Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-01-18
STATE NEWS.

The Post of the Grand Army of the Re-
public in Lewiston have opened new hail.
John Estes, Esq, of Lincoln, has been APP
pointed Deputy Sheriff for Aroostook
county.
Mr.. George Anderson of Oxbow, Aroostook
county, broke his leg while hauling logs the
other day.
The Uniyersalist Society in Skowhegan are
to have regular preaching in Coburn Hall.
Their recent levee was success.
1t is estimated that one hundred million
feet of lumber was cut on the Kennebec river
in 1907 but that the product this year will
fall short one-third.
In horse trot at Boothbay, between Gen.
Sheridan and Gen. Prim, best in three half
mile heats on ice. Gen. Sheridan won first
and third heats; trotted side by side. Time
l Is, half mile.
Mr.. Charles 3. Webster of Shepleigh,
killed a pig recently which was only months
and ten pays old, and which weighed 200 1-3
lbs. when dressed. That was porker hard
to beat.
young man by the name of Aspinwall,
in Phillips, who has been selling goods at
auction in that town and vicinity, reports that
he lost his pocket-book between that town
and Weld, with 1928 in it, SO says the Lewis
ton Journal.
Officer McCausand of the Boston police
came to Portland Saturday night and re-
turned with G. p. Townsend, the fellow who
was arrested in Portland for swindling Bos-
ton merchants.
The Independent reports that very great
religious interest is now prevailing in the Pa
wilton Congregational Church and society in
Biddeford. Meetings of unusual interest.
have been holden in their vestry room nearly
every evening for the last two weeks, and the
interest continues.
On Thursday night, Mrs. Daniel Littlefeld
of Saco, started from home in her usual
health, to attend the meeting at the Young
Mems Christian Rooms. After the meeting
she complained of feeling unwell and stepped
into Mrs. Dyer's store, on Main street, to
rest few moments, and there died.
The Portland Argus says that on the 9th
inst, one day after leaving Liverpool, REM
Cimmers, Quebec pilot and for some time
in the employ of the Allen S. S. Co., as such
then passenger on the S. $. Peruvian
bound for this port, jumped overheard and
was drowned while labering under tenn
porary alteration of the mind
The Lewiston journal says that as the POI
lice were entering a house on Sunday, in
search for liquor, they saw man running at
full speed from an adjacent house, bearing
jug in his arms. 1t was very slippery, and
the man fell, breaking the jug and one arm.
The doctor mended the arm, but the jug is
fracture beyond recovery.
The Androscoggin Herald says that pig
items are getting to be quite common. j. r.
Bearce of Hebron, has slaughtered one eight
months old, that weighed 1876 l-2 pounds.
Capt. Elias Perkins of Hebron, slaughtered
one eight months old that weighed 455 pounds.
Farmers should be careful to cut out this item
and stick it up in the pig pen, that all live
pigs may see how nobly couple of their fell
lows have done, and go and do likewise.
The Sunrise says that on Friday evening
last party of eleven Swedes arrived in
Pressure Isle from the State of New York,
where they have been since emigrating-- five
months ago. They were not satisfied with
their situation in that State, and hearing of
this colony, started Immediately. All were
unmarried, excepting one man, who has a wife
and one child. Quite a number of the young
men obtained employment here, and the rest
went to New Sweden. finer looking squad
of men never entered Aroostook. s
As the early train ON the Portland 4
Kennebec railroad was approaching Cumber-
land Monday morning, at the rate of twenty