The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-18
STATE NEWS.
ANnRoscoeG1N COUNTY.

The total valuation of real estate in Auburn
is S3, 943.599, az Increase over last year of
$4O7 .lO4; aud of personal property 1921 q
decrease of $2663. The number of polls is
1894, 5 ite than i..s. Tia IF
ton is Il mills. There are 258 dogs in the
city.
The shipment of boots and shoes from Au-
burn aud Lewiston last week was 1872 cases
against 551 for the week previous
A woman apparently insane jumped into the
canal little above the bridge to the Continent
tai mill, Lewiston, Wednesday. She was res
cued.
Turner is looking for butter factory. There
is prospect that one will be erected soon, at
or near Turner village.
Arrangements are being made to give S250O
in premiums for the races which are to come
off over Lewiston Driving Park, on the 18th,
10Th, 20th and Dist OF August
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The dwelling houses aod buildings belonging
to Mr.. Lemuel Adams of Smyrna, were de-
stIoyed by fire on Sunday the 18th inst. The
fire is supposed to have originated in the stable
by children playing with matches.
A four years Gle boy of Mr.. R. H. Seaborn of
Houlton was run over by water cart Tuesday
and one leg and one arm broken.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
j. Clark & Son of Wadoboro have on the
stocks line barkentne. which will be ready
for sea in about three weeks, after which they
build ship of 400 tons, to be completed
before the river closes. Henry Kennedy & Co.
have fine vessel, which will be completed 10
three or four weeks. Reed, Welt x Co. have
first class ship Of 400 tons in progress, to be
launched in September. William Fisk has
schooner about panked up. William f. Storer
contemplates building some kind of a vessel
this fall This makes things lively along the
Mcdonald.
PIsCATAQUIS COUNTY
Abbot is to have a new woolen mill
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The old ''stone store" so-called, in North
Brideton, which was built in 1900, was destroy
ed by fire last Sunday.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
About one hundred Canadians have come
across the line to Pennington, and hired out
with farmers during the hayng season, at
prices ranging from $50 TO $50 per month.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Howard Swazey, Esq, collector of Bucks
port has been appoilted superintendent of the
granite works at Dix Island, and Edward P
Hill appointed to fill his office in the custom
house.
Mr.. John Royal, late keeper of Prospect
light. states that a few mornings since, he dis
tinctly heard at his house the fog whistle on
Petit Menan, distance of 80 miles.
Harry, the young son of Ambrose White,
Esq, of Bucksport, was badly injured last Sat
urday by having powder blown in his face by
the premature discharge of toy cannon with
which he was playing.
KNOX COUNTY.
During Thunder storm in Camden. Thurs
day afternoon, lightning entered the telegraph
office, destroyed the M achnery and melted the
connections. A man ia the office was not af
fected. The lightning played the same FRANKS
in the telegraph office il Rockport A barn in
w str "A ri,
shower and damaged.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A Colby University freshman recently ate
ten ice creams in an evening on a wager His
present condition is not stated.
OXFORD COUNTY.
There will be reunion of the Alnmn; of
the Oxford Normal Institute at South Paris
August 18th, 18th and GOTH consisting of vari
Gus literary exercises, including an address bv
ii, E. Swasey, Esq.
Scarlet fever of a malignant type is prevail
ing at North Lowell.
A meeting of the citizens of Bethel was held
on the 14th inst, at which meeting it was vot
ed to celebrate the bundredth anniversary of
the settlement of Bethel, on the 22d of AUGUST
next.
The paper mil in Paris, owned and managed
by Mr.. Thomas H. GledhIlI. is in successful on
GRAFTON, employing seven hands and maufac-
tuTlbS iroul Uiittu 10 twenty hundred pounds
of brown wrapping paper per day. The paper
is made aim st wholly of waste paper Orders
for this paper have been received from Massa-
chusetts and New York which cannot be filled.
all the paper manufactured BE- ng sold in this
State.
PENoBSCoT COUNTY.
At the Bangor trottiug park Thursday Fash
ion, owned by Mr.. Covil of Weld, won the first
race in 2 ~, 2.41 H. 40 aud 1912 Honest
Bill won the second race in $50 and 5514.
A race for $1,000 a side will come off on the
Bangor Park, Aug II.
A man was sun struck in Bangor. THURSDAY
An unknown man who was hired in Bangor
to 90 to Greenfield to peel bark, was found
dead within fifteen miles of the camp, Thurs
day. He was apparently about 30 10 SO wears
OF age, about feet inches u height had dark
hair, moustache and whiskers. IL his pocket
was found bit of paper with the name f. Tor
~ Fuller written upon it.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Officer Joseph Nye seized at the Eastern Ely
press office in Fairfield village. on Wednesday
week, two oue-half barrels, each containing a
ten gallon key of rum
YORK COUNTY.
Commodore Dyson will assume command of
the AltteIy navy yard, Sept 1.