The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-04-12

ner and Gordon" and the elder of the tw9
hanged herself to a strong nail by a string, and
when found she was dead. she was apoo'
years old.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Augusta Journal says Charles Day, s1n
of Frank Day of that city, while at woTK Ill Iie
factory, got his middle finger, left hand, caugn'
in the gear, and crushed SO severely as 10 re-
quire amputatlon. :,
The packet schooner FL. Ell. Day, owned
principall = in Augusta was run into by CAKE
of ice at Gardiner Friday, and is now niieu
with water
On Wednesday last, as Mr.. Ezra Bellows OF
Wipsow, was holding small sticks of wood for
a boy to cut, the axe came down across ms
right hand, diagonally, in such way as 10
nearly sever the little finger and the one heA'
to it.
The Reporter says that horse distempeI mas
again broken out among the horses IN Gar9lnel
and Mr.. A. E. Clary has several animals down
sick with the disease. Weakness, stiff Jolnts
and sweatings are the symptoms.
AsMr. Fred Bragdon of Pittston, was cross
ing the river on the ice with horse and sleign
Friday, at South Gardiner, the team broke
through and the horse was drowned.
The Journal says that the old Ballard
House" at Billiards. corner, on the river roau
in Augusta, was burned on Thursday evening,
at 7 clock, together with the OutbulidlngS.
The house was occupied by Miss Hannah Bal
lard, a maiden lady; nothing was saved from
the upper part.
The Pittston shoe factory was obliged to shut
down Tuesday on account of breakage IN
some part of the machinery.
KNOX COUNTY.
The temperance men of Knox county nave
completed the organization of county society,
which is intended to have branch IN every
town for the purpose of creating better lnter-
est among the people, and securing wen Or
ganized body to oppose lumsellng.
The Camden Herald says that Carleton, Nor.
wood & Co., received telegram from Havana
Thursday morning, announcing the suJ Jot;a
death of Captain Washburn of the bark Adena
Carleton, on the 9TH inst, from. congestion oi
the brain. Captain Washburn leaves Wlie'
who was with him on the voyage, and one SOIL
OXFORD COUNTY.
Anril ID. a grange of Patrons of Husbandry
was organized at North Fryeburg, conslstIng VI
IS charter members to be called Saco RiVer
Grange of F. and r. me io ;notsl1sd oAoefs
Gordon, w. NJ; J. NJ, Coffin, W; 3; Ca I
FRYE, w. o; c, w. Waterhouse, W. 7; Orln
Charles, W. ST.. K Hall, w. G; G. w, Wa
terhouse, Jr, W. S; G. W. Tho mpson, w. A.
S; Austin Bemis, W. 6; Mrs, A A. 4. r.. oeIu sai
G. Howe, w. A. S; Mrs. G. w. Waterhouse
W. P.
PENOBsC0T COUNTY.
Mavor Laughton pursuaded discouraged
inebriate to sign the pledge, in Bangor, the
other day.
Newport has temperance reform movement
But few of the larger towns in the state are noI
awake on this subject.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
Dover young men are about to indulge IN a
brass band.
There is now living in Sebec an old gentle,
man by the name of Moses MorrIli' WHO Is ~
BoscweD, N. H., in 1874. He moved to Seocc
over fifty years ago, and was one OF the nrsC
settlers. His eyesight is SO good that he reads
without the aid of glasses.
Mr.. John S. Morgan of Ornevile raised the
past season, 90 bushels of clean Lost Nation
wheat, from two quarts less than one pushei OIL
seed.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
At the recent Somerset term of court Joseph
I. Hopkins of New Portland and VIM. WEBS
ter, son of John III. Webster, esq.,, of Norrldge-
wock, were admitted to practice law.
One day last week dwelling house in West
Hartland. belongingito a Mr.. Starblrd, was
burned. Loss not known; insured.
The Chronicle says that Ripley is now sup
posed to have a gold mine, and a New YORK
man has sent $500 to sink shaft IN the NINE.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Rising Sun Grange of East Knox have
adopted the cooperative plan of buying their
stores and supplies. They find it works well
and that they are getting articles at consldera-
BILE discount from former prices.
YORK COUNTY.
The Journal says that bridge in North Der
wick was partly washed away on Monday The
lower dam belonging to the North Berwick 20.
was partly washed away on Saturday night
I, Il, hnrn n Ig n tV
for great many years, and in many places
the banks are overlooked