The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-23
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

aNOhOoCOO0lN COONII.
Dr. Trask, convicted Of manslaughter in
causing the death of child by neglect, was
fined $500 by Judge Danforth, which he paid.
The Supreme Court adjourned Thursday.
N. c. Estes and wife, of Auburn, have been
held for perjury in swearing falsely IN two
divorce cases to which they were the parties
The French Canadians have opened a reading
room in Lewiston.
About mile of rails has been laid on the
Lewiston and Auburn railroad.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The News says an estimable lady of Naples
attempted suicide by drowning last Sabbath.
She threw herself into the water, but her dress
buoyed her up untillher dog came to the rescue
and dragged her out The water seems to have
freed her from her arrangement and she was
willing to be rescued.
Thursday morning all the members of the
Junior class Of Bowdoin College were suspend
ed for continued opposition to the drill. They
were not allowed to leave town, but await the
orders of the President of the institution.
A committee of Eastern railroad men were in
Scarboro Thursday to estimate the amount of
damages to property recently burned over by
fires along the line of their railroad.
KKNNBBEo COUNTY.
The work of fitting !up the chapel of the
Insane Hospital, for the use of the patients, has
been commenced.
hNOA COONIIs
Edward Wooster. son of John Wooster of
Hope, about Is years old, disappeared Wednes-
day, and about the whole town turned out and
searched the woods and dragged the ponds, but
no Edward. Suddenly it was discovered that
quite sum of money and two suits of clothes
were missing and the disguised citizens ceased
hunting.
LINCOLN COUNTY
Mr.. William Nash, of Waldoboro', was
severely jammed q few days since He lies in
critical condition.
OXFORD COUNTY
Last week while man named Blake with
bis wife were moving his household goods from
Oxford to Hebron, bridge which they were
crossing with load Of furniture, gave way and
Mrs. Blake was precipitated to the stream be-
low, beneath the load, and taken out dead.
The divorce suit of Lucy j. Burse VS.. j. NJ
Burse, which attracted considerable attention
in Oxford County in 1873, has been decided in
Brooklyn in favor of the libellant.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The house of Columbus Boswell in Etna,
occupied by Mr.. P, G. Kimball, was destroyed
by fire Thursday afternoon with most of its
contents. Loss on the house 81 800.
n, The Crusaders held a meeting in Bangor
Thursday evening. Miss Lord and Mrs Dun
ham read poems. Quite number signed the
pledge 80
Friday little daughter of Mr.. George W.
Pope, of Brewer village, fell on a darning
needle, which buried itself in her thigh so deep
that the services of surgeon were required to
extract it.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Sagadahoc District Lodge of Good
Templars held its regular quarterly meeting in
Richmond on Thursday. The name of Saga
dahoc County Lodge was changed to Sagadahoc
District Lodge The Lodges of Brunswick.
Harpswel, West Harpswell and Westport are
included in Sagadahoc district.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Work on the Somerset railroad will be re-
sumed very soon, and it is expected that it will
eight miles from its present terminus, by the
first of November.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Charles B. Rounds, of Calais, delivers the
grafton and Rev. A. j. Lockhart, of Pembroke,
the poem at the latter Town on Decoration Day.
The procession will consist of the soldiers and
sailors who served in the war, Masons Sons of
representing the States of the Union.
A bear was shot in trap at Perry recently.
which weighed 500 lbs.
Herbert M. Heath will deliver the grafton at
East Machias on Decoration Day.
YORK COUNTY.
A little daughter of John Kicker of Timar;ol
was burned fatally last week. She was nlavina
near brush fire, when her clothes took frol
She with her brother ran nearly quarter of 3
mile and threw themselves into a pond. but
she was so badly burned that she soon died.
Robert Smith, a well known ship owner of
Kennebunk, is likely to lose the sight of his eve
from blow from limb of tree which he
was cutting. no
Hon. Ferguson Haines has about eighteen
hundred tons of ice in his house near The
Boom" in Saco. The ice has been sold to tbo
Mutual Benefit Co., of New York." and il to
be delivered the coming Fall w
A convention of York County Sunday School
teachers is in session at Saco.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The Earl Slate Quarry Company of Dover
and Foxcroft was organized on Wednesdav
last with Hon. A. NJ Robinson as President
and M. w. Hall Secretary and Treasurer.