The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-11
state n ews.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY

The Journal says the jewery store of Mr. r.
Edgcomb, of Auburn, was broken open Thurs
day night and goods to the amount OF S2oO we're
stolen. The rogues gained an entrance by a
rear window.
The Journal says the Lewiston Machine %.
has orders for machinery for several months in
advance for the York Manufacturing O. for
Atlantic DeLaine Mills, Il. And, osenooin
Mill No. 3, and other points. Thew are ,lso
making Wrappers for parties in Lancaster Pa
More skilled help is needed at these works.
The change of the gauge Ct the Maine Cen
pleted Friday morning., so that the harrow
gauge train ran to that point at noon.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing hears it stated on Good
authority that last Thursday night MN
named Frank Gray was shot by hotel keensr
IN Ellsworth and so dangerously injured that
his life is despaired of. 'A"'
A number of suits have been begun in Han.
cock county against one of the BANGOR Iawnars
who was engaged in the procuring Of honnty
land warrants for soldiers of the war of 1915
His clients think his devotion to their interests
was too absorbing and that they lost money BY
| the operation.
KENNEBEC COUNTY. sas
| The Kennebec Journal says Miss Kicker,
Preceptress OF the Waterville Classical Instl-
tute, was taken to her home in Hartford on
| Wednesday last sick with brain fever, and bor-
deriDg ON insanisy.
| KNOX COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Bath Times, who has
| lately visited Thomaston, says:-"We recog.
nized Bartlett, Mcguire and Simm, of Bow.
doinham Bank notoriety, busy in honest en-
ployment. The former is in the blacksmith
shop, Mcguire works in the boot and shoe fac
tory and the latter in the carriage shop. MIR
Rogers, the Brunswick defaulter, is employed
in the butler department of the kitchen, and
was arrayed in apron and parti-colored car
sweeping out the cook room during our VISIT
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Register says Mr.. Seth Croker, wbt
was go badly injured by being run over OF
Thursday evening of last week, died Tuesda,
morning
The Register says Mr.. G. G. Phelps. O
south Paris. is preparing seven acres of mead
ow in Buckfeld, on the road leading from So
Paris to Buckfeld, for the purpose of raisin,
cranberries.
We learn that the starch factory in Peru ba
starch this season.
whose eighty-third birthday came on the 5ti
instant. On the Friday previous he drove
breaking up team Of six oxen in the forenoon
and in the afternoon one of four.
Mr.. L. X. Lane, of Brownfield, whose build
lngs were reported burned a few days since
| oSSn.S " 10 Pdi tiIuidrly uQIOrLuDAto In Feb
rpary, 1868, his buildings were burned in III
night time at Stoneham. Mr. L. was ava
from home at the time of the fire. He had
barn burned previous to the Stoneham fire am
now has been burned out third time.
PENeBscoT COUNTY
The Wing says an unusually large uuantit
OF potatoes was marketed in Bangor Thursda
some say over 5000 bushels-and the pric
was from 40 to 45 cents per busbel tbonoh
lew extra loads brought as high as so cents.
The contractors for deepening the channe
ana removing the rocks from the bed of tn,
fenooscot have closed their operations for tb
season. They have removed large amount o
stone, earth, edgings and other debris from th
| river. v.
| WALDO COUNTY.
drunken fellow named Dutch. who az
| saulted lady on the street in Belfast Thurs
gay evening was seriously shot by man VIII
came to her rescue.
The Belfast Age says there is but little doip
IN Ine local produce market. Pressed hay i
tatoes, % cents. Poultry is coming in nlentv
put not we'll fatted; chickens are selling from
II TO 10 cents. Butter is slow at 80 cents fl
pest pail. Fat OK beef is worth from 81 to 81
PEI PEI hundred; smaller aud poorer from 50 4
| 20. Round hog is stationary at cents Rar
ley stands firm at 70 cents and oats at abou. <
| cents. ~ "ooo' .
me &c says an attemRt Was spRsa da IA to heS
Center week ago last Sunday by putting hal
pound of powder in paper and wrapping i
In flannel and placing it in the ashes in In,
stove. Fortunately it was discovered befor,
| the fire was built
| WASHINGTON COUNTY
Mr. e; B. Davis, of Eastport, travelling for
| fortland hrm, was severely injured last weel
while driving from Calais by the upsetting o
| his buggy. throwing him and Mrs. johnson, c
Calais, out, bruising both of them copsidera
bly,, though no bones were broken. The car
riage, which belonged to the Portland firm 70,
says the Eastport Sentinel.
The Eastport Sentinel saws Passamaonod
| dy Indian recently applied for state-room OF
board one Of the International line of steam
eis. The Sentinel asks if barbarism is a fail
ure? or has the savage 'played out?'