The Portland daily press., 1871-04-25
state News.
ANDRoscoGarN COUNTY.

In the Androscoggin County Supreme Ju.
dicisl Court the grand jury has risen without
presenting any bills of Indictment against
liquor sellers in Lewiston. The Journal says
ct the January term, 1870, eighteen liquor in
dictmsnts were found against Lewiston rum
sellers; April term, 1870, thirty indictments
were found against Lewiston rumsellers; sep
TENDER, 1870, twenty nine indictments were
found against Lewiston rumseners; January
term, 1871, thirty indictments against Lewis
ton rumsellers: A pril term, 1871, not a single
Indictment The fines of liquor sellers at the
Supreme Court for the past year and half
have been from $4,000 to $1,000 each term-an
average of more than double the entire crimi-
nal costs of the eounty-almost exclusively
paid by Lewiston rumsellers.
A coroner's jury at Lewiston, after inyesti.
eating the railroad accident by which MIR.
Henry s. Jones, of Augusta, was killed, re-
turned verdict generating the railroad COM
pany and employees from blame.
The Lewiston Journal says Hon. VIM. P.
Frye, M. q. from the I'd District, reached
home Friday, and was warmly welcomed by
his numerous friends.
The Journal says in May, 1855, boy now at
work in one of the Lewiston mills, from his
small profits on the sale of apples, deposited in
the Savings Bank So Al. He continued to de-
post weekly. never in large amounts, and now
from small beginning he finds himself worth
nearly two thousand dollars.
We learn from the Journal that the Lewis
ton Falls Manufacturing Company, is enlarg-
ing ITS works. A new building, 32x45, is being
erected for picker house. The picker is to be
removed from the old mill-giving room for q
new set OF machinery. The old mill is as en-
terprising a. any of its competitors and will
never be too old to grow.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
We learn from the Lewiston journal tn at
the farm building of ZachaIiah Norton of New
Vineyard, we're burned last a.onday. Insured.
KRNNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. George Heath of Augusta had his left
leg broken, about midway between his ankle
and knee. and was otherwise injured last Sat
urday, while engaged il unloading timber
from drag, in Augusta.
There werevery early and late services at St.
marks church, Augusta, Monday, it being
st. Marks Day. The Journal gave notice
there would be services at 4 o'clock in the
morning and half past o'clock in the evening.
The notes against the city of Augusta be.
coming due the current year, and for which
provision must be made, amount in the aggre-
gate to 50,454,00.
The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. Moses Bal
ley OF winthrop, j. going to put up large oil
cloth factory on the same ground on which
stood his large and extensive works which
were burned lastyear.
OXFORD COUNTY
The Norway Messenger says 1t 10 rumored
that pulp mill is to be erected ON Crooked
River.
The Messenger says a man named Glines, il
Waterford, was bitten by horse last Monday
whether severely or not we are unable to say
but Mr.. q. attempted to teach the horse better
manners by the use Of horsewhip, when th.
animal reared and gave the man tremendoa,
kick square in the face, completely demolish
ing his nose and making perfect Jelly Of tina,
part of his face in the immediate vicinity.
is wonder that he escaped instant death.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
,f. From our Correspondent
1t was generally feared whea the snow tool
its early departure that the grass would be ex
tensively winter killed; but no such result ha
followed. Grass is as forward now and look
much better than on the 10th of May last year
Hay, which was worth $40 per ton, two week
ago, is now worth only SIS. Numerous small
fortunes are beautifully ruined. This is thu
season OF the year for selling and buying farm
hands. s.
WALDO COUNTY.
In the Supreme Judicial Court at Belfast
before Judge Dickerson, breach of promis
case was tried last week, which occupied tw
days. The parties were Hannah E. Barlow
plaintiff, and William Sibley, defendant. Til,
plaintiff testified that defendant showed he
PENDANT testified that he never promised t
have Der, nor marry her nor make her his wife
Last January he married somebody else, ant
hence this suit. The jury returned a verdic
TOT piaiDtif, giving her $1,000, the whole amour
OF damages claimed. A. G. Jewett manage,
the case for plaintiff. and N. Abbott for defend
/ ant.
YORK COUNTY.
The contract for building the First Uniyer
salist Church George M. Harding, of Portland
architectl at Kittery. has been awarded t,
VIM. w. Locke, Esq, of that town, and is t,
building is to be IN the Gothic style of archi
lecture, % by IS feet on the ground.
John Mccartney, Boatswain, q. S. n, sta
toned at kittery Navy GARD, was severely in
jured Saturday afternoon by being struck will
block while experimenting the removal O
some heavy hawsers. The accident was occa
stoned by the parting of the hosting gear.
IN GENERAL.
r. 8, Dutton has been appointed POSTMASTER
at Athens, vice G. A. Kimball, removed; ]
e. FREUD at Etna, vice a. Masseby, resigned
John Davidson, of Linneus, was swindlet
out of 500 last Friday in Boston by a conf
dence operator who pretended to belong il
Portland. While waiting at the Boston &
Maine station Davidson was persuaded by til,
fellow to 20 with him to an express Office for :
bundle. On their way thither they met tn,
third man, who personated an expressman
with bundle. The expressman couIdp'
change the proffered check, and loan of $40
Tor few minutes was requested of Davidson
he Loaned the desired amount, and Davidson
at last accounts, was hunting for the checl
operator.
The forty-fifth annual meeting of the Gen
eral Conference of the Congregational Church
es in Maine will he held with the Winter stree
Congregational Church in Bath, commencips
on Tuesday, June 9th, at 9 o'clock A. M Th.
64th anniversary OF the Maine Missionary So
cie,y will be held at the same place Wednes
day, June 28th.
1t IL feared the fishing schooners A. f. Lin
berg. Seaman's Pride, William Murray and b
x. Hough, which sailed from Gloucester
Mass, to the Georges in March, were lost in
the gale of Sunday, April %, with all theiI
crews, numbering .orty men. most of whom re-
sided N Gloucester Of the crew of the Sea
mans Pride, two are reported as from Maine
viz, GerthIo and Eldridge Goodwin.
An Alexandria (Va.) paper says that Mr.
Hight from the State OF Maine, has purchased
HOO acres density covered with fine oak tim
Der, at $15 per acre, at Herndon Station, fol
shocks, will be shipped to the West Indies fol
a market. This factory will contain the best
machinery that can be procured, aud propelled
by an 80 horse power steam engine. The esti
mate cost OF building AID machinery is $40 600
The Augusta correspondent of the Boston
coufudl Says "A larger numOer OF apDIiC2-
tons for State pensions are being received al
the Adjutant Generals office than were made
last year, Under the act which was continued
IN force by the last Legislature another year.
Last year the whole number of applications
received was 712, of which 656 were allowed
This year the number of applications will
probably reach 1000, but not more than 20 per
cent. of this number, it is thought, will be al
lowed. The greatest number of applications
como from Bangor. Portland, Augusta, Lewis
ton and Calais. These pensions are for tho
benefit of disabled soldiers and seamen who
Maine, and their dependents. The amou OF
appropriated by the State was $50 900, or So
600 less than the amount Appropriated last
year.
Speaker Blaine is expected home from WASH
ington the last part OF next week. His fsmily
will return on Tuesday next
After the adjournment of the Executive
session of the Senate Senator Morrill, will
leave for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on a
brief visit to his daughter, whose husband IA
on the staff of Gen. Pope
The acts and resolves of 1871, passed by the
last Legislature, are now being printed in
book form under the direction of the Secretary
of State The public laws Commences with
chapter III and end with chapter $50. The
number and length of them are considerably
less than those of several years past owing
probably to the recent revision of the statutes.
e. w. Stoughton, Esq, of New York city,
with $4,000 to found Museum of PATHOLOGY.
cal natOmv Tn tho vnadica dopo &c Al =.