The Portland daily press., 1871-08-25
state n eWS.
ANDROsCoGGIN COUNTY.

HI'DhOoOOU1iN COUNIns
We learn from the Journal that the shoe
business in Auburn continues very active, and
promises to be more so tor the next few weeks
The total shipment of shoes and boots for the
past week have been 1859 cases to 791 cases for
the week preceding. The total receipts of
leather nave been "a $50 pounds, larger thon we
have ever before reported for any week indi.
eating that corresponding increase in produce
ton may be looked for. The total shipments
thus far this month have been 34OO cases, while
in July there were 2110 cases shipped.
The Journal says there is farm in, Lewiston
which was offered for $4,000 few years since,
for which $21 900 has recently been refused.
The Little Androscoggin Water Power Com
pany have contracted with Mr.. j. T. Emery Of
Watervllle, an experienced builder of DAMS to
build dam on the Little Androscoggin Water
Power. The dam will be built of logs and stone
and will he thrown across the river at once
The cotton mill and canal will be built as soon
as the dam is completed.
Good hay is selling in the Lewiston market
at $25 per ton.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Andrew LinscOtt, of Jay, has sold his horse
Shakespeare to parties in Boston for the
nice little sum of $1,000
Hiram Mace of Pennington, the notorious
horse thief, who was arrested near Augusta
on Saturday last and lodged in Jail, was taken
to Pennington Wednesday, TOR trial. He is an
old offender, says the Kennebec Journal, and
stealing horses seems to be with him passion
and delight. He simply steals horses be-
cause he likes to; the value of the horse is of
| no account, if it is only horse. He has re-
| Gently gone for very cheap game, stealing al
| most worthless horses, and giving them away
| in some cases. Just now he is playing insane,
but that is too old dodge to go down.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
| A movement is being made for a steam fire
engine in Ellsworth.
| Mr.. Joseph Bean of East Sullivan, who is
now Sc years old, has been postmaster for more
| than thirty years. He resigned the Office a
| short time since, on account of old age.
| KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Three boys were capszed in boat in the
| middle of the river at Augusta, Wednesday at
ternoon, but clung to it and irifted safely
| ashore. ....
The Gardiner journal says, Mr.. Croker of
Farmingdale. and Mr.. j. NJ RICHARDSON of Gar
diner, have for some weeks been prosecuting
| the sturgeon fishery. They catch the sturgeon
strong nets, by night, carry them ashore, and
| tie them to the boom logs by their tails. They
then keep them till 'boat-days" when they
skin them, take their backbones out, aud send
| them to Boston, where they bring five cents a
pound. Monday night they caught twelve,
The fish average about so pounds piece, and
they catch about ton week.
The Journal says that operations are to be
commenced on Monday on the new reservoir
/ OF tn6 Augusta w aGer company Tor the pEr
pose of supplying the city with pure spring
water.
The Dirgo Base Ball Club, of Augusta, have
postponed their visit to New York. They de
not feel SO much like it as they did before be
ing beat by the Pastimes of Belfast.
KNOX COUNTY
Schr. Ophir, from Bangor, with kiln-wood
including heavy deck load, fell off from the
wharf at RockEort last Monday. at low tide
/ and W. dam hadl of h;ol
The deck load was thrown overheard, but will
| be recovered,
A calico reception" recently got up il
ThOmastOn, is pronounced as one of the mos
brilliant affairs of the season."
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The inauguration of Rev. Charles F. Allen
OF Bangor, recently elected President of tn
Maine State College OF Agriculture and tn
Mechanic Arts, will take place in the Congre
: gatiOnal Church at OronO, on Thursday, 31s
| August, the services commencing at 2 D. m
Elk Governor Coburn, President of the Trus
tees, will preside, and the following will be tn
, order of exercises:-M Prayer; Music; In
troductory Remarks by the Presiding Officer
+ Inaugural. Address by President c. F. Allen
Music; Benedicton.t
l. The surviving members of the First Main
Heavy Artillery, l(formerly 18Th Maine Infan
try,) with relatives and about $50 ladies-th
|, | whole party numbering about 300 persOps-ha,
their annual excursion and reunion on Tuesda,
at Bangor. They went to Eagle Island, wher
after having enjoyed themselves for some time
the me mbers of the Association were called to
, getfier and the annual election OF officers wa
held, resulting as fOllows:-
President, General Charles Hamlin of Ban
, gor; Vice Presidents, Surgeon j. B. Elkins. O
Olutown, and Capt. j. w. Atwell, of Orono
Secretary, A. C.. Sawyer; Treansrer, j. A
> Dole, of Bangor; Directors, Maj. F. E. Shaw
of Paris, Lieut.. w. Q. Moore, Of Brewer, Benz
NJ Foss, of Orono, j. A. Dole and ALE Hardy
, | of Bangor. 1t was voted to hold grand re
union next year at some place yet to be desig
mated, atewhich time it is proposed to take tent
r | and camping out materials sufficient for
| three days encampment An endeavor wi
, be made to have every living member prese1
to participate in the enjoyment of the occasion
' and the time and place will be fixed in seaso
| to give every one sufficient notice.
fl PIsCATAoUIs COUNTY.
tFrom our Correspondent
Rev. M. A. Start, of Cambridge, Mass. de
, | livered most excellent lecture, TO a crowde,
: house, niGuilford on the 21st inst, on "Court
ship, Marriage, and Divorce. He explaine
D the causes of unhappy marriages and defne
a | the remedy, which he holds to consist, chiefly
| in the bctter!intellectual and moral education
| of the lower masses of the people, among whoI
; he alleges, that most divorces occur. s.
3 sAGADAHoC COUNTY
. Inc steamer Eastern City, Capt. Jarvis Pal
t | ten commanding, sailed from Bath Wednestla
| LOT BaltlmOre, where she will be nut on tk
route between that city and West Point. Va
| The latter place is situated on the York Rive
. about ITO miles from Baltimore
8 A house in Richmond, occupied by Mrs I,
wing, and the store of Charles Flagg took fir
"Wednesday but the fire department soon e1
tinguished the flames.
WALDO COUNTY.
The house of VIM. Hatch of Belmont. wa
| destroyed bv fire last Saturday Insured abou
$500. Probably caused by spark from th
chimney.
Capt. johnson, of the Steamer Sanford. re
fused last Monday to receive lot of live turkey
on board his boat at Belfast because they wer
so closely packed. The captain believes il
t humanity to fish, flesh and fowl
)I IN GENERAL. t.
Patents have been issued this week to tn
following Maine citizens: Tristan S. Lewis O
Buxton, for washing machine; Lemuel X
Palmer of Belfast, for stave jonter; Eyerar,
.. Crowell of Augusta, for pump; George II
/ GuifOrd, for machine for making "excelsior''
Joshua Vesey, of Highland, for wagon an,
, cart brake; Daniel Woodsum and Frank M
Woodsum of Harrison, for water Wheel Wash
burn Peabody of Orono, for axe.
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