The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01
STATE NEWS.
ANnRoscoGG1S conNrY.

ANDROSCoGGIN COUNTY.
A man named John Carle was arrested in
Boston Saturday for robbng man named
Peary of $27, while the latter was asleep in a
stable in Lewiston. Carle was taken to Lew
istOn Monday.
The Lewiston Journal says the jewelry store
of H. f. Ramsdell, No. 81 Lisbon street, was
entered between half-past five and seven O clock
Thursday afternoon, and as it is stated by Mr..
R., valuables to the amount of about $500,
with 1925 in cash taken.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
(From our Hodgdon Correspondent
Mr. Benz Nickerson of West Limerick, is
considered dangerously sick, and not expected
to recover.
Lumbermen fear there will be lack of wa
ter for driving, as there is SO little snow now
in the woods. A great number of teams came
out last week,
A number of men are buying hay in Houlton
to press, and it is about one dollar higher.
Potatoes 45 to 80, oats 65, railroad sleepers
have brought only l8 cents
There are large quantities of ship knees sent
away on the cars, some juniper timber, and
probably more in years to come if ship-building
continues good.
Large quantities of hoops are now made in
all sections around. In Danforth great
amount OF fiat hoops are got out OF ash butts,
put up in bundles and sent to market. The
railroad has brought many things to be valu-
able which were, few years since, considered
worthless.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mayor Grant, the Republican candidate for
Mayor of Ellsworth was, on Monday, elected
by majority of seventy over Geo. A. Parcher,
Citizens and Democratic candidate.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
City Marshal Siphers of Gardiner, notified
all saloon keepers, hotel propretors and others,
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premises, after Friduy March 9th. He states
his determination to use every endeavOr to
have the law strictly and impartially enforced
hereafter
The house of Capt. A. Rich of Farmingdale,
came near destruction by fire on Wednesday
| last; but by the prompt assistance of a score
! or two of men working on the ice in the imme-
| diate vicinity, the fire was subdued, but not
until considerable damage was done to the
| premises.
| Lester Emery, boy about IA, son of John
| Emery of N. Vassalboro', was cleansing a
| hOgshead by using steam forced from his faith
ers engine, when one of the heads Of the cask
| was forced out, the steam striking him on the
fore part of the legs, scalding him in such a
| manner that when he pulled up his pants the
skin cleaved eff in bunch from below the
knee almost to the hip joint,
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
A fire broke out at Lincoln Centre Sunday
night and consumed five buildings They were
Nelson Jordahs store, Stetson's saloon, George
Heald's house and barn, and an adjoining
stable. The loss is three thousand dollars. Par
TALLY insured.
Mr.. George Hoskins died at Oldtown, Mon
day morning, at tn, residence of hiss father.
His death was very sudden as he has been out
every day and his health was supposed to be
good.
Sunday evening. in saloon at Oldtown, two
iynfo r
parently without any cause, drew a knife and
plunged it into the left breast of the other. The
wound received was not as serious as at first
| supposed but it created considerable excite
| ment for short time.
AT the instance of j. f. Merrill, Elijah
smith and eight other citizens of Bangor, an
| injunction has been served upon the Mayor of
Bangor to prevent the payment of $1,000 voted
| by the City Council to the Trustees of the
Maine State Agricultural Society, to make up
the loss sustained by holding the Fair in that
city last year. A bearing upon the injunction
is to be had next Tuesday
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
A daughter of Mr.. Josiah Allen of Sanger
vile, about fourteen years of age. drank, on
Thursday forenoon, bottle of 'tBlue Com
pound. preparation used for coloring, COM
posed of indigo and suphuric acid Proper
remedies were administered and it is thought
the girls life will be saved.
(From our Monson Correspondent
The question is often asked, will the slate
quarries at Monson ever pay? To answer the
question, will give you statement of one
days work done last week in the Hebron Pond
quarry. Twelve men (eight spitters and four
cutters) manufactured in one day 81 SOU uares
and 16 feet of roofing Slrte. The work was all
done by hand. The blocks of slate were taken
by the workmen just as they came out of the
"pit." This slate is worth at the quarry $5.25
per square, amounting to some $500, The
whole cost of running the quarry for the day
was little less than $45 leaving a clear profit
of $275. H. w. F. Carter is Superintendent
and Thomas j. Williams head man. The
whole force is about 20 men.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A building Oh the corner of Union Mills and
Perry Point streets, Calais, near the railroad
crossing, the lower floor of which was occupied
by Mr., II. HI. Grant as grocery and confec-
tionery store, and the second story as a dwell
ing by young married man by the name ef
Downey, was destroyed by fire March 9th.
Mr. Jones c. Haycock. one of the Oldest and
most respected citizens of Calais, died at his
residence in that city on the oath of March, af-
ter three or four weeks sickness He went to
Calais from JOnesboro, where he was born,
when Calais was comparatively wilderness,
and bas resided there ever since.
YORK COUNTY.
The new iron railroad bridge across the Saco
at Biddeford. was tested Monday and found to
be very satisfactory King of this city took
photographs of it.
Capt. Ethan A. Lock of Kittery, an employe
in the Department of Construction, was on
Saturday badly injured by a cask of white lead
rolling against his leg, though fortunately no