The Portland daily press., 1875-11-08
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The Journ al learns that Hon. Cyrus Knapp,
Judge of Probate for Androscoggin county, has
removed from Auburn to his old home at Liv-
ermore Falls, where he owns real estate of con-
siderable value
The Lewiston Journal says that Messrs. G.
B. Merrill s. Co. of Auburn, opened this week
barrel of Michigan apples nearly all of which
were half sweet and half sour. One side was
like the Tallman sweet, the other decidedly
sour.
The first car on the Hoosac Tunnel through
line arrived in Lewiston, Friday morning. 1t
was loaded with -four.
The Collins girl was carried to her parents in
Pennington.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Camden Herald says that Hugh Thopp-
son dropped dead at West Camden, Tuesday
while in the act of conversation. Supposed
heart disease. He was pensioner of the war
of 1872, and was 80 years old.
The Journal says that the bulkhead at the
powder mill at Warren, having given away the
past week has been employed in repairing the
same.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
The Waterville Mail says that passenger
car. fresh from the paint shop, took fire on the
track at the depot few mornings ago, and was
damaged to the amount of 5000 or $500. a fire
had been built in it, and some unauthorized
person must have gone in and disturbed the
draft.
The Senior exhibition of Colby takes place
Nov. II, and the fall term closes on the Oath
inst.
Mrs. Edwin Noye, and Mrs DIR. Boutelle,
have presented the Baptist Sunday School with
small piano.
The foundation of the Waservlle Soldiers
Monument is on the ground.
The new town hall in Waterville will be
opened to the publ c Monday evening the 10Th,
hNyh Jr1 loot b0 Ifr1yn Of
her celebrated readings.
A base and dastardly attempt was made
Thursday night, to destroy Winthrop village by
fire. About half past three Friday morning.
fire was discovered in narrow alley-way about
foot wide, between Col. Wings and 81. E.
street. Mr. Blake, a law student, by the mer-
est chance, discovered the fire before it had
made sufficient progress to be beyond control.
The other day a little baby stranger came to
visit family (and, perchance to stay in this
city, on the east side of the river A bright,
five year old brother, who had been heretofore
the only child in that household, was brought
in to see the new conner. He greeted the little
one with apparent pleasure and delight, pat
ting it playfully under the chiE and smoothing
down its soft hair. Then all at once came the
Inquiry, "Say how was God when you leit!'
The boy was put to bed.-Augusta Journal.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
About $500 worth of liquor fines were paid
into the county treasury at the late term of
court
The Wiscasset Oracle not only publishes
births, marriages and deaths, but inserts d.
vorces with the same bead letter.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Oxford Register says that DR.. G. Ell.
Durham of Denmark is about to move to
Portland. where he will be State Examiner (?)
of insurance applicants.
The Oxford Register has been sold to Messrs.
v hitcomb and Drake of Norway. and will be
moved TO Norway and consolidated with the
Norway Advertiser.
and shook made in Denmark the coming win
ter, than in any town in the state
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Wing reports the death of Eben French,
one of the oldest and most respected citizens of
Bangor.
The Wing says that So car loads of flour
were shipped over the Maine Central to Ban
gor alone in Oet,-8,800 barrels.
The Bangor Wing says that Notwithstanding
the large amount of lumber business transacted
in this city, three carloads of clapboards ar
rived during the past month from Grand Rap
ids, Mich. This seems much like carrying coal
to Newcastle.
Mrs Mary L. True, widow of the late JOS
eph M. True of Lee, raised pear this year of
the Flemish Beauty variety that measured 81
inches around il lengthwise and 81 inches in
circumference. The Bangor Commercial would
like to hear of a larger pear raised in Maine.
The Democrat says that Friday morning one
of the employees of Gibbs wild animal exhibit
ton in Bangor, was caught by the loness with
her paw, which badly injured his shoulder.
Mr.. Ducelo reached the boy just in time to
save him.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Col. John Elliot was thrown from load of
lumber at Abbot, Thursday, under the wheels,
dragged some distance on the frozen ground,
breaking one rib and the left leg near the knee
| joint
WALDO COUNTY.
The Camden Advertiser says that not long
| since a man up back in Belmont every night
missed a small portion of his wood pile, which
was all prepared for the stove. He bored hole
| in several sticks, filled each with powder, and
! then plugged them up. In about three days be
met his neighbor-a rather pous kind of a
man in Belfast, exchanging broken cook stove
| for new one
YORK COUNTY.
Our Sanford correspondent writes that Mr..
John FL. Moulton of that town, aged about &c.
who was at work on Samuel NewelIs store as
CARPENTER, while standing on the staging
built Of two plank in width next to the build
ing with board back of the two plank, STEP
ped one foot from the plank on to the board
which readily bent, threw him off his balance
| and caused him to fall backwards % feet strik
ing the ground between two large split stoue.
He spoke after the fall, saying to man who
stood near, "help me up" made an effort to
ris gasped twice and died. He leaves wife
and two children. He was worthy citize 4
| and will be much lamented.