The Portland daily press., 1872-02-03
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Supreme Court for Androscoggin county
adjourned Thursday forenoon. A large amount
of business has been transacted
The salary of the Mayor of Lewiston is $500
per year; that of the City Clerk is $500; City
Solicitor, $3.50; City Treasurer, $3.50; Auditor,
$780, Collector of Taxes, three fourths of one
per cent. on the amount collected; City Physi-
clan, 5000; Board of Overseers of the Poor
$500; Board of Assessors, $500; Street Commits
sioner, $1,000; City Marshal, $1,000; Police, SO
per day for actual service Assistant City Mar
shall, 500; Superintendent of Schools $1,000;
Chief Engineer of Fire Department, $50; AS
sistant Engineers, $50 each. @
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Some weeks since, says the Bridgton Neps,
we spoke of the venerable Mr. Daniel Brown,
of New Gloucester, father of Mr.. Ephraim r.
Brown, of this village, now in his Tooth year.
His brother, John Brown, residing in Portland,
is SO years of age and still retains possession of
all his faculties. A somewhat singular CO.
incidence occurred not long since. The old
gentleman was visiting his son Otis, in Port
land, when who should arrive at the house but
his sons Darius Brown, of Naples Levi Brown,
of Portland, and his daughter Relief Brown, of
Portland, each of whom came to see their faith
er, ignorant of the others similar intentions;
while the same day his daughter Mrs. Sanders,
from Lewiston, with her son and nephew, ar
rived at another part of the city, forming
real family surprise party.
The p,,ns,,,;olr TaJ,,x,uh ro,r, DE- r,LuJ
bourne has already commenced his duties at
Bowdoin College, and Major Sangur, the Artil-
Iery officer detailed for duty. is also on the
ground to give instruction in military matters.
The Ne,cs saws Mr.. Charles H. INGALLS, of
Bridgton. while chonnino in the woods Last
Tuesday cut his foot badly with the axe He Is
at present confined to his house.
The Brunswick Telegraph says an explosion
took place in large lamp used in the house of
man was sitting nm with the remains wban tho
lamp exploded with great violence throwind, -.
broken nieces in all Srect;ons Tbe roo W.
set on fire, but fortunately the flames were ex.
tinguished. The man escaped uniniured. as at
the moment of explosion he was standing be-
hind stove in the room and was partially nro
tected. 1
Tba pr;d,+o,, N,,.. NJ
Line brldgton NeaCS says MIR. 3. HI. Dawes, on
ms way to evening meeting hurried along to
tboncbt inst ahaed of hi, ne peloe,veu az ne
yvav 4yas Staa,, I'D s,;rnr, ILL II .ne Ioao Inc
husband that ha e nIdrt anu Wien ne Kno
Of he ,n.mu 49, o -, ore.:oH Ine earning oD]ect
b;s ars y NY years uey9slo1 ne ciasped her In
licitude for her safety onIv SOON ~ d;snouor y,
his astonishment and CONSERVATION. that he
had embraced another mans wife. We have
only to add-which is strictly true-that early
the next morning Mr.. Dawes hacked his vaIise
and left town. s..-f 800 ~
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The IYb;o sors i = ,,,,.ss
soon to have breach of nroua;s snas bangor is
ont of the recant rr;app 20 Ease, growing
tn. VI i"ienless SWAN.
Inc Con1naefcaM says that measles has been
very prevalent OF late IN many of the towns in
sne county, IN the town OF Bradley it has been
9uite prevalent and malignant. We saw a gem
w f IRON tnat town Thursday who belonged
whom. inclndino b;mseif had p;rsohs' az oi
tion. .-e0lei
Lysander Strickland hos hao,, ,h,o.. c..-
Director in the Maine Centrs1 I Re;1uosd CIV lily
pany, for the city of Bangor. -
The trustees of East Corintb Acodon,,, horo
offered their fund and bnidings 70 AZ Stot suo
the location of the Eastern Sor,ai 1 SoSoe
removed from Cast;ne The ,,rnrns4 Honooi . II
five thousand dollars, and the citizens, plodsA
themselves for two thousand more making sew
en- thousand ufrs
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The house and out buildings of Nathan Mer-
rill of Pittsield were burned Jan. 10Th. The
barn was saved by tearing away a shed ad;oino
ing The HOUSEHOLD furniture. &c. was nearly