The Portland daily press., 1874-10-28
STATE NEWS.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

Our correspondent s'Zeta" writes that the
friends of Mr.. +. N. Jordan, the well known
station agent Of the G. T. R. R. at Pownal, and
who was recently married to Miss Nettie Morse,
paid the couple visit on Monday evening &C
cOmpsnied by band of musicians. There was
supper, music, and congratulations, making the
occasion one of great pleasure.
The Yarmouth Light Infantry, which was
organized abouta month ago, paraded Mon
day evening and made. fine show. The
The officers are G. A. Libby, Captain: A. G.
Goodwin and j. G. Chase, Lisutenants-all of
whom saw service in the late war. tAmong the
honorary members are Hon. Charles Humph-
req DR.. J. M. Bates Major B. Storer, Captain
Samuel Baker and Capt. Richard Harding.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
Among the fifteen indictments returned to
the Supreme Judicial Court for Kennebec coun-
ty, is one against the A. & w. Sprague Manu-
featuring Company who are indicted for failure
to maintain fishway at the Augusta dam
from Sept 1, 1874, to the present time. 1t is
not believed the Indictment will hold, the prop
erty having been transferred to trustee before
the service of the notice.
As two youngsters, about twelve or fourteen
years old, sons of Wyman Hanson and G. V.
Webster, of Winthrop, were out cunning in
the woods, the Webster boy being in advance,
and the Hanson boy carrying his gun over his
shoulder with the muzzle forward, the lock of
.
blowing the third finger of the Hanson boy on
the left hand to atoms, and at the same tim 9
lodging large number of shot in the Webster
boys back and legs.
F. Kempton's Office in Winthrop was entered
some time during Friday night last, and part
of his library and certain papers carried away
and putiinto the stream, where they were found
Saturday morning.
The seventh annual Sabbath School Conven-
ton of the state will meet with the Methodists
at Winthrop village Wednesday, continuing
through Thursday, Nov. 4th and 9Th The CON-
yenten is to Be opened By Paper The Sab
Of East Winthrop; another paper during the
meeting by Rev. Mr.. Penney Of Augusta. Rev.
Smith Baker Of Lowell, Mass, will be present.
In the flowage case of Elias Plimpton vs..
Robert FL. Gardner ct ais, trustees, which has
been on trial several days before Chief Justice
Appleton at Augusta, the Jury brought in YER
ages to the amount Of $65O.27 The result of
this verdict has been looked forward to with
much interest, as on it hinges other suits of a
similar character, which will now be brought,
involving damages in considerable amount
YORK COUNTY.
Much interest is manifested in the court-mar-
tial ordered by the Navy Department to assem-
BILE at the Kittery naval station, for the trial of
Capt. Richard Renshaw of the Ticonderoga, for
sending file of marines to compel the sur
geons in charge of a hospital at Pensacola to
receive a number of yellow fever patients taken
from on board that ship. And it is hoped that
at last all the facts regarding this case, about
which so much has been said, will be brought
out.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The store of A. Freeman, at Milford, was
broken into Sunday night aud about $3.50 in
| money and goods were stolen, and young man
who used to live in the place is suspected.
By the fall of platform on which coal was
| being landed from schooner at Bangor, Mon
| day, James Judge had the left leg badly cut
and mangled, and James Campbell several ribs
| broken.
| An association for encouragement and i'm
provement in horticulture has recently been
formed in Orono.
| F. M Laughton Of Bangor, Grand Master OF
| the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Maine, in
stituted Crescent lodge at North Lowell on the
10th. Eight charter members and twelve in
itiated start this lodge with twenty. The pub.
lie installation took place in the afternoon
Miss Sarah King of Bradford, while return
| ing from North Bradford on Friday last. was
thrown from her carriage and dangerously in
| jured.
WALDO COUNTY.
| A son of the Rev. s. s. Hanscom of Searsport
was seriously injured on Saturday while hand
ling loaded gnn.
ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Kidder died in Lvermore Sunday at
the age OF lob years. She was the oldest person
in the county.
Higgins and Lawler, who have been under
| charged with the murder of James Barlow
have been committed to Jail to await their trial
| at the January term of the Supreme Judicial
Court.