The Portland daily press., 1872-01-05
STATE NEWS.
HANCOCK COUNTY.

Mr.. n. X. Sawyer, publisher and proprietor
of the Ellsworth american, has taken his son,
Augustus e. Sawyer, into the concern. The
junior member of the firm has had charge of
the local department of the paper for the last
year and half and in the future will take a
more active and prominent part in its entire
management.
The american says Mr.. J. C. Roberts of Ellis
worth, living on the road to Mariaville some
five or six miles from the village came to town
some two weeks ago to get some medicine for
sick child, which he obtained and sent to his
home, but he has not been heard from since.
He was in Responding state of mind, and his
friends are uneasy about him.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Rockland Free Press states that Mrs.
Charles Carroll, on Sunday evening" Dec. Oath,
went up stairs carrying light by which she
accidentally set fire to her hair. Her husband,
hearing her screams, ran to her, and in the ex-
element of the moment, they both fell from
the stairs which had no banster to the floor
below. The face, hands, neck, and breast of
Mrs. Carroll are terribly burned, and she was
much bruised ana shaken by her fall. Her
eyes were closed by the burns, and it is feared
she will never recover her sight, if her life be
spared, which is now very doubtful. Mr.. Car
roll was also badly burned and hurt by the fall,
but is recovering.
The bookstore of O. s. Andrews in Rockland,
was entered last Sunday evening and about $25
worth of articles stolen. The Office of Stanley
& Aver, lumber dealers, was also broken into
the same night, but nothing was taken, as we
learn from the Free Press.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Stephen Perry, So years of age, residing in
Porter, was found dead in his bed on Tuesday
morning He was the Oldest person in the
| town.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
Yesterday at Bangor Mr. j. M Lunt, Super
intendent of the Maine Central railroad, was
presented with fine sleigh by the employees
| of the European & North American railway
of which road he was lately Superintendent
| A supper to the party followed the presenta-
| ton.
Frank Stetson a brakeman on the European
& North American Railroad, fell between the
cars at Olamon Wednesday, and had his leg so
badly crushed that amputation was necessary.
The Wing tells the following story: Our
Orono correspondent sends us the following
! good story which is told of one of our mer-
chants OF long time ago who had agreed with
an Indian of the Penobscot tribe to make for
him a nice beaver hat, call beaver" On taking
1T home the Indian examined it closely, shook
his head, turned up the lining and discovered
that the body of the hat was wool, though the
outside seemed to be beaver. Indignant, he
took it back to the merchant, 'Sartin,,' said he
81 greed you to make'em me beaver hat. all
| beaver?' Yes said the merchant, ''that is a
beaver hat ''No!' retorted the angry Indian
then sheepp'
The Wing says the farmers and dairymen of
Glenburn are agitating the subject of erecting
a cheese factory the coming season, and have
recently sent committee to the town of
Strong, in Franklin county, where an estab-
lishment of that kind has been for some time
in successful operation.
In the case of James Treat and ais. " Rufus
DwInaland ais, (the case of destroying the of
flee of the Bangor Democracy, a majority of the
justices OF the Supreme Judicial Court have
rendered the following decision: 'oThe Plain
tiffs may discontinue against the survivors and
proceed against the Executors of said Dwinel
| or they may proceed against the survivors or
any number of them, upon disseminating
against the Executors of said Dwinel and such
survivors as they elect not to proceed against,
subject to the statutory provisions as to costs"
WALDO COUNTY
The Belfast Journal relates the following
| good one: The bench and bar have no right to
/ keep good jokes to Observation-Disclosures we
relate little occurrence which has occasioned
some quiet fun in the legal circles of this baili-
WICK. The official reporter has been accustom-
ed to abide, during sessions, at popular board
ing-house, which also furnishes stated refresh
ments for bachelor clergyman. 1t CHANGED
that the house was so crowded previous to the
| present session, that the only assignment pos
sible for the said court official was to share the
roomy apartment of the clergyman, which the
latter assented to as temporary measure. I'm
agine the CONSERVATION which reigned in that
household when the coach from the train land
ed the reporter in the shape of demure young
lady!
The Belfast Journal says the bark George
Treat has completed her cargo of orange box
shocks for the Mediterranean. Seventy-three
carloads were brought for her, the railroad
freight on which was $1,000.
We learn from the Journal that Mrs Lovina.
wife of Levi Matthews, Jr, of Lincolnville.
hung herself ON Sunday last, in the barn, with
a halter.- She was As years of age, and leaves
two children. Mrs. M. had been subject to at
tacks of insanity.
YORK COUNTY.
At the annual meeting of Adoniram Lodge
holden at Limington, Dec. 26, 1871, the follow
ing officers were chosen for the ensuing year,
VIZ: VIM. G. Lord, w. M; John T.. Lord, S.
W; Benz. Small, j. W.; Edgar M. Chick, Sec
VIM. M. Macarthur, Treas; Fred Bracket, S.
d.; Henry Hasty, j. d.
Mr. s. A. Seavey of Biddeford, not long since
caught in trap skunk that weighed twenty
SIX and one-quarter pounds. Mr. S. obtained
over three quarts of grease from his skunkship,
says the Democrat.
| IN GENERAL.
Secretary Boutwell, has designated the Euro
| pean u North American Railroad for the trans
portatlon of goods in bond from Portland, by
way OF Bangor, to Calais and Houlton and
J under the restrictions and regulations previous
| ~ imposed on other roads performing similar
services.