The Portland daily press., 1872-01-13
STATE NEWS.
,ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.


The Lewiston Journal says special meeting
of the stockholders of Continental Mills was
held at the office of the mills in lewiston
Thursday. 1t was voted unanimously to~in-a
crease the stock to one million dollars 1t is un-
derstood that this is preparatory to the enlarge
ment of the mills, this season. The Franklin
Co.. brick yards are now heavily stocked with
wood, and operations in brick making for the
Continental extension will be begun as soon as
the weather will permit. Several millions of
brick will be used in this one job
+ The Journal says the Lewiston Bleachery and
Dye Works just Incorporated by the Legisla-
ture, will be organized at once as a separate
corporation, with a capital of one million dol
lars. The new corporation in Lewiston, the
"Nichols Mills" will have capital stock of
two and one-haH millions.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Ellsworth american says Levi b. Wv
man, the new Democratic Sheriff of Hancock
county, filed his bond last week, was qualified
entered upon his duties rs has appointed for
the time being, Jacob Sawyer, Of fremont,
Jailer and Deputy. -a-al1sa gNtVUVt-
The Anericdn says the interest in the railroad
is on the increase. 1t is, confident that cars
will run from the Penobscot to the ST. : Croix
within four years. Public interest demands it
and the road will be built. Public feeling has
improved fifty per cent since the first railroad
meeting at Oherryfeld. . 'i.s ''Ti' '85sE
Three hundred and seventy vessels aggrega-
ting %, 713 "a tons, are now owned in the Dis
trict of Castne, thirty-one of which, aggrega-
ting 1898 tons, were bought into the district,
and seven, whose tonnage amounts to 454, built
the past season.
/ bsrr. q. KNOX COUNTY. fg~E-4
The Kennebec Journal says Mrs Charles D.
Gray, Of Washington, committed suicide by
cutting her throat on Tuesday last She had
been formerly an inmate of the Insane Hospital
at Augusta. 7ar ~ 60.
| Nv E.
| Oldtown, recently employed at the railroad
! station in ROckland, was caught between two
cars which he was shackling, last Wednesday,
and considerably injured. He was caught near
the hips and damned into space five inches
- 81 .fA'A OXFORD COUNTY
Mr.. Madison Proctor of West Summer, while
planning slaves last Saturday, attempted to reach
over the knives of the planer to brush away
some shavings, when his hand caught on the
| knives, and before the machine could be stop
| ped it chopped his hand and arm in a friehtffl
manner half way to the elbow. The arm was
afterwards successfully amputated,
The pulp mill on Crooked river, Norway, is
turning out ten tons of poplar wood pulp a
! week. s7 s'-.r s+s-lrs-, : : -4 ,f
PENoBscoT COUNTY. sfe,F.t Z :.
A Frenchman at Wim 'spublished' his in.
tention to wed a damsel of that town, but on
the appointed day slipped away and married
osAAoohSA PoAsoh WIN eiic SdlHc udlle III AlucOln
The Hartman House in Bangor caught fire
Thursday night, by the ignition of a shell
from swinging gas burner, the burner having
been left too near the edge of the shelf The
fire was extinguished by the hoarders in the
honse before much damage was done.
Twenty-Five per cent, of the stock necessary
to the erection of a cheese factory in Glenburr
| or North Bangor, has been subscribed and a
factory in full operation may therefore be look
| ed for at an early day. fI
/ -s. WARRINGTON COUNTY.
w. H. Young of Calais, met with an accident
on Sunday night last. He was driving from
Pembroke, when his horse ran away, throwing
him out and injuring him so badly that amputa,
ton OF the leg above the knee was necessary.
Mr.. ID. C. NJ. I4auchlan of Dennysville, ove1
20 years of age, had the socket of his thigh bone
broken last Monday by falling upon the ice
He will probably be crippled for life. -
The Rowdoin Association of the East had a
supper at Calais on Friday evening January
9TH. The following members of the Associa.
ton were elected its officers for the ensuing
/ year: DR., g. O. Porter, President; Hon F. A
Pike, Dr. G. E. Swan, Vice Presidents; Mr.. f.
H. Boardman, Secretary; Mr. G. A. Boardman
Treasurer; c. b. Rounds, ESQ.,, Rev, w. G.
NOVEL;, Mr.. c. A. Boardman, Executive Com.
mittee.
~ IN GENERAL.
1t Is stated that by tie vote the Justices OF
the Supreme Judicial Court have disagreed ND.
on the eonstitutionality of Communication Or