The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-12-23
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Journal says Frank Sawtelle of South
out cunning on Friday, and in firing his gun
BURST His left wrist and arm were severely
burned and lacerated.
Mrs. w. +. johnson of Livermore, while on
visit to her daughter at West Pennington
last FRIDAY, was attacked with paralysis from
which she died in a few minutes, as we learn
from the Lewiston Journal.
Two scholars in school in Greene interfered
while the teacher was attempting to punish
scholar for some misdemeauOr, and attempted
t, fog the master. They were arrested and
taken before the Municipal Court at Lewiston
and fined $40 each, says the Journal.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A mau who advertised his wife in the COL
umns of the Kennebec Journal. as having left
his bed and board, and forbdding parties to
trust her, relented after two or three insertions
of the advertisement and ordered that il be
withdrawn. He and his other half had 'smade
up"
Friend Eli Jones, has gone to Oldtown, to
hold series of meetings with the Penobscot
tribe of Indians.
KNOX COUNTY.
A bay horse and grocery wagon belonging to
Aurelia Young of Rockland, was stolen at
Camden Friday evening. AS yet there is no
clue to the thief. The horse was valued at 5000.
OXFORD COUNTY.
A Lowell correspondent says Seth Stewart of
Fryeburg, raised and sold to Mr.. Barnes Walk
er of that village, one hundred and twenty five
young turkies, whose aggregate weight was
1853 pounds, or an average of little more than
mne and one quarter pounds each.
LAUNDERING of all kinds is being carried on to
a greater extent than ever before in this Sec
ton, and teams to and from the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad are thick and busy.
The P. & o. will be built through the mount
aims and Portland will get the lions share of
the business.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says report is current that DUR
ing recent bloody fight at or near Chesuncook
Lake, Frenchman named Thomas Gerauda
was fatally stabbed.
The Wing says parties from this State are in
Boston procuring subscriptions to the stock of
a new steamboat company. They propose a
daily line between Boston and Bangor, one
steamer to leave each port at o'clock p. M,
making the run without landing in fourteen
hours.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
There are thirteen prisoness in the Jail at
Machias, but only one of them is to 60 be fore
the Supreme Judicial Court.
YORK COUNTY
Lewis B Gerrish of Lebanon, has been APP
pointed clerk at the Kittery navy yard, in place
of W. H. Hammond.
The school house in district No in Water
ford, was burned to the ground one night last
week. The fire took from imperfect connec-
ton between the stove pipe and chimney.
In Saco Saturday night Mrs. McCullock over
turned and broke kerosene lamp, the oil of
which ignited and set fire to the table and Gre
ated general alarm of fire. The flames were
soon extinguished and not much damage was
done.
IN GENERAL.
Patent were issued to the following citizens
of Maine during the week ending December ID
L. Merrill, Portland, combined ruler and blot
ter; e. c. Often, Portland, safety attachment
for car trucks; G. B. Conant. Lewiston, burn
Usher for photographs; j. Patterson, Bangor,
bride blind.