The Portland daily press., 1876-04-08

organized into plantation by the choice of
town officers.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph says The close of
the winter term shows an unusually fine collec-
ton of drawings in the engineering rooms.
Perhaps the most infinitely exact-certainly
the most highly finished works yet done in this
school are the sketches of the Pennsylvania
Railroad from Altoona to Laurel Hill, and the
famous location over the Sem mering Pass be-
tween Vienna and Trieste. This Typographical
work is surpassed only by the best engraving,
from which it is hard to distinguish it.
KNOX COUNTY.
There has been avery severe freshet at War
rem during the past week. The foundations of
the western end of the bridge were 70 far
undermined that it settled some, and it was
thought necessary to close it to travel This
be safe, and it has been opened.
Henry D. Flye of Rockland, painter of ve1y
Incorporate habits, died suddenly Sunday
morning of sickness incident to exposure while
intoxicated.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Hiram, at her March meeting, raised $1,000
for free high schools, and voted to establish
two free high scbools-one at South Hiram, the
other at the Bridge Attempt was made to
unite the two schools, but it failed.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Last Monday a son of Isaac P. Chase of
Dexter, years old, fell ten and one-half feet,
striking upon his shoulder and side, on some
ce. 1t is not known how badly he is hurt.
The Whig says A clerk employed in store
in Pickering Square, Bangor, had occasion to
get pail of water at the town pump, Thursday
afternoon, and while he was pumping, some
one who was standing in a crowd on the side
walk threw SNOWFALL at the individual, which
struck near him in puddle of water. There
upon the young man, either on account of fear
or anger, or some ipsaue idea, drew a revolver
and fired it at the crowd. No one was injured
The Dexter Gazette says that an accident
happened at Foxcroft Saturday afternoon last
| which came near being fatal. Mrs. Alden
Bean went into her cellar to get piece OF pork,
and on coming up with the pork knife, with
which she cut it, in her hand, she. was taken
| with fantiug fit, and fell back down stairs,
cutting her arm badly with the knife. Her
family were all away, and no one came for
o?er an hour. When the family got home, they
| Noticing the cellar door open, they went down
cellar and found her lying insensibe in a pool
OF blood. She recovered Sunday morning
sufficiently to tell them how the accident
| occurred.
| Abigail Kilgore of Dexter died Thursday.
having attained to the great age of une hundred
| years. six months and twenty-nine days. She
| was the last Revolutionary widow in Eastern
| Maine. She retained her faculties in q remark.
able degree.
| SOMERSET COUNTY.
| A saw mill in Canaan village, owned by Mr.
George Burrill, was burned to the ground Wed.
nesday evening Of last week, together with all
| its contents. New machinery had recently
| been put in, and it was thought that the fire
was produced by the friction of some of the
new bearings Loss about $2,40O; insured fol
$1700.
The Reporter says: Sixteen members of the
Skowhegan Reform Club went to Athens
Thursday evening to hold a meeting. They
met with considerable opposition from class
who seemed determined to resist all efforts in
.heir behalf Notwithstanding these obstacles,
there was good meeting, and ten signed the
lron-clad and fifty-seven the general pledge.
M5. Asa Waugh of Starks met with a sad
accident last Friday. While saving wood in
b's door-yard with a circular saw, stick acci.
dentally fell upon the saw and was hurled with
IRE 1remehoons force against Mr. Waugh's face
Inc cheek bone and nose were badly crushed
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Our Calais correspondent writes that an in
dustrious but too confdng sailor of that CITY
named James Spry was defrauded out of $500