The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-01
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY
The Journal says that among the items of
freight sent from Auburn station Thursday,
were eight barrels of blood. 1t was to be used
by the sugar refiners.
The Journal is informed that, different par
ties from Massachusetts propose to build large
shoe-shops at Mechanic Falls Immediately SO
that manufacturing can be commenced this
fall. One is to be on the Minot and one ON the
Poland side of the river.
Messrs j. A. Bncknam & Co. of Mechanic
Falls are engaged quite extensively in the
manufacture of lumber at Pages Mills
The bleachery business of N W. FarweIl has
so increased us to compel him to open an office
in Boston.
Mr.. E. T. Stevens has opened harness shop
at Mechanic Falls.
w. H. True & Co. of Minot Corner, have
contracted to manufacture 5000 washing ma
chimes of Rickers patent. They turn out
about hund red per week, which amount is to
be largely increased.
Seven graduated from the Auburn High
School and sixteen from the Lewiston High
School Friday.
AROosToOK COUNTY.
The Swedes have 600 acres of rye which is
more than usually promising.
Fifteen, Swedes arrived from Europe last
week and joined their companions at New
Sweden. The colony is constantly receiving
auoltlonS TO It's numbers
The Dark peelers in Southern Aroostook are
having serious time with black flies and
mosquitoes
Walter p. Bean of Maysville, kept thirty
two swarms of bees through last winter. He
kept them in his cellar the hives standing over
potatoes, which took up the moisture, so that
no mold troubled the bees.
Seventeen million shingles have been shipped
from van Buren, within the past three months,
down the st. John river to Fredericton and
thence to American ports.
On Provincial shingles, duties amounting to
$1,000 have been collected at Van Buren,, by
Deputy Collector Hathaway, within the past
quarter
The Voice says that as two little boys of
Chas. Hayden were at play i'm a dug-out in II
" Pattefson's mill pond, June 21st, it sunk
with them. One of them got ashore, but the
other would have been drowned had not Geo
W. Emery of Sherman, plunged in and saved
him at the last moment.
We learn from the Tines that the Cattle
Show and Fair of the Aroostouk County Agri-
cultural Society will be held at Houlton, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26th, 9th and
18th. A fine list of premiums is offered
Rev. c. M. Herring was installed Friday as
pastor of the Baptist Church in Houlton The
exercises were as follows: Invocation by Rev.
f: T.. Hazelwood; Reading Scriptures by Rev.
w. Morse; Prayer by Rev. j. C. Blakely; Ser
Rev. u. Onthouse; Charge to the Pastor by
Rev. F. I. Hazelwood; Right Hand of Fellow
ship by Rev: f. Mayo; Address to the Church
by Rev. Il. Nugent; Benediction by the Pastor
The exercises were very pleasant, and from Mr.
Herrings former success, he receives a cordial
welcome in this new field NJ
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,.
The venerable Levi Whitman who is now re-
siding in Harrison, fell and broke his hip few
days since. Mr.. w. is the Oldest LAWYER in
Western Maine, if not in the whole State, and
man very widely known.
Our Naples correspondent writes that VIM.
Dingley was arrested Thursday by Deputy
Sheriff Cook, on the complaint of James
Chute for willful trespass for cutting the pine
trees of the complainant which grew near the
county road outside of the fence, which Ding
ley had been ordered TO cut away by the high
Justices Jackson and Cook, who after whole
days examination discharged Mr. Dingley
The people of Naples decorated the soldiers
graves in that town the 28th ult. heavy
shower marred the exercises. A. P. Barker
and ID. ii. Cole, Esq. and Rev. Joseph Walker,
made appropriate remarks.
=, A heavy shower accompanied with heavy
thunder and vivid lightning, passed over Ma
Piles Friday. The hail did considerable damage,
breaking hundred panes of glass at Edes'
Falls.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Republicans of Bucksport will dedicate
hall and reading room tonight and throw "a
Grant and Wilson flag to the breeze Hon.
Hannibal Hamlin will address the people,
Summer visitors have begun to arrive at Bar
Harbor
Ellsworth will celebrate the Fourth of july
by salute of thirty-seven guns in the morn
ing, parades, speeches, &c, will be made dur
ing the day, and display Of fireworks in the
evening.
The american says that Mr.. Nathan Smith,
of Surry, an old gentleman of seventy-seven
years, was found in a field last week. badly
burned and dead. Mr. Smith has been subject
to attacks of dizziness, and it is supposed that
while burning brush this dizziness overcame
him so that he fell into the fire.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. j. III. Hartford and wife celebrated their
silver wedding and Rev. G. +. Penney and wife
their tin wedding Friday evening There were
valuable presents in both cases.
KNOX COUNTY
Business is lively at the Anchor factory in
Camden, and workmen are scarce.
Camden is agitated upon the subject of pa
per manufacturing.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mr.. William Cornwell of Paris, smart old |
man, aged S3 years, one day last week hoed 1000
hills of sweet corn in six hours. No use for
cultivators in his neighborhood