The Portland daily press., 1875-06-18
STATE NEWS.


The Lewiston Journal says that Orrin With
am, working in the Worumbo mill, Lisbon, got
his left foot caught in the picker Wednesday
morning, and torn OFF at the ankle.
The Journal says that the 5000 French Ca
| nadians of Lewiston will eel ,brate st. Johns
| Gay-June "a by pro ession, address, ETC.
| The Auburn Aqueduct Co. is laying 1000 feet
| of iron pipe
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
| The Pennington Chronicle reports that the
| caterpillars are doing great Injury to orchards
| in many of the towns of that county. The out
bound freight train Friday morning was
| brought to a standstlll by an accumulation OF
| them on the rails.
Bears have recently killed twenty sheep in
Weld.
| The wife of Lewis Reed of Eustis was so Sc
| verely burned few days since that her stua
| ton Is dangerous.
| The Pennington Chronicle says that ten
years ago where Rangely village now is, there
was one old house, one blacksmith shop and
two dlapidated barns Now, instead thereof,
we find two stores post office, saw and grist
mill, steam MILL two blacksmith shops, two
brick kilns, shoe shop, the largest barn in the
countV steamboat, twelve or fifteen dwelling
houses, and good hotel. This change is due
to the energy of John A. Burke, Abner Tooth
aker, the Showmans, Luther Tibbetts and 9TH
erS.
The spring term of the excellent schools at
the Willows closed last Friday with very at
tractive exercises.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The American reports a heavy frost Monday
night in that vicinity.
The foolish lose 800 by sharp circus oper-
ators in Ellsworth.
A committee of Ellsworth at an entertain
ment voted that Miss Lizzie Peters Is the
handsomest lady in that vicinity
George N. Black still pays the largest tax
in Ellsworth, $19436S.
The building of the lighthouse on Egg Rock
off Bar Harbor, was begun last week and 1T
will be finished in three months. The tower
will be about 60 feet high.
The poet Tlongfellow, Mark Twain aud
Judge Underwood of Washington will spend
the summer in Castire.
KNOX COUNTY.
Sheriff Torrey has received a letter from
Gov. Dingley, advising him of the action of
the court, and informing him that nothing now
remains but TO go ahead and execute both
Wagner and Gordon on the 25th inst.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Oxford county Republican convention will
be held at Paris Hill, Thu sday, July 1st at 10
o'clock a. m. The officers to be nominated
are two senators, judge of prooate, clerk of
courts, county commissioner and county treas
urer.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says that gentleman in
that city received despatch Wednesday after
noop stating that Benson, Bennett & Co. one
of the largest firms in Quebec manufacturing
and dealing in lumber, have failed. The effect
in the Canadian lumber market will be very de-
pressing.
Several Bangor men have petitioned for an
Injunction to prevent the city of Bangor from
issuing ''water bonds" for the purpose of test
irg the legality of the bill under which they
are issued, The petitioners claim to be friends
of the project.
Purses amounting to $1,000 are offered at the
June meeting of the Bangor Trotting Park As
ISOLATION, June 22,-24 The entries will be
confined to Maine and Province horses.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A boy named Arthur Mckinney, aged -,
stole a gold watch in MonSOn last week and is
now in the Reform School.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Mrs. Williams of Palmyra and Mrs. Friend
of Canaan, while riding were thrown from
their carriage on pile of stones. Mrs. Will
liams' leg was broken.
WALDO COUNTY.
E3The 9TH of July will witness a grand horse
trot at the opening of the trotfing park at Uni
ty. The purseis $3.50.
The Belfast Journal says that considerable
hay is coming into market now, but goes into
the storehouses. The shippers are in want of
vessels.
Belfast proposes centennial tea party at
Hayford Hall, on Thursday and Friday, the LIST
and I'd of July. One of the attractions will be
nice China cups yarously decorated, and tea
served by thirteen young ladies in costumes
representing the thirteen original colonies.
IN GENERAL.
A meeting of the corporators of the Maine
State pure blood jersey stock association will
be held at Reform Club Hall, in Winthrop, on
Saturday. the 26th day of June at 2 o'clock P.
NJ. for the purpose of organizing, choosing all
necessary officers, required by law, and trans
acting any other business that may properly
come before said corporators.