The Portland daily press., 1873-01-09
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Journal says that Lewiston has corps of
clothes line thieves
The Lewiston Jonrnal says TINT hay has been
selling at 1913 in that market this week Large
shipments out of the State have caused the ad-
vance. Tuesday the article was plentier, and
prices fell to $40
OF Lewiston, who lost an arm vile firing sa-
lutte upon the capture of Atlanta, has Just been
LETT the snug little sum of 81 800.
Rev. John Allen of camp meeting fame, has
prepared a lecture of "reminiscences of bis past
life which he is expected to deliver in Lewis
- - - =1-.- +t,a -fu1ry-Dul.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Pine is not extinct in this county. Messrs.
Duran and Winslow recently cut one in Casco
that scaled 1716 feet.
KENNBBEC COUNTY.
John Tierney, aged 81, of North Vassalboro',
died in a drunken fit at Lawrence Monday af-
ternOon. He went there week ago to attend
the funeral Of his sister and has been drunk
ever since.
The Kennebec Journal says that there are
now bnt six persons in Kennebec county jail, in
Augusta-the smallest number of inmates for
many years. Last year, the first of January,
there We're twenty eight inmates
PENoBscoT COUNTY
A correspondent of the Wing at Milo writes
that on New Years eve, three roughs of that
town assaulted young girl about fifteen wears
of age, forced her to inhale chloroform until
she was insensible, and taking her to an unoc-
cupied building committed horrible outrage
upon her person. After accomplishing their
horrible purpose, they left her insensible and
went away Upon heI regaining her conscious
ness she made her way home, when it was
found that her hands and feet were badly froz-
that the girl is suffering from the violence of
the ruffians and the effects of her exposure
while insensible for several hours to the in
tense cold, which froze both her hands and feet.
The Bangor police seized thirteen barrels of
liquors at the Maine Central station Tuesday
Frank Campbell of Bangor, fourteen years of
age, was sentenced Tuesday to the Reform
School during minority, for habitual truancy
PIsCATAoUIs COUNTY.
o. W. Davis, Jr., of Portland, and recently
from the coal and iron regions of Pennsylvania,
has acquired control of the Piscataquis Iron
Works-better known, perhaps, as the old Ka-
tahdin Works-and will at once make the nee
essary repairs and Improvements for the smelt-
ing of pig iron. The property comprises 5000
acres of land, about twelve miles northwest of
Brownville, with furnace, casting house, blow
ing machinery, large hotel, well known to
many of our readers as a favorite summer re-
sort, a number of dwelling houses, etc.
YORK COUNTY.
The Times says that up to noon Wednesday |
the average number for the second day of the |
term.
Sheriff Warren has appointed Horace j. Bean |
of Alfred, Crier for the Court for the next two |
years.
Assignments for trial into the fourth week of |
the term of Court have already been made.
The criminal business will come on the fourth
week.
Sunday, says the Times, some boys amused
Enemscfves- snowballing the house of one
Gouler. lie came out seized one named Mar
tia and threw him upon the sidewalk with such
violence as to confne him to the house. Gouier
has been arrested.
IN GENERAL.
There are nineteen large tanneries in Maine,
which use annually 10000 cords of bark. This
bark tans from 10000 to II 900 tons of leather
The average cost of the bark is $3.50 per cord,
and aggregating $4,000 annually. The leath-
er is generally tanned by the hundred or ton, fer
which $40 per ton is paid, and this costs $780,
MO. The FREIGHT on hides and lea thar oocfc cEn |