The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-27
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGe1N COUNTY.

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The Lewiston Journal says that the freights
from the West to that city are now very low.
The freight per car, lake and rail, via Sarnia,
from Chicago is now $50 per car or 14c per
6ushel for corn and 56c per barrel for -four.
Oats can now be delivered in Lewiston from
the West for SOC per bushel.
The Journal says that the carriage shop of
9, Z. Nevns of Auburn was brokon into
Thursday night and about $75 worth OF tools
the thief evidently having made arrangements
to 60 into business on his own account.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
On Friday of last week six inches of snow
fell at Fort Kent. On the Canada road there
were Il feet.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal says that Hyatt Miner
shot blue heron on Bond brook Thursday
afternoon. The bird measured six feet between
the tips of its wigs, and four feet from its
toes to the top OF its head.
The Watervllle Mail says that Colby's Glass
of 1879 have elected the following oficers:-
Everett Flood, President; Charles s. Lemont,
Vice-President; Willis A: Joy, Secretary;
James Geddes, Treasurer; Willard X. Page,
Orator; w. II. Lytord, Prophet; W. E. Morang,
Historian; Frank L. Patten, Poet; W. w.
MdyO, ". H. OWeus MISS 1kZZlo MatQ6WS.
Fl. E. Hamlin, o. G. S Davies, Committee Of
Arrangements; j. f. DeCoster Geo. Merriam,
G. w. Judkins, Committee on Odes.
The Chronicle says that clothes line thieves
made very successful raid through Clinton
Tuesday night, Sept 21st.
The friends of Mr.. Hodgdon of Clinton
County Commissioner elect, serenaded him a
few evenings since. Speeches and supper fol.
lowed.
KNOX COUNTY
The Opinion says that the body of Mrs. Pris-
ella Cunningham, an inmate of the Rockland
almshouse, who was found drowned in mill
pond, recently, showed marks of blows on the
head and face. An examination of the body
showed both eyes were severely bruised, one of
them destroyed, and there was bruise across
the mouth, one under the ear, and one on the
knee. These were discolored, Indicating
though not positively proving, that the injuries
were received prior to death. These, together
with the floating of the body, which is not
common in cases OF drowning, made it desir-
able that an inquest should be held, and on
Monday jury was empanelled Physicians
testified that the wounds were probably in
ficted before death. Other testimony indicated
suicide, and five of the jury agreed upon a
arity insane. Mr.. Dill dissented frem this
verdict, and signed a separate one, that in his
opinion the deceased came 10 her death by vio-
lence at the hands of some person or persons
unknown.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Wiscasset Oracle says that money dig
ging is rarely profitable, but last Tuesday an
excavation was discovered in Miss Greenough's
pasture near ''Sweet Auburn that bore I'M
mistakable evidences of having been the place
.Ot cOncealment of a traditional ''ron pot"
Whatever had been there buried had evidently
been removed the night previous. Who got it
and what they got are questions that agitate
the neighborhood. Parties have been digging
for money in this pasture several times during
the past summer.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The fall term of the Oxford Normal Institute
at Paris commenced Tuesday, Sept Dist, with
lao pupils.
The Register learns that the family of
Charles Judkins were made severely ill by
eating cheese. The cheese was of a strong,
pungent taste.
The Register says that Levi Libby of Porter
found two of his cows, on the 18th inst COM
pletely drunken by eating black cherry tree
sprouts which were cut in the field in the early
part of the day and thrown into the pasture,
and had become wilted before eaten.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
The Bath Times says that on Friday, one of
the submarine operators, employed by the gov
eminent in the work of clearing the channel OF
the Kennebec at Lovejoy's Narrows, had a
very narrow escape. Two schOOners are an
chored at given distance apart, aud steam
drill is operated between them. divers from
each vessel being. engaged in the work. Fri.
day heavy charge was put in and got ready
for firing by the operator from one vessel, who
then went up and attempted to fire it, every
body on both vessels forgetting that Mr.. S. G.
Mason one of the divers had no notice of what
was going on, although he was very near the
intended blast. Fortunately for him however,
owing to some defect in the arrangement the
blast did not take n19pa. althnuUh tho Gov.
ploder" went off, it did not communicate fire
to the charge in the rock.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
A. G. Mitchell, of the class of rs, State Col
lege, has accepted the position of engineer on
the Somerset railroad.
The Dexter Gazette says that on last Sun
day afternoon the children of Mr.. James L.
Fisher of st. Adams were at play with a pair
OF wheels, which were connected by on axle
that had become SO rusted that it turned with
the wheels. The children obtained some reins
from harness, and attaching the ends of the
same to the ends of the axle, one of them aged
about four years, had put the loop thus made
wheels along. The other child pushed from
behind and as the wheels rolled the axle
wound up the reins until the child's neck was
brought across the axle with so much force as
to break it, causing instant death.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Commercial says that young
son of Darius Eddy recently swallowed two
cent piece, and fatal results were feared All
danger is now past.
The Commercial says that in proportion to
her size, Bangor now has employment for a
larger nu mber of her laboring men than any
other city in New England. The water works,
dam, and building operations give labor
to twelve hundred more men, this year, than
usual.
n,,I, fell e
has BEEN found near Burr's brook on Green
point, three miles from the toll bridge road,
and it is feared some one has committed sui
eide or met with accidental death by drowning.
The clothes still hang on the fence for identif.
cation.
HoraceField of Orripgton fell from staging
a distance of fourteen feet, Thursday Stri ing
on his head aud throwing him into convul.
sions. Hopes are entertained that he will re.
cover.
PIsCATAQUIs oUNTY.
The various oranges of Piscataqus county
will send delegates to meeting in Foxcroft,
oct. 9th, to form county council.
The Dexter Gazette says: "The 18th day cf
next month will be the 50th anniversary of the
wedding day of Mr.. and Mrs Geo " Edes Of
the Piscataqus Observer. The many friends
of the venerable couple propose to make the
| occasion an interesting one, and the prospect
is that goodly number will gather at their
| residence III o4croIt. we nope that the mat
ter will be taken in hand by some one who will
see that the different editors in the state are
brought together, or at least invited to be pres
| ent on The occasion. Doubtless many would
respond to such call. Mr.. Edes is the oldest
practical printer in Maine-he is, in fact,
| Styled the Nestor of the Maine Press. He
helped to get out the first paper that was
| printed in Penobscot county, and with his OWL
| hands he set the first type that was ever pu
up in the counties of Piscataquis and Somer
set.