The Portland daily press., 1871-03-10
state News.
ANDROsCoGGIN COUNTY

ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says it is Hon. Seth May
Of Auburn, Maine, not Boston, who has pre-
sented the memorial tablet to the COpgrega-
tlonal church at Winthrop, in cOmmemOratiOn
Of the long services and distinguished virtues
OF Rev. David Thurston, D. D., for many wears
its pastor. Judge May formerly resided in
Winthrop, where he was member OF Rev. Mr..
Thurston's congregation. -iEs
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Thomas Taylor of Pennington attended
lecture on electricity at that place last Sanr-
day evening, aud during the progress of it fell
insensble. She was Immediately taken home
but died in two hours. A post mortem exam
ination revealed that death was occasoned by
cancer which had consumed thu ligatures
around the heart, 30 that " hen the last one had
been severed ueath ensued. u
The annual report of the selectmen of Farm
ing ION gives az the valuation OF the town $751;
TT, against 1857, la for the yrar ending Feb.
%, 1870 The number of polls is TIA. against
1856 last year; showing an increase Of $40 $50 in
our valuation, and 3S in the number of polls
The present Indebtedness of the town. above
resources, is &3366 80, against $453092, one
year ago.
The Masonic Fraternity of Farming ton are
about to lease Beale's hail, in that village and
fit it up for a Masonic hall.
The Chronicle says on Monday morning
sou Of Stillman Noyes OF Jay, was working in
tue Pennington steam mill, when he was
caught in the main shaft, while putting on the
belt, and sent revolving around the shaft at the
tate of one hundred and sixty revolutions a
minute. The steam was Immediately shut off
and the young man ext, icated from his perilons
position. His clothes were wound around The
shaftiDg 40 that he was obliged to be cut loose.
Strange to relate he was not killed. No bones
were b, oxen although be was terribly maDgled,
Even his boots were thrown off who making
the friehtfu circuit He will prob bly, revov-
or, as he is doing well. 5..-
We learn from the Pennington Chronicle
that on application of certain citzep of Jay,
Judge Barrows last week issued temporary
Djur etion upon the officers of that town
against issuing bonds in aid of the manufacture
ing company of Jay. On the question OF pei :
manent iDjuoc' lO0, bearing IS to be hello be-
fore Judge Walton at the term o. th Supreme
Judicial Court now in session in Pennington.
The case will be beard on Saturday.
ssu KNOX COUNTY. 37fs.a
Mr.. William Watts, an aged citizen of War
rem. nearly II years old, died very suddenly in
that town Oh Thursday OF last week OF apo
plexy. ~
died very suddenly on Friday of last week,
probably of heart sease. s----..4-
KENNEBEC COUNTY. -s=...-
Three handsome deer from Obio-two fe-
males aud Que male safely arrived at Augusta
90 Wednesday. Tbey are to be placed upon
the grounds OF the Military Asylum.
Col Fl. A. Dewitt of Augusta. lost very
valuable horse BY drowning IN the K90neb-c
90 Tuesday night The horse was harDessed
to buggy, and becoming frightened, started
| from near the works at the dac1, cleared him
sell from portion of the vehicle. plunged into
the river, swan 10 the eastern shore, and, fioni
IheLce rushed on t. the ice, aud made his way
at fnll soeed until he came to where the river
was entirely open, whel he went iu and was
drowned. The horse was valued at $500 and
was one of the matched pair recently pur-
chased in Portland.
Mr.. Chas. M Thomas OF Winthrop has sold
his fine trottiog colt for 5000. =
On the occurrence of a mar breaking throue
the ice of the river at Gardiner, Tuesday Eve
ming, an alarm OF fire was given and the eueIDe
bell rang. the man was safely rescued beft re-
the river was pumped out by the engine.
OXFORD COUNTY
G. E Hubbard has been appointed Postmas-
ter at Hiram, vice N. B. Hubbard, resigned
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
Bangor proprietors OF coaches have advanced
their prices for attending funerals to four dol
lars, instead of three as heretofore.
The Wing says the Lee Normal Academy
closed term of two weeks on Monday on ac-
count of the serious illness of the Principal, Mr..
True.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
/ a building Tor the SAVINGS Banh- to be
erected at Machias. Tue funds of the hank
have been kept in Portland for some time
past.
The new Masonic hall at Addison Point was
dedicated with established ceremonies on Wed }.
hesday March 1.
The new Methodist Episcopal church at
Whiting was dedicated on Tuesday Feb. %.
Mr. Drisko, editor of the Machias CnloD who
has been confined by illness since early III
November, is now able to he at his post again.
Tue Republican says that in Machias nearly
twenty actions have been brought by the river
wardens against violators OF The laws to pr+ ven t
throwing slabs and edgings iaro rivers and
streams, and not one of item has secured an
Indictment before the grand jury. .n
a.e WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Journal comes to us this week in
an enlarged form aud With new dress. 1t is
handsomely printed and well il should be, tor
ie is the ablest Democratic paper in the State.
The editor OF the Belfast Journal ibfers that
the time TOR specie payment is not far of, from
the fact that he received a silver q Iarter of
dollar at par, as change, in a banking institu-
ton OF that city
Capt. William 7. E'well, of Northport, was
Knocked overheard froom schooner Holbrook.
ON Holmes Hole, last week, and drowned. HIS
DCoy was brought home, and his funeral on
Sunday last, Gays the Journal, was attended
6y very large number of his neigbbors aud
trends, by whom be was highly esteemed.
The Journal says Calvin Pitcher, one of the
Oldest and most respected citizen of Belfast,
died 10 this CITY on Saturday at the residence Vi
Noah Matthews He was 81 years ofsge. Mr..
Pitcher came to Belfast, from New Hampshire,
60 years ago.
Foxes bave been unusually destructive in
Palermo the past wiD'er, says the Journal hay
i.s carried off S75 worth OF poultry. Mr. AL
pbeus M. Bia'sdell declared war against the to-
vaders, and has trapped twenty-five since last
fall. The skins sell for 81 80 each.
YORK COUNTY.
All the fingers on both bar d. of Mr.. Haigh,
an employee 10 Goodalps mills at Sanford Cor
ner were SO severely fir. z.n at the tiBe of the
extreme cold weather that it has since become
necessary to ampu ate them. 1t-
Mr.. Thomas H. Slap es Of Eliot, on Wednes-
gay, received the appointment of FOREMAN of
Laborers IN the Bureau Ut Construction at this
yard. vice Dennetf, who has been appointed to
position 10 the revenue service.
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