The Portland daily press., 1871-03-31
state News.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY


Mr.. Jeremiah Stinchfield of Danville juno
ton, had narrow escape from death on Mon
| day, by being thrown from carriage against
derr ick. At first it was thought his njurie
were fatal. He sustained severe wounds OF
the head and face, but we are glad to learn il
now quite comfortable. His Jaw was fractured
face gashed and forehead badly cut
Eighty-one years ago this month, Mrs. Elz-
/ abeth Hodgkins was brought from Andoyer
| Mass, to Minot on an Ox-sled in her mothers
arms, she then being three months DID, The
journey occupied about two weeks She ha.
| of the late Major Samuel Downing, of Minot
| who served in the Revolutionary war,
Messrs. A. ID. Lockwood, I. Washbnrn Jr.
and j. W. Perkins, a committee of the Direc
tors of the Androscosgin Valley railroad, ap
pointed to confer with the Directors of the
Maine Central and of the A. r. r. respecting
lease of the proposed road, met at Portland
on Monday, Judge Rice and d. Alden, a com
mittee of the M. c. R. r. Directors. Mr.
Washburn presented the case of the Valley r
R. to the Nj. G. gentlemen, and an earIy da1 az
| in May was appointed for the nj. G. Director.
to inspect the proposed route. of the Valley
Railroad.
| A piece of real estate in Lewiston which cos
in 1854 Sl1OO, was recently sold for 5000.
Eggs are retailing in Lewiston at 18 cents
per dozen, and maple syrup at ST. 25 and $1 E(
per gallon. #aa-52 E M
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Houlton in town meeting last Monday. vot-
ed to- exempt from taxation for q period
q woolen mill and cotton mill, not to cos
less than $4,000 each; tannery of the cost
OF not less than $4,000; and Steam and Water
Power Manufacturing establishments each of
not less cost than $4,000, together with the
real estate Immediately appurtenant, provided
the same are erected prior to the 1st day Of
April, 1872. -
The Pioneer says young man named Me.
iUa0 wi Sh oil L,
mill of Mr.. Sears, at Fort Kent, on the nie hi
OF the 18th inst, by some means got his band
caught IN the saw and horribly mangled This
makes the third victim in four weeks, showing
that too much carelessness is observed whiie
at work around machinery.
"A correspondent of the Pioneer at Fort x ent
says it is splendid weather for making m nile
sugar, at that point, and there will undoubted-
~ re large amount manufactured the present
spring. IL eeqs ~ - - : =
4fa KNOX COUNTY. Nt
We learn from the Free Press that Mr.. G..
W. Thompson, of Rockland, came near losing
MS life last Friday, by taking by mistake a
teasp0onful of cyanuret of potassium instead
OF "Thompson's Remedy" Three physicians
were called and by the application of the stom-
ach pump and the injection of antidotes, in
the course of an hour he began to revive,
though at first the physicians had scarcely any
hope of his recovery.
Fhe fare from Rockland to Boston by steam
is Two dollars
- A correspondent of the Free Press says the
democratic selectmen of town in Knox Co.,
sPelt the word village ''yiU i.dge" no less than
four times in the first notice they issued after
their election.
10 the Supreme Judicial Court at Rocklapd.
Emma SukefOrth has been awarded $1,000 dam.
ages against William s. Jacobs. for breach IF
promise of marriage. The Free Press saws the
plaintiff int0duced 160 letters which she had
received from the defendant, all breathing ten
oerness and assurances of lasting love; but
defendant bad net fulfilled his promises, hay
ing gwen bis heart to another fair one in the
1Ewn T, OF EmDden. The case was tried before
Judge Kent withouG the intervention of a inrv
Inc defendant resides in Somerset county.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Maine Farmer saws that on Snndav thu
!9th INST, two men named Wadeioh and
Dunn, OF Belgrade, called at the honse of NJ
thaniel Gilman, in Manchester. where tbav
partook OF some champagne cider put nm by
Mr., Gilman. Soon after they left. thew wers s
both taken violently sick, and Dr.. Croker of
Augusta was sent for, who prescribed suitable
remedies, and the men have since recovered -
1t is supposed that the men were poisoned Inv
the cider, which was taken from cask obtain
ed by Mr. Gilman last fall in Augusta, and
which had previously contained alcoholic III.
9uor: Some of the cider will be analyzed by
Dr. Croker, and if possible, the cause of the
poisoning asceI Itained.
The town OF Winthrop being now one hun
dred years old. the Hon. Robert G. Winthrop,
for whoselfather the town was named. has been
asked TO deliver the Grafton at the centennial
celebration.
OXFORD COUNTY
Bethel claims to make more maple sugar
than any other town in Oxford county.
The citizens of Andoyer are considering the
propriety of establishing cheese factory in
that town.,
Benjamin Weber, Esq, of Sweden, related
an incident to the Oxford Democrat, recently,
which came under his notice. A hen had been
sitting about two weeks, when she was noticed
to be sick, ard finally lett the nest Mr.. Web
Der happened to look into her mouth, where
be found joint of fsh's back bone wedged
into her throat so that food could not pass by
It. He extracted the bone, and gave her some
dry corn which the gzzard would not break
a9wn and which passed through her unchang-
70 eo. she soon rallied, and expressed desire
70 complete her work of Matching her brood,