The Portland daily press., 1873-05-08

The Lewiston and Auburn railroad case is
nostnoned till the June term of the Commits
sioners Court.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The journal says ''salmon" have come
Augusta is making preparations for Decora-
tion day.
OXFORD COUNTY.
s~ess( From our own Correspondent
The former pupils of NJ. X. Mabry, we'll
known as the former Supervisor of York coun-
ty, are about to erect seminary building for
him in his native town of Hiram. Mr.. Mabry
has taught over fifty terms of school in Oxford
and York counties and his pupils are number
ed by hundreds. The frame OF the building is
to be raised this week.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Whig says that the new time table on
the K. & n. A. Railroad goes into effect May
!. Sth.
From $4,000 to 10000 railroad ties will be
brought to Bangor this season.
The first Mattawamkeag drive of about four
million feet, starts from Jefferson boom May
7th, so says the Whig.
J. II. Carlton of Bangor was assaulted by
three young men while returning home last
Tuesday evening He was seriously injured by
pistol shot The assassins were not discov-
cred.
The Brewer Brick Company have up to May
9TH. turned out 240, 900 bricks
The steamer John A. Peters is running from
Winn to Gordan Island, forty miles, hauling
bark for the Wlnn tannery; also the steamer
| Nicaton is running from Winn and Mattawam-
keag to Medway, fourteen miles, carrying
hides and leather,
SAGADAHoC COUNTY.
| A. S. Bang of Bath, was presented with a
| $50 cane by his employees, on Tuesday evening
| last.
John Ripley of Bath enters his Tooth year
May Sth
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Joseph Newell Neptune, Governor of the
Passamaquoddy trade of Indians, lives at Dan
forth just back of the depot of the A. & N A.
r. on the shore of the Baskahegan, which
name he says means in Indian, turning sire am
that is. as understood, many undoings and
turning in stream He is an Indian Of some
63 years of age, and has lived at Danforth fif
| teen years; has a family of children, and grand.
children. There is no Lieutenant Governor,
| but one will be chosen this summer.
YORK COUNTY.
Mr.. Walcott, of the Commonwealth, Boston
has leased the Ocean House at Old Orchard
Beach
Press Correspondence
Parsonsfeld Seminary, the well-known in.
sttution founded by the Free Will Baptists in
1888, is to be converted into free high school
under the provisions of the act passed last win.
| ter. He !. :
The inhabitants of Cornish village have beer
| at war about a certain shop owned
by well-known retired MERCHANT q
that place. The building was placed across {
| road supposed to be town property but which
the merchant claims as his own. On the 28tl
ult. it was burned to the ground by some Of
| the citizens who had faith in that method n
settling the difficulty Its We lue was about
$500.
The Cornish Farmers Club are inaucuratins
a movement for an agricultural show to b.
given BY the farmers of the Osppee towns SOM
time during the month of October A trottin.
park is nearly completed and will be opened
July 4th.
About fifty men are employed in the carriao
manufactures at Dams Mills, Newfeld ,-25
carriages consisting of Iver's, Concord ant
Beach wagons and top buggies, have alread
been turned out this season. Their market j
Massachusetts,. The bulk of the business i
done by the well-known establishment of j
W. Murphy
Clifford Brothers have recently opened IL larg
and well-stocked variety store at Dams Mills
Large quantities of ship timber have been Gu
during the past season in the woods of Alfre
and WATERFORD and hauled to Kennebunk
This is the first winter since 1861 that any shil
timber has been cut in these towns.
Alonzo Leavitt is about making large addi
tion to his clothing establishment at Alfred. III
now gives employment to over 500 people i
Alfred and the neighboring towns.
The new jail at Alfred has now eleven occr
pants. Mr.. G. Bennett has been appointe
jallor by the sheriff, and enters upon his dutie
to-day.
The following, dated I720 was recently copie
from the early court records of York county :
Jeremiah Moulton, Esq, high sheriff for S
county, presented his acct amounting in y
whole to ye sum of 5 pounds, 2 shllings, ft
executing Joseph Quason. as per I'd acct. O
file, which was read and accepted and ordere
that ye sum of pounds, 2 shillings be paid OIL
Of ye county Treasury to ye said Jeremia
Moulton in full discharge thereof.