The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-03
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGG1N COUNTY.
gentleman having occasion to dig in an
open held in Auburn, reports that there was
not an inch of frost in the ground Three feet
of snow are indeed warm blanket to mother
Earth, If such weather as this doesn't give old
mother Earth tine chills.
ARoOsToOK COUNTY.
The educational people of South Aroostook,
at meeting recently held in Hodgdon, passed
t opposed to the present district sys-
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
ofrih nan, Esq, of New VINEYARD, has
raised the past season, from ia acros 11o bnsh
els of oats; and from two acres, 81 bushels of
wheat If any one has done better. we sbopid
like to hear from them"
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal says that "a grand re-
union of the Portland and Kennebec and Maine
Central employees occurred at Augusta, We'd
nesday evening. A fine banquet was prepared
and about $50 sat down to the tables. Hon. A.
r. Morrill,, ex-President of the NJ. c. road, pre-
men.
The Rockland Free Press saws that course of
eight popular lectures under the auspices of
| the Universalst S. S. School of that city, will
commence on Tuesday evening, Jan. 21st, the
| closing lecture to be given March II.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
| No IeuODSeOG Agricultural society has call
| ed Farmers Convention at Bangor, the 14th
| inst
The law partnership of Barker Il Plummer,
| in Bangor, has been dissolved. Hon. Lewis
Barker continues.
A post office has been established at North
Lee, and Albert x. Lewis appointe post mas
| ter.
Mr. David A. Garland of Bangor, raised last
| year upon l 34 acres of land 800 bushels of
onions, which he sold for $500, four tons of car
| rots, sold for 800, seven tons of squash, sold
for $3.50; making $3.50 from "a acres OF
land
There have been sent from Danforth Station
during the month of December, /, 400 sheep and
100 cattle, and during the three preceding
months, 600 sheep and 800 cattle, averaging
Z,OOO sheep and 300 cattle per month. These
are brought from the upper part of Maine and
the Provinces.
I-- WALDO COUNTY. 49,
Chief Justice Appleton presides at the s. j.
Court which will sit in Belfast next Tuesday.
The Belfast Journal says that that young
man OF that city recently objected to the atten-
ton paid to his sister by suffer, and endeav-
ored to dissuade the young man from coming
any more, but sadly repented when the afore
said lover kept up his end of the argument by
the use of knife. The injured brother thinks
by letting his hair grow long the top of his ear
won't be much missed.
On Friday, says the Belfast Journal as the
down train with six car loads of freight ant
two engines, was rounding curve beyond the
Wescott stream bridges, the spikes ard bolts
that held the outer rail gave way, the tracl
spread, and the whole train except the engines
went off the track. One of the cars loaded
| with barrel heading, was stove into kindline
, wood. = rA afttt tt- tA-
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Machias Union says that s. D. Leavitt
ESQ.,, at Eastport. recently lost two children
} 1t seems that Mrs. Leavitt was visiting il
} Massachusetts when her children were taker
sick. one dying two or three days before the
other. lrH
The Union says that prior to 1866 it is doubt
full if Machias bought goods of Portland to tn,
amount of $1,000 year. The freight bills O
the steamer Lewiston for the town of Macbias
for the year 1872, was 50, 500 This does not in
clude East Machias, Machiasport or Whitney
vile.
| Lumbermen in the woods are having har
time. The snow is deep and frost in tn
| ground.
Machias has 80 stores and shops They bu
! and sell half million of merchandise yearly.
| - - q YORK COUNTY. lNL -
Frank Shapleigh, the well-known painter,
son OF Lebanon gentleman, has just finished
fine picture of Greene Hill and Black Rock
in North Cohasset Mass.
The Times says that Mrs. James W. Little
held OF Saco, was very pleasantly surprised tx
receive ON New Years day silver service from
her friends of the Congregational Society," Saco
she Is a member OF the choir of that church.