The Portland daily press., 1872-12-12
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that the price of
Maine timber lands has advanced SO per cent
the past year, which is chiefly assignable to the
sale OF the Coburn lands to the Spragues
The Lewiston Journal says that the stage
driver from Livermore had to dig through the
snow drifts Tuesday morning. There is more
snow IN that direction than here.
The First National Bank of Auburn has $685.
900 surplus earnings, the gradual ingatherng
OF long series of years.
The Journal says that the Boston fire has not
left Turner unscathed. D. f. Faulkner s. Son,
owners of the WOODEN mill there, lost heavily in
Hannels blankets and insurance. Of large
amount OF goods lying in Boston for sale, moth
ing was saved.
kENNEBEc COUNTY.
Frank \. Smith of Waterville has had lit
tie mazurka, entitled "Bloom of Roses" dedi-
Gated to him by Albert H. Fernald, the COM
poser, of Boston.
Moses Owen of Bath, will address the Reform
Club OF Augusta, on Saturday next.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Zelotes Mason of Rowland, writes the WHO
that he has killed since November, 1861, thir-
teen hogs weighing 1913 lbs.
During the fall, 500 cattle and 6,700 sheep
have been shipped West from Danforth by the
European & North American Railway They
were purchased largely in Aroostook.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
Mr.. johnson S. Dave of Brownville, had his
hand badly crushed in one of the slate quarries
few days since.
sACADAHoc COUNTY.
The Trenton Flint and Spar Company, which
for several years has been getting out large
quantities of spar at the quarry in Topshsm,
and shipping it in its crude state to their mills,
have recently put up a mill on the Csthance
stream, at the head of tine water for the pur-
pose OF crushing the spar, which will then be
sent III casks, thus rendering transportation
much easier and less expensive.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The slate quarres at East Madison are to be
operated by company styled ''The Maine
Slate Company" with I. III. Dinsmore of Show
hogan as the business manager. This quarry
is only five miles from the depot at Skowhegan,
and has an inexhaustible supply of the best
quality of slate.
WALDO COUNTY.
Ell. NJ. Bryant is to deliver course of tenn
perance lectures in this comfy under the aus
pces of the Lodge of Good Templars, as follows:
Unity Village Monday evening, Dec. 10th;
Searspolt Goth; Winterport, 21st
The Waldo County Educational Association
meets at Brooks next Saturday, 18th inst
A Farmers Club has been organized at East
Montville, called the Montville Farmers Club.
with the following officers: President, Jonathan
Hamilton; Vice President, w. D. Tasker; Sec
rotary, q t. Cooper.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The citizens of Township No. o, r. 4, or
Crooked Brook Plantation. in which are en-
braced jackson Brook station and Forest City,
will petition the next Legislature to be incor-
porated into town to be named Eaton.
The Machias Union says that case of small
pox is reported at East Machias
The following gentlemen have been chosen
officers of the Washington Agricultural Society:
Levi Fisher, President; George Q. Lincoln,
Hugh Porter, G. w. Hersey, Vice Presidents;
Moses L. Wilder, Lucas W. Gardner, Thomas
McCarlie, Trustees; Leonard Fisher, Secretary.
IN GENERAL.
The Maine Central Railroad Company has
more than years supply of fuel on hand, hay
ing about $4,000 cords of wood and $500 tons of
coal.
The Governor and Council are visiting the
Eastern Normal School and the State Prison
this week