The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-10-23
STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

MI. Hewey, who died from injuries received
while shackling cars at Gorham, N. H., was
man highly esteemed. During the war he
served in the 9TH Maine Battery. He. was a
leading member of the Odd Fellows and Ma
sons He was taken to Lewiston for burial,
where he formerly resided.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The wooden mills of Rufus Gibbs of Bridg-
ton, have suspended operations for a season.
The Forest City and Pondicherry mills are run
ming night and day with an unusually large
force employed.
Epizoot is what's the matter with Brunswick
nags.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle says the County Commission
ers have laid road through Jerusalem, clear
ing the hills over which the old road went,
making it one of the levelest roads in the
county from King6eld to Dead river.
OXFORD COUNTY.
A Dixfeld correspondent is indignant at the
cruelty of Dixfield man to his horse. He re-
fused to pull load. Whipping was useless.
He then built fire under the animal but he
did not start. He then tied rope around the
tongue of the horse and had three of his men
pull, which they did, actually pulling out the
animals tongue. The horse was then unhar-
messed. He refrains from giving the name.
A Buckfield man, in admiration of the rebel
warrior, has christened his son 'Stonewall
jackson"
Henry Whitman of Buckfeld, reports yield
of % bushels of wheat from three-fourths of
an acre. The seed is the "Lost Nation
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Skowhegan Reporter says that lothian
Weston last year made from eight cows, nine
teen hundred pounds of butter and half ton
of cheese. He thinks he will do equally we'll
this season.
Messrs. E. j. & G. w. Lawrence of Somer-
:lr s,,@ 1n;r ,~1;n NJ
the 18th inst, 31106 feet of lumber in eleven
hours.
Capt. Robinson, one of Skowhegan's solid citi-
zens, was surprised to find a watch and chain
attached to button on the back of his coat.
1t proved to be the property of citizen and
was attached to his coat while in crowd at
the depot.
James Clark, who recently died in Hartland,
drove the first OK team ever in that town.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Eastport Sentinel hears encouraging re-
ports Of the herring fishery in that vicinity
The business has so far been Improbable this
season.
YORK COUNTY.
Ameeting of the stockholders of the P. 8. &
P. Railroad Company will be held at Kittery,
Nov Sd, to see if the corporation will vote to
reduce their dividend, under the contract with
the Eastern, from 10 to 6 per cent. for two
years.
Three car leads of ashes arrived at North
Berwick on the Eastern railroad, Tuesday from
Detroit, Mich. They can be transported cheap
er from there than they can be bought in this
state.
1t is said that the North Berwick Changers
have purchased the gold mine near that vii
lage.
The Journal says that as Ivory Linscott and
daughter were on their way from South Ber-
wick to North Berwick, last Sunday evening,
near Stores woods, two men jumped from the
side of the road and attempted to stop the
horse. Mr.. L. gave the horse smart blow
with the whip and escaped.
IN GENERAL.
The annual meeting of the Maine Pharma-
ceutical Society was held at Lewiston, in City
Hail. Tuesday. The following were elected
officers for the ensuing year: President, Q. X.
Partridge Lewiston; Vice President, A. q.
Schotterbeck, Portland; Treasurer H. II.
Butler, Bangor; Secretary, H. M. Bryant, Bid
delor1 A committee was appointed to get a
pharmacy act passed by the Legislature, re-
quiring each candidate for the position of
apothecary to pass an examination. Several
theses were read, and Portland selected as the
place of the next animal meeting.