The Portland daily press., 1874-08-10
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

AhOOSIOOA COON11s
Twenty -one millions of shingles have been
shipped at Fairfield down the ST. John, since
the opening of navigation, beside large quantl-
ties sent to Houlton, to be shipped on the rail-
road from Presque Isle and Caribou. 400 bar
rels of starch have been sent down the st. John
from Caribou by the way Of Fort Fairfield
Mr.. Walter Dockendorff of Presque Isle, fell
from a window in that village Monday evening
last, and was, it is feared, fatally injured.
rne KGNsG u S Ss Hss propose Duru
ing new hall. A stock company is to be
formed and stock issued.
Work is progressing rapidly on the cotton
factory building at Waterville.
KNOX COUNTY.
In one week recently, three anchors were
forged at the Camden Anchor Factory, their
respective weights being $500, 1890 and 300
pounds. The firm are making some important
Improvements in their mandatory, and they
intend to adopt all the Improvements known in
machinery to facilitate their extensive bust
ness.
A temperance rally was called in Rockland,
Friday night, to inaugurate measures for the
strict enforcement of the pr0hibitory law; a
thin attendance dampened their ardor, and the
thing was not success.
John O. Quinlan, employed on the new GUS
tom house at Rockland, got his legs badly
jammed Friday between the iron aoorings; no
uOucS Wcic UIOhcu, VIC lleSu WAS S6N6TcIy
lacerated
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
The August meeting on the Webster Trottng
PARK at Orono, occurs Thursday, Both inst. A
purse of $50 is offered for three minute horses
and purse of $100 open to all horses.
The roof of the boier-house at Shaw's tam
merry in Hartland, was destroyed by fire Mon
day morning. 1t was not attached to the main
building and the fire was subdued before doing
any further damage.
During an alteration between two Bangor
boys, Saturday, one named Lowney drew a
jack-knife from his pocket and stabbed the
other named Regain in the neck. The wound
is not dangerous
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
There are now five slate quarres in the town
of Monson. and all in fourishing condition.
The Z. & b branch of the E. & N. A.Railroad
will be built within three and One-half miles of
this village within the next two years, and then
as many more will undoubtedly be in operation
as the vein extends over a large territory in
that town, as yet undeveloped.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Republican county convention will be
held at Skowhegan on the 9th Of August.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Montville cheese factory at McFarland's
Corner, Montville,is well adapted to the manu-
facture of cheese The building is 3Ox58 feet
two stories high, with basement. 1t is furnish
ed with Mller's apparatus. The factory com
menced operation June 18th, under the super
vision of M. B. FELTON,, of Oneida county, N.
Y, an experienced cheese manufacturer Since
that time over 100000 pounds of milk have
been mad e into cheese. The largest amount of
milk received in one day has been 3943 pounds,
from which 440 pounds of cheese were made
The factory has made very flattering begin.
ming, with excellent prospects of success.
IN GENERAL.
Thos. W. Covile, the man killed while try
ing to get on a moving train liz Law renee,
Thursday night, was a recently reformed drum
kard and temperance lecturer in Maine
The license of the Atlantic and Pacific Insur-
ance Co. of Chicago, has been revoked.