The Portland daily press., 1873-04-19
STATE NEWS.

7 ARooSrOoK COUNTY.
Lyndon is to have two new School-houses,
one to cost 500, the other $4,000.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The medical clinics will be resumed at Bruins
wick Saturday morning.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
In Industry, a workman in the saw mill of
Oliver Waugh & Son at Aliens mills had his
hand caught in circular Aw cutting off one
finger and mangling the other badly,
Sandy river is nearly free from ice
Pennington is to have Cornet Band. ST.
05O having been subscribed by the citizens for
that purpose.
KNOX COUNTY.
A butter fly was seen in -Rockland on the
11th inst, rejoicing the hearts of the citizens.
Mr.. Young, City Marshal of Rockland, has
resigned and B. P. Bracket elected in his place.
Eli Bickmore and others are building large
wharf at Friendship Harbor.
The knights of Pythias are to have an or.
ganization in Rockland.
Three hundred and forty-six years aggregate
the age OF four citizens of Rockland.
The Second Baptist Church of Rockland is
undergoing repairs
Rockland has a sensation in the shape of a
mysterious bunch of keys
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The water in the Kennebec river is subsiding.
The ice above the dam is broken up.
Col. T. NJ. Drew, United States Pension
Agent at Augusta paid out for the quarter end
ing March 31st, $102,215 Al. Twelve widows
were pensioncd on account of service of their
husbands in the Revolutionary war.
Building operations will be quite extensive in
Augusta the coming season.
Augusta boasts man who was born in 1776,
and has SOC II years old.
Several land slides on clay land occurred
along the Kennebcc the past week. No great
damage has resulted.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Editor of the Norway Advertiser is hap
py over box of maple sugar, the first of the
season.
A boy ten years old in Norway the past win
ter hauled 40 cords of wood up hill 150 rods
with a pair of one year old steers
Rev. VIM. n. Bolster lectured in South Paris
last week on Woman Suffrage.
The Congregational Church in Oxford is he.
ing repaired outside
One set OF the machinery for manufacturing
shoe pegs, owned by B. F. Sturteyant Of OYe
ford, has been moved to Bethel.
The Monitor mills at Welchville have beer
obliged to shut down for few weeks on ac-
count of high water.
OXFORD COUNTY
In Buckfield, the people are divided as to the
best method Of repairing the highways and
much feeling exists.
S. R. Newell, register of deeds for Oxford
County, is recovering from severe illness. =
Miss Annette Hutchinson has been appointed
his clerk, and is at present, acting register.
Mr.. S. B. Locke has delivered to the railroad
1000 cords of wood the past winter,
PENoBscoT COUNTY. a
James T. Hathorne, has been appointed in
specting engineer, with general charge of tho
engines on the Sanford steamer.
A fiend in human shape put quantity of
powder in the furnace of the Baptist Church at
East Corinth, last week, On Sunday morning,
there was an explosion that startled the neigh
borhoOd.
The picture of the trotting mare "Jack," by
Leighton, of Portland, is on exhibition al
Bangor, and attracts much attention.
Edward Gulliver Of Bangor, was badly bruis-
ed by being thrown from his wagon, which col
lided with coach.
Norombega Lodge, knights Of Pythias OF
Bangor, are arranging for grand ball, to come
of on the Oath inst.