The Portland daily press., 1873-12-02
STATE NEWS.
ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY.
Auburn is shipping hay to Boston.
A young man had his wrist dislocated at the
Lewiston High School few days since by an
accident
The Journal says the Lewiston Steam Mill
Company is preparing to do an extensive bust
ness this winter in logging. in Livermore
this company this winter, of which three mil
lions will be put in above Berlin Falls, and one
million below that point.
A charitable society is to be organized at
Lewiston, under the laws of the State. 1t is
understood that a citizen of Lewiston offers to
lead off in gift of $4,000 to this society, when
established,
A son of Mr.. Charles Knowlton of Turner
about IL years OF age, was playing with gun,
at the residence of b. f. Bradbury of Auburn
last Thursday, and discharged it just as his sis.
ter girl of ten years, came TO the door, The
piece was loaded with bird shot, part of the
charge striking the child in the face, upon the
cheek and forehead, and one shot entering the
eye. 1t was but seven feet from where the
child was picked up to where the gun lay, and
grains of powder were blown into her face.
The injury is severe, but it is believed will not
prove fatal. The shooting was purely accident
al, says the Journal
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The house of Mr.. George Hartman of Or
land. was destroyed by fire early Saturday
morning MORN Nothing was saved, owing to the
swift progress OF the flames. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000; insured for $500.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Saturday afternoon there was a commotion
in t Winthrop Mills Co.'S wooden mill at
Winthrop, caused by the sudden bursting of
the boiler. Fortunately no lives were lost.
Ezekiel Bailey. an aged and highly esteemed
citizen of Winthrop, died very suddenly Sun
day evening. He had come in from the barn
and sat down in char and expired immedi-
ately. He was the father IF Moses and G. M.
Bailey, the celebrated oil cloth manufacturers.
A former patient came over one hundred
miles to attend the Thanksgiving party at the
Insane Asylum.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The harbor at Bangor was clear of vessels
Saturday, except those laid up for repairs on
the Brewer side.
A man who had just learn. d $40 worth of
three-card monte, applied for relief at the police
station in Bangor Saturday. He was rendered
unhappy by the thought that his instructor had
left town,
The steamer Katabdin broke her way through
the ice from Hampden to Bangor, Sunday.
The Penobscot County FaImers' Club will
meet ON Wednesday, Dec. 81, at the school
house in the first district in GIenburne
The ladies' fair, for the benefit of the Sisters
of Mercy, opened at Norombega Hall. Banror.
Saturday evening, under the most favorable
auspices. The fair will continue during the
week.
Mr.: c. A. Davis of Rockland, came near los
ing his life at Newport Saturday evening. while
attempting to get upon the train for Bangor.
The car had started and the platform being
slippery he fell between it and the train, six
Cars OF which went by MIN, tanning him
against the platform and cutting his head bad
~ and severely brusing his body and legs. He
was picked up in an insensible condition, but
train Sunday. mirning. at which time his
wounds were dressed, and he was getting along
comfortably that evening, says the Whig
SOMERSET COUNTY
Fairfield has voted to sell its toll-bridge,
house and land.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The saw mills in Machias have succumbed to
the snow and ice.
YORK COUNTY
During the gale of Nov. 18th the schooner
land, off Cape Porpoise. During the same gale
the schooner Lizzie Guptill, Snow, went ashore
on Green Island, off Cape Porpoise. They
were bound from Boston for Rockland. Not
outstanding the subsequent storm and severe
cold, they have been righted and successfully
launched by Ira Grant.
(Press espondence.)
Joseph Pollard of Alfred, sustained a frac-
ture of the leg Saturday while engaged in cut
IN GENERAL.
Gen. A. b. Squirting, formerly of this State,
but now in the Department of the Interior, Of
fered his services to the Governor of Maine. in
case of a war with Spain.