The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-20
STATE NEWS.
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY


At last Lewiston proposes to have paved
street. the City Council having appropriated
S15, 600 for Matchmaking Lisbon street. from
Nam to Chestnut street, and Franklin street,
from Maine street to the Maine Central depot
The contract for the granite and brickwork of
the new cotton mill of the Little Androscoggin
Water Power Co. has been awarded to j. P.
Norton, OF Lewiston, who proposes to complete
the contract by the first of October.
The Auburn Light Infantry voted unani-
mously Monday evening to visit this city on the
Fourth. Johnson's band will accompany them
"A correspondent informs the Journal that on
Monday, as Mr.. Walter Thompson, of Durham,
with hired man, were telling trees in the
woods, Mr. Thompson's foot slipped, bringing
1t directly under the mans axe, who dealt it a
severe blow just below the instep, severing ar
teries, tendons and nearly dividing the bone
The brick church at Plummer's Mills, in Dur
ham, is being thoroughly repaired and fitted up
for Union church. :
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal learns that the Vassal-
boro Manufacturing Company are making an
addition to their finishing room, and are erect
ing on the old, or Lang dam, a building in
which to manufacture boxes to be used in put
ting up goods for shipment.
KNOX COUNTY
Tuesday morning fire was discovered in the
office of j. w Trussell, dentist, Snow block,
Rockland. The fire department was called out
as soon as possible, but the flames had spread
SO rapidly that nearly all the inside part of the
building was destroyed by fire aud water The
loss is covered by an Insurance of $4,000.
aes s PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Law term for the Eastern District began
its session at Bangor Tuesday.
A man employed in j. c. Gilman's mill, at
OldtoWn, had his hand cut by circular saw on
Tuesday. tAA t A--AA'f
The underwriters have sold the wrecked
steamer Emperor to Capt c. B. Sanford for
$4,000.
The exterior of the new Roman Catholic
church edifice at Winn is nearly completed
Potatoes are worth only thirty cents in Ban
gor.
The East Maiue Methodist Conference has
adjourned.
George Stickney, son of Moody Stickney, OF
Bangor, fell from fence Tuesday and struck
in such way as to force the front teeth of his
lower jaw through his tongue
The Commercial says large number of empty
whlskey barrels were shipped to this CITY Tues
day. They are not needed here.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad was held in
Bangor Wednesday.
Messrs. Noah Barker, Sylvester Abbott and
Warren Coombs are partitiOning the wild lands
N the vicinity of Mattawamkeag, owned by
Shaw q Kingman and Henry Poor & Son.
The, Maine Lloyds of Bangor, on Tuesday,
after declaring dividend of II per cent, elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing year.
Attornies-R. b. Fuller and G. Fl. Stetson
Advisory Committee-N. c. Aver, chairman
VIM. McGilvery, Saml. F. Hersey, Isaiah Stet.
son, n. A. Farwell, HI. E. Prentiss, Lathley
Rich, Charles Hayward and Arad Thompson
The f. u N. A. Railway Co. have enlarged
their car shop at Oldtown.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
thousand bushels of corn, stored ON the
third hoor of building belonging to Houghton
evening" through the first and second floors to
the cellar.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The annual meeting of the Somerset Railroad
20 was held at Norridgewock Wednesday. The
Old Board of Directors were reelected, except
James G. Waugh and lothian Whipple, for
whom Benz. Flint and r. B. Dunn were substi-
tuted
Deputy Sheriff McIntire. of Scion, has been
reappointed.
A 200 pound bear was caught in Lexington
on the 18th inst.
Somerset is still agitated over the shire town
question, and meeting was held at Arson on
Tuesday to see about it.
WALDO COUNTY.
A grand horse trot is announced to come off
on the Monroe. Trotting Park on July 4th.
Three purses, of $15, $25 and $50 respectively,
are offered.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Babies are so plenty in PASSPORT that the
Overseers give general notice that they can
furnish small children upon application
The cattle of Cherryfield are herded upon the
barrens between there and Deblos, and a shep-
herd looks out for them
The e. & N. A. Railway will soon open a
large hotel at Vanceboro, to be kept by Mr.. G.
u. Robinson, who promises the best meal and
the finest trout fishing in Maine
The Machias Union says there has not been
time IN that section within the last forty years
as the present year. 1t says that no planting or
sowing has yet been done on low lands.