The Portland daily press., 1872-04-11
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoaG1N COUNTY.

ANDhOSCoGGIN COUNTY. sE
Inc Lewiston Journal says among the persons
occupying the dwelling burned out Monday
night, was couple who came from Liyermore
Monday, and were married in the afternoon.
10 be turned from nuptial couch barefooted
INTO the mud ON such night is a tough way to
begin married life. ""' W
The journal says there has been living at D
b. Larrabee's in Leeds, for the past thirty two
years ending March 28th, pauper, an idiot
belonging to Greene, now aged III wears and
during the time that he has lived at Mr.. T, IS he
had always had good health, and never has eat.
en- but one meal out of Mr. L. IS house, or been
away until the 28th ult., when Mr. L. removed
him to the aims house in Greene The town of
Greene has paid Mr. L. for his support $1651. .S4.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Rogers. the
defaulting cashier of the Pejepscot Bank at
Brunswick, had two bOndsmen living, Messrs
Richard and Robert McManus. These gentle
men were his sureties on an old bond at the
time of Mr.. Rogers 'defalcation, and the oues
ton arose whether that bond was a continuous
one. The whole question of tneir liability tn
the bank has been settled by their payment of
$1,000. Their liability on the old bond was $4,000
apiece.
SOMERSET COUNTY
The Adcocdte says the friends of the Somer-
set Railroad are making lively canvass of the
towns of Norridgewock, Smithfield, Starks and
Mercer, to dispose of their mortgage bonds to
iron the road below Norridgewock A sale of
100000 of the mortgage bonds WILL they say,
enable them to complete the road to Norridoe-
wock. With this end in view a subscription
has been started to raise that amount Nor
ridgewock has voted $4,000, and as we learn
has raised Sic, 900 by private subscription, with
prospect of getting 5000 more. Starks,
Smithfeld and Mercer are to hold town meet
ings and are expected to vote five per cent. of
their valuations-$30, 900 in the aggregate. This
with $4,000 already pledged by the Directors,
individually, and other pledged subscriptions
outside, will furnish the sum required.
A year ago to-day says the Anson AdUocote
of April 10th, farmers were busy at work on
the land, and gardens were well under way.-
To-day there is two feet of snow and good
sleighing.
WASHINGTON COUNTY. 70
Our correspondent Rambler speaks in high
Terms OF the new hotel at Eastport, the Pas
samaquoddy House. Eastport is one of the
host desirable resorts along our coast Our
correspondent went a-fishing but concludes he
ulan care to angle for a seventy five feet
whale quarter of a mile away
The snow of the winter has proved a oraat
Denent to the people in the towns abont Dan
nysViHe VINO had so much timber killed by the
fire and tornado two seasons since Messrs
L. w !. Alien q 70, and others have cut fif-
teen millions, sufficient to stock their mills for
four years. -'-
IN GENERAL
The Bangor Whiy says the railroad to Wood
stock and HoultOn has proved a hard joh To
clear of the immense drifts, but it was SboneJ %
would be open Tuesday night as in the morning
there remained only nine miles to clear above
Canterbury and very large force of men was
at work on both ends. 1t has been difficult
task to dig out the immense drifts and the men
have suffered much from snow-bindness some
being entirely unable to see. The people of
the upper country that depended on this road
Tor supplies have been anxiously awaiting the
resumption of running trains as there is very
little corn and flour to be obtained