The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSC0GGIN COUNTY.
DR.. Cakes having declined the Republican
nomination for mayor of Auburn, Thomas Lit
tlefield, Esq, has been nominated.
Lewiston fights the Municipal election on
the iailrpad line The large majority of the
people favor the building of the Lewiston and
Auburn road.
The journal says that rough named Jim
Brephy SO beat an old Canadian in his own
house that he was unable to appear in court
against the rough.
The work on the new railroad goes bravely
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Eighteen inches of snow at.the great storm
in Houlton. The Oldest inhabitant hasn't seen
its like in ten years. i1ssl&H
The Supreme Court set in Houlton the 18th
uit. 20 = sllN+
Mary Sansfraden, now living at Van Busen,
is 81 years old, and is still able to be about the
house, though she has been blind for many
years. She has had fifteen children, ten of
whom are living. She outlived her husband,
though he tried to kill her several times; once
by setting fire to piece of felleti trees where
she was; once by pouring melted lead into h
ear, and once he tried to drown her, but faild
in all these, and finally he fell from boat and
was drowned himself Once, while alone in
house took fire and bained down, she escaping
through window, though badly burned.
Pressure Isle had masquerade ball well at
tended, Friday evening Of last week.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
D. D. Palmer Esq. has been re-nominated
for Mayor by the Republicans of Gardiner.
The Gardiner Reporter says the only excite
lnent in that city last week was caused by the
appearance of farmer with a load of dry
eight dollars for about four feet of the precious
article. Last fall hundreds of cords Of edg
ings were burned to git rid of them.
A man who served three years in Massa-
chnsetts regiment, but went from Maine to
join it and returned to this State after the wa,
Legislature refused to give him Sl00 bounty
when De was never assigned to the quota of
Maine
e. c. Allen. of the Literary Companion ar
neunces that he lost 200, 600 by the Boston fire.
and Is obliged to defer the sending of the pre-
miums promised in connection with his paper.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations
have reduced the Rockland Custom House ap-
preparation $4,000. ,,-v
The Camden Herald says that Willis Will
liams of Isleborc, slipped down with a loaded
gun he was carrying as a cane, putting 81 small
shot into his thigh.
We acknowledge free pass over the Maine
Central Railroad for the year 1873, from J. w.
Clapp, Esq. of Augusta.-Camden Herald
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A correspondent of the Wiscasset Oracle
says that "rcform is needed in that town; too
long has there been a stagnation of its inter-
ests; let us now agitate the great subjects of
the day-bridges, ducks, mills, gambling and
whiskey. The church and State must be puri-
fed, fermentation alone will acc )mplish it,
Hon, e. Wilder Farley of Newcastle adver-
tlses all his real estate in that town for SALE
.I sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
William Rice Esq, has been nominated BY
the Republicans of Bath for Mayor, and Henry
Tallnan for Municipal Judge. The candidacy
for Mayor was hotly contested by Edwin Reed,
Esq iG 90
SOMERSET COUNTY. ,-..79 ~ 1tl'
The Chronicle says that A. E. Gerald of
Fairfield. has sold three horses the past week,
which Melted over $500. One goes to the Cen.
tire Village, Ole to Waterville and the third to
The new bridge across the Keunebec. at Nor
ridgewock has been injured somewhat by the
weight of snow on the roof.
WALDO COUNTY
A correspondent of the Belfast Journal says
that in late lottery saw mill at Hampden
was drawn by Frankfort man. When the
man went to Hampden to get the deed he
found he could get none, so he settled for 500.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Twenty foxes have been killed in Pembroke
within few weeks.
The Times says some of the family of Jere-
miah Pond of York, have the small pox and
the only way in which they can account for
the infection is that it was brought into the
family by letter. A n of Mr.. Paul, who is
living in Boston, had the disease, and after his
ran 10 t,,l sex