The Portland daily press., 1874-09-11
STATE NEWS.
ANnRoscoea1N COUNTY


Marshal Noyes seized, at the Lewiston and
Auburn depot, Monday, trunk containing
two five gallon kegs of liquor. Before the Ii
quor could be removed man named Wallace
Evans came in and claimed it, He was prompt
y arrested and with the kegs taken to the sta
tlsn The same evening two men named Rich
ards visited the lookup and claimed the fluid.
Richards formerly lived in this city.
The shoe mandatory of M. Crafts s. Co.,
in Lewiston; was entered last Sabbath. Moth
ing was carried away and mischief seems to
i".' :, 49,, the only object of the burglars.
trouble in Boston for throwing rnnnes ;nte "a .
woman's eyes and then robbing her.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The old toll-bridge at Jay is to be rebuilt, and
work commenced on Monday. 1t is now own
ed by the town, and will be used hereafter as
free bridge.
The school house in district No 10, Wilton,
was slightly damaged by fire last week.
The New Vineyard cattle show and fair will
be held on the Society's grounds at the Mills
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 18th and
Both.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Shooner FleetwiDg, owned by Messrs Cool
idge of Lawrence, and commanded by Captain
Bowden, sailed from the Grand Banks, ne arly
three weeks since, in company with several 9TH
er homeward bound vessels. Since then notI-
ing has been heard of her, and 1t is feared che
is lost. The other vessels arrived ten days ago
There was slight fire at Ellsworth Tuesday
last, caused by the bursting of q kerosene
lamp. The damage was not large.
Samuel button, deputy collector at Els
worth, died the 2Sth.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
press Correspondence
The Nonantum Fire Co. Of Newton, Mass.
numbering % men, arrived in Waterville We'd
nesday morning, accompanied by the Newton
Band OF 2o pieces. AT 10 a m. a procession
was formed consisting of the two companies of
Waterv!e and their guests, which marched
through the principal streets, escorted by the
Watervle Brass Band. In the evening
grand ball was given in honor of the visitors.
KNOX COUNTY.
Two stores were broken open in Rockland.
Tuesday night, and robbed of some S75 in
money.
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
Charles r. Harmon of Unity, about II years
old, while at play with lad in Winn, Friday,
was pushed from a platform and broke his
wrist.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mr.. Cyrus Athearn of Stark, shot porcu-
pine in that town last week.
A young son of Mr.. Thomasl Bracket of
Stark, met with painful accident last Tues
day, while at play with his brothers, by stick
ing the point Of a iacknife into his eve lust
above the pupil. They are in hopes to save the
eye, but it is doubtful.
w. w. Waugh narrowly escaped being gored
to death by bull, in Stark, Monday. AS it
was, he was rendered insensible and received
several severe wounds
WALDO COUNTY.
The fifth annual cattle show and fair of the
Waldo and Penobscot Agricultural Society will
take place on the grounds of the Monroe Trot-
ting Park, Wednesday and Thursday, October
9TH and Sth.
On Friday John Milliken, in making repairs
on Union street, Belfast, exhumed the skeleton
OF human being but few inches below the
surface of the street. Union street in that vi
einity runs through an ancient burying ground.
Mrs. Polly Light, very old woman, died in
Searsmont on the 9th inst. Her precise age is
unknown. She was born in the Dutch settle
ment which afterwards became Waldoboro',
several years prior to the revolutionary war;
but in what year she was never able to tell.
She claimed that she was married previous TO
the Dark day which she used to describe. This
was in 1880, and according to that she must
have been ten or twelve years old when the
revolutionary war commenced. For several
years she had been almost entirely helpless,
having lost most of her mental faculties
The annual fair of the Waldo Co. Agricul-
tural Society is to be held during the second
week of October next.