The Portland daily press., 1873-03-31
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal reports number Of
sudden cases of lung fever, and one fatal
case in Auburn.
Lewiston expects quite colony of English.
men now en- route from Liverpool
Wales, sold in that market last week carcass
of mutton weighing 100 pounds. The fleece
weighed "a pounds The fleece and mutton
sold for nineteen dollars-the mutton selling at
IA cents per pound.
An Auburn nimrod recently killed the tame
otter of Mr.. Clark of Danville Junction.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Last Wednesday evening the people of Har-
rison enjoyed an old folks concert and subse-
quently supper, at the Free Baptist church.
Naples, as a town, is out of debt, and 5000
better. Il.
Gen. Mattocks, says the Bridgton News, noti-
fies the people there that he is ready to pay the
j. Winslow Jones dividend.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Waterville Mail says that a little boy
had his hand badly bitten by a big dog, in the
street last week.
West Watervlle reports 90 runners last week
mostly of the oil and varnish persuasion.
The Hathaway church war in Wateryille
takes up some space in the Mail
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Sheriff Morse has issued notice notifying
those engaged in liquor selling that he proposes
to enforce the sheriff act of 1872.
The Lincoln County Agricultural Fair will
be held Sept. Both and Oct. 1st and ID The
place is not fixed yet. sss
The debt of Wiscasset is 1858, 92376.
FESs PENoBscoT COUNTY l
The Bangor Wing says that on Thursday
evening two unknown men attacked Joseph
Baker, a young man residing with Capt. Hor-
ace Atwood of Hampden, as he was returning
wallet and watch. They also pulled off one OF
his boots and threw it away, so he could not
find it, and then jumping into sleigh in which
confederate was waiting, they drove off.
Young Baker is lame and can i'll afford to lose
SO much, and we hope the authorities, who
have taken the matter in charge, will succeed
in capturing the rufians who robbed him.
A military company was organized in Dexter
about forty years ago, called the dexter
Rifles numbering fifty-fve men. One year
since there were still living forty-fve of the
original members of the company. Several
died during the past year, but about forty are
now living. This is a case of longevity worthy
of note.
Over 100 men are employed in grading the
road bed of the Bangor & Bucksport railroad,
between Mill Creek and Bucksport d,
A new time table has been adopted and addi-
tional trains have been put on the E. & A.
Railway. The night passenger train has been
replaced to St Johns, leaving Bangor at S1O
p. m.
stfft sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The celebrated Barnabee concert troupe will
appear in Bath Wednesday evening, April 10TH
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The SkowhegaE Reporter says that on Tues
day large dog belonging to Frederick Hoyt
sprung at a boy 10 or II years of age, son of
LlewellyD Herrin, and catching him in the face
the beast put one tooth in under the boys eye
and tore it out, making cash nearly two
inches in length. DR.. Snow dressed the
wound.
B. f. Kimball, ESQ.,, of North New Port
land, the Oldest merchant in town, died the ODD
of March. He had been in business in the
same store 26 years.
YORK COUNTY.
Sheriff Warren has been paying his respects
to Biddeford rumsellers. -
The Times says that Mrs. WEIGH Of Saco. has
brought suit against one Speers who keeps
saloon for an assault Mrs. WEIGH found her
erring husband in the saloon partially drunk.
and failing to persuade him to 60 home some
words followed between the lady and the pro-
prietor, who ordered her to leave which she do
clined to do until accompanied by her husband.
The gallant fellow then put her out, sprainng
her arm as she alleges.
A coroners jury in the case of Mrs. Carney.
who was found frozen to death near her house
in Berwick, found verdict that she died from