The Portland daily press., 1877-05-04
STATE NEWS.
ARoOsTooK COUNTY.

ARoOsToOK COUNTY
Oscar Kicker, young man employed as
brakeman by the Boston & Maine Railroad
Company, was run over Wednesday evening in
Boston and killed. He belonged in Ludlow
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The Methodist chapel at Harrington has
and removed from its original site on Main
street to the Fletcher lot on Depot street, where
the company are putting in machinery for the
manufacture of shovel handles. They also in
tend to put in run of stone for grinding corn.
The Normal lSchool at Pennington is having
recess of tive weeks
HANCOCK COUNTY.
April - Capt. Kimball Bracy of the schoon-
er Carrie 81. Spfford while cunning in Deer
discharge of gun in the hands of young
man. Capt. Bracy was shot in the back part
of his head, and being but few. feet from the
muzzle of the gun, the top Of the skull was
blown entirely off, leaving only about half the
craniun.
Chas. Y. Butler of Eastbrook while taking a
harrow from cart fell over packard and the
harrow fell upon him. One of the teeth en-
tered his throat, near the windpipe, and pene-
trated through the roots of the tongue to the
roof of his mouth. At last accounts he was
living, but his recovery was regarded as doubt
full.
Tie Superior Court at Ellsworth has decreed
ten divorces.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
-Four octogenarians have died in Winthrop
recently Mrs. Sophia A. Wing, aged 80, Mrs
Jerusha Hayward, aged 81. Mrs. Levi Perkins,
aged "a, .and Mrs. Cynthia Bonney, aged 81
years.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mr.. Fairchid Bease of Buckfeld, who has
been respondent for some months, on account
of the death of the young lady to whom he
was engaged, hanged himself on Saturday, the
18th ult., at his residence.
PENoBscOT COUNTY.
The Northwestern Lumberman says the sea-
sen opens dull about the Orono lumber mills.
The cut of logs the past winter has been much
smaller than ever before. The whole cut on
the Penobscot will not exceed 65,0OO,O0O feet,
and unless there are rains soon, there will be a
number of millions left in the streams There
is TO- 900, 900 feet of old logs in the booms, maxi
ing about $4,000, 900 feet as the total available
stock for 1877.
During the month of April there were sur
veyed in Bangor 6, LIS, 1884 feet of lumber.
Sunday night George Poole and Ephraim
Duby broke into the house of Thomas S. Ward
OF Orono. They were caught and held .iu $780,
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Intelligence from the Skowhegan men who
recently went to the Black Hills is that they
had lost their mules. stolen by the Indians, and
they were toiling along on foot, and that they
had not SO far washed their faces and tcombed
their hair any oftener than when at home.
WALDO COUNTY.
The house of William Knight in Belmont
was entered last week and gold watch and
$20 in money stolen.
The store of Tyler Crockett in Searsport was
entered by burglars recently and lot of tobac-
CO and cigars stolen.
Capt Otis D. Blake of Searsport was severe
ly injured recently by falling from staging.
$4,000 bushels of potatoes were shipped
from Belfast during the winter.
YORK COUNTY.
Superintendent of Schools Corthell has
been inspecting the high schools of York coun-
ty and finds them in excellent condition.
Mrs. Daniel Williams died very suddenly in
Wells, April 26. She3had been about her work
as usual durngithe day, and retired in apparent
~ usual health. Shortly after retiring she COM
planned of feeling i'll and got up, but soon re-
turned feeling much worse. She lived only
about half an hour after the attack The trou-
BILE is supposed to be heart disease. Her age
was SO years.