The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-14
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ANDROSCOGGIN uauNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
New hay has sold as $50 per ton in Lewis
ton.
The Journal says the shipments of shoes
from Auburn and Lewiston stations the past
week, have been 1886 cases, to All cases for
week preceding.
The Lewiston Journal says Temperance
Society in Auburn, is now fully organized I'M
der the title of "Dirigo Temperance Associa-
ton" 1t is to consist of three divisions,
young People," "Children's" and solder
Persons"
The Journal says the water power on the
Androscoggin IN Durham, is to be improved,
as We learn, and mill built by New York par
ties. The Androscoggin river means business.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
An unoccupied house on Bopzey's wharf in
Ellsworth, was burned down on Wednesday
night of last week. Last Wednesday morning
Andrew Newman's house, on the same wharf,
was destroyed Dy hre, as we learn from the
American.
The American says a fire took place on Mon
day afternoon in "cut down. near Halls
Mill, about mile and half above Ellsworth.
which burned hundred cords of wood and did
some other damage. Set oy boys
The American says ON Saturday. 9Th inst.
Mr. William ID. Cards mill, at Franklin, was
burned while the milmen were at dinner
About thousand dollars worth of his best
lumber was also burned. The fire caught from
heap OF refuse, edgings, &C.. burning near
| the mill. No insurance. Total loss about four
thousand dollars.
There were three hundred visitors at Bar
Harbor, Mount Desert, last Saturday. Over
one hundred landed from the steamer on one
| of her trips.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
In the Police Court at Bangor Walter Dem
mis- has been bound over to the S. j. Court for
selling leased hog.
J. 'ioen' Ii Weymouth, of Bangor, had por-
tior a hi ga bitten off by Hugh Ellison, of
tue L ), :, vale he was attempting to ar
rest f 80, 81 Wednesday, for an ARRAY.
The W.; ,i> A. P. & R. Weber have
bought a.. 'ofl,. lands and farm of Nicholas
r. Houst"t, :" Lrcoln for 1922, 600. The lands
are about i 40 cfeS, situated in the northeast
corner OF Il ucou
WALDO COUNTY.
Til nria>i Joniua says on Friday morning
last as the passenger train from Belfast was
running very fast between Thorndike and
fence upon the track and was struck by the
| engine and killed. The horse was Young one,
| and belonged to Mr.. Files.
| The Journal says on Saturday last, as Eli
| son Page, of Stockton, was riding home on a
dray. with some of his neighbors, he fell upon
passing over him. When taken up his spine
| was found to be injured SO that his lower limbs
are paralyzed, and he lies in a dangerous con-
| dition.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Calais Advertiser says George w. Rob
inson, young man aged % years, belonging in
Perry. and employed in the lobster factory at
Deer Island, was drowned in st. Andrews Bay
last Saturday, willie returning home in a boat,
which was capsized by squall. His body was
found Sunday on st. Andrews Island.
YORK COUNTY.
A little son of Mr.. Robert j. Churchill of
Kittery Point, was run over by Mr. Keen 3
kittery and Portsmouth stage, on the after
noon of July 18th, and died in about two hours.
No blame is attached to any one. The boy was
six years old.
Says the BiddefOrd Democrat: We are in
formed that our neghbor of the journal, who
is now away on the editorial excursion, receiv-
ed from home, ON Tuesday morning, tele.
gram, consisting of the first two clauses of the
sixth verse of the ninth chapter of Isaiah; and
be writes in reply, directing that his copy have
a SMALL CAP heading