The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-13
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Mr.. Wooley of Lewiston, has cage of live
cartridges which have been caught in various
places in that vicinity, having flown into barns,
&C., where in many cases they have Matched
their young. He says that white rats are very
plenty around the corporations. His theory is,
as they have never been seen in this vicinity
until late years, that these rats have been trans
ported hither in Sea Island cotton. Mr. Wool
ey has seventeen owls nobly taxide Termed, all
caught in Lewiston and Auburn this fall.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Alonzo Knapp Of Industry, had wrist dislo-
Gated and one of his arms broken by the giving
way of a staging last week.
A new departure has been taken by the young
lady students of the Pennington Normal
School in the way of dress; they have adopted
uniform style. Long dresses and polonaise
are dispensed with. The suit is said to be very
taking
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Supreme Court at Ellsworth decreed sew.
en- divorces.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. Clement of Augusta, who contemplates
starting weekly local paper in Hallowell, has
succeeded in securing the names of between
three hundred and four hundred subscribers.
At Seven Mile brook, near Augusta. where
workmen have been digging for the foundation
of the new railroad bridge at that point, the
remains of Indians were exhumed. Tradti on
says tnaC AZ tnaG SpOG nearly one Cuuureu u NJ
fifty years ago, battle took place between two
hostile tribes of Indians, and that there the
slain were buried Indian implements of war
have also been found near the same place.
KNOX COUNTY.
The French bark Eliza Prosper, detained at
Rockland for about two months, on account of
some irregularity in her papers, has been re-
leased, all demands against her having been
settled.
PENOBsCOT COUNTY
In the case of Martin Haverty VS.. ex-Mayor
Bass of Bangor, for removing child sick with
the small pOx, Judge Peters Thursday ruled
that the defendant in his official capacity, was
fully justified in the action. The case goes up
on law. r IN Cd, ers-er...s ID, .-..a I
At an adjourned meeting of the Bangor Wa
ter Company Tuesday, it was voted to request
the Mayor to call a meeting of the Board to
take into consideration the recently circulated
petition requesting THAT the question of water
supply be submitted to the citizens. i
WALDO COUNTY.
Six divorces have been decreed at the recent
session of the Supreme Court at Belfast. F
Jacob Cunningham of Swanville, fell dead in
his field Friday forenoon. He was engaged in
blowing in company with his son, when the
latter saw his father fall to the ground. He
raised him up but he had ceased to breathe.
Last Wednesday Walter Tobie Of Freedom,
had the first two fingers of his right hand near
ly severed by blow from an axe, in the hands
of a small boy, with whom he was playing.
YORK COUNTY.
The other night an insane man in Biddeford
arose, procured revolver and prepared to dis
patch his wife. The latter was aroused saw
the murderous weapon, jumped FROM bed. and
being woman of strong physique seized her
husband and called for help. The neighbors
were aroused and the insane man disarmed.