The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-27

Clarence Skillings, son of Ambrose Skillugs
of Bolster's Mills, received severe blow on
the head With bat, while playing base ball
about two weeks since. the wound bleeding
profusely.
The News says: A. Fl. Burnham. sunerip-
tendent of the corn factory. was considerably
injured the other day, by slipping and falling
on the foor OF the cutting room.
KNOX COUNTY
press Correspon lence.)
The grand jury were in session n Rockland
seven days the present term of Court a thing
hitherto unknown in the history of Knox
County.
Wagner, the Isle of Shoals murderer, arrived
in Thomaston Thursday
grand cunning party came off in Thomas
ton last Tuesday. The captains of the different
sides were Samuel B. Flint and Edwin Dow
Mr. Flint was beaten for the first time in sew
eral wears. The average count per man was
isl. John S. Tillson the high killer. counted
362 The skuDk-huntrrs of Thomaston turned
out 10 force. and brought in eight skunks, ali
killed when it was too dark to shoot other
game.
A large and valuable limerick quarry has
recently been discovered in Thomaston.
Frank HI. Jordan of Thomaston raised
squash in his garden the present season which
measures six feet in circumference and weighs
ninety pounds
OXFORD COUNTY.
Bethel is building storehouse on the Grand
Trunk Railroad grounds that will hold 5000
bushels of corn
Lowell boasts calf that weighed 3Sl pounds
when three months old.
The Register says Mr. Stephen Gilloatrick
Of Hiram cut bis right thigh very badly with
an axe while shimming hoops for Mr. Jacob
Stanley, Jr. the 18th inst.
The Register denies the statement of the
Argus that a prisoner was committed TO Paris
Jail at p. M, and Ivy midnight had broken out
and escaped
The News says improvements are in progress
at Martha's Grove Camp Meeting Gronnd,
Fryeburg.
WALDO COUNTY.
The exhibition of the Waldo County Apri
cultural Society at Belfast has been postpo ed
till Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 14th and
18TH so as not to interfere with the other Fairs
in the county, which come off Oct LIST, I'd and
3d. ''
On Wednesday last. Frank Patterson of Bel
fast, about 10 years old, waded out near McGil-
very's shipyard in that city. to recover some
drift wood floating in the harbor, when he was
seized with fit and falling was drowned
The whole amount of the contributions from
abroad to the Belfast sufferers, amount to about
$4,000. The car load of corn from Omaha was
sold at 20 cents bushel. There are between
thirty and forty buildings going up in the burnt
district.
A man at work on the Bangor & Bucksport
railroad was identified last week as Cornelius
Doherty, the horse thief who escaped from Bel
fast Jail last summer He was arrested and
taken back to his old quarters.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The Sentinel learns that Surgeon Yeomans,
q. S A., lately stationed at Eastport has been
sent to the Government InsaDe Asylum.
Cherryfield Baptsts are building $4,000
church, says the Sentinel.
YORK COUNTY.
Lemuel Davis has sold his stage line from
Limerick to WATERFORD to Henry Kicker of
Baldwin.
The Journal says the only mandatory of
carriage robes in the United States is at the
mill of Thomas Good, all, Sanford, where S175,.
600 worth of goods are turned out yearly.
Ninety hands are employed.
The new school-house at Berwick was dedi-
Gated Thursday night Gov. Perham making q
speech. The school is named for Master John
Sullivan, the father of Gen. John and James
Sullivan. who establi he'd the first school in the
district and town in 1875.