The Portland daily press., 1872-05-22
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoecrN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. -
g. The Lewiston Journal says the wife of Aaror
stevens, esq.,, of Auburn, died very suddenl,
Saturday night of heart disease. She was If
her usual health on Saturday.
The Journal says since the commencement OF
the money order business in the Lewiston pos1
ofice in July, 1855, there has been issued 635l
orders, and 5000 have been paid.
HANCOCK COUNTY. ,,zr 81. An, Z
from our Mt. Desert Correspondent
fine model schooner of $50 tons, has iust
been launched from A. Richardson's ward. own.
ed by the master, Capt. John Verrill and 9TH
ers Of fremont
Several new hotels for summer tourists have
been built the past winter at Bar Harbor. and
one large one at Great Head, near the famous
Spouting Horn" and Devils Oven" These
hotels are as well kept as those at the White
Mountains. -.,.-
., d; G. finds small favor here except among
the Democrats. -
Messrs. S. A. Holden & Co. have sold their
stock and trade to d. A. Richardson & Co..
GTremont) and intend to go into business in
Philadelphia. s-rsT' ~. 49,
Mr.. Hale is very popular with his const;tu-
ents in this section and his ability in renre
senting this district is without a precedent. and
any opposition to him would dispel like shad-
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Mr.. S. A. Holden will resign his office that
OF collector or inspector for the port of Bass
Harbor aud it is thought the office will be abol-
ished as the decline in shipping renders it of
very little, if any importance at ALL
The Maine Central and Knox & Lincoln Rail-
roads will probably have steamboat to con-
meet their roads at Rockland with the island
during the summer aeason.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
The Waterville Mutual Insurance Comnanv
has decided to close up.
raSrlt Of NJ, ;,ouoat o,...
wife of Marcellus Smith of Mount Vernon.
which was dsinterred on account of suspicious
OF foul play, shows that she died of disease of
the lungs. No poison was found in her stom-
ach. r.
The Kennebec Journal says while son about
fourteen years of age, of Mr.. Phillips of Wa
terville the railroad agent for the Maine Cen
trail, was down by the river Saturday last
with team getting barrel of water, the horse
became unmanageable and jumped into the riy-
er and was drowned. The boy did all he could
to save the horse, and even endangered his own
life by jumping in after him. "A .sfE.. p
The Lewiston Journal says the leaves in the
streets of West Waterville took fire from sparks
from an engine one day last week, and the peo-
pie had a lively time for couple of hours in
preventing the burning of the village. Every
thing was so dry that the fire ran with great
rapidity.
KNOX COUNTY.
Rockland, about sixty-fve years of age, left the
house of his son-in-law on Middle street, Rock
land, Monday afternoon to go for his COW, and
about twenty minutes after was discovered ins
an insensible and dying condition. He was
taken to the house, but lived but few minutes.
Its supposed he died in fit, but there were
some bruises about his head which cannot be
accounted for.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The old pest house on the city farm at Ban
gor, was destroyed Tuesday, by order of the
City Council.
The schooner Cinderella, which was capsized
and sunk by squall in Muscle Ridge Channel.
off Sheep Island on the 10Th, has been raised
and repaired, and arrived at Bangor Monday.
The Whiq says eight machines for manufac-
turing excelsior" are to be put into operation
Dillingham; & Co., of Oldtown. This brings
into use large amount of poplar, which has
heretofore been of little value.
The Commercial says a short time ago a
horse was sent to Bangor in sealed car destin-
ed for Houlton, its owner expecting that the