The Portland daily press., 1872-11-16
STATE NEWS.

ANDROsCoGGN COUNTY.
Cider can be lawfully bought of Lewiston
manufacturers for IL cents gallon.
The Journal says the Auburn cadets are to
have new silk flag worth $50.
The journal says the Mechanic Falls stage
after three weeks vacation appeared, Friday.
The epizootic is disappearing.
Auburn was once bought for $25
The Lewiston Journal hears a rumor that
New York roughs are making for that city
Fat turkeys bring IS cents pound in Lewis
ton, and 'sky blue" ones 10 cents pound.
The Freshman Class of Bates College have
elected the following class officers for the ensu-
ing year:-President B. M. Edwards; Vice
President, G. c. Littlefield; Secretary, e. Fl.
Besse; Treasurer, |. c. Phillips; Historian, G.
>; Libby; Orator, Q. w. Collins; Poet, A. L.
MOI Prophet, R; J. Everett; Odist, Geo. L.
White; Chaplin, w. II. Merryman; Toast Mas
ter c.. L. Coffin; Glass Committee, E. w.
Goodwin, w. H. Foss, A. T. Smith,
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The american says that Sumner Wooster and
wife, now living in Hancock will have been
married seventy-fve years on the 10Th of De-
cember next.
The horse disease is abating in Ellsworth
One case of small pox is reported in Els
worth.
Reeds Brook, anIElls worth, subwrb got by the
located by the School Committee, the contrac-
tor began to get the timber on the ground
The defeated party the other night cut the tim
Der SO as to destroy it.
On account of the epizootic, David Prescott
of Mount Desert, carries the mail 80 miles
miles on foot, making schedule time
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A letter from Whitefeld to S. L. Carleton,
Esq, OF this city, says that two barns of Philip
brown OF that town hurnad Monday oft
noon. Also that the widow of Theodore
Chism was burned to death by the explosion of
a Kerosene lamp. Her son found her on the
hoor burned almost to crisp.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The shoe factory in Norway will be erected
on the Blake lot near the tannery.
Col. SWEET, of South Paris, has raised 81 100
toward cheese factory, and is confident of
success
PENOBSCOT COUNTY
The Wing says the farmers of Newburp ere
preparing to establish a cheese factory, and
$1,000 OF the $4,000 necessary to build it, is sub
scribed.
few days since Mrs VIM. Harais of Dix
mount, fell forward from her chair into the
fire in an open fire place, and was so shocking
y burned that she died after lingering forty
eight hours in terrible agony. She was over
sixty years of age, and had for long time past
been subject to fits.
Wm. 3. Frazer, who was killed by falling
walls in Boston, was, until recently, member
of the Bangor fire department.
Edward NJ. Lowell, of Bangor, says the
Wing, has been missing for several DAYS and
fears are entertained that he has committed
suicide. He was employed i'm WiIliamtr
jewelry store.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY
The Observer says that Major Hastings
Stf1ckland, OF Bangor, recently enforced the
liquor law on John L. Page at the head of
Mo0sehead Lake.
Henry o.. Pratt, formerly of Fo1croft, has
been recently elected Representative to Com
gress from the Fourth Congressional District in
Iowa by about 5000 Republican majority.
Dover expects to have spool factory soon.
The Observer advocates the abolition of the
school district system.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Mrs. Dixie of Bath, has found situations for
a dozen of the girls lately thrown out of en-
ployment in Boston if they will accept them.
Mrs. Dixie has written to parties in Boston to
cooperate with her.
Mrs. Addie r. Small and nine others of Bath
have petitioned for new street.
SOMERSET COUNTY
A prominent Greeleyite in Shouhegan-all
are prominent confident of the success Of
Greeley, made a bet, the loss of which OBJ ipes
him to peddle through the streets two barrels
of Holsters, the proceeds of which go to the
winner of the bet.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Age says that Stephen Knowlton
OF Belmont, an industrious farmer has lately
became insane, and few days ago, wandered
away from his home, and no intelligence has
since been heard of him.
The Age says that R. S. Plummer is CARVING
forty pound mail from Albion to Belfast on
foot.
YORK COUNTY.
Col Hayes of North Berwick, had one Of his
ears severed from his head by being thrown
out OF his carriage at Salmon Falls Friday of
last week.
John J. Hatch of Wells, has been held to
bail in $1,000 for discharging a gun at the
engineer OF the Eastern construction train,
Oct. 31st. He waits trial in the Portland
Jail. '''''A
The Biddeford Journal complains that the |
Boston Il Maine Railroad contractors have |
made the Alfred road impossible and criminalv |
leave it 50.
A man named Eldridge engineer of the Bos |
ton 81 Maine Railroad, was so badly injured at |
Berwick, Thursday, that he died In stepping
from the moving engine his foot Slipped, and |
he fell across the track. The whole train |
passed over him, mangling him in horrible
manner. Both legs were cut off, and one arm
80 aadly crushed that he died during amputa-
ton. ave-
Charles Written of Alfred d, a brakeman on
'he Portland & Rochester Railroad, while
standing on the top of a freight car, Thursday
was struck by the bridge between
,pringrale and Alfred, and SO badly injured
hat he died soon after.