The Portland daily press., 1871-04-15
state News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The shipments of shoes from Auburn and
Lewiston stations the past week have been SIG
cases to 972 cases for the preceding week.
The April term of the Supreme Judicial
Court for Androscoggia county will commence
on Tuesday next. Judge Barrows will preside.
Lewiston Steam Mill Company will start mr.
their steam saw mill next Monday.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Hon. S. f. Perley OF Naples, delivered leo
| ture at South Bridgton last week upon "Aroos-
| took and the Swedish Colony"
There was gathering of the veterans of the
war Of 1872 at BrIdRton last Saturday, to sign
applications for q pension under the new act
of Congress, which gives So per month to all
soldiers of that war who served sixty days or
more, or to their widows, if married to them
before the declaration OF peace in December.
1914. The News represents the meeting of
these old veterans to have been extremely in
teresting.
The Bfidgton News says young son of Rev.
Mr.. HodRton, while climbing over stone wall
ly crushed between a rock on the ground and
heavy rock which rolled from the wall upon
it. His life was despaired of for several days,
but he is now out of danger.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Nehemiah Tenney, of Bluehill, stable keep
or, lost valuable horse Saturday, by breaking
his leg. He caused him to be killed.
jail, died very suddenly last week of conges-
ton of the lungs.
The American says the house of Judson L.
WEIGH, in Sullivan, was, in all probability,
ssved from destruction by fire, one day last
week, by the sagacIty OF his dog. who aroused
the family from their SAUNDERS by his incessant
barking.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
widow, between as and 80 years of age.
named Miranda r. Ftsk uho bod ru a.ol
the service of family, residing at No. 6 MARI
borough street, Boston, died very suddenly on
Wednesday. The deceased is supposed to have
relatives residing in Fayette.
The Store of Mr.. G. c. Cornish. postmaster
at Winslow, was entered on Tuesday night
and money and goods taken to the amount of
about S35 From the postofice one letter was
taken and opened, containing small piece of
cloth and directed to q lady in California. No
other letter was opened.
The kennsbec Journal says Coroner VIM.
ID. Libby of Augusta, was called to Water
Wednesds to held an inquest on the body of
James Rice, who died in Winthrop q week ago
last Sunday, very suddenly. His friends at
Waterville have bad, since his burial, suspi-
cions that all was not right in relation to his
jury and had the body disInterred, and post
mortem examination maze by Drs. Boutelle,
Crosby and Thayer OF Waterville, and Dun
bam OF Winthrop. After the examination the
inquest adjourned to Friday of this week, to
obtain further testimony in this matter. The
deceased was man rs years old, and had lived
in Winthrop about two years No cause tor
his sudden death was disclosed by the post
mortem examination.
KNOX COUNTY.
A building in Rockland owned by G.. A.
Clark and containing two stores occupied by
Webber s. Hal and G. L. Robinson, was des-
troyed by fire Monday morning. The fire also
communicated TO, and partially burned, the
Sid two-stOry building adjoining on the
south, owned by Hon. N A. FarwelI. Mr..
lark sls loss is about 81, 0O0 Insured for ST.
ooo. Inc damage to the stocks in the stores is
covered by insurance,
SOMERSET COUNTY
me ot. Adams correspondent of tho Somar-
jepoIIer says that during the storm of
rriday evening the barn of John E;oid - O. ~
Aloans, was Set on fire by ljehtninc and ~
!.Ireiy consumed, together with a sie;ch -
ing inachine, some other tools. two Sar,n INV
and abont four tons of hay. The stncL e,ses
saved. SUCK was
John Lander OF Smithfield. committed s,,:
eide on the 7th inst, by cutting bis throot SUI,
the small blade of jack knife. At the i'm
he done the deed he was at Moses Cream "e
relative of his, in Fairfield.
As Mr.. Gorham P. Young of Norrdpe wock
was alighting from his wagon one week ago.
one foot became entangled in the reins, and in
his attempt to free it, he fell, striking q stiff
and enlarged knee upon the frozen ground, and