The Portland daily press., 1873-10-03
STATE NEWS.
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ARoOsTooK COUNTY.
The Supreme Judicial Court closed at Houl-
ton Tuesday, after three weeks session, Judge
Cutting presiding.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
William r. johnson of Harrison, who was
visiting at the house of his brother the Hon
Robert johnson at South Boston, hal his face
mouth ard throat severely burned on ,donday
by the contents of bottle OF ammonia acct
dentaiy thrown in his face.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The river has risen and the Ellsworth mills
arr again at work
The American says that few days ago
Michael Brady, a lad of twelve years. fell from
a cart loaded with wood, and the wheel passed
over one of his legs breaking and splntering
the bones.
The American says the house, barn and shed
of Billings Maddocks, at North Ellsworth with
their contents We're burned on Saturday last.
No insurance.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal avs the Winthrop
Mills Company of Winthrop are putting up
an addition to their factory. The whole cost of
building and machinery will be about $4,000
As Benjamin Frye of China, was feeding a
threshing machiue the other day his right hand
was caught aud every finger torn off.
KNOX COUNTY
The work of laying the foundation walls of
the new Custom House at Rockland began
Monday.
Rockland will soon be called upon to vote
upon the questioned aiding the Bay g. River
Railroad to the amount of her proportional
share of 100000 asked for from the Knox and
Lincoln towns, which will be S31, 1856 "a.
j. A Creighton having bought the Mccall
lum ship yard, in Thomaston, with other par
ties will build next year ship of 1900 tons.
Mr.. Edward O'Bren of Thomaston, will
build ship next season of about 1900 tons.
Great quantities of lime rock have been dis
covered on the Dodge farm in Thomaston.
Rockland will have balloon ascension We'd
nesday, Mr.. j. R. Allen of Providence, r. l.,
going up
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
A Mr.. Wilson. at work for j Walker & Co.,
at Basin Mills, Orono, lost the thumb of his
right hand at circular cutting-of saw Tues
day morning.
Bangor is to have city building 1874 feet long
and 80 feet wide.
Parties running land near Treats Falls. offer
to deed to the Bangor Water Power Company
such portion as may be necessary to make the
water power of the Penobscot available for
manufacturing purposes.
A Fair and Cattle Show will be held at Pat
ten Oct. 9Th.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The young man Kendall, who was shot at
Brownvlle while participating in a serenade
Saturday night, may possibly recover. The ex-
animation Of Merrill, who fired the shot, has
been postponed. Merrill tainted away when
brought before the justice
SOMERSET COUNTY.
David Ell. Carson, convicted of perjury, was
sentenced at Skowhegan Monday to three years
in State Prison.
The dwelling house of Mr. Warren Vose of
New Portland was destroyed By fire, with most
of its contents, Sunday afternoon, 21st ult Par
tally Insured.
The Chronicle says the airfeld people have
served an injunction on the Maine Central 10
restrain them from building a bridge at COLLEGE
Rips.
|. A little child of Frank Totten of Fairfield
was run over by team Saturday, but escaped
serious injuries.
The Chronicle says it is rumored that r. r
Dunn has negotiated lease of the new SOM
erset Railroad for the Boston & Maine. and
that the latter road will equip and run it.
The Pttsfeld brick yard has turned out G0o :
600 brick this season.
A French woman at work N the Fairf III
corn factory, earned one day last week S3.10
husking corn at five cents a bushel
One farmer in Fairfield has already sold corn
enough to fill 10000 cans; or q yield of 200o
cans per acre.
1t is reported that on Saturday night last one
Sanford Pennell, a n about thirty wears of
age, broke into the house occupied by Mrs
Smith, in Anson, and outraged her person. The
officers are in pursuit OF him, but up to Tines.
day night had not discovered his Whereabouts
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Three large vessels are ON the stocks at Co.
lumba Falls.
WALDO COUNTY.
j. S. Patterson of Belfast, reports seeing nor
tons of wreck just drifted ashore at Isle an
Haut, bearing the name of "Jane and Harriet"
At Searsport, Friday week, the dry goods
store of Clements & Adams, the hardware
store of A. 7. Quicby, and the store of j. n
Lane of Searsport, were entered by burglars
On the same night the millinery stores of j. G.
Lambert and Mrs. Hichborn of Stockton. wera
entered.
YORK COUNTY.
The Times says the store of L w. Stone e,
Co., of Biddeford, was entered Wednesday nipht
and a small sum of money stolen.