The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-15
STATE NEWS.
ANpRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

/ ANDRosCoGGN COUNTY.
Little Androscoggin Water Power Company
| OF Lewiston, are to build several houses and
| cottages.
The hearing before Judge Danforth in the
Lewiston and Auburn railroad Injunction case,
is again postponed until May 3d.
| The Androscoggin river is rising.
| The log drives are arriving at Lewiston.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
W. H. Esty, esq.,, of Honlton, has recently
put steam engine into his wooden mill as an
additional power
| A child of H. Coolbroth of Smyrna, recently
fell into wash boiler filled with hot water and
| was scalded to death,
| KENNEBEC COUNTY
| The Sprague mills at Augusta, are running
again.
The Kennebec river is very high.
Capt. Cochrane of Augusta has fruit that
| is part orange and part lemon.
No candidate has yet appeared before the
| Examining Board of Surgeons at the State
House, Augusta. They have adjourned until
May 10th,
| OXFORD COUNTY.
| Fish Commissioner Stanley writes to the
| Lewiston Journal that he has in his breeding
| boxes at Dixfeid 10000 young salmon, which
will be ready to turn into the river in two or
three weeks He has also at Bucksport 200, 600
Il. W.
water, esq, of Bangor. These go the head
| waters of the Penobscot and ST. Croix rivers
He has also in hand several hundred thousand
Rangely trout eggs which he is to breed.
| PENoBscoT COUNTY
In the case of the European & North Amer
Jean railway VS. Elbridge g. Dunn, the Law
Court has decided plaintiffs non suit
| The route for the North Aroostook railroad is
being surveyed through Penobscot county.
| Tho popohcc ~ io 4 ;cI,o
rising.
| j: Cochrane, aged 50 years, fell from a tree
to the ground on Tuesday last in Bangor, and
was seriously injured.
| Upper Saltwater is to have shoe factory
with capital stock of $4,000.
| The shoe factory at Newport is fourishing
| 1t employs so hands Ten thousand dollars
| are invested.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
| Work will be commenced on the spool factory
| in Foxcraft village next week. The storehouse
which is to be 150x60 will first be erected, after
| which will follow the erection of the factory.
The shoe factory is already built and is an orn-
ament to the village.
The Bangor and Piscataquis Slate Co., whose
quarres are in Brownsville, are doing this
spring furnishing business
II sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Bath Cornet Band have rendered their
services to the Fair to be held at Bath June
9Th and 9th, in aid of the Maine State General
Hospital, so says the Times.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Contractor Thompson is at Norridgew ock,
preparing to renew work on the Somerset rail
road.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
George Choate had his hand badly mangled
by circular saw recently at Midtown.
J: L. Bowling injured his foot badly in saw
mill at East Machias on the 9Th inst
w. H. Lane of Pembroke, intends to manu-
facture one million brick this season,
Eastport is wakinglup in regard to the Hos
pital Fair.
YORK COUNTY.
In the matter of land damages by the Boston
& Maine Railroad Co., the County Commission
ers have awarded Charles Huff of Kennebupk-
port S410; Thomas Day Of Biddeford, $1,000.
The railroad company settled, prior to the trial
last week, with j. E. Flames of Kennebunk-
port, for $1,000; A. R. Libby of Kennebunk-
port, for S25, and E. 7. Coleman for 5000.
An elopement was frustrated in Saco last
Monday, by demand made upon the would be
bride, just as she was leaving the house with
her young man, for payment of sundIy bills to
mllliners, dresSsmakers etc. The young man
was also presented with his board BILL
On Wednesday Isaac Getchell of South Der.
| wick a section hand, was thrown out of hard
car and seriously injured. He was 60 years of
| age