The Portland daily press., 1872-09-20
STATE NEWS.

ID
The aggregate shipments of shoes from Au
burn for the past week have been 1437 cases
against 1887 cases for the previous week; and of
these Messrs. Ara Cushman & Co. have shipped
513 cases.
Lewiston has got new city map.
A lad named SWEET broke his arm and dislo-
Gated his elbow in Auburn few days since,
while playing
The Journal says that very successful tenn
perance reform meeting was held at the Bap-
tist church, North Livermore, Tuesday evening,
which was addressed with great accepta nee by
Mr. Robert Cranshaw, of Lewiston. Forty
eight persons signed the pledge.
Ensign Otis, Esq, of Leeds, one of the most
active citizens OF the town, and one of the pro-
lectors of the Androseoggn Railroad, died on
Tuesday, the 18th, aged II years.
ARoosTooK COUNTY
Large droves of sheep from New Brunswick
are passing through HOultOn on their way West.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Pennington will be centenarian in 1885, and
| the Chronicle thinks the event should be cele-
brated.
DR. Abraham Wendell, who died in New
York a few days since, left Pennington forty
| years ago and took up his residence in Lima,
Peru, where he married and amassed d large
fortune He was on his way to make his first
| visit to his native town when death overlook
him,
kENNEBEC COUNTY.
1t is expected that the gas house in Halo
WELL which is being built by the new Hallowell
Gas Light Company, will be completed in few
| days.
The Home Journal says that b. A. Neal, hav-
ing had good offer to go on 10 the Boston &
Maine Railroad, has rendered his resignation as
Freight Master in Gardiner. A petition is in
circulation containing the signatures of all the
business men, praying that he may be retained.
Fred, son of William c. Hayward, residing
about five miles from Augusta, had three fingers
of his right hand cut off in hay cutter few
| days ago.
Mr.. Jabez Bacon, the oldest citizen of Win
throp, died few days since
KNOX COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal says that Hiram Pease,
of Appleton, who was arrested some time last
March for breaking and larceny, but who es-
capped from the officer, has been recaptured,
brought before Judge True, of Augusta and
committed to Jail in default of $500 bonds.
John Robson, native of Scotland, who has
been in this country about six months, was
drowned by the upsettng of a boat Dix
Island on Saturday, the 14th inst. He was a
stone cutter, employed on the island and was
| twenty-one years of age.
Capt. Alfred Stahl, of Rockland fell between
his vessel and the wharf at Bristol, England,
on the evening of Sept. I'd, and though his body
was Immediately recovered life was extinct.
Nathan C. Stewart son of Mr.. Henry C.
Stewart, of North Haven, was drowned at Bart
lett's harbor, in that town, on Friday, the 9th
| inst. {s
OXFORD COUNTY m
Charles B. Stetson, A. NJ, of Lewiston, de-
| livers the first lecture of the term before the
| Oxford Normal Institute South Paris, on
| Thursday evening, 10TH inst. Subject: The
Student and the State.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY
MIR. Eben Mansel of Bangor, while unloading
some rocks from "a jigger near the steamboat
wharf, Wednesday, had one of his legs injured
by falling stone
A lad named Sullivan, fifteen years of age.
in attempting to get on hack in Bangor, We'd
nesday, lost his hold, fell to the ground and was
run over by heavy team, injuring him very
severely
sAGADAHoc COUNTY
Wednesday, Capt Chase of New Bedford,
fell in the yard of Messrs. Goss s. Sawyer, of
Bath, where he is having schooner built, and
cut an ugly cash in his left foot .et
The store of Warren Dane in Bath, was en-
tered Wednesday, and the safe in the counting
room which is used by Mr. Dane, and Bangs,
Weston IL Co., blown op.n and robbed of about
$780, mostly the property of Bangs, Weston &
Co. Some thousand OF more dollars were de-
posted in the safe a few days ago, which had
been used in paying off the hands at the mill,
and and it is concluded that the burglars must have
been familiar with the premises, and the GUS
tom of the propristors of the mill. A crowbar
was taken from the mill and used
e. WALDO COUNTY.
VIM. s. Fuller Esq, of Freedom, while re-
pairing the tail race to one of his mills fell
backwards head first distance of 16 feet
striking on plank, and injuring his spine so
much that fears are entertained of his recovery.
The Maine Central is making improvements
at Burnham Junction. A new tank house is
being constructed to be supplied from the
river, also a new and larger woOdshed
- T WASHINGTON COUNTY. s.
Monday afternoon, Sept 9th, Alex. Lord, a
resident of Lords Cove, Deer Island in at
tempting to get on freight train while in mo-
tion, near the station at Milltowp, fell between
two cars, one of which passed over him. break
ing one leg and otherwise injuring him, so that
he died in about two hours
YORK COUNTY
The Democrat says that Mr. George A. Han
scom, brother of John Hanscom of Saco, for
many years commander of large English
steamer running between Liverpool and Bonn
bay, has become an associate owner and editor
of the Manchester, N. H., Daily Union.
The will of Miss Arabella Rice, of Ports
mouth, has been presented in the probate court.
Among the legaces of public nature are one
to the town of Kittery, the birthplace of her
father, of $50, 900 to found public library. a.