The Portland daily press., 1872-04-29
STATE NEWS.


worn the blue and gray.
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Journal says Friday forenoon the house
owned by D. Goddard, about two miles down
| the river road in the vicinity of Lewiston, was
| discovered to be on fire, by scholars in the
| school-house near by. They gave an alarm and
| though the nearest neghbors were quarter of
a mile away, the fire was extnguished by the
use OF pals. The file caught from sparks from
| the chimney, the roof being about half burned
| off. The building was Insured ass 1855
The Journal says Hon. j. S. Lyford left for
Cincinnati Thursday night, to attend the So
called Reform Presidential convention which
| meets there next Wednesday.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
| The Times says starch factory is to be es-
| tablished at Drew's Lake, in New Limerick
| about seven miles from Houlton, by Messrs.
Hubbard Bros, from New Hampshire. The
main building is to be 40x75 feet on the
| ground, with dry house 25x50 feet. The cost
of the establishment when in running order
| will be about five thousand dollars.
| The Sunrise says ON Monday of last week at
| p. M, the barns and sheds on the farm of E.
G: Dunn, Esq, at Dalton, were all burned.
There were three large barns connected by
sheds. large quantity of hay was burned
and other contents. 1t was with great difficult
ty the house was saved. The farm is carried on
bya Mr.. Mckay, Mr. Dunn residing at st.
John.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brdgton Neacs says that the wire fac
| tory and other mills at Harrison, which have
| for two or three months or more had to lie still
| on account of the low water in ANONYMOUS
Pond, have now sufficient supply and are do
| ing good business.
The Ne,cs says Wednesday evening q one
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Callum situated in a field east of the kansas
road, at the.foot of Mt. Henry in Harrison,
| was destroyed by fire. AS there has been no
fire in the house for long time, the origin of
| the fire is unknown. We understand there is a
| small insurance on the house. ~.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
| The Gardiner Reporter says petition was
| put in circulation to close the Liquor Agency
in that city, but many of the professed temper
| anoe men refused to sanction the move and
the petition soon came to grief
The Reporter announced the sudden death of
MI William w. Mitchell of Gardiner on Fri
day, of stoppage of the bowels. His age was %
years, and he leaves a large circle of friends,
especially among the younger portion of the
community to mourn his early death.
The Reporter says Miss Sarah E. Bradley,
who has been successful teacher for several
years in Gardiner, has been engaged in the
Charlestown, Mass, High School
The Waterville Mail says: Ours is counted
dull, sleepy village, with no enterprise, nothing
doing, and everybody going to seed; and vet
curlousiy enough, we are very tidy looking,
everybody is comfortably well off, and real es-
tate is very high and more dwellings are want
ed than can be found.
LINCOLN COUNTY. 81
The Lewiston Journal says a very daring bur-
glary was committed at Boothbay Centre Thurs
day night The store of Mr.. Ozro Pinkham
was broken open and about six hundred dollars
worth of goods carted off. Considerable exer-
ton is being put forth to apprehend the robbers
and with some prospect of success
.ss OXFORD COUNTY = .rf
Mr.. VIM e. Frost has resigned his position
as principal of the Norway Liberal Institute,
and accepted the position of principal of the
High School at Westford, Mass, with a salary
of $500 per year. 1881 n =1-
H. G. Reed, Esq, of Norway has gone to
Montreal to confer with Hon. C. j. Bridges,
manager of the Grand Trunk railroad, relative
to connection of the Norway Branch railroad
with the Grand Trunk. BtE te5E&Ct
The Norway Advertiser says that in some
towns in the county, the stock is actually suf-
ner, there is at the present time four cattle two
hogs, and several sheep dead for want of hay,
and Knox colt that the owner has refused
$500 for is just about breathing his last. In
one barn in Woodstock, there are eight head of
cattle, and one horse lying dead
Last Tuesday Mr.. Edward Themes of Den
mark, while at work in the woods near Poors
Hill in Sebago, tree which he fell struck him
across the back, causing serious injuries both
external and internal. Mr.. Themes was carried
home, and was attended by DIR. j. p Webb of
Brldgton, under whose care he bids fair to re-
cover. s..
PENoBSCOT COUNTY.
Mrs. Hannah Patten widow of the late Will
liam Patten, and one of the first settlers of
Hermon, died in that town Friday at the ripe
X : Il
The frame has been put up for the now cheese
factory at Six Mile Falls. Mr.. Orr, one of the
milk producers of that vicinity, has started for
Massachusetts, to acquaint himself with their
modes of manufacture.
Bella Garnett, young man living in Med
rolling over him. His skull was fractured and
he received other terrible injuries which muse
prove fatal. FaN#
The Wing says young man named Charles
Murray, belonging at Waterville, had his head
badly injured while Stacking cars at East New
port. He was taken to Newport where surg
lcal aid was rendered at once and it is hop
ed he may recover, as his skull is apparently
not fractured. san assvT 4Ifi-T9IT
The Voice says driver on the Patten & Mat
tawamkeag stage line, who had in his charge
$3.50 belonging to j. Donovon of Benedicta,
and $50 belonging to Mr.. johnson of Molun-
kus, absconded at Mattawamkeag, leaving the
stage team to take care of itself while he look
ed after the mouey.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
On Monday last the dwelling house, barn and
out-houses of Asa L. Rice of Guilford, were
ing tools, some 200 bushels of grain and other
produce were almost entirely lost The fire
was first observed in the attic to which there
was no access. There was no insurance.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Bath Times says the Phipsburg people
have had pretty thorough visitation in the
shape OF small pox. When it first appeared |
there about two months ago it was supposed to
be chicken pox or measles, and many persons
were exposed to the infection before its true
character was known. There have been in all
something over forty cases, two or three of
which terminated fatally. There are now about
a dozen cases, two of them severe.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Age says there was quite a smasb-up
on the railroad near Belfast, Wednesday FORE |
noon. Two cars of the mixed train were thrown |
from the track and entirely demolished Thew |
were loaded with oats and lumber Luckily. |
the passenger car was not thrown off and no |
person was injured.
The Age says that the steam mill at Sears |
port, owned principally by Capt. McGilvery, is
soon to be put into running order and taken |
charge OF by j. F. Matthews and j. B. Black |
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The tug boat HI. Wellman, JAS Wooster
Master, ana the Joseph Baker, VIM. Coleman,
master, have have been consolidated under one /
company, known as the Calais Tug Boat Com
pany, Capital stock, $4,000.
Mr.. Warren Gilman of Meddybemps died at
Grand Lake Stream, April 9th, from injuries
received by sled load of logs passing over his
body. He was aged 81 years. ,.,.5.---
In one ward in the city of Calais, it is stated
there are fourteen Capt. Cooks'-all comman-
ders of vessels. When they are all at home the
Republicans carry the ward; when absent the
Democrats carry it.
IN GENERAL.
The Kennebec Journal says Mr. Roger Cony,
a section hand on the Maine Central. was on
Friday afternoon thrown from hand-car on
to the track, and the car passed over him,
breaking three ribs The crank that Cony was
turning probably caught in his clothes and
threw him out.
The Governor has made the following nom
nations. .Instices of the Peace and O1orom Of |