The Portland daily press., 1872-09-28
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN CoUNY.

r-.rr .t 90 -ANDROSC0GGIN COUNY.
Seth Chandler one of the Oldest and best
known mechanics of Lewiston, died Wednes-
day, aged 67 years. -'Nr
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The new starch factory of the Messrs. Hib-
bard, at New Limerick, is about to commence
operations. lLL az
Thomas Thibodeau, of Caribou was thrown
from his carriage few days since and severely
injured. l-.-. -3
Messrs. Holmes have begun operations at
their starch factory at Caribou, and pay %
cents for every sixty-three pounds of potatoes,
takenswithout sorting from the field.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The students of Bridgton Academy have
formed a base ball club, with James Tolman,
OF Harrison, captain. 1l @ rtu
Hon. Seth Seaman will deliver the grafton
at the Bridgton Agricultural Fair. 2...
The Bowdoin College prizes for extemporan-
eous writing, the announcement of which was
delayed by the temporary loss of the manu-
|. scripts, have at length been awarded. W. A.
Blake has the first prize and Loren F. Berry
Brunswick has new school house, which
KENNEBEC COUNTY
Messrs. Forbes & Co. have been operating
Interstate quarry in Clinton through the sum-
mer and have excavated to the depth of about
forty feet. They find that the slate improves
as they descend. They are taking out now,
they say, some very nice slate. fsi
Mrs Gerald, of Benton who was struck by
lightning few weeks since, is improving; has
partially regained her eyesight, and the ia mily
have hopes of a full restoration of sight.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
jar of butter was exhibited at the Fair at
Exeter which was made year ago last June,
and was still sweet and good. We wish our
grocery men would make visit to that locality.
Crawford, who shot and murdered Mr. C. H.
Davenport, folmer resident of Bangor, at To-
peka, Kansas, has been found guilty and sem
fenced to be hung
A few days since Charles Pillsbury, of Cor
NTH, was out cunning in the woods in that
town, when on setting the butt of his gun on a
rock it slipped and the hammer struck the
piece, sending heavy charge of shot into his
wrist.
Mr.. Caleb Curtis, of Dexter, while running a
saw in Eldridge Brothers establishment last
Saturday morning, by some means had his left
hand drawn upon it in such manner as to
completely sever his first three fingers and bad
ly lacerate the thumb ..l'' II 1900
On board the barque Lawrence, lately living
at the Maine Central wharf in Bangor was a
dog of the Kamtschatkan breed brought by
Capt. Howe from Hong Kong, China. His
head and fur strongly resembles that of wolf
Oscar Waiberg, young Swede employed at
Merrllls mills, IN Bangor, had the second, third
and fourth fingers of his left hand cut off by a
"Jointer'' Thursday while about his work
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
The Observer says that the contract has been
made for erecting the cheese factory at Sanger
vile. The building will be large enough for
the machinery required to take care of the milk
OF 6oO OF 700 cows; but at the start the company
will make arrangements for only about 200
The expense of getting such an establishment
into operation will be about $4,000.
The Exchange Hotel and building connected
Herewith, in Foxcroft, owned by Messrs j. b.
Mayor and w. w. Clark, has been purchased
by the latter, who previously owned but one
third The original cost of this property was
over $1,000.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
John Ware is the heaviest taxpayer in Athens
and the collector demands $1202 from him.
Potatoes are being shipped from Skowhegan.
and the price paid for them is thirty cents
bushel.
Charles Shaw & Son are paying this season
~ per cord for hemlock bark delivered at their
tanneries in Hartland and Burnham ~.sFs
The Chronicle says that the Kennebec river at
Norrldgewock is filled with railroad sleepers
Parties are booming and taking them from the
river for the Somerset Railroad The shoe fac
tory of George W. Perkins & Son at Norridge-
wock, is doing fine business this season.
The Maine Farmer says that in Concord, 14th
INST, Tuition Vittum died, aged 81 years. He
was one OF the first settlers of that town, hay
ing removed from New Hampshire, where he
held prominent position in the militia of that
state, at the breaking out of the war of 1872.
lie took an active part in the incorporation of
the town OF Concord and proposed its present
name. His wife is now living, aged IS, and
has been married over sixty-four years.
John Whorff, of Skowhegan, the inventor of
the Whorff axes, is SO years of age, and is still
ape TO make, temper and finish an axe with
his own hands. ~
WALDO COUNTY. rtgAE s1r
The Northport cheese factory company are
preparing to commence business earlv next
spring. They have located their building on
the farm of Mr.. Vinal Ware, and have chosen
a foreman, Mr. Knowles, who is now, learning
the art at one of the large cheese factories.
The Kelly girl who disappeared from Belfast
SOME time since, has been found quietly work
ing as domestic in a family near Boston.
it l. WASHINGTON COUNTY. I3g8
Mr.. E. E. Stoddard has bought out Mr.. Cor
thelf interest in the Eastern Hotel at Machias
Mr.. Stoddard has an excellent reputation in
the hotel line. W N4 s ,f
The smoke house, buildings, fixtures and 700
boxes OF herring, belonging to Moses z. Law
renee, Esq, of North Lubec, were DESTROYED by
nre Saturday, the 21st inst. Loss $780,
There are nearly forty miles of highway in
the town of Lubec. There was but $1,000 raised
to repair them,. and to keep the bridges in re-
pair this year $3.50.
The new railway hotel at Vanceboro will he
opened by the middle of next month, after
which trains will stop there for dinner.