The Portland daily press., 1871-10-21
state News.
OXFORD COUNTY,


The Oxford Register has been purchased Inv
Samuel E. Carter, Esq of PARIS, who will
her after publish and edit the paper
The Register says the potato crop in that
vicinity is very large and the quality very
much above the average OF former wears
A hook and ladder company is orgapizine at
Bethel Hill ard 1926 has been snhScriha5 70
purchase hooks, ladders &C., Tor the COMPANY.
Potatoes are selling at Bryant's Pond at 40
cts. a busbel
The Norway Messenger announces that its
publication hereafter will cease.
correspondent in Fryeburg writes that AL.
ONO f. Lewis Esq, OF Fryeourg, an euternris-
ing merchant, visited California and Utah last
summer, and has since prepai ed two lectures,
one on California, and the other on the "Monn-
| tains of Utah." both of which he has read to
| his towns people much to their Satisfaction. -
Mr. Lewis viii deliver his lectures in the
| neighboring towns during the winter.
| From the same source we are informed tt at
| snow fell on he mountains in the vicinity of
| Fryeburg all night Tbu s 'ay and Friday' the
| hills were white well down to the heavy
| growth.
PENoBSCoT COUNTY,
Thursday morning the Bangor police found
| the body of a man between 80 and 60 wears old
dressed in red shirt and black pants, (the uni
foIm of the lumbermen in the procession We'd
| nesday) Just under the water and entapgle
| among the piles of the slip ia the river near
Gordon's mill at the foot OF Exchange st. A
tax bill in his pocket showed that his name
was Calvin Leavitt, and that he resided in Old
town. Upon making inquiries it was found
| that he was employed in the Basin Mills and
| had participated in the celebration with his
fellow work me1. 1t is supposed that he walk
off the slip in the dark, Wednesday evening,
says the. Bangor Wing.
| A fellow named Charles Kerwip. of Ronoor
was arrested in that city Thursday. for steal.
ing watch wallet andl overcoat from Mr.
| j. Nj. HaXtord Of Brooks KerWin was de.
tected by a ieweller of whom he was in the ac
purchasing key for the watch, and who knew
the watch from having repaired it ia few dav,
previously. The fellow sattempted to escape
but Mr.. Withers, the jeweler, pursued hin
and caused his arrest
There were sixteen persons before the sBan
gor police court Thursday for drunkenness,
and disturbance Each one was fined five dol
lars and costs.
H. SOMERSET COUNTY.
i The Lewiston Journal says that two dam
at South Neutrality-suspicious. at Sawtelle'
mills, the other short distance below-we
Z swept away by the freshet on Friday last Th
: Hall connected with the mills, now occupie
| by Mr.. Geo. Perkins as shoe shop was cleai
ed of its contents, SO imminent seemed the dar
: ger at one time, but nothing serious besides
/ slight settling OF the lower corner occurred
The dam at the mills will be erected ere lens
Mr.. E. I'll. Eaton, of Norridgewock, is partne
| WIN IL VI. DdhIoiou III tIO hauuiaOtuiO
q suspenders,
O WASHINGTON COUNTY.
q At the late term of the Supreme Court
Machias in prosecution for selling rum, IL
Jury returned a verdict of " not guilty" whe
Of the evidence of gnt was most conclusive
p Judge Barrowa, who presided, expressed b
| astonish ment at the verdict, and told the iur
!. that they were disgrace to Washington count
l. The effect was salnt'ry, as in The second pro
ecution OF the same man, for the like offenc
al he was found guilty, and sentenced six /
:, months Imprisonment.
Mr.. VIM. Spearin of Calais, lost a valuab
o horse last week by the animals coming in CO
N tact with Collector Whidden's team-the shs
OF the COLLECTORS wagon piercing the breast
D the horse and iDiuring him so that he die
shortly after. The driver OF Spearin's hor
+ was on the wrong side OF the street.
E The Calais Advertiser 10 looking back ov
y, the year which has passed since the great Fl
Ne IN that city, can see no signs of business d
. preston or ether injury resulting from it.
20 course there are sum unfortunate ones WI
v thus far have not made up their losses, but
le a rule, the city is better off than before d
fire.
IN GENERAL.
There was snow storm east eof the Peno
scot Thursday and it showed at Waterville
is the evening, and also at Biddeford.
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