The Portland daily press., 1874-10-05
STATE NEWS.

ANDRosCoGeIN COUNTY.
The Dewitt House, Lewiston, has been thor
oughly renovated.
The State Reform Club will hold its quarterly
session at City Hall, Lewiston, next Wednes-
day. The meetings will open at 10 a. M, con-
tinuing through the day and evening Among
the speakers who will be present are Hon.
Joshua Nye and DR.. Brickett of Augusta, j. K.
Osgood, ESQ.,, of Gardiner, Elk Gov. Perham,
Hon. e. w. Stetson and II. M. Bryant, Esq.
Mrs. David House of Turner, was thrown
from wagon on Tuesday by arunaway horse,
and her hip broken.
Frank Walsh, James Dryer and James
Haines were arrested in Lewiston Friday
morning, for breaking into the Campbell House
and c. P. brakes cigar mandatory
A man by the name of LeSavage Brooks
died in the station house at Lewiston, Friday,
from the effects of intemperance.
KNOX COUNTY.
The recent session at Rockland was very sue
cessful The receipts for the week were $751;
80, and the Association have now about $500 in
the treasury.
At the boat race at Union on Thursday, in
connection with tho North Knox Agricultural
Fair, the first prize, silyer,pated cake basket,
was won by I. j. Murphy of Union. His COM
petitors were G. E. Shaw of Bath, aud I. E.
Tibbetts of Rockland.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Mrs. Robert Dixon of Damariscotta, slipped
on the sidewalk, Wednesday evening, and
broke her hip.
PENoBsCOT COUNTY.
The body of Ephriam Grindle, the unfortu-
nate young man who fell from boat near
Hampden and was drowned last week, was re-
covered Saturday morning. 1t was found on
the beach where it had been washed by the
tide about three miles from the place in which
fha hnaf uoS RI IA "a
On Thursday night j ohn McAuliffie, II years
of age, at work for Mr.. Walker of Basin Mills,
while engaged in caring for horse in the stall,
was thrown down and terribly trampled by the
animal. His teeth were knocked out, his collar
bone broken, and other injuries of SO severe a
nature were sustained that on Friday evening
his physician thought his recovery extremely
doubtful. He belongs in Orono.
Avery, the pedestrian, has accomplished the
feat of walking 30 miles in ten hours at Bangor
Friday. He had "A minutes to spare
From January 1st to October LIST, 1871, ISL, 532
feet of lumber were surveyed at Bangor In
1873 the amount surveyed during the same pc
Rod was 137, 1852
Mrs. Geo. G. Godfrey of Bangor, was quite
seriously injured short time since by being
thrown from carriage in Switzerland.
Capt. Geo. f. Parker of Winterport, master
of the schooner Vesper, recently sailed from
Weymouth. Mass, with cargo of nails for
New York. While lying at the wharf in New
York his vessel sprung aleak in the night, and
filled with water. They were awakened by the
water rushing in upon them. In the darkness
and confusion Capt. Parker seized his son and
as he supposed and bore him on deck, but there
discovered that it was not his son but one of
the men; the body of his son Charles, 10 years
of age, was afterwards found in the vessel s
hold The body reached Winterport for inter
ment last week.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Geo. Monlton of Spangervlle, recently stole a
horse from a pasture. The young man mounted
the animal and rode to Shirley on the gallop.
Here he endeavored to sell the horse, but no
one could be induced to trade with one so
young. Finding his scheme wouldn't work.
Moulton turned the stolen property into the
field, where q Mr.. Randall arrested him.
G. NJ Gilman of South Springvale, has pig
which sucks one of his jersey cows.
A Mr. Butler of Boston has commenced opera.
lions on the new tannery privilege at Sebec vii
lage with a view to the erection of large es-
tabshment. The Sebec people exempt the
property from taxation for ten years. 1t will
be quite an important acquisition to the indus
tries of the place.
YORK COUNTY.
The trial of Alexander Garter, on the charge
of arson, was concluded at Biddeford, Saturday
afternoon The jury after being out about three
quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of mot
guilty"