The Portland daily press., 1871-01-16

railroad is already laid, and the iron for the en-.
tire line (4200 tons) is already in Portland and
Bath It was imported from England last au-'
tum and is the best quality T rail.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Whig states that Mrs. Dunroe,
the younger, OF that city, attempted to commit
suicide on Thursday night by cutting her
throat with razor; but before she had inflct-
ed more than slight scratch, her resolution
failed, and she laid the deadly weapon aside.
She had an interview with the overseers ofthe
Work-house Friday, and promised to leave off
drinking and behave better in the future.
The Wing says JOIN II. Wilson, Esq, Sher-
if of Penobscot county, hss appointed the fol-
lowing deputies: Gustavus S. Bean, Bangor;
Elisha W. shaw, Newport; joseph Shepard,
N. Mayo, Hampton; Joshua ri. Herrick, East
Corinth; Hartwell Lancaster, Upper Still
water; Leonard L. Boswell. Lincoln; Ira B.
Gardner, Patten; William L. Sc.iber Spring
field; Thomas r. Gardner, Corinna. Jailor,
George W. Whitney, Bangor.
Miss Alice r. Clark of Winthrop lately gave
a concert at Bangor, assisted by number of
Boston professionals. This lady is to visit Eu-
rope to perfect her studies, in company with
Mrs. Oren Shaw and daughter. Mr.. Med"
McLaus him, Mrs. Shaw's brother, accom-.
panies them She will sail-on the 9TH of Feb
ruary.
Fred w. Flowers, son of Capt. VIM Flowers
Treasury Department at Washington.
James Walker, Esq, of Bangor has bought
the BASIN Mills property near Orono for $780,
O00
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Androscoggin Pulp Co., at Topsham, are
turning out ton of pulp per day and are put
ting in Machinery to enable them to double
their product
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
XVa 1aarn from tho Moob;os Doo,b,o., A..
an exciting case in relation to a supposed Will,
came before the Probate Court of Washington
county last week, Judge Tuck of Hancock pre-
siding. The question was on the petition of
M. E. OBJ. Harding, and Harriet OBJ. Walk
err, praying that M. E. BBrien, widow of
Joseph O'Brien late of Machias deceased,
should be cited to appear before the court and
show reason why she should not produce the
Will of said deceased for probate. Administra-
ton had been granted upon the estate of Mr..
Obrien, more than year ago, and the will
question has been postponed for several rea-
sons. 1t was charged by some of the heirs that
there was Will in the hands of Mrs. O. Brien
which disposed of considerable sums for spec-
itic purposes and which for obvious reasons,
she had suppressed, thus giving the whole es-
tate to herself and her daughter. There were
other details not necessary to enter into The
hearing last Saturday was on the petition for
citation. After the evidence was all in, Mr.
Bradbury, of Portland, for the defence con-
tended that 1t was necessary to prove the ex-
lstence of legal and valid Will, as set forth in
the petition, before they were bound to reply.
MT. Walker for the petitioners, contended that
it was not Will they were to prove, but they
were in pursuit of a Will known to have been
in existence at the time OF the testator's death !;
which was in the hands of other parties, and
therefore could not be shown to be legal until
found. The court ruled that the petitioners
were obliged to show the existence Of a legal
and valid Will before the citation could issue.
The petition was dismissed. Petitioners an
pealed to the Supreme Court.
IN GENERAL.
Therollowiug post-ofice changes were mazda
last week: s. o. Lilley appointed Post-mas-
ter at East Bangor, in place of Thomas Bur-
ker. resigned; Henry Leman. East Palermo,
in place Of John A. Chadwick, resigned; Sam
ne! w King, Whitefeld, in place of Henry
Wheeler, resigned.