The Portland daily press., 1872-12-27
STATE NEWS.
HANCOCK COUNTY.

The Ellsworth paper puts the facts thusly:
There has recently been an addition to the Edi-
torial Staff of the Anaericdn For the present
he will attend to matters about home.
The Thomas district in Eden has recently
dedicated one OF the best school houses in the
State.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Journal reports cases of severe destitu-
ton at Gardiner; among Others one of the Re-
lief Committee found woman with five chill
dren with not thing to eat in the house. and
she, poor soul, half-clad, had been out all day
trying to get washing.
A new monthly paper, 25 cents per year, has
been started in Augusta, called the amateur
Reporter. A. M. Hovey editor and proprietor
KNOX COUNTY.
James Ulmer of Rockland, has been keeping
cucumber pickles ever since 1885, and they are
good now.
Wendell Phillips "went for Mr.. Froude in
lecture at Rockand last week.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Wing gives an account of bit of we'd
ding cake ~ years old. 1t was made on the &C.
cason of the marriage of a lady of Bangor
twenty-five years ago, and sealed up to await
the return of her brother, who was then ex-
pected home in few weeks. The lady died
fifteen years ago, but the cake was kept intact
until Monday last
foolish fox sat down on the track of the
b. & z. Railroad near South Lagrange, Mon
day evening so as to get better view of the
headlight of the approaching locomotive. The
man who picked up the skin said it wasn't
worth half-price, there were SO many pieces of
it.
OXFORD COUNTY
From our Paris Correspondent
The new pulp mill owned and run by Messrs.
True, Morgan & Wilson, commenced opera
tions last week. The mill is situated on the
Little Androscoggin four miles above South
Paris Village, and has an excellent power 1t
is well constructed and conveniently arranged
and promises to do a large and successful bust
ness. The hrst night of running 1928 pounds
OF pulp were manufactured in hours and so
minutes The following day 2472 pounds, and
the second night 3577 pounds were turned
out. Only two stones are used. The pulp is
manufactured from poplar wood, one cord of
wood giving more than ton of wet pulp,
which shrinks about so pounds in drying The
pulp made at this mill is of superior quality
The Grand Trunk Railroad uses 10000 cords
OF wood per annum between Island Pond and
Portland. About 5000 cords are put on the
road in the town of Paris; 1000 cords at South
Paris. The greater part of this is cut in South
Paris. Sad, that this part of our county is be-
ing 50 extensively ''detreed' The ill effects
OF this forest robbery are already seen and felt
average 81 per cord for its wood 1t is reported
| after 1873
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal correspondent foots ND
l25 teams at work in the Dead River section of
the Kennebec lumber country.
-Four feet of snow is the total fall thus far in
! Nov lantlond - Tho raada bava haap ;poro.so
bic for 48 hours. ''ss''=
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The Union says that several cases of small
pox heve occurred in Millbrdge, and the schools
have been closed in consequence.
few days since Rufus Mitchell of Mill
bridge, cut his foot and bled to death in short
time.
YORK COUNTY.
press Correspondence
Died in Kennebunkport,. Dec. 22d, Anna Cur
us, 70 years; the Oldest woman in town. Her
first husband wasGapt. - Chalty, of Port
land many years since deceased; the second
husband Mr. - Vanbuskirk of New Bruins
wick; the last husband, Mr.. William Curtis,
who died some years since near Paris, Canada
Until severe fall three weeks since, her con-
stltution appeared sufficient to sustain her into
second century.