The Portland daily press., 1871-01-18
State News.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY,


DR.. H. D. Irish, the leading physician in
Turner, died 10 that town last Monday, af-
ter an illness of about two months, of ty phOid
fever. He was about fifty years of age.
The citizens of Livermore Falls are agitating
the subject OF loaDiUg the towns credit for i'm.
provement of the water power at that place,
which is said to be Only fifteen per cent in vol
ume inferior to that Lewiston.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Voice says Daniel Porter, of Map1eton
dr"pped dead between his house and barn
Dec. % b. He was about 80 years old and had
been f, ,ehle for some time.
The Sherman Mill Voice states some rea
sops why the proposed Aroostook Railroad
should branch from the E. & N. A. Railway at
Kngman, and follow up the. MoIunkus river
They raise good pork in Sherman, according
man, together killed in one day, recently, five
boes, from The same litter, whose united
weight Was over 5000 pounds.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
From our Correspondent
As some boys were sliding down Parkmau'
hillside on band-sleds on the evening of the
thirtee,h instant. one of the seds struck
Mrs. Rollins, the local correspondent of the
Dexter Gazette. knocking her scepseless TO
time and tracturing the right clavicIe Unless
she can write with her left hand, the readers OF
the Gazette will be deprived of her effusions
IOr mOntn or TWO.
Eleven skaters we're initiated into Hebron
POND Lodge OF Good Templars last w-ek at
Monson. The proprietors OF the slate quarry
are saDguine in the belief of success.
Mrs. Orin Jackson, most estimable lady of
ABBOTT. died very suddenly of congestion of
the brain on the 18th inst.
Rev. u. I. Stevens is canvassiug for the
Gospel Banner, aud preaching through this
county His sermons excite :be admiration of
MS friends and attract large audiences. S.
YORK COUNTY.
The Saco Independent gives an account of
man, haillng from New York, who cauvsssed
York county last December for the purpose Of
appointing agents for the sale of a patent sickl.
bar for moving machine, and alter rnaking
satisfactory arrange ment be- induced parties to
sign ieceipls agreeing to pay 5000 as soop as a
certain amount OF machinery was sold, the ma
chinery t" be sent to the agents tree of ex pense
IL IL needless to add that no machinery was
ever received by such appointed ageu s, but in.
stead, on THURSDAY last, man calling him self
Brown called on Luiher Bryant, E.q , and Of
cred to sell II notes OF 5000 each, sig ned BY as
many prominent t-rmers of this county, each
one OF whom were appointed D, cember last
agent for the patent sickle bar. Mr. BRYANT
not feeling disposed to bny sent the man to
Charles h. Mlllikep, who for some cause mis-
trusted that all was not right, and took the
names OF seven of the sgners, and made au
engagement to meet the man in sn hour when
ne would buy certain number Of the notes.
In the meantime the facts of the fraud came
out, c"a tho Han was uvs 10 DE fUuud at the
appointed time. The following are the pur-
ported originators of eight of the notes, and as
their names Were obtained through fraudulent
means, the public should be very careful abo ut
purchasing, viz:-John Lowell, Saco. John S.
Locke Buxton, Charles r. Roberts, Biddeford,
israel Downing, Kencebunk, Albert R. HilI
Dayton, Joshua E. Treadwell, Kenpebunk. T.
w. Trueworthy. Parsonsfield.