The Portland daily press., 1875-06-19
STATE NEWS.


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| The Lewiston Journal says that Wednesday
when Mr.. Henry B. Burleigh was on the train
| from Lewiston to Portland, while fooling with
some railroad fog signals, they exploded, and
| his hand was badly burned and his hair con
| siderably singed
On Tuesday the regular passenger train from
Pennington to Lewiston was passing quite
rapidly around curve on high embankment,
| when the locomotive struck an OK that was
| standing on the track, tossing him fifteen feet
into the air, and hurting the animal like top
| down the steep embankment and doubtless
killing him instantly.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brighton News says that the trustees of
Bridgton Academy have again voted to present
the institution to the state for Normal School.
If the following, which find in the Brdg-
ton News, is true, that prosperous village has
the wickedest man in Maine I'VE learn that
there is a man in this village whO3 is mean
enough to publicly boast that he will get some
of the reformed boys back drinking again For
such an one, it were we'll that milestone were
hanged about his neck and he De cast into the
sea-
The Bridgton News says:-"And now Hill
& Littefeld have their lath story to tell At
their mill they are able to saw out 100 laths in
minute and half with single machine
The valuation of the town of Harpswell in
1875, $410,085, amount of money raised for
tOWu PURPOSES, %U.UUUt SIdlo IdA, Rl,OAl.SV,
county tax, $S17.77; rate of percentage $500
per thousand; amount raised for repair OF
roads, $1,000; rate OF percentage for road tax
80 80 per thousand.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The coming Fourth of July will be celebrated
at the Jefferson trotting park July 9th, at 8
a. M, by, fantastic parade; at 10 a. M,
opening address by DR.. j. d. Montgomery:
Subject-"R Republican and Monarchical Gov
ernments Compared; at 1880 an Grafton by
Miss Hulda B. Loud of Rockland, Massachu-
sets; to be followed in reply by L. M. Staples,
Esq.,, of Washington. Several horses will trot
for purses in the afternoon.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Bath Times says that Mr.. Stanley of
Dixfield passed through Bath Wednesday, with
fine lot of landSlocked salmon destined for
Rangely lake. Some of them weighed full
pound each. They were reared in small pond
back of Wiscasset The eggs were procured
from ST. CroiX.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says that John Young of East
Corinth was so fatally Injured by falling from
his team on Wednesday that he died in few
hours
A large number of cases have been argued
the present week before the law court at Ban
gor, Chief Justice Appleton and Associate
Justices Dich erson, Danforth, Virgin, Peters
and Libby being present.
Miss Antoine, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
David Antoine of Veaze, committed suicide by
taking strychnine on Wednesday. She applied
to several drug stores before obtaining it.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Maine Central shows good business at
Skowhegan, slate, hay, potatoes, lumber,
paper, etc., aggregating large shipments.
Starks will celebrate the Sd of July just as
though it was the 4tb, MINISTRIES, fantasies,
Sunday schools and citizens participating.
Hartley Green and son of Dead River trapped
monster bear at Flagstaff few days since.
The skin was seven feet five inches long and
weighed fifty pounds. They took fifty-six
pounds of fat and left as much more on the
carcass, which they left in the woods. They
thnA the bear would weigh not less than five
hundred pounds
The last rains have insured successful drive
on Carrabasset river.
YORK COUNTY.
The Biddeford Times says that Mr. Daniel
Pool of that city was considerably bruised by
being thrown from a carriage Thursday.
The Biddeford Light Infantry have decided
to have their annual target practice at the Pool
instead of Old Orchard, as at first contem-
plated 1t comes off on the Goth of June