The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-02-18
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that William Car
vile was badly injured by falling through a
hatchway in Hackett's carriage shop.
The Journal, in statistical article on the
manufactures of Lewiston, gives the following
facts: Number cotton mills, 10; wooden mills,
5; capital invested. $7,5O0,0OO; number of spin
dies, 242, 54S; sets wooden machinery, 20; males
employed, $780, females, 1886; paid for labor,
s2eooooo; number yards o Of cotton and wooden
600 miles yard wide. Among other things
made during the past year were 2,766,770 grain
bags.
. N. W. Farwell has resigned the agency of the
Franklin mill.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
press Correspondence
The scholars of district No. 1, in Windhanr,
having been under the instruction of Albert h
Pennell of Saccarappa, during the past three
months, gave an exhibition at their school
house on Friday evening of the previous week,
consisting CT Declarations, Dialogues, Singing,
&c. The exercises were thought exceedingly
interesting. The singing was conducted by Mr.
Shaw who was well qualified to take charge of
that department. AT the close of the enter
tainment the schools showed their gratitude to
Mr. Pencil, the excellent teacher, by present
ing him with copy of ''Shakspeares Com
plete Works." The district is exceedingly well
pleased with the marked improvement and sue
CtSS VI the SCUOOI, III l1Opeu MS ser
vices will be procured for another term F.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Capt. John Allen of Brooklln, who was a
soldier of the war of 1912, and who forty years
ago enjoyed the reputation Of being the wealth
lest shipowner and the most widely known
business man in his section of the county, died
the 10Th inst, at the advanced age of 81 years.
PENoBscoT COUNTY. sis tita 81
The Wing says that as the. night express
train from Boston was nearing Burnham on its
way TO thatcity Saturday morning one of the
parallel rods of the locomotive broke and
smashed up into the cab directly through the
seat on which the fireman usually sits. For
tunately for the fireman, he was busy else
where, and thus escaped terrible and perhaps
the track, and dispatch was sent to Water
vile for another, which was forwarded as soon
as possible and the train reached Bangor at
half past ten o'clock in the afternoon.
The Wing says it is rumored that an associ-
alton of gentlemen of Bangor propose to erect
building on the site of Schwartz block, de-
stroyed by fire last October, the first story of
which shall be rented for stores and the upper
portion finished for an opera house or theatre.
YORK COUNTY.
A Washington dispatch says Geo. Goell, a
native CT Sanford, who has for some years past
been leading restaurant keeper in that city,
died Sunday. sgt-kSs EST fIFE ss't
IN GENERAL.
Col. ID. L. Eaton. cashier of the Second Ma
tional Bank, and also for years actuary of the
Freedman's National Savings and Trust Com
pany, died in Washington Sunday afternoon
He was a native of Maine and having served
as paymaster in the army settled there, where
he was much esteemed. He was taken seri-
ously i'll three months ago, since when he has
twice given his friends hopes of his recovery,
but he passed away Sunday afternoon, General
Howard an old schoolmate and collegemate,
holding his hand.