The Portland daily press., 1875-10-29
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosooaaIN COUNTY.


The shipment of shoes, during the past week
from LawlstoG and Auburn, have been 1873
cases, and the receipts of leather 81 023 pounds.
During the previous week the shipments were
1902 cases. and the receipts of leather 102,802
pounds. One year ago, for the week ending
receipts of leather 81, 604 pounds. The shoe
business remains about the same. Most of the
manufacturers are still busy on their orders.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Campmeeting John Allen is still feeble and
under date of Oct. % writes as follows to the
Lewiston Journal: II am yet quite unwell; sit
up but little; havn't been dressed for two
weeks, yet think am gaining slowly. By the
power of God am kept in great peace in my
bereavement of my beloved wife, as we'll as in
my present sickness"
HANCOCK COUNTY
House, barn and other buildings in Surrey
belonging to Jesse Conary were burned Oct 81.
Loss $1,000; no insurance.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
A mild form OF the epizootic is prevailing
about Waterville.
The Kennebec Land and Company will put
a crew of men into the woods shortly.
Charlie, son of H. H. Freeman of South
China, has his collar bone and bone of one arm
fractured 10 scufHe few nights since. he
is in critical condition.
Eli Jones of China leaves London in two
weeks for Syria, accompanied by Henry Stan
ley Newman and Alfred Lloyd Fox, Americ an
consul at Falmouth, Eng.
KNOX COUNTY.
The porgie factories at Swans Island, of
which there are ter, have not been SO successful
tnis as in former seasons, owing to the fish DOT
playing 10 shore; while those employing steam
ers have secured an abundant supply of fish
those dependent on sailing vesst Is only, have
not succeeded we'll As a rule the mackerel fish
ermen have secured fares above the average of
other places.
The past has been the most successful season
Bar Harbor ever witnessed, and has greatly in
couraged the hotel keepers and other interested
parties. Large additions are contemplated to
| many of the hotels, aud the Messrs. Haymor
have purchased the Harbor House, which they
will remove, and erect large and imposing
hotel on the lot.
DR.. Harlow, of the Insane Hospital, pro.
nounces the case of F. A. Gushee of Appleton,
one of .oftening of the brain. 1t will be recol.
| lected that Mr.. Gushee made an assault on a
young man in his employ recently, and his
| friends at once believed him insane. knowing
him to be incapable Of such crime when in
| his right mind.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A shark, eight or ten feet long, is cruising in
| Wiscasset harbor and has been shot at several
times
OXFORD COUNTY.
A school house just out of Bethel was burned
Tuesday night
Bears are getting to be very bold In Oxford
county. One day last week man at Bryant's
Pond went out to drive in his calf which be
saw feeding 10 the lower part of his garden.
At first he called him, but he did nos come as
he usually did. Then he threw a stone at him,
but instead of moving towards the house ii
held its ground. Then he went nearer to rive
it, but suddenly discovered that be was try NJ
to drive in full grown bear. Bruin didn'
like that sort of fun, and took the driving
into his own hands, and with growl made fol
him, The man beat q hasty retreat to the
house, and the bear, after shutting around