The Portland daily press., 1872-11-05
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Journal says that Charles H. Haskell of
Auburn, lost a horse Friday of the epizootc
In Lewiston during October there was fall
of a. -5 inches of rain, while there was a fall
of over double that amount in October last wear
The temperature was two degrees less than last
year.
The defamation of the third division of the
Freshman class of Bates College took place
Friday evening.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Willie Scribner of Casco, ten years old, has
husked for the Portland Packing Company five
hundred and fifty baskets of sweet corn leach
basket holding five. pecks) at four cents per
basket. This was done the present season in
about five and one-half weeks. Israel Jordan,
aged nine years, husked in the same time four
hundred baskets OF corn. Both boys went two
miles to their work and returned home at night.
Saturday the driver of the Harpswell stage
was obliged to walk from that town to Bruns-
wick, a distance OF fifteen miles, with three
mail bags on his back. He will soon come to
the belief that the horse is useful animal
KHNNnBEo COUNTY.
From our Correspondent.l
Early last Tuesday morning in consequence
of the upper dam giving way, the people of
Fayette Mills found their streets and cellars
flooded, but no serious damage was done
The horses and many of the co is that have
been kept in pastures away from other horses
have the disease.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that Mrs. Ivvie Barker Plum
mer, daughter of Hon. Lewis Barker, and wife
of Stanly Plummer esq.,, of Bangor, died on
Saturday after a long and painful illness. Mrs
Plummer had during her brief life (she was but
"a years of age) written extensively for the
press, her articles and poems being much ad-
mired and widely copied: She was young
Of inf oil nd
her early death is largely attributed to devo-
ton to study which over-taxed her mental fac
ultes and Slapped the fountains of health.
Mr.. Charles Forbes of Portland, claims $500
of the town of Dexter ON account of injuries re-
ceived by his wife from falling from the side
walk on Spring street in that village on the
night of June 18th last.
annual dividend of three per cent, payable on
| and after November 1.
Another incendiary fire was discovered in
| Bangor in time to save the building. There
was robbery before firing.
YORK COUNTY.
The Biddeford Times says that last Saturday
noon Mr.. John M. Moves, machinist, residing
in Saco, but at work for the Water Power Ma
chine Co., while passing by the way of the rail
road bridge fell, fracturing his thigh and cut
ting his head in several places. DR.. Warren
was Immediately summoned and the patient is
now doing as well as can reasonably be expect
4 ed, but it will be several months before Mr. N.
is able to be about again. In the evening, Da.
vid, son of John McCulloch, fell to the ground
at the same place fracturing his thigh.
The Methodist Episcopal Society of Saco are
to have tea party in City Hall, Saco, next
Wednesday evening.
The Republicans of Biddeford and Saco had
a brilliant torchlight parade Saturday night
Many residences were illuminated. The pro
cession paid their respects to Mr.. Mcmillan
Republican candidate for elector, who respond
ed with neat speech.