The Portland daily press., 1874-03-14
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGG1N COUNTY.

ANDhOSCOGGlN COUNTY.
The Journal says the shipments of boots and
shoes from Auburn and Lewiston the past
week have been 2, 167 cases. March 9Th, 1873,
1888 cases were shipped, and March 10Th, of
the same year z, 347 cases were sent, which are
the only times that shipments have exceeded
those of the past week. For the corresponding
week of last year the shipments were 2,O18
cases.
The Journal says within the last eight
J months Mr.. Franklin Witham of Turner, has
lost three children by scarlet fever. Clara died
July 9Th, Ezra G. March 1st and frankie
March 9th. The afflicted parents have one
little lame daughter left and she is confined to
her bed with the dread disease.
The Journal says Thursday afternoon Mr.. L.
Cummings OF Greene, attempted to cross the
railroad at Barker's Mills with heavy load of
wood just as the through freight from Bangor
was approaching When the runners struck
the track the sled cauIe to a stand still, and
the team could not start IL off. Mr. Cummings
had just time to unhitch when the train split
his sled into kindliug stuff and scattered the
the wood in all directions.
Eighteen prisoners are at work in the Au-
burn Jail workshop.
AT the annual town meeting in Lisbon a vote
was taken whether the liquor agency should be
abolished. The result was tie vote.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The Chronicle says that fellow calling him
self Thomas, arrested at Farmnet n last fall
on the charge of committing several robheries
was sentenced Saturday to five years in the
State Prison. He had stated that Thomas was
not his trne name and that his parents would
suffer most acutely by his disgrace, AMI when
his sentence was announced he "took on" DOW
ertully: 1t is ascertained that his name is Will
liam IL. Hamlin; he served in the I'd Maine
Cavalry, Company f., commanded by Captain
Stanley, formerly of Pennington. Monday
afternoon the prisoner was again taken into
Court when he made ''clean brest'' of it, and
IA wfscasssr Jan at one time for stealing, and
three months at another time for taking a boat,
rowing it across the river and leaving it; he
also deserted from the army. Judge Walton
recalled his sentence of Saturday and gave him
three years instead of five at hard labor in the
State Prison.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says Mrs. Betsy
Smith, an aged lady VINO lives with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Thomas Q. Wadley, at Belgrade, was
SO severely burnt by her clothes taking fire
on Tuesday that she died in a few hours.
A horse belonging to an Augusta citizen, by
some means got cast in the stable the other
night and its flesh was so badly la,erated and
eaten oy ferocious boar that had got loose in
kill the horse.
Sylvester Conant of Gushing was badly in
Jured Wednesday while choppiug wood. nv a
falling tree striking him on the head and shout
ders.
Alfred Watts launched in Thomaston
Thursday. the three-masted schooner Thomas
h. fliisbury, OF $40 tons old measurement,
owned by parties in Rockland and to be COM
manded by Capt. H. A. Pitcher.
The Chiokawaukie Ice Company are now cut
ting ice in Warren and are taking out about
1000 tons daily.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
SherlH Wilder has notified his deputies to
strictly enforce the prohibtory law.
MI. >. b. Mutt Of Perry has contracted to
build three masted schooner Of over 400 tous
at West Pembroke during the coming season.
at the last meeting of the Passamaquoddy
Lodge, l. o. of G.. T., of Eastport eighteen
members Were initiated and at the previous
meeting upwards of twenty. The temperance
cause seems to be experiencing a revival in the
eastern part of the State.