The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-10-24
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KENNEBEc COUNTY.

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The journal says Messrs Wright & Nor
| cross recently lost valuable colt at their
| Fearpaught farm near Augusta. He had been
| missing for about two weeks and was found at
last in the edge of the pasture, sitting upon his
| launches, supported by his forward feet, and
| dead. There was not mark about him to show
| how he came to his death.
The Waterville Mail says the store OF Mr.
| VIM. x. Lunt of Benton, was burgarously en-
| tered last Friday night, and robbed Of about
thirty dollars in serbia lot of pccket-knives
| and other articles. The thieves overhauled
everything in the store, and displayed some
| humor in the disposition of things, leaving a
| card of invitation written "come to Bangor.
| PENoBscoT COUNTY.
a small unoccupied building in Bangor,
| owned by Mrs. Stephen Stack pole, was de-
| stroyed by fire Sunday night:
| The Wbig says the late regatta at Bangor
| has stimulated the boating interest among our
young men. We learn that a four-oar, a
| doubleseul and three single scull shells have
| been ordered within the past four days.
The Bangor Wing says victim of klepto-
mania recently disguised himself by surrepti-
tiously possessing himself box of soap stand
ing a. the door of a store on Broad street. He
paid tor it without asking any questions when
the bill was presented.
A store in Bangor was broken into Satur-
day night and quantity of tobacco was stol-
en-.
The Wing say the City Marshal arrested
Stephen Frost of Brewer on Saturday, for
forging an order on Pearson & Son for $25 and
afterwards getting it cashed by l.. D. Higgins
after hours. Frost admitted after his arrest
that he sold the order to Mr.. Higgins, but
claimed that the forgery was done BY young
man, a clerk in shoe store on Exchange
street.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Afr. John b. Stevens of Eastport, has been
appointed Deputy Collector of Customs at
Vaneeboro.
The Calais Times says according to present
indications onr lumhermen will engage in ex-
tensive operations in the woods this winter.
The stock of logs in the river has been greatly
reduced during the past summer and some of
the mills have nearly exhausted their supply.
The season, on the wholn, has been remarka-
BILE one for saving, and last winter was very
unfavorable one for hauling out, as the snow
went off month sooner than expected. These
two facts explain the above condition of things
and make the adoption of energetic measures
for repenishing the stock necessity.
YORK COUNTY.
We are informed that the dwelling house
and stable of Mr.. Reed, in Springvae, were
destroyed by fire Sunday night Insured.
| The houses and stores on the line of the ex
| tension of the Boston & Maine railroad, in
| Biddcford and Saco, were sold at auction last
| Saturday. for the company possess righti out
deeds of the property. There were twenty
buildings sold, ranging In price from three dol
| lars and seventy. five cents, 500. The aggre-
gete amount of the sales was 81, rs. The
buildings are all to be removed within sixty
days.
The Saco Independent says on Saturday last
as Horace Woodman, Efq., was superintend-
ing the trimming Of some trees on his new
premises on Main Street, large limb from an
elm tree fell, and striking on his head rendered
him senseless for the time, but he rallied and is
now rapidly recovering. 1t was very narrow
escape.
his pocket book containing about 500, but WAS
fortunate enough to find it in his horses stall,
| says the Independent.