The Portland daily press., 1874-02-05
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoaGIN COUNT,

ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
A man with his wife and fifteen of their chill
dren removed from Brunswick to Lewiston on
Monday, leaving two more children behind
The Journal reports that James Garcelon.
ESQ.,, died at his residence at South lewiston
on Tuesday morning. His age was So wears
and seven months.
The journal says horse belonging to DR.,
Oaks of AubrD, died on Sunday, from the eff
fects OF inflammation resulting from a splnter
in the foot
ARoosToOK COUNTY.
Elipbalet Watson, II years old, while sliding
down long hill in Fort Fairfield last week.
was thrown from his sled. He struck on his
face and his nose was cut clean off, The brok-
en- nose was subsequently, replaced by surgeon
who says it will grow on again and be pretty
decent one.
A sheep that had been missing from the farm
OF Rev. =: W. Morse, in Lyndon, for twelve
DAYS, was found in hole some eight feet deep
covered with snow. hen released, the ami
NAL did not appear to have suffered much.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr.. Emerson T. True, son Of A. G. True of
Strong, died very suddanly about eleven O. clock
Monday forenoon. He had been unloading
wood for Mr.. 5. B. Luce, and while attempting
to turn his team was seen to stagger. G. f.
Gilkey, who was helping him, caught him, and
with help carried him to the house, where he
expired in few minutes, says the Lewiston
Journal.
OXFORD COUNTY
Mrs Abbott, living at Rumford, committed
suicide Sunday, by cutting her throat. No
cause is assigned
The Democrat says that scarlet fever prevails
in Andover.
A son of Jr j, Merrill of Andoyer. was badlv
poisoned a few days since, by eating garget,
surprising it to be sweet flag Medical aid was
called and the child is now better
PENoBsCoT COUNTY
TINS Bangor Wing says the trains had a hard
time OF it Tuesday. The night train from Bos-
ton arrived two hnurs behind time in the morn
ing, and the short trains were all more or Iess
delayed during the day. The Piscataquis train
got in half an hour late aud the e. & N. "A.
train from st. John an hour and half late.
The Pullman train for Boston awaited the ar
rival OF the latter, and would have gon out af-
ter it came, but unfortunately the snow pillow
got off the track near the engine house and at
midnight it had not beer replaced A large
number of passengers from the provinces who
were bound West, waited half the night in the
station, but most of them gave up the idea of
going farther aad went up town to the hotels.
The day train from Boston was four hours late
at Augusta, and six and half hours late at
Newport, bnt provided with powerful locomo-
tives and snow pillow, kept pegging away at
the drifts, and arrived Wednesday about three
o'clock in the morning.
YORK COUNTY
The Hardy Ma chine Company of Biddeford
has declared a semi-annual dividend of three
? dollars per share. '"i'o
Only eight intentions of marriage were re-
corded in the Clerks Office at Biddeford last
month. iaS'
The Times says when the jury on the Smear
ease toa npst went out they stood for convc
tlon ana nve Tor acquittal One after another
came over to the majority, until one only v'I ra
NAMED; after one or two hours hanging Off he
came over and the jury were enabled to rat, me
their verdict about quarter past SIX after hnn
ing been out over i've hours. "''oi naV-