The Portland daily press., 1872-02-08
( STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoee1N COUNTY.

The Lewiston city buildings are now well nigh
completed outside, save the towers. The int
rior will be ready for plastering in about six
weeks. The plastering will be about a two
months job. The large hall is to be very
beautiful room. The ceiling is broken into
groined arches and squares with ornaments. 1t
is thought the building will be completed about
next Christmas. Low galleries are placed on
three sides of the hall, while corridor sur
rounds the hall on the main floor, giving entire
ease of ingress and exit. The hall can be
cleared in very brief space 1t will seat about
1000. 1t is thought the cost of the building will
not exceed $185, 900. '.,A
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
j. G.. Abbott, Bowdoin senior narrowly es-
capped being killed at Brunswick, Monday, by
being thrown under the cars as they were start
ing from the depot.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Amos Smith, Esq, one of the Oldest citizens
of Buckspoprt, died on Saturday night last, aged
about n years. He left will in which he be-
queathed his homestead, valued at $500, to Fe-
licity Lodge, f.. and A. NJ, of Bucksport, of
which he was member. He was buried Tues
day with Masonic honoIs.
The Bangor Commercial says the house of
Samuel Brown, of West Ellsworth, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday morning last This is
severe loss to Mr. Brown, who is over eighty
years of age, as his house was nearly new, and
a good one. eta ltq8 .s5u1f sh
Levi B. Wyman, the newly elected sheriff of
Hancock county, has appointed for deputies
Benjamin Reyes, Orland; Richard Condor, Jr,
Brooksville; VIM. II. FL. Spofford, Deer Isle.
A number of the business men of Ellsworth
have petitioned the Legislature for q charter for
an insurance company, to be called the Han
cock Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Among the petitioners are Arno Wiswell, j. b.
Hopkins, ii. M Hall, Erastus Redman and S.
X. Whiting.
OXFORD COUNTY.
In Albany Hon. John Lynch and others have
erected another spool factory-1O0 feet by 40,
with an engine house, "a by Is, which contains
a good engilia. Three double tenements have
been built, q i'd several camps and a dry house.
The latter was burnt few days ago and anoth-
er has been yearly completed.
Our Paris correspondent writes that in sever
al towns in Oxford county hay is very scarce,
and the farmers are purchasing corn to help out
the feed for ,leir cattle during the winter
PENoBscoT COUNTY. j.
Pushaw, VIII e passing from the stable to the
house Monday afternoon, slipped and fell upon
the ice, and fractured the neck of the thigh
bone. Mrs. Edison is lady of some fifty years
or more, and the prospect for good limb is ex-
ceedingly small.
term of the Agricultural College at Orono, be-
gins Thursday. Total attendance AZ.
The rain Tuesday night reduced the snow
considerably.
Orono is expecting the Legislature to visit the
State College there next Friday
The travelling public find pleasant. conve
nient and quiet resort to read the "Dailv Press
in peace, at the Hartman House. II.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Times says, two police officers from
providence K l., were in Bath in search of one
VIM .. Beal, who had stolen an amount If
valuable clothing in Providence, passing there
was understood to have made his escape
in this direction. Not being able to find
him here they left the case with Detective
Perkins, who finally discovered his hidin9
place in house on the Brunswick road. a short
distance beyond Hams brook. Mr.. Perkins
took him into custody, recovering the stolen
property, and telegraphed to Providence for an
officer. who came and took him Tuesday. Real
formerly belonged in Topsham, and has father
living there. .-zr'
SOMERSET COUNTY. TEF
The advocate says Josiah Chase, of Lexing-
ton, had nine noble sheep killed few nights
ago by dogs in his sheep yard This makes NOT
less forty sheep and lambs that have been de-
stroyed by those miserable ours within the last
eight months in this immediate vicinity.
WALDO COUNTY.
The steamer Katahdin had hard work to pet
into Belfast Saturday. The ice was compara-
lively thin until the boat reached McGilvery's
shipyard, one mile or more from the wharf. and
it took her three hours to get from there to her
wharf. Horses and sleighs, and it was estimat-
cd 1000 persons, were on the ice in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the boat while she was fighting
her way into this winter harbor. The boat suc,
,eeded in making all her landings on the river
Except Searsport
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Calais Times says that VIM. Tresber. of
Calais, while out cunning last week beyond
Barring shot himself through the arm above
md below the elbow, badly SCATTERING the bone.
1t is estimated by lumbermen that fifty ner
cent. more logs will be hauled during the pres-
mt winter than in 1870. The weather Continues
favorable for operations in the woods.
Frank Upper, young son of Rev. Mr.. TIM
Der, of Calais, while riding last. Tuesday had
lis leg struck and broken by passing sled.
IN GENERAL.
The statement going the rounds of the papers
hat Maine pays her members of the Legfsla- |
ure 50 per day is not correct. The members
re paid $50 for the regular session, be it loue
# short. For few years past the members \
AVE contrived to make the session about sixtv I
avs in length, giving themselves 81 80 per day.