The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-22
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoaerN COUNTY.

John Denels, employed ii the Lewiston
Mills, caught his right hand in q doubler Friday
morning, and crushed the soft tissues nearly
back to the wrist. The bone of the third finger
| was broken.
q The late James Golf, of Auburn, left O will
| bequeathing his property, a stipulated amount
to his wife and the remainder equally among
| his four children.
The journal says Thursday evening as Mr..
| All Brooks and wife were driving down Main
street, an aged lady started to cross on foot.
/ She was walking slowly at first, and apparent
/ ~ so near the sidewalk as not to be in danger,
| but suddenly started and ran in advance by the
horse, and before Mr.. b., could stop she was
thrown down by his carriage, and fatally in
| jured. DR.. Russell was at once summoned and
| everything was done that was possible for her
| comfort. She was about eighty years of age.
Her family who saw her sudden start, blame no
one for the accident The unfortunate woman
died Friday A. M.
| ARoosTOOK COUNTY. .flall
G. HI. Collins is erecting tannery at Bridge
| water which with its numbering mills will prob
ably give employment to fifty men or more.
He is also erecting tenements for his employees.
| The Snnrise says that Frank, son of Jesse
| Averill of Fort Fairfield, who broke his leg by
falling from the staging of barn, died Friday
night of last week. Age, ten years.
From our Aroostook Correspondents
Frederic Slipp of Hodgdon, in driving load
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| against pole overhead from the effects of which
he is at times temporarily insane.
| Henry Jones of Hodgdon, lost seventeen
| sheep and lambs in one night, probably killed
| by dogs. Others in the neighboorhood have
! had sheep killed. s.s ,..
Farmers are making efforts to secure the large
| hay crop. Last week was very favorable but
the present week unfavorable The crop is one
| of the best ever grown. All kinds of crops are
looking unusually well.
| KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. J. H. Hanson, principal of the Water
| vile Classical Institute, met with a severe loss
| few days since. A pocket book containing
nearly three hundred dollars mysteriously dis
| appeared from the pocket of his coat while
| hanging in the back entry of his house.
| H. W. Butterfeld, Esq, of Vassalboro, pro-
| poses to erect building at Waterville for the
| manufacture of shovel handles. --I
| The Journal has been shown couple of well
| ripened peaches, raised at the North Vassal-
boro nursery by James A. Varney & Son.
| Gen. Thos. H. Hubbard of New York, is
| spending few days in Hallowell, his native
| city. ..- .-.s Fii.
Mr. Charles Haslett former resident of
| Hallowell, and Engineer in Chief of the Allan
tic and Pacific Railway Surveying party, was
attacked, while crossing the Mojave Desert,
with cramps and bilious collie. After few
| days suffering, while nearing Caves Station,
on the Mojave, he expired.
Messrs. HI. M. Wentworth & Co., of Gard
liner are making additions to their spring fac
| tory. 81
Since the Knox and Lincoln Railroap has
been in operation the stage from Augusta to
! Rockland, running through Chelsea, Windsor,
| Whitefeld, Jefferson, Waldoboro Warren, and
| Thomaston has been almost destitute of pas
sengers and a single team is now used to carry
the mail
4 Euef'.us OXFORD COUNTY. tt.
The Arion Club of this city, assisted by Misses
Annie j. Ayers and Aggie Walker, will give
concert at Norway, Wednesday evening.
Fire was discovered in Homes Tannery at
Norway the other day, but was extinguished
before much damage was done. ~
| Isaac Heath of Sumner had valuable OK and
two cows killed by lightning on the 10Th.
| The Register says that the Insurance Agents
| of Oxford County were in session at Norway,
Saturday, revising the tariff of rates at the re-
| quest OF their respective companies.
| Va PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
! In backing train upon the E. & N. A. Rail-
| way wharf in Bangor Friday, the rear car was
forced over and struck upon the deck of the
schooner Oregon which was lying at the wharf.
| Her deck load of lumber prevented the injury
which would otherwise have resulted.
| The Voice says that the Dinsmore Wedge
machine in operation at Enfield cut out fifty
! eight thousand rafting wedges in one and one
fourth days or over forty thousand a day. This
machine cuts the wedges from block and leaves
them perfect and ready for use.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Samuel Dillaway of Bath, in the month of
December last began the manufacture of vests,
and at present employs $50 hands. He. now
manufactures about 1900 vests per week and
proposes to increase his business so as to bring
the number up to $500. i,7 -sass,
Mrs. Francis Brown of West Bath, was
thrown from her carriage in Bath, Friday, and
striking upon rock received a compound frac-
ture of the arm, and other severe injuries