The Portland daily press., 1873-10-25

kENNEbEC COUNTf.
The Lewiston Journal correspondent saws the
effects of the panic are beginning to be severely
felt in Augusta. One large manufacturing firm
has been obliged to discharge large part of
their men for want of money to pay them,
though they have plenty of funds in the bank
but cannot draw them.
The Trustees of the Insane Hospital made
their annual inspection of that institution
Thursday There is an increase of patients
since the last inspection.
Edgar O. Pierce fell from the staging of a
new railroad bridge in Waterville, day or two
since, distance of fifteen feet, and struck on a
ledge in the river. The ledge was covered with
water, and that broke the fall and saved the
young mans life His hip was slightly injured
and leg SCARED.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Gazette saws Womans Suffrage Asso-
citation was formed in Rockland Monday 26
persons became members.
OXFORD COUNTY
(Rumford Correspondence
The Androscoggin river here rose rapidly af-
ter Mondays storm, so that at clock, D.. M.
Tuesday, it was some higher than in the great
freshet of seven years ago; Some say, higher
for miles were submerged from four to ten feet,
the fences badly demoralized. and the river
filled with logs and drift wood.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
John McCoombs, of Garland, was kicked in
the side by a horse on the Dist inst, breaking
two ribs and iniuring him otherwise
George r. Lancaster, Esq, of Bangor, re-
ceived dispatch Thursday announcing the
sudden death of his brother, John A. Lancas-
ter, at Oakland. CAL, on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Scott, of Islesboro, mate of schooner
Ella, which was lying at one of the E. & N. A.
wharves at Bangor, fell from aloft Thursday
morning and struck upon the pumps, breaking
several of his ribs and suffering severe bruises.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Times says on the til of July last Fred.
eric Bates, of Richmond, deceased, being at
the day of his death ole hundred and two years
three months and TWEEN ty one DAYS old. He
left five children, thirty-two grand children,
eighty-two great grand children, twelve great
great grand children.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The temporary injunction asked for by some
of the Maine Central stockholders to stop the
building of the new bridge at Waterville how
ing been denied by Judge Danforth the matter
now goes before .he regular term of the SUI
preme Court in December, at SkOwhegan, where
a hearing will be had for permanent injunc-
ton.
The Reporter says Warren Loomis, of Skew
hogan. last Tuesday had his leg broken from
the kick of horse. Dr. Wilbur redu ced the
fracture and he is now doing well.
On Tuesday last Jos, DO uen, of Skowhe-
gan, was tumbled down flight of stairs and
had a rib fractured and deep wound torn in
his lung. His case is considered very danger
ous
A female athlete of Skowhegan, in showing
gentleman visitor out of her house, kicked
him down a steep stairway and injured him SO
severely that for two or three days it was thought
that he would die
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Deputy Sheriff Smith, of Calais, had his arm
broken and his head badly injured, Wednesday,
by being thrown from his wagon.
The name of the brakeman who had his head
cut off at Woodstock, Tuesday night, by a N.
B. & G. locomotive, was Thomas Orr, and he
belonged in St. Stephen.
IN GENERAL.
Col Thorn has submitted to the Secretary of
War estimates for rivers and harbors in Maine
and New Hampshire as follows: Kennebec
river, Maine, $4,000; Portland, $4,000; PEN
obscot river, $4,000; Machias river, 1856 $780,
st. Croix river, $25.OO0 Camden harbor, $685.
900; Saco river, $4,000; New Hampshire, Mer
rimac river, 100000.