The Portland daily press., 1874-10-01
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Auburn rejoices in pure water, the Andros-
coggin Water Compauy's works being COM
pleted.
1t is said the Grand Trunk Company will
build brick station in Auburn next year.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
Eli Hemore, of Ludlow, while scufling, last
Thursday, fell and fractured the bone of his
right forearm.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
AS Elder p. Martin and Charles Rees, of
Bridgton, were on their way to Denmark, last
Thursday, the harness broke while passing
down steep hull, whereupon the horse ran
away, throwing cut both the men and injurng
them severely
press Correspondence
The corn packing house at Dunstan Corner,
Scarboro', owned by Burnham & Morrill, Of
your city, closed its operations the 29th inst,
having been in operation three weeks, employ
ing 140 persons, boys, girls and men. The pay
roll was $175 per day for labor; number of cans
put up, 225000; number OF acres planted, 200;
amount the farmers will realize, $4,000. The
amount falls short of last year on the same num-
Der of acres, 900 cans. The establishment
has been under the management of Mr.. John
G. Burnham.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The farmers IN Franklin county are much
disappointed in their crop of corn. 1t will be
much better than was anticipated month ago
Potatoes are an excellent crop, but are rotting.
The cheese factories in Phillips Strong, Far
mlngton and New Portland have done thriv-
ing business this season, aud willApay the pro-
prietors good percentage.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Hancock county fishermen have been doing
profitable business during the last three or four
months. Several vessels have averaged 400
barrels each, mostly mackerel.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
Jedediah Thomas, Jr.. of Sardinia, while
days ago, hit his head against hook, which
ruptu. ed a small artery. He came near bleed
ing to death before physician could arrive.
A correspondent writes that Samuel Fields,
an employe Of the firm of Arnold & Meader,
of Waterville, fell through a hatchway in their
caught by hook under the chin and terribly
injured. He is not expected to live.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Joseph Dearborn,a "a respected citizen of Hart
ford, died Sept. 20.
Martin Drake an aged citizen of Buckfeld,
died very suddenly on the Oath.
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
Some boys found the body Of child in the
Penobscot at Bangor, on Monday.
A little son of William Eaton, of Dexter, was
riding upon loaded stone drag, when he snd-
denly pltCneQ forward ana feIl IN front OF 1t.
Before the team was stopped the little fellow
was SO jammed that his eyes almost shot from
their sockets.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Mr.. Lynch, superintendent of repairs being
made on the custom house at Bath, met with a
serious fall by the giving way Of a staging,
Tuesday.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Geo. Strout of Harrington, while at work in
shipyard recently, fell from one Of the stag
ing distance of twenty five feet, and received
injuries which will prove fatal.
Mr.. G. o. Foster and wife, of Winthrop, eel
ebrated their silver wedding, Thursday evening,
Sept. %.
YORK COUNTY.
A party of men who had been coon hunting
in Wakefield N. H., went into the garden Of
Simon Cole. to get some apples. Cole shot at
them from the window of his house, and hit
one of them named Marcus Hanson, who, the
doctor says, cannot live Cole escaped, but has
since been arrested at Cornish. Cole has served
one term in the state prison for stabbing a
man.
The Biddeford mills commence running on
two-thrds time to-day. This movement is
made on account of the light demand for goods,
the sales at the present time being very small
indeed.