The Portland daily press., 1871-10-27
state Re eWs.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
The journal says the aggregate shipments of
boots and shoes from Auburn ana L.yistor |
stations the past week, have been 1O17 cases. |
10 749 cases for the preceding week The re-
ceipts of leather have been $4,000 pounds to
81 sO95 pounds the week preceding.
1t is now said the M. G. r. r. extension will
be opened in two weeks. The late storm wash
ed the road bed quite badly, says the Lewis on
Journal vas va
The Journal says Mr. Eoys, of the Mvers B.
"a untly dramatic company, which have play
ing 10 Lewiston, IS dangerously sick. He was
attacked one evening while on the STAGE and |
was taken to one of the ante-rooms of the |
hall, and it has not been possible to removs
him. No hopes are entertained of his recoy. |
cry.
HANCOCK COUNTY
A correspondent of the Lewiston .J,urra,
saw last week in Hancock, a Mr. Weoster do
glng potatoes, who is aged SO years months
HIS vile Is living, and next year, should thew |
both be spared, they will be entitled to their
years.
The Ellsworth American says that .Jefsar.o,,
Chatto, one day last week, undertook To n,sGa
voyage from Long Islard, Bluehiil Ran 20
Surry, in a small boat in company with bsif.
er w9lch ne tied to Keep quiet, but heifer re-
to barelytescaped
The American says on Tuesday Oct 17th
Horace Sperry, workman in the saw min ri
j. Il. Wallace, at East Sullivan. fell off . in W.
into the pond, and was drowned. The hoSSS
was recovered. Young Sperry was about q
years of age. -
On the following Saturday, Cant Tbonos
Hill, accompanied by his son Ellwood @b ia
nephew, Willie Simpson, son of G. 10, Simn.
sop,-and Daniel Graham, son of Aaron CO.
ham, started in skitf to go to Stewards Is,
land, in Flanders Bay. On the passage down
the bay, by some accident the skiff was unset
and Graham was drowned.
The American reports the following case in tho
| Supreme Judicial Court at Ellsworth: DonaId
| M. Stuart vs. Thomas Holmes Action on tha
| case for deceit in obtaining m,ney nnder faIse
representations. pit. sold plff. barrel Of Med
stead of rum. Defence-that plff. purchased
| the same with intention of sale in violation of
law. Contract being illegal, Dlff could not re
cover, and after hearing plff's testimony the
court ordered nonsuit Made law on report.
| Peters for plaintiff: Hale for defendant
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The contributions in Augusta for the Chica-
| go sufferers amounts to $2311.
On Friday, an insane man named Pottle. set
the woods atire in the rear of Capt. John Frs
| kines house in Pittston, With the avowed pur-
| pose OF burning the house; but the fire was
discovered in time to prevent it. He was car.
ried to the Asylum.
The Gardiner Journal says that on Friday
last as Mr.. Wiley, tin pedder, was just get
ting on his cart from house in Dresden, hen
was blown by the high wind directly under his
| horses feet, frightening the horse, which ran
| and overset the cart, and broke Mr.. Wiley's
left arm, just above the wrist.
The outside of the chapel connected with
the Insane Asylum at Augusta, is rapidly ap.
preaching completion.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
"A limestone quarry has been discovered il
the town Of Holden, near the Dedham line -
1t was first discovered by man named Wiley
on the land of Linus Pond. Some of the stone
has been burned and Stacked, and is said to b.
OF excellent quality.
The Bangor Wing matches the story of tn,
washerwoman who collected debt of $3.50
from Harry Meigs, the "Raiway Prince of Pc
ru." with the following true story of Bango
woman: When Meigs was banking in Frisco
Bangor lady who went to that city to reside
deposited large sum of money with his house
and of course lost it when he left between tw
days, She also read in the Overland of hi
great wealth, and made the journey to his do
MAN. After landing, she was repeatedly toll,
by people doubtless under pay that Meig
was not in that part of the country, but no
discouraged she pushed on, sought the million
aire in that gorgeous residence so graphical,
described in the Overland, and after counties
| rebuffS, found the man she was bunting down
and told her tale. Msigs listened, and whel
| she had finished he handed her check for tn
| amount of the deposit and interest from it
date to time of payment. She departed hap
| pier and Weather woman, as her relative
now residing here can testify
Mr.. William TALL of Oldeovn, blacksmith
fell down a flight of stairs in Waldron & AL
ford's block in that village, on Tuesday eve
| ming, and struck on his head at the bottom
He was taken up insensible, and remained il
| a comatose state all night Medical examina
| ton showed that his skull was fractured an
the spinal column injured and therefore moth
ing could be done to help him. He died earl
Wednesday morning.
One of our city clergymen, says the Bango
Wing, recently Joined in matrimony bushin
bride who acknowledged to " summers, and
groom over whose brow the SHOWS of IS winter
had passed.
WALDO COUNTY.
Col. 81. W. Cunningham of Manassas, Va
| recently died. Col. Cunningham formerly liv
ed in Belfast, and has held positions of trus
and honor at the hands of the people OF Valid
county. In 1868 be entered the army, and sub
sequenty became Major of the 10Th Main
| Regiment, and finally Lieut.. Colon1.. I'll
served with the regiment until i'll health caus
ed him to resign, in 1864
On Monday night while the mail train 70
Belfast was running from Burnham to Unity
it encountered a lot of cattle upon the track
| Two Of them were killed outright, and thro VI
over the fence-ano,her had its hoof taken of
which was found on the engine. No damag
to the train, says the Belfast Journal.
The house and barn of George Carter, a
North Searsport, were burned on Sunday nigh
| last. Insured in Penobscot Company Tor $500
YORK COUNTY.
Two young men of Saco went out to tb
beach cunning last Saturday. In the course
of their perambnlations they came near an ap
pie tree on which an apple was espied. On,
of tie men, Daniel Lowell, dubbed his mus
ket double barrel shot gun, to knock the ap
pie from the tree and in the attempt the gul
was discharged. and the charge took effect il
Lowell's leg, making quite severe, though
not dangerous, wound.
Samuel Hanson of Buxton Centre and Mr.
Warren Downs of WATERFORD have purchased
the mill at South WATERFORD, and are putting
in steam for the purpose of manufacturing
shook and boxes. The business of that sec
ton OF the town is increasing 1t is estimated
that million and half of timber will be ia
ken from the South WATERFORD depot to SAGE
River the coming winter, if it should be favor
able for numbering. There is large quantity
Of excellent ship timber aud some very good
pine lots still remaining in WATERFORD, not
understanding the immense quantity that ha;
been cut off within a few years.
The two.story dwelling house and stable
owned and occupied by the heirs of the late
Theodore Willard on Main street, in Spring
vale, was entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday
| last.