The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-08
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.


A gentleman from New Sweden informs the
Sunrise that the colonists are all doing first
rate, all as busy as men and women can be-
They own % horses, about 20 cows, have thresh-
ed out 1000 bushels of grain and have another
1000 to thresh; have bought all the boards and
brick they can get at Caribou and are hauling
them in Some of them are building a saw
mill and have it nearly ready to run. Caribou
is having large trade from the Swedes
The Aroostook Times says Col Thos. Nicker-
son OF Linneus, whose death was announced
last week at the advanced age of rs years, was
formerly resident of Charleston, Penobscot
county. He came to Aroostook about thirty
years since, and has always been an active and
influential citizen. In 1S49 he was member of
Gov. Hubbard's Council.
KENNEBEC COUNTY
The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. j. M. Libby,
engineer at the State House, had very narrow
escape from death few days since, from suffo-
cation from gas, while drawing one of the fires
in the furnaces in the building He tainted and
would have been suffocated but for being time
ly discovered and removed
LINCOLN COUNTY
The Seaside Oracle, published at Wiscasset
is now published weekly. 1t is small, but yery
handsome paper, and contains : great deal Of
interesting local matter. 1t shonld have laroe
circulation, especially in Lincoln county, being
the only paper published there We wish the
PupuSutIS HiuCu SUCCESS.
The Oracle says at South Walpole, Bristol. on
Sa turday, Dec. 9th, Miss Wentworth, maiden
lady, was severely injured while feeding hief
er belonging to her. The animal by some means
struck her in the mouth, one of its horns pena-
trating the roof of the mouth and infictino a
painful although not dangerous wound
The Oracle says on Saturday night, Dec. 9th
about IL o'clock, the house of Mr.. Matthias
Benner of Bristol, was burned with all its con,
al o. yrbo a..
broke out, and narrowly escaped with their
lives. They We're Weakened by their cat
OXFORD COUNTY
A correspondent informs us that Moses N
Stanley of Porter, has sold his three wear old
colt to parties in Bridgton for $1,000
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
A car load of hay recently shipped from
Fredericton to Bangor by the railroad, took fire
from sparks from the locomotive, and before
the fire was extinguished nearly the whole LOT
about ten tons, was destroyed. .
The brig George Harris, Captain Blanchard.
which sailed from Bangor on the 10th of M,
vember for New Bedford, did not arrive at her
destination until the Sd inst, having expert
enced very heavy weather on the passage
The Commercial says the scamps who stole
The valuable chain from Weeks jewelry store
IN Bangor, recently, have been caught at their
5ricks in Lawrence, Mass Their names are
Aeelan anu IorHlall. 1ney nau stolen q piece
If silk in both Lowell and Lawrence
The Wing says dwelling house in Lowell
owned by James Cables was destroyed by fire
IN Wednesday morning last, with nearly ali
The furniture, provisions, etc. MIR. Gables and
lis wife were absent from home at the time
Mrs. Gables was a very Industrious woman, and
lad on hand among other things, about forty
,airs of blankets of her own manufacture. The
oss falls heavily, as they are quite advanced in
ears. Loss about $500; no insurance.
Frank Thoms, the lad who was so badly in
ured while coasting in Bangor, ON Friday, died
saturday morning,