, mill privilege and adjoining prom
erty, lately owned by Geo. A. Pierce, ESQ
in Frankfort, have been sold to Benedict Lap
ham, of Rhode Island, for the sum of $1,000
| also, four acres on each side of the Marsl
Stream, in the vicinity o" Flat Rock" so call
ed. Mr.. L. is now rebuilding the saw mil
| which was injured by the freshet last spring
1t IS all said to mean cotton factories, says th
Bangor Wing.
-srll ,a-Hsfl4 YORK COUNTY. ls
| The County Commissioners have purchase,
the Common lot, SO called, in Alfred, upol
which to erect Jail and house of correction
| rms lot Is very eligible one, and contains fiv
Mr.. Charles E: Merrill, who was SO seriously
| injured at the Yates House., Pool, some tw,
weeks since, died at his residence in Kenne
bunkpOrt, on Tuesday last.
Mrs. Susan Dow, widow of the late job,
Dow, of Goodwin's Mills, Lyman, dropped
dead on Monday evening last, while perform
ing her household duties. 1t is supposed tina
heart disease was the cause of her sudden de
mise. Her age was 76 years.