The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-18
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGG1N COUNTY

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The Lewiston Journal says the Auburn shoe
manufacturers sustained but slight loss by the
Boston fire.
| The Lewiston Journal says that the merchants
OF that city are paying Boston bills due 80 OF
60 days hence.
Steamer Auburn rs challenge Steamer An
droscoggn 3s for trial of ability, at 8 a. M oil
Thanksgiving day-2Sth inst.
Gov. Wise of Virginia lectures in Lewiston
Tuesday night.
| The Lewiston Journal cautions farmers
against selling their poultry to runners just be-
tore Thanksgiving, as they did last year.
A Boston paper says that Danville is excited
| by the long absence AID supposed murder of
Frank Elwell of Mechanic Falls, aged fourteen.
An associate has turned up with bundle of
| bloody clothes, which he says were soiled by
| carrying of those wounded at the Boston fire.
| He says Elwell has gone to sea, and makes 9th
| er statements equally absurd and contradictory.
| Sheriff Keene has him under arrest and is
busy investigating the mystery.
ARoosToOK COUNTY.
The running of the stage line from Danforth
to Houlton was entirely suspended last week in
consequence of the horse disease The inter-
mediate offices were without mails for a week,
The Houlton Times says that Levi NAYS
horse backed off bridge on a new road seven
miles from Houlton, injurng Mr.. May quite
severely, though not seriously.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. John White of Windham owns five val
liable blood horses not one of which has suf-
fered from the epzootic.
The Congregational and Catholic Societies of
Brunswick, held levees recently, and enriched
their funds to the amount of $125 EACH
The Bridgten Neaos says that it is thought
That Brldgton wooden manufacturers are losers
to considerable amount by the Boston fire.
Messrs T. Gibbs & Sons and Taylor & Perry,
nrDh ~ htxy lnnCn In
though the precise state of the matter is not
known yet
The NetcS says that Charles Gibbs IF Bride-
ton, was taken suddenly i'll few days since
with hemorrhage of the stomach, and is in very
critical state.
The Meas says that Hosea Huntress of Otis
field, had thirteen sheep killed by stray dog
few days since. The dog was killed
Miss Emily Chambers of Harrison. has n
dress OF straw colored silk and heavy texture,
which was her grandmother's bridal dress more
than hundred years ago. 1t is in wearing con-
dition now.
The NeWs says that Betsy Knight of Harri-
son, now 50 years old, knitted sixty pairs of
stockings during her 91st year.
Mrs. Dorothy Chambers of Otisfeld, recently
died at the advanced age of "a years.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
~, Six inches of snow fell at Pennington last
Thursday.
The following are the officers elect of Blue
Mountain Lodge No. 67, f. A. NJ, of Phillips, |
for the ensuing year: E. Field, w. M; Nj. w. |
button, s. W.; b. L. Parker, j. W.; G. d. |
Austin, Treasurer; w. NJ. Chandler, Sec,y; A. |
Bradbury, S. d.; o. Sweet, J. D.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
j. X. Osgood, with the Mayor of Gardiner
nave visited the schools to secure signers to the
temperance pledge meeting with good success.
Lost tyrn hors Inv
is now nearly over
Waterville has seen the worst of it's small
box and there was but single case.
Jackson potaroes are worth 80 to SIS cents a
,ushel in Waterville, and eggs "a to 36 cents a
lczen.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Camden Herald exhorts some apony-
nous long-winded correspondent to keep right
N sending those long communications, as thew
re worth three cents pound
One of Carleton & Co. s ice houses in Camden
vas blown down in the gale of Thursday night
t last week.
Inc eplzootic is disappearing in Camden.
The Wig says that favorable proposals have
cen made to the Penobscot River & Bay r. r.
%. Tor the building of the road, The directors
leet at Camden to-day.
LINCOLN COUNTY
Mr:J x; osgood has formed temperance
lembers, of which Major Clark is President c
nd Henry Harrington, Esq, is Secretary.
Bristol reports sixteen clear days in October
ther parties who didn't keep an accurate ac-
,unt say there were not five. 4
PENOBSCOT COUNTY. \
Potatoes are worth seventy-five cents BUSH
in Bangor. I
A Penobscot democrat after witnessing the
uniting of the Greeley electoral vote amount
g to 20 in town good for $50, remarked that
e Democratic party was getting onsoddered."
A lady was assaulted by rough in Bangor be-
re seven o'clock, the other evening. Unfor-
nately he was not caught.
The Wing saysthe National Insurance Com to
ny OF Bangor having lost $166,O0O in the