The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-11-15
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGG1N COUNTY.

ANDnOsCOdGlN COUNTY.
The Journal says the Webster wooden mill is
running On half time.
The Journal says it has been decided 10 start
up the new Barker cotton mill, in Auburn
Without delay, as soon as its machinery can be
put IN readiness, which will probably be within
three weeks, A hundred bales of cotton have
already been purchased for the u-e of tie mill.
The workman in charge of gang of men on
out-of doors work at FarwelPs Mill ia Lisbon.
mas wolBed out-of-doors aud his men with him,
every da, but six for the entire season, from
The spring to the present time
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Inc News says family of seven from Otis
nfid, Yorkshire county. England, with formi-
dapie stage freight of trunks, household goods
ana otnpr baggage, arrived in Bridgton the
other evening.
Inc News says six new looms, of the Davis
& Furher make have Just been nut int, the
Pondcherry Mills. These mills for The present
are running on three fourths time
The Hon. Seth Storer of Scarborough. ia the
Oldest graduate of Bowdon College ow living.
having graduated in 1897, 66 years ago.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle says that G.. l.. Heald Super
intendent of the Holt Scythe Factory. at vii
ton, who was injured Thursday week, by the
the funero. of both Mr.. Head and Mr.. Cheney
(the latter being killed almost instantly by the
same stone) occurred Sunday Both of the de-
ceased leave families.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Ninety-fve pupils have been in attendance
at the Castine Notmal School during the fall
term.
Col. A. W. Wildes and J. T. Anderson
esq. two of the Sta,e Railroad Commissioners,
haue been at Bucksport setting the location
OF the Bucksport and Bangor
Railroad, concerning which the citizens and
the company could not come to an agreement
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
John E. Page of Gardiner, last Wednesday,
was injured quite severely by being struck in
the back by the wheel of wagon
Mr.. Simon B. Norton, whose mysterious
disappearance" was chronicled Thursday. was
seen at Readfeld a few hours subsequ ut to his
departure from Gardiner. 1t is said that those
who best know him have no anxietylcouceruiug
his safety.
Rev. James A. Varney of North vassalboro',
met with very severe accident on Monday
afternoon, while teaming about his residence.
ne was using horse and heavy cart, and not
being able from some cause to control his
horse, was dragged between the wheels of the
cart and plow, and received such injury that he
tal ted and had to be carried into the house.
he is badly bruised about the bins and at last
accounts was suffering much PAIN.
OXFORD COUNTY.
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lumber IN Denmark the coming winter.
They think to organize grange in Buck
field.
The pay roll of the Norway shoe factory has
during the past season amounted to over two
thousand dollars a month. There has been
employed in the factory during the past season,
about seventy hands, who have cut and fitted
about one thousand cases. and made six hum
dred Cases OF sixty pairs each.
A case of mnrh inte root To he ,,,o,1;ooI foo,,1
ty has just occurred at Oxford, resulting in the
death of Mr. Geo. Holmes of suppression of
urine, lasting nine days lacking three hours,
the longest period reported in the medical
after day or two and during the last Of bis
LIE breathed only five times minute
PENoBscoT COUNTY
Bangor had a earthquake Thursday night
Mr.. All Lambert of Brewer, at work for ,Jor-
dan Brothers., at Veazie. had his right ha nd
mutliated by the saw of shingle machine
Thursday He lost one finger and the others
were badly mangled.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
Eight machines are now running at the Fox
croft spool factory. working one gross each a
day.
SOMERSET COUNTY
They amuse themselves at the Skowhecan
Post Office by counting the words on pcstal
car 8. Four hundred were found on one
C ard.
WALDO COUNTY,
Searsmont is to have a new cheese factory
the one built last spring having proved snc
cesstu 'N
YORK COUNTY.
Mn. Richard Palmer, well known citizen
of Buxton, dropped dead Friday morniuo Ha
has been troubled with heart difficulty for
several years. 'o'
The Journal says recently Lewis Bert TAYLOR
of North Berwick, went t. the house of .ioshua
Ltttletield while iutoxcated, and dem1nded
his wife to 90 away with him; whereupon the
husband interferei and attacked TAYLOR w;,b ~
bed rail, beat NJ him ~ severely. Onr in.
formant says that on Monday there were no
L. hopes of his recovery III
The Journal says Col. Bradbury, the leader
of the Congregational choir in Limerick vilIa%a
has served in this capacity for a coutinnons
period of fifty-thre years.
IN GENERAL.
The license of the Missouri Fire) Inspr,noo
Company TO do business in Maine, has been
revoked.