The Portland daily press., 1871-03-25
state News.
ANDROsCoGGIN COUNTY.

AN ADJOURNED town meeting was bed at. Dur
ham Monday, again on Wednesday
hlnal!y, the Democrats elected town officers by
maJorities from to 49, A Republican was
elected collector of taxes at 1-2 mills on the
dollar, as we learn from the Brunswick TeIe-
graph.
Cyrus Knapp Of Livermore Falls, was ON
Ihprsday nominated by GovPerhar, as judge
OF Probate, OF Androscoggin county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the appointment of Col.
Luce, to be Judge of the Municipal Court O f
Lewiston.
A son OF DR.. Harlow of Auburn was severe
~ injured and narrowly escaped death on
wednesday by being thrown down and tram
pied upon by horse, into whose stall the lit
tie fellow entered
The proprietor Of the Audroscoggin Herald.
published at Mechanic Falls. offers The estab.
lishment for sale.
Mr.. E. u. Hawkes. of Mechanic Falls, late
Assistant Superintendent on the custom house
and post office buildings in Portland, died at
the former place last Sunday. A funeral ser
mon is to be preached in the Uniyersalst
church at Mechanic Falls tomorrow
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Charles f. Humphrey, ESQ, of Yarmouth.
mas peen appointed Trial Justice.
The Brunswick Telegraph says on Tuesday
morning the daughter of Mrs. Hannah S,
Adams residing on Green street, went to call
her mother to breakfast. She found her dead
Dertoct-
~ natural position, showing that she must
nave dropped away in her lseep, probably of
heart disease.
1t is Miss NJ. G. Thomas, not Miss M. M.
turner that has been appointed Postmistress
at West Harpswell.
HANCOCK COUNTY
The Ellsworth American says the DREDGING
boat now at Portland, is expected at Ellsworth
the last of this week when work upon the river
channel will commence at once
Miss Lucy j. Henry received some fifty votes
and came near being elected one of the S, s.
Committee of Brooksvile at the last annual
meeting.
The American says Capt. Joseph Wescott
and j.. Z. Hinckiey, Esq, will carry on the
son. The Captain has large contract for the
bridge at New York, as we'll as the continual
ton of the st. Louis BRIDGE upon which he
worked last season at Bucks Harbor.
The were 1900 doz. eggs shipped at Sedg-
wick, on the Lewiston, March 14th.
KRNNEBEC COUNTY.
Messrs Budwel & Wilson of Halowell,
have a contract for furnishing granite for
bridge at Philadelphia and also for a tower
10 the new cathedral in Boston.
The body of Mr.. King who was killed by the
recovered '"D
me Hallowell Manufacturing Co now en-
p,os'ng ESo hands in the manufacture of sheet
q ~ Iney nave recently added twenty-four
- and two 4O,inch looms manrfactnre d' Nv the
Of 1eno Machine Co. Two spinning frames
~ ~ loo9 spindies each have also been nJdad
Aney nave In all 10000 spindles and 311 looms
OXFORD COUNTY
Tbomns a,uraay, the 18th inst deputy sheriff
ram, on suspicion of his having burned G r
Ayers buildings on the Good win fam ~
Gently. The examination took place at the
town house ON Monday, before John p. Hub.
bard, Esq and Goodwin was bound over tn
the September term in the sum OF $1,000.
During 1870, thers were II deaths, 9 births
and no marriages in Dix field Village
The Democrat says John Damon, of East
Buckfeld, sold his trotter, LADY Damon, to