The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-07
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.


The Journal says the shipment of boots and
shoes from Lewiston and Auburn the past week
were Sl5 cases to 1894 cases the previous week.
The Journal says the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Lewiston Falls manufacto-
~ Company was held Wednesday afternoon.
suing year: Samuel Packard, j. NJ FRYE, w.
2. Frye, Edward A. Little VIM. F. Garcelon.
At subsequent meeting of directors, Col. j.
M. Frye was reelected as Agent, Edw'd A. Lit
tie, President, and S. Pickard, Clerk and Treas
urer. The reports show that about $3.50, 900
worth of goods have been manufactured by the
company during the past year. A semi
dividend OF per cent, payable July Sd, was
declared.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle says Mr. Nathaniel Young of
Pennington, while riding down the hill near
Walton's Mills Wednesday night, had his car
rage wheel caught in rut in the road, and
was thrown out upon his shoulder badly break
ing his collar bone.
The Chronicle states that there are seven large
snow drifts within forty rods of VIM. V. Lib
bey's mill in Avon, the snow hard and of cou-
siderable depth in each. One is thirty three
feet wide and two hundred and twenty feet in
length.
West Mills, Industry, Wednesday evening, by
Josiah Emery, ID. M, under the title of Scott
Lodge.
Parties from Brooklyn, N. Y, Newark N j.,
Boston and Portland to the number of twenty
five, are rusticating at Rangely Lakes.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The american says during the shower in Han
cock Saturday, the lightning fell upon flock
of sheep and lambs, owned by George r. Young.
killing ten out of thirty-one.
Another lobster factory is to be built in a
short time at Prospect Harbor upon the site of
the one recently burned.
KENNEBEc COUNTY
The Gardiner Journal says that Mrs Isaac
Lawrence of Pittston, was found dead in her
bed Tuesday morning. She was over seventy
years of age.
The Farmer says 1t. John D. Myrick, late of
the 10th U. s. Cavalry, reached his house in
Augusta on Tuesday, having resigned his posi-
ton in the army. Lit. Nyrick served with dis
tinct'on during the war as captain in the LIST
Maine Cavalry, and soon after its close received
an appointment in the regular service. We un-
derstand that it is his purpose to enter upon the
practice of the law, in the preparation for which
he was engaged when the war broke out.
LINCOLN COUNTY
Knott G. Blake and Charles F. Crockett, who
were in Jail at Wiscasset for the crime of break
ing and entering certain buildings in Rockland,
escaped from that institution as we learn, last
Friday night.
PHNoBscoT COUNTY.
Since the opening of the river 6S5 vessels have
arrived at Bangor.
Inc Wing learns that the upper part of the
county was visited by severe frost on Monday
nsn.. fortunately vegetation was not far
enough advanced to be injured by this untime-
ly visitor. y ''
Inc Conan ne, states that brave young
lady named Ellen Burden, rescued a child that
had fallen into the river at Basn Mills last
Thursday. '
WALDO COUNTY
The Belfast Journal says man who had
some machinery by railroad, found Il SLIGHTLY
damaged, got it repaired for seventy-fve Cents
and made out bill against the company for
$40.
The Journal says short time since, Mayo
H., son of Thomas c. Nickerson of Searsmont
suddenly disappeared suddenly from home,
since which time nothing has been heard from
him. At the time mentioned he left his faith
er's house with an axe for the purpose of max
ing fence. Extensive search has been made,
which only resulted in finding the axe in hol-
low stump near by. He was about 10 years of
age, and had no money on his person at the
tlme What became of the young man is q
mystery.