The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-11
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

The amount of business in the Auburn shoe
factories the past week has been larger that for
the corresponding week of 1877, and slightly
larger than last week.
Col. Lewis Hunton, an old and respected
resident of East Livermore died reca ntly aged
SO. He was pensioner of the war of 1872.
A few days since an Auburn builder assembled
to the top of High street church spire to do
some work on the final. Suddenly he felt
nausea. and his head began to swi.n. He was
alone, $50 feet from the ground, on narrow
scaffolding. He had presence of mind enough
to fall fiat on his back on the narrow board
upon which he stood. He lay there half an
hour so far as he knew, swimming in boundless
ether. Gradually the nausea and dizziness dis.
appeared and he ventured again to rise, finished
the work he had begun, and descended.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
Augusta will unveil her soldiers monument
on the Fourth.
Oakland Park Association of Gardiner has
voted to assess its stock $40 share, and if it
be not paid il thirty days to sell the stock.
Chas. e. Sawtelle who set fire to his building
in Readhed, but who was set at liberty on bail
has been arrested gain on charge of perjury
and held in $1,000.
KNOX COUNTY.
Thursday two gentlemen arrived at the
Thorndike Hotel, Rockland, by the morning
train from Portland, one of whom was an
American and the other spoke English broken =
ly. The first registered as "H. Warren, Bos.
ton" and the second as "Mr. Alberts." They
had dinner and the foreign gentleman aske
for private table by themselves, where they
could spread out maps, etc The former gentle-
man is supposed to have been FL. W. Hunt of
Boston, just from Russia, and said by the
papers to have been accredited with authority
to purchase fast steamers "Mr. Alberts"
is supposed to have been Russian connected
with the mission of the Cimbria-possbly
Count Grippenberg The two gentlemen left
for Belfast, with private team, en- route to
Mt, Desert.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Work on the Buckfeld & Mechanic Falls
railroad is progressing finely. All the bridges
and trestles to Buckfield have been completed i,
and work will commence at once in laying new
sleepers and re-laytng the track. Much new
leave Portland, Wednesday, and it is expected
will be run to Buckfeld before the end of this
month.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Skowhegan is going to have scythe factory.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
An interesting insurance has just been settled
at Calais. Chas. f. Todd sued the New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company to recover
the amount of policy on the life of James
with gun and rake by his side. The company
resisted payment because the insured committed
suicide, In which case according to the terms of
the policy their liability only extended to the
amount of the premiums paid. The case was
first tried last year when the jury returned a
verdict for plaintiff for $4,000. the full amount
of the policy. The full court set aside the
vesdict and sent the case back for a new trial
The second verdict was for plaintiff, but only
for the amount of the premiums paid in by
deceased. The case was conducted for plaintiff
by the Hon. f. A. Pike and for defendant
company by the Hon. Bio n Bradbury.
| YORK COUNTY.
| The Greenback excitement in Springvale is
dying out.
Quite number of cottages are being erected
| at Wells beach.