The Portland daily press., 1873-09-04

off bridge. Strange to say they all escaped
injury.
The Smell House, Houlton, is to be inn
proved.
T. G. Griffin of Mapleton has been attacked
with paralysis.
Friday, Myrtle Collins, aged II years, dauoh.
ter of Harvey Collins OF Caribou Village, while
asleep, crawled through an open window and
fell to the ground, distance of % feet An
ankle ont of Joint the bone of the leo cracked.
and scratched face, were the only injuries
she received.
S. P. Hatch of Maysville made $2O6 profit on
twenty swarms of bees this summer.
The bridge over the river at Fort Fairfield is.
completed.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Disasters at Sullivan within week: f.
Bragdon cut his wrist almost off with scytbe;
Jessie Moves fell and broke her arm: Mary
Tripp fell and broke an arm and put the shout
der out of Joint; John Gordon, taken insane
and sent TO the Insane Hospital.
The house of Elbridge Marks, Orland. on
Sunday last, was consumed by fire. Insurance
$500.
The dwelling house of Mrs. Mary A Slower
in Sullivan was burned, with all its contents, on
the night Of the 18th inst. supposed to be the
work of an incenliary. No insurance.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
press Correspondence
At o'clock p. M, Friday. the dwelling
house and stable of Henry Morrill,, Vienna.
was burned Cause unknown. No insurance.
'sBearce Hail. the new Seminary builGing at
Kent's Hill, will be dedicated the trst week in
October, probably Friday, the third day of the
month. Rev. X. Pierce, D. D., of Boston.
Editor of lions Herald, will preach the dedi,
catory sermon.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
pose to extend their tracks to the wharves at
Bangor.
Bangor is holding public meetings to talk
about bnilding dam at Treats Falls.
The number of deaths in Bangor during the
month of August was Is.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Miss Hattie F. Hanscom of Bath will be
stationed in that city as Telegraph operator on
the Western Union line.
Judge Fox opened the District Court at Bath
Tuesday.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mrs. Cephas Walker of Embden. who,
through illness, was suffering from temporary
insanity, swallowed her husbands jacknife on
Saturday last The knife was large sized
one. Diligent search has failed to discover it.
Her husband left it laying on the window SILL
WALDO COUNTY.
AL tne Monroe cheese factory, twenty f0ur
hundred pounds of milk are received daily,
from which two hundred and seventy five
pounds of cheese are made. Thirty -four hun
dred pounds were received for a while, but the
severe drouth which has prevailed reduced the
quantity about one thousand pounds. From
July 18th to August 9th, twelve thousand nine
hundred pounds of cheese have been made
1t is expected that milk enough will be OBJ
tanned next year to fill two watts. each contain
ing six hundred gallons
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
There were about eighty members in attend
ance at the Commencement of the Fall term of
the Normal School, at Castine
Fires were burning again last week in differ
ent parts OF the county, mostly in the woods.
No less than seventeen vessels have been lost
from Lubec since 1865, involving loss Of sew
enteen lives, and property to the amount of
nearly $4,000.
Treats Island, Eastport, is to be divided
into lots for summer residences.
YORK COUNTY.
ASlVing's bridge is nearly completed.
Thursday of next week the Franklin Hook
and Ladder Company of Cambridgeport, Mass,
will visit Biddeford as the guests of the Richard
Vines Engine Company.
IN GENERAL.
The following is list of patents issued to
Maine inventors under date of Aug. 18th, 1873:
j. NJ. Liuscott, Buxton, loom let-off mechan-
ism; L. Tibbetts, Augusta, coal sitter; L.
Chase. Portland, blower; Hannah p Joy,
South Berwick Junction, knitting holder
Under date of Aug 18th, 253 patents will be
issued. During the week ending Aug. 18th
453 applications and IS caveats were fled.