The Portland daily press., 1874-05-12
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.


The Lewiston Journal says there is some
talk in favor of laying a third rail on the
Grand Trunk between Lewiston and Portland,
SO that Boston and Maihe trains might come
direct to Lewiston. The cost of such rail
would be trivial compared with the advantages
to traffic and the railroads concerned,
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Kennebec Journal says at one of Mr..
Murphy's temperance meetings in Aroostook,
one old rusty looking fellow would not sign the
pledge, and pave as a reason that he was
Democrat: Mr.. Murphy regarded him as a
special subject of effort.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
There was launched on Friday from the yard
OF Sargent & Dresser, at Castine, finely pro-
portioned and thoroughly built three-masted
schooner of two hundred and sixty-four tons,
owned by Samuel Adams aud others of Gas
tine. j. B. Russell of Boston, John Crosby and
ID. ID. Fuller of Bangor, and Capt S. F. Dew
eraux, who will command her. The keel of
double-decked schooner of three hundred and
fifty tons will be at once laid in the same yard
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Lewiston journal says sad accident oc-
Cured at Bethel Thursday, by which Mr.. Ches-
ter L. Twitchell of that place will probably
lose his life. Mr.. Twitchell and Mr.. Isaac
Davis were were upon roof ladder putting
patent roofing upon the large boarding house of
Curatia Bartlett, when the hooks broke and
precipitated them to the ground, a distance of
some thirty feet Mr. Davis escaped With
slight bruises, falling upon Mr.. Twitchell
and thereby breaking the forceof the fall.
Mr. Twitchelfs bruises are severe and internal
injuries it is feared will! prevent his recovery.
He lays in semi-unconsciuos state, suffering
intense pain.
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY.
Press Correspondence
G. N. Rand, Esq, Supervisor of Schools for
ParkrDaii vo.y oiols -Da.svr. HIS friend
and physicians have serious apprehensiOnS as
to the result of his case.
One of the best teachers who ever taught in
PscataQuis is refused employment the ensuing
year because he did not prevent the pupils from
scratching, marking, and whiting the school.
room.
AS Sylvester Holmes of Parkman, was as
slstlng to move building on the 9th instant
chain broke and threw the whole weight of the
building upon the fore fingers of his right
hand, thereby crushing several of them to a
jelly
The travelling between Dexter and Green
vile is simply horrible.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Whig learns that steps are being taken
In Bangor for the formation of company to
run steamboat between that place and Calais,
touching at intermediate landings.
The fine new schooner Mark Pendleton, was
launched from Crosbys yard near the Hamp-
zen road, late Saturday afternoon. She is 100
feet long, eight feet ten inches deep, width
twenty-six feet seven inches, and 202 31-100
tons, II. m.
WALDO COUNTY.
A sad and peculiar case of insanity was tax
en- to the Insane HOsptal in Augusta on Sat-
urday. Miss Drinkwater of Nortbport has for
long time refused to drink or use any water
or liquid of any kind. The only moisture she
has taken has been in the form of fruit, etc.
A few drops of water thrown on her made her
almost crazy.
YORK COUNTY.
The B:ddeford Board of Aldermen have de-
cIded that there was no choice of alderman in
Ward 4, the seat of which has been occupied
by DR.. Hussey.
Sheriff Warren and his Deputies last week
ralded upon the rumsellsrs of Kittery, Wells
Beach, North Berwick and Hollis
Last week seven persons were discharged
from Alfred Jail, their terms of sentence hav-
ing expired.