The Portland daily press., 1871-06-16
state n ewH.
ANI5ROsCoGGIN COUNTY.

We learn from the Lewiston Journal that
the total shipments of shoes at Auburn and |
Lewiston stations the past week have been 652
cases, 300 by freight and 102 by express. Re-
ceipts OF leather the past week 1880 pounds.
The shipments of shoes the week ending June
z, were 54l cases-Over 100 cases less than for
the past week. Receipts OF leather for week
ending June Z, were 60570 lbs-more by over
1900 lbs than the past week.
The Pennington Chronicle says Herbert =.
Nichols, hired man working Tor Capt. Treat, |
of Livermore Falls, got up in his sleep one
night last week, jumped out OF second story |
window, fifteen feet from the ground, travelled |
around the table, climbing over three fences |
into the front yard, where he was met and |
awakened by one OF Mr. Treats sons.
The Journal says the percentage of taxation
in Lewiston this year will be nineteen mills.
Last year it was thirty mills.
The Journal says Androscoggin county
seem likely, now, to have fair hay crop.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
j. A. Prince has been appointed Postmaster
at West Brunswick, vice N. Merryman, re-
signed.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Pennington Chronicle says the dwelling
house, two large barns, three sheds and graz
nary of Mr.. A Cannon, of freeman, were
burned to the ground between 10 and II O clock
on Thursday, 9th inst. The fire caught on the
roof of the house from chimney sparks.
The Chronicle says the spool factory of L. T.
Voter q Son, in the thriving little village of
| New Vineyard, is doing good business. They
turn out, on the average, Il, 900 spoOls per day.
| The post Office building at Strong caught
fire on the roof one day last week, but the
| flames were extinguished before much damage
was done.
The cheese factory in Strong has commenced
| operations.
The Chronicle understands by gentleman
/ hot nr lhop oh no oil Of
returned to his family in CascO last Wednes-
day week.
OXFORD COUNTY
The Lewiston Journal says the town of Hart.
ford has neither grist, saw, shngle or clap
board mill, blacksmith, lawyer nor doctor, and
only one minister.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
| From our Correspondent
A crow descended into the barn-yard of Asa
Jackson, OF Sangerville, four times, on Sunday
last, and seized and carried off a chicken, al
each visit. .ls
The refreshing rains of the last few days
have revived vegetation and cheered the
hearts of the farmers, but the grasshoppers
abound in countless myriads.
The town of Monson voted 90 to 1, on the
| 18th inst, to appropriate per cent. of its val
uation in aid of the Bangor and Piscataquis
! railroad.
Piscataquis County Lodge of Good Templar
will meet in Atkinson on Thursday, Jun,
10Th, at 10 o'clock A. M.
1t is proposed to remove the annual M. E
camp meeting from Charleston to Dover, il
order that attendants may have the advan
tages of railroad facilities. s.
IL SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Arson Advocate learns that colt be
/ longing to Messrs. S. A. & A. DnsmOre Q
Bingham, vas missed from the pasture weel
before last, not being found till Friday last
t.Avl pA al,
only head and neck out. Help was immedi
ately summoned and the colt removed fron
his perilous situation, having fallen away 20
pounds during his soiourn in the mud, wher
he is supposed to have been about week
When taken out he was unable to stand, blu
soon recovered sufficiently to walk. 4,
II WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Journal says the Female Min
strels did not meet with great success in Bel
fast. Ladies were scarce in the audience, an
the young men who were present INDUCED il
free and vigorous criticism Of the brunette
and blondes on the stage. Soon afterward
| one of the company called at the Journal ofic
saying that MADAME Rentz and her troup
had split" and desired some bills for one
I the halves. AS the company consisted of five
i how an equal division was effected is conjec
r ural, says the editor.
I The Journal says the experiment of maxim
butter by enclosing the cream in double cloth
and burying it for "a hours in the ground ha
3 | been tried in Belfast with complete success
r This is no joke, but fact. The process wi
o | make excellent butter without churning, an
with scarcely any buttermilk.
A halibut, weighing 467 pounds. caught o
Q Matinicus, was on board of schooner at Be
8 fast last Tuesday. So says the Journal; an
also, that one OF the fish dealers in Belfast las
Monday had on his fish tables thirty splendi
!, salmon, some of which weighed twenty-fiv
9 pounds, all taken from the weirs at Fort Point
It WASHINGTON COUNTY.
n Mr.. Sam King, youngest son but one of M
S. L. King, of Calais, in the 23d year of his ag
was drowned at st. John, N. b., on Saturda
: last, in the FORENOON.
YORK COUN4Y.
u Mr.. Loren Tuttle of Saco, was drownd o
/ Tuesday, 13th at about half-past o'clock. H
v had been at work on a vessel discharging co.
at Factory Island wharf, and IN steppir
from the vessel to tie wharf, he slipped an
struck his head and falling to the water, in
3 mediately sunk, and did not rise to the surfat
afterwards. His body was recovered.