The Portland daily press., 1880-05-29
STATE NEWS,
ANDRoscoGG1N COUNTY.

ANDRoSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The Auburn shoe shipments are probably as
small this week 1163 cases) as they will be for
any week this season. Many factories are pill
ing up goods and will send them off in dump
before many days. Next week the shipments
be lively month. Messrs. j. Monroe & Cos
factory will soon start, and add to the amount
OF business.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
May Goth lightning struck the barn of Mr..
j. e. Jones on Porter's hill, killing valuable
OK and damaging the building considerably.
The bolt of lightning set the barn on fire, but
through the prompt efforts of Mr.. Jones the
fire was extinguished. A house at West Farm
ington was struck, and Mrs. Walker severe
ly shocked during the same shower
HANCOCK COUNTY.
A son of Mr.. VIM. Hopkins and son of
Capt. f. j. Sargent, two small boys OF ELS
worth, got into an alteration Wednesday,
when the former stabbed the latter about the
neck or shoulder with a knife, breaking oil
the blade and leaving it in the flesh A sur
geon was summoned, but at latest advices had
not ascertained the extent of the injury.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
One hundred and two in the shade was what
the thermometer registered Thursday noon on
State street, Augusta.
KNOX COUNTY.
The delegates from Thomaston to the Demo-
cratice State convention will favor the nomi-
nation of Capt Samuel Watts for candidate
for Governor.
AT Greenback caucus in Rockland at the
suggestion of of gentleman, 26 persons pres
ent at the caucus expressed viva voce their
preferences for a candidate for President. Of
them, ten voted for Gen. Weaver, six for Rep
resentative Murch, five for Scion Chase, five
for Ben Butler.
Harris, convict at the Maine State Prison,
attempted to commit suicide ON Tuesday night.
He had been sick for some time and the night
watch in passing his cell noticed blood. 1t was
soon discovered that he had severed the radial
artery of the left forearm. He is now feeble
from the loss of blood but is in a fair way of
recovering from the effects of the same.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The house of Mr.. Alonzo McCurda of South
Jefferson was burned May Goth. Partially in
sured.
Cornelius Heyer the Oldest inhabitant of
Waldoboro, died near North Waldoboro, Tues
day evening, at the age of 94 years. aHe had
day. AT that time he was at work iu the corn
field when he was Eprostrated by paralytic
shock.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
During the heavy thunder shower Thursday
afternoon the lightning struck the east end of
lHOS L. w HarI s Darn III Gu1llOru, Une uulQ
running down on the outside to door, when
it entered pen containing fifty sheep and
lambs, but fortunately killed only one of
them, which was the extent of the damage
done.
Mr.. Henry G. Jennys of Atkinson has re-
Gently lost a valuable horse and five sheep, all
of which died in suspicious manner. Pota-
toes containing arsenic were found in the yard,
and parties are suspected of poisoning them
PENOBsCoT COUNTY.
The barn of Wesley Ware of Springfield
was struck by lightning, last week, setting it
on fire and killing cow. The fire was extin-
guished before much damage was done.
The furnace at the Katahdin Iron Works is
doing some remarkable work, having made on
Monday seventeen and one-quarter, ON Tues
day seventeen and one-half, and on Wednes-
day seventeen and one-half tons of first quail
ty car wheel iron On eighty-three bushels of
coal to the ton-a feat believed to be unprece-
denied in the history of charcoal iron making.
Twenty-Five four horse teams are now en-
ployed fifteen of them hauling iron to the de-
pot and the balance hauling ore and charcoal
to the furnace.