The Portland daily press., 1873-04-26
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoee1N COUNTY.


ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
Frank Parker of Greene, had his arm broke
by tree falling on him, ON Tuesday last.
The Senior class of Bates College have en-
cared Gilmore's Band for Commencement con-
cert.
The machinery for Barker's Mill is arriving
at Lewiston. The mill is expected to start up
in July, and will employ from 300 to 400 hands
SO says the Journal.
Work on the Lewiston s. Auburn railroad is
| being pushed, additional force being put on.
Judge Walton declines to give hearing on
the Lewiston & Auburn railroad case.
| The shipments of shoes and boots from Lew
iston and Auburn, the past week ending We'd
nesday, have been 1886 cases, against 1926 cases
the preceding week.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
| J: D. league, Esq, of Lyndon has gone to
California.
Mr.. Records of Lyndon had valuable horse
| killed by a fork Mr. Records had the fork in
his hands, when the horse suddenly sprang
round against it, and pressed the tines into his
body to the beart
The Aroostool Times states that large
number OF young men are migrating from the
Provinces into the States. On recent train
there were nearly one hundred en- route for
Boston.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The new steamboat being built at the foot of
Sebago Lake, is to be sde-wheel, eighty five
feet long by twenty-fou feet beam. VIM.
Curtis of Portland. is the builder and the
Portland Company are constructing the en-
gines.
Henry E, Warren of South Bridstop. has
accepted a position in the New York postal de-
partmcnt.
Most of the logs in Sebago Lake find their
Interior destination in Saccarappa In one
boom there are 100000 feet, in another 800, 000
A large quantity OF lumber is yearly RATED
| from these waters The Warrens of Saccarap-
| pa have various drives, comprising in the ag-
| gregate one million feet.
Samuel WItham Of Raymond has contracted
| to furnish 10000 bricks for the Portland Pack
| ing Company. He has also other contracts.
| He is to manufacture the present season 300,-
| 600 bricks.
| Quite number Of new buildings are to be
erected in Harrison the present season.
| The military drill has been resumed at Bow
| dom College,
| HANCOCK COUNTY.
| Ira Butler, while Engaged 10 taking down a
barn in franklin on Wednesday last, fell, and
striking upon head his fractured the skull. He
was four days insensible, hut is now recovering.
| Bar Harbor is to have another hotel.
| KENNEBEc COUNTY
The Journal says that preparatory work has
| commenced for the erection of the classical and
| scientific school buildings in Hallowell 1t is
the intention to push things.
! Page 8 Wilson have purchased suitable prop
| erty IN Haliowell and propose going into tho
granite business extensively. Their curry is on
the ridge south Of the Pond road.
| Improvements and changes are being intro
duced in the post Office at Augusta.
| A grindstone burst on Tuesday in tho axe and
scythe factory of Hubbard, Blake s. Co., in
West Waterville: The report sounded like a
cannon. One half Ofthe stone went through the
building, cutting off timber eight inches
square, and buried itself in the stream beyond,
A block Of first class brick and granite stores
is to be erected in Hallowell the present sea-
son. q 4s4
The Journal states that several changes are
to take place among the conductors on the
be conductor of freight train running between
Waterville and Bangor, Thomas Howard is to
take Chambers train, and gentleman whose
name is not stated from Bangor is to take How
| ards place.
Repairs aresgoing on at the State House.
| The Trustees of the State Pathological Socie-
was decided to hold no separate exhibition this
| season, but to exhibit in connection with the
| State Fair at Bangor
KNOX COUNTY.
| Parties are in Warren negotiating for the
powder mill property, with the intention Of
building WOODEN mill in its place.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
| A woman. whose name is not learned, was
burned to crisp in her house in Damariscotta,
| Thursday afternoon.
| The widow Of the late Judge Bruin of New
Jersey lays claim TO dover to all of Squirrel
! Island lying eastward to the mouth of the
| Sheepscot river. There is much excitement
among those who have purchased lots and
built cottages thereon in regard to their til
ties.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The total snow fall the past winter in Nor
way, was Ii feet inches.
West Bethel has boy nine years old who
weighs 12S pounds
Last Thursday S. L. Knight of No, Water
ford, met with singular accident while saw
| ing logs in Jewett's mill. The saw was thirty
| inches IN diameter, and making $500 revolu-
tions an hour. A piece of sawn wood caught
IN it, and breaking into two pieces struck Mr..
Knight on the chin, laying it open to the bone.
| and iu It below the shoulder blade, inficting a
terrible wound. Mr. Knight will recover
On Thursday last Mr.. Bradbury of North
atertord tell down stairs with broad axe
in his hand, cutting an artery on the left
wrist.
A little son of c. F, w hitman, esq of Nor
way, fell and fractured his collar bone, last
Saturday.
In Norway the sno held good for sleighing
127 days last winter.
W. W. Whitmarsh was elected captain of
the Norway Light Infantry. last Saturday eve
ming, H r. Miett first lieutenant, A. E, Den
nison second lieutenant. Gen. Geo. L Beal
presided at the meeting.
Hon. S. F. Humphrey of Bangor. National
BANK Examiner, made an examination of the
Norway Bank last week.
a large number of the citizens of Norway
nave signed bond for $4,000, conditioned atoo
save say sie town treasurer harmless if he paws
ont OF the treasury the $230O in money. and
other sums voted by the town to complete the
shoe factory. 'Do
Buckfeld has abolished the highway road
tax, and raised instead money tax to be nut
under control OF Road Commissioner
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Henry Millay died suddenly last Sunday
night while at supper. He was n years Of
age and uncle to Sheriff P. X Millay.
The damage by water and ice to the paper
mill at Topsham proves to be less serious than
at first supposed. The mill is now running.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
!Hartland village is one of the briskest little
villages in Maine In the village there are two
cams across the Sebasticool. on the upper of
mnich are q large saw mill, machine shops,
cnalf factory and tannery, where sole leather
20 nI'oe, ana z30O cords OF bark are said to be
consumed annually. On the lower dam are
Inns WOODEN factory, and another tannery.
where upper leather is made
,okownegan has committee in aid of the
M MA ne General Hospital Fair Messrs. Over
anu nn2wlton, subcommittee, called meet
Ing Ing on n tuesday afternoon, which resulted in
three iaJas fro's Oh committee consisting of
societies in the village to canvass the town TO
or ud receive contributions and by evees
:, The Reporter states that an entire cbanre
from skowhegan by the Mann nning Of trains
changes to go into effect next Monday sara
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