The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-11
STATE NEWS.
ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Journal says in 1901 there were fS9 polls
in the town of Lewiston. The highest tax as
sessed was S17. IA, including poll tax, and was
that OF William Garcelon, grandfather of DIR.
Garcelon. There are now about 1000 polls i'm
Lewiston.
The Lewiston Journal says the stock of the
Little Androscoggin Water Power Company is
now nearly all subscribed. A meeting of Di-
rectors will be held on Monday of next week,
when the arrangements for the building of the
new mill will be perfected. 1t is probable that
proposals for the work will be issued within a
few days. s
The Auburn Cadets have organized. The
company now number about sixty members
from IA to IS years of age.
Three boys have been arrested in Lewiston
for breaking into stores. Two of them were
sent to the Reform School and the third is
awaiting an examination.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Bridgton Neaos says several of the citi-
sens of that place received pressing invitations
Thursday morning to ride to Portland at the ex-
pense of the county, where they are to be inter-
rogated by County Attorney Mattocks as to
their knowledge OF certain matters which are
now being debated before the Superior Court
The Neaos says professional man in Bride
ton was obliged to ride to Norway Thursday to
have tooth extracted owing to the temporary
absence of Bridgton dentists 81
We regret to learn that Bro. Tenney, of the
Brunswick Telegraph, is yet confined to his
room with Jobs affections. We know from
experience how hard it is, but the only way is
to possess your soul with as much patience as
possible, and "grin and bear it."
The Bridgton Neaos says a Jealous supporter
of the Greeley and Brown ticket has been dis
covered in that village! Who shall say that
THE Farmer of Chappaqua" has no follow
ing among the masses!
follo 49,. =
Bowdoin College, having taken the highest
stand in Oratory and English composition, have
been selected to compete for the '68 prize:-J.
G. Abbott, s. L. Gross, FL. Wilder, H. M
Heath, H. Harris and j. S. Richards The ex-
hibition will take place June Sd.
Price, the bow oar of the ST. John crew, ar
rived at Brunswick Thursday, and the College
Six of Bowdoin have entered upon their prac-
tice for the American College regatta Fulton
of the st John crew will do the final coaching
of the six and go with them to the race. The
crew will consist of Hooker of the senior class
Croker, Ladd and Robinson of the Junior
class, Hunter of the Sophomore and Sargent of
the Freshman classes. - -. i.
tc FRANKLIN COUNTY
The Lewiston Journal says on the 18th ult
Mrs. Sophia, aged Is years, wife of Archibald
Talbot, ESQ.,, of East Wilton, was stricken
down with disease of an apopletic character,
from which she died on the 9TH inst. Mrs. L.
had been married and lived with her husband
rising fifty-three years. She was the mother of
Hon. Chas j. Talbot, Collector of Internal
Revenue of the Second District.
HANCOCK COUNTY. -s1ef 81
The american says the travelling on the roads
about Ellsworth is somewhat difficult. At one
place in Bluehill the road for distance is
fenced in and the traveller is obliged to make a
road As
The american says it is currently reported
that Capt. o. f. Bunker, of schooner Wreath.
of Franklin, has sailed clandestinely from
some domestic port to parts unknown.
Schooner Thomas Hunt of Gloucester, has
been bought at a cost of about $4,000 for vessel,
seine and seine boat by parties at Swans Island.
KNOX COUNTY.
The dangerous operation of tracheotomy was
successfully performed last week by DR.. Frye,
of ROckland, on a little son of Mr.. A. X.
Burns, who had got some substance into his
windpipe while out ssMaying" After the OBJ
struction was removed the boy was relieved and
is now progressing favOrably toward recovery,
says the Gazette.
The shoe factory in Rockland is in successful
operation. The number of hands to be en-
ployed when in full operation will be from IT'S
to 200.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
HI. Poor & Sons new light draft steamer now
building, to be run on the upper Penobscot to
Midway, will probably be completed in two or
three weeks
Two barrels of beer were turned into the gut
ter on one of the Bangor streets at an early
hour Thursday morning by store keeper who
couldn't get rid of them in any other way.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mr.. Nehemiah Hobart, of East Madison, was
stricken with paralysis short time since, and
but slight hopes are entertained of his recovery.
The citizens of Moose River, having in their
treasury some $3.50 received for reimbursements
of war claims, voted to use it to build school
house. They also subscribed $500 additional
for the purpose.
| WASHINGTON BOUNTY.
Three young bears were. freed and caught
alive near the West branch of the Machias
river in Wesley on Sunday, April 2Sth.
A portion of the iron works at Pembroke has
boen obliged to suspend for want of sand.
VIM. Creary, of Eastport, was seriously in
| jured on Friday of last week by being caught
| in the betting in Chadbourne's steam mill, and
drawn into the machinery. He narrowly es-
| capped with his life.
IN GENERAL.
Thursday. about o'clock, as train on the
| track of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad
| was passing First street in South Boston, a
brakeman, named Horace Jones, of Maine, was
| run over on the crossing. Both legs were cut
off and he received terrible blow on the head,
| the injuring producing instant death.