The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-09
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoee1N COUNTY.

The Journal says Mrs. o. r. Davis, of Au-
burn. has Night-Blooming Cereus which
of gentlemen and ladies dropped in to see the
rare and beautiful flower.
The Directors of the Lewiston & Auburn
Railroad have been over the line, and express
satisfaction with the manner in which the work
is going forward The grading is nearly COM
p!eted to the Little River, and will be all done
in few weeks. The Directors say the road
will be ready for running before winter.
The corn packing establishment of Messrs.
Burnham and Morrill, at MinOt Corner is nearly
fitted for work. They will commence packing
about Aug. 25the, and will employ from l00 to
$50 hands, the present season, increasing the
force from year to year.
Mr.. John Fl. Aver of Minot Corner has been
selected to take charge of the thoroughbred
stallion Sherrod. This is one of the finest bred
horses ever brought into this State. He will
make a season at Minot, ending Oct st, 1873.
The number of cases of boots and shoes ship
ped from Auburn and Lewiston, for the week
ending Wednesday, amount to ,43O cases.
The public schools at Lewiston reopen Aug.
18th. Miss Abby NJ. Stone, of Livermore
Falls, has been appointed assistant in the High
School, vice Miss Gilman, resigned.
Water will be let on in the new canal of the
Little Androscoggin Water Power Company in
few days. The canal is about four hundred
feet long. The bottom is laid. and the sides
are pointed. with cement. The work has been
thoroughly done, under the supervision OF Mr..
Peaslee, the agent of Barker MILL
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
A broom-handle mill is to be started on the
Little Madawaska by Arnold, Dwinal & Co.
The yield of nay in this county the present
season is unusually large.
Fl. G. Sleeper has established a cOrnbroom
factory at Sherman Mills.
The New Sweden mail is carried from Carl
bou, distance of eight miles, by woman.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The News says that a new mill building is
being put up by the Pondicherry Company at
Bridgton on the grist-mil privilege.
Thomas Sykes died suddenly at Bridgton on
Sunday.
Mrs. j. B. Larkin, of South Harrison, in
jured her arm by well windlass, few days
since, SO as to render it useless.
A son of Mr.. Seth Kneeland, of Bridgton
cut his hand in shocking manner while shar-
pening his scythe some two weeks ago.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Augusta Water Company find plenty of
takers
Hannah Holmes, the woman who escaped
from the Insane Hospital in that city, was
found Wednesday on the premises OF John
Sturgess, ESQ.,, in Vassalboro.
KNOX COUNTY.
improvements have been made at the Lynue
House, ROckland.
At game of base ball played between the
Pastimes of Belfast and the Chickawaukie club
of Rockland, Friday, the Pastmes won, rs TO 4.
A first-class hotel is to be erected at Owls
Head Harbor, by Boston gentleman.
pENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that the crew of the wrecked
Portuguese brig were engaged Wednesday IN
stripping the copper from her bottom She will
be beached at Crosby's yard in Brewer and
broken up.
The temporary bridge which has been under
process of construction at Milford where the
terrible disaster recently occurred, was passed
over for the first time Wednesday evening by
the passenger train from St. John. This will
obviate the necessity of any delay for the pur-
pese of transferring passengers and freight.
Officers j. r. Hammond and James r. Wood
of Boston were bound over at Bangor, on
Thursday, in the sum of $4,000, for the alleged
false imprisonment of two men whom they had
arrested for an alleged murderous assault COM
mitted in Boston, the complainants having been
previously before the Police Court on writ OF
habeas corpus aud discharged. Damages are
set at 81, 900 in each case.
Mr.. E. FL. Hamlin, who graduated at the
State College, Orono, this W eek, is to remain as
ah assistant in the department of engineering
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The Observer says that Commissioner Still
well of Bangor, accompanied by Prof. Baird
and gentlemen of New England Commission of
Fisheries. will visit Sebec Lake to examine into
the facilities for Matching land-locked salmon
in that locality, this week.
The telegraph wires are in operation between
Dover and Dexter
A horse trot will come off at the Piscatiquis
Central Park Tuesday. Premiums, $780,
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The eighth session of the State Dental Society
will meet at Skowhegan, August 10Th.
Typhoid fevers prevail at Skowhegan.
A. Buker of St, Adams was thrown from a
carriage July I'D and badly injured.
Samuel w. Coburn, well known citizen of
Skowhegan and brother of ex-Gov. Co ,urn, died
last Wednesday.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
d. w. Rollins of Wesley was stopped by
highwayman one night last week, but by put
ting the whip to his horse he saved his pocket
book.
twelve assistants are surveying the route in the
vicinity of Dennysville. So says the Sentinel
YORK COUNTY.
A small boy was run over in Biddeford Fri
day by the circus teams.
Another large hotel is to be erected at Old
Orchard Beach this season.
Biddeford folks complain of burglars being
too plenty.
The following patents have been issued to
Maine citizens: E. W. Barker, Portland. car
coupling; w. S. Jones, Damariscotta Mills.
railroad-car stove; G. M. Stevens, Portland.
miter-box.