The Portland daily press., 1875-10-28
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

On Monday morning Michael King Capt
King) a notorious bruiser, was discharged from
Jail where he had served a three months SEN
tence, for stealing watch from youth named
Long On his way from Auburn to Lewiston
he met Long on the bridge and gave him Sc
we're thrashing The next day the police under
took 10 arrest him, but he showed fight and
only succumbed under repeated blows from
slung shot. He will doubtless return to prison.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Weld Village has a pair of twin babies, q boy
and girl, that on the day they were six weeks
old weighed only-four and one-half pounds.
HANCOCK COUNTY
The firm of N. Wiggin & Co. of Ellsworth,
heavy lumbermen, are reported failed; liabili-
ties heavy. Four hundred hands are thrown
out of employment
KNOX COUNTY.
Sunday night barn belonging to Joseph
Rice of Washington was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with thirty tons of hay, moving ma
chine and horse rake. The barn was valued
at $500, on which there was an insurance of
$500. Mr.. Rice's loss cannot be less than 5000.
Clifford, lad II years old, that Sheriff Morse
OF Whitefeld arrested this promising youth
during the night. He admitted to che officer
that he burned the barn, aud assigned as rea
son that Mr.. Rice owed him three dollars, but
would not pay him. Young Clifford had his
trial on Monday in Jefferson before Peter Dun
ton. Esq, and was probably sent where be will
not repeat the crime.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The October term of the Supreme Judicial
Court for Lincoln county opened at Waldoboro
Tuesday, Judge Barrows presiding.
Miss Sophronia Pike Lowell, young lady of
% years, daughter of Capt. Lowell Of Waldo
boro, was drowned Tuesday in the Med,mac
river, near her fathers residence. 1t is not
known whether her death was accidental or
not.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The ticket office of the E. & N. A. railroad
in Bangor was entered Monday night and rob
bed of SIS.
The house, barn and outbuildngs owne by
John Hamilton of Garland, were destroyed by
fire last Tuesday night. The cause of the fire
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
A little daughter OF Hon. JAS Foss of Alb.
bolt, running with chisel in her hauds few
days since, fell upon the chisel, the edge strik-
ing her in the neck, cutting fearful cash close
to the jugular vein. A narrow escape from
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
j. g. Lakes barber shop and w. 81. Win.
slows machine shop in Richmond were en-
tered Sunday and small amounts taken. A
boy named Ghas. Hinckley has been arrested.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Launched at Harrington. Oct. 16, from the
yard Of Ramsdells Rumbal & Coffin, a schooner
manded BY Capt Franklin Sanborn of Ma
chiasport She was built of hard wood and
hacmatac from Nova Scotia, and hard pine
from the South, and is said to be one of the
best built vessels ever launched in the town.
Owned by r. r. & Co. by the captain and
ter.
The Calais National Bank reports sur
plus fund of over $4,000. The Frontier Ma
tional Bank surplus fund of $4,000.
The East Machias Campmeeting Associa-
tioh was recently organized by choice of Jas.
Tuell, president; Nelson Hall, clerk; s. B.
French, Treasurer, and a general business COM
mittee consisting of six members. They have
pure based fourteen acres (the old grounds at
Jacksonville) and have recently laid out roads,
lots, etc., and made other Improvements. A
plan of the grounds has Just been made and
lots may be secured in advance.
The stores of M. N. Feeney, tailor, II. II.
Bowles, dealer in firearms, shoemaker
shop, and a grocery store in Cherryfield were
entered By burglars on the evening of the 21st
and $13O worth of ready made clothing and
$lOO worth of firearms stolen. A part Of the
and a young man named Uriah M. futile ar
rested on suspicion.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Waldo Agricultural Society has elected
the following officers: President, I. M. Board
man, Belfast; weep. esident, Vinal Hills,
Northport; F. P. Ames Belfast; trustees,
George Woods, Belfast; d. A. Wadlin, North
port; Howard Murphy Belfast; Joseph Parks,
Searsport; secretary, Emery Boardman, Esq !,
Belfast; treasurer. Charles Baker, Belfast.
Gardiner S. Flagg, workman in Mathews
factory at Belfast, was seriously injured Mon.
day. while attempting to get on a moving ele-
vatOr.
AT a temperance meeting in Belfast, Sum-
day, over 100 signed the pledge.