The Portland daily press., 1879-09-24
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STATE NEWS.
ANpRosCoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
| In the year 1900, as appears by Lewiston
town records, the good burghers in town
| meeting assembled "voted to raise $40 to pay
| off the town debt.
In the case of Whitney of Lisbon VS.. NJ. c.
| Railroad Co., suit for damages sustained at a
| railroad crossing, the jury at Auburn, on Tues
| day, returned a verdict for defendant for
| $500. This is the second trial. The verdict
of $500 rendered at the first trial was set aside,
as against evidence.
| Saturday, at MIR. A. r. Gimore's Aqua
mills, Turner, Maine, mill-wright named
| Norcross while at work shifting the running
gear received an ugly cash beneath the chin
from chisel thrown out of his hand, had his
right arm fractured and wrist disocated and
received beside three ugly gashes in his other
arm by being thrown by the machinery
against post of the MILL
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Aroostook Pioneer says that grocer in
Aroostook owns COW with horns of inferior
size and length. Last week some miSchievous
boys obtained from the tannery pair of cast
off horns, which with bit of cement they
nicely fitted to ''NIllie' and left her to hoof it
home at milking time, entirely unconscious of
the cool reception which she was destined to
receive in consequence of her transformed ap-
pearance. Her owner not only failed to rec
ogniZe her but drove her from the premises.
The village was searched in vain for the miss
in the local paper Day after day the stray
COW was turned away, until at last the victim
of an innocent joke seized her by the horns,
which came off, and he recognized his own
property
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mrs. George Fuller, the mother of the mayor
of HalloWen fell from the flight of steps
leading into her garden, one day last week,
breaking her arm near the wrist, fracturing a
rib, and suffering badly from bruises caused by
the fall.
Mr.. Albion Call Of West Dresden, who is
seventy-two years old, % few days since swan
across the Kennebec, distance of over half a
mile.
The bullet which made Rev. L. S. Kalloch
Mayor of San Francisco, has been extracted
by Mr.. Kallochs wife, who was Maine lady
"a native of Waterville.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Village Heral says at the last commun-
ion at the Baptist church, DamariScotta, there
were four persons present, one OF whom has
been member of the church for fifty-nine
years. and the other three had been members
for fifty-fve years each
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Rev. G. W. Reed of Veazie lost valuable
horse Monday. The animal was in the field
with other horses when one of them kicked
him, breaking one of his forelegS so that it
was necessary to shoot him.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
As two young men of Milbridge village,
Ansel Wass and George Fenwick, were riding
in wagon in Lubec village, last Monday
morning, during the thunder Storm, Mr.. Wass
was struck by the lightning and thrown from
his carriage, but not seriously injured. Near
the place where Wass lay the lightning
plowed a furrow in the ground for quite dis
lance.
A log was sawed in the 'Hotel' mill, Ma
chias, the other day, the lumber of which sur
veyed ITO feet. 1t scaled 1866 feet and is
said to be the largest log ever sawed in Ma
cAias
YORK COUNTY.
The Universalist State conference will be
held at the Rev. Mr.. Vinal's church in Ken
nebunk beginning Tuesday evening" Sept
30th, and ending Thursday afternoon, Oct I'd.
and Rev. Dr. Briggs of Cambridge, Mass, will
preach,