Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-12-18
state News.
ANDROsCOGGIN-

The father of Hon. Eugene Hale is still
dangerously i'll.
The many friends of ex- Mayor Russell will
be panied to learn that he is rapidly failing.
His disease is cancer in the groin. DIR.
Green of Portland visited him Saturday
evening. He said there was no hope for DIR.
Russells recovery.-LeTiston Journal.
Large numbers of Christmas drafts have
been sent from Lewiston to Ireland and Eng
land within several weeks. Nearly one thou
sand dollars will be received by the old folks
in the old country from their daughters and
sons in this part of the new country, and will
be right welcome Christmas gifts.
CUMBERLAND.
The Portland New Era, and the Morning
News have been consolidated. Hereafter the
paper will be known as the Portland News
and will be published daily and weekly.
Peter Merrill Of Cumberland, one of the
staunchest men in that good old town. is lying
at the point of death, with consumption. He
is over II years of age. He has served two
terms in the legislature, and held other Offices
of trust in his town.
Hancock.
Nearly all the ice has gone out of the Union
river, and vessels can come up to Ellsworth
as easily as in summer.
A s'hoist' has just been completed at the
Ellsworth Foundry for the Sullivan Mining
Co. 1t is to be used for carrying the ore
from the mouth of the old shaft, on the shore,
to the top of the new mill.
KNOX.
The ROckland Courier SAYS that as q. A.
Stafford was proceeding home the other night.
big black dog suddenly dashed out of a
yard on Middle street, and with a savage
Jump made for Mr.. Safford's throat, but for
tunately caught his teeth only in the gentle
mans coat collar, tearing it badly. The
brute then grabbed him by the calf of the
leg, inficting severe bite, which afterward
demanded the doctors attention. The animal
then made off. and Mr.. S. could not find out
to whom he belonged.
PENOBscor.
1t is estimated there will be cut this sea-
son on Penobscot waters upwards of l2O,-
600, 900 feet of lumber, but all may not be
got to market. There are about 0,000, 900
feet of last years cut left over for early saw
ing in the spring.
Some prominent capitalists are seriously
discussing the feasibility of using the Oldtown
water powers, for cotton and woolen mills.
PIscATAouIs.
Ten inches of snow fell yesterday at Moose
head Lake, and the Lake is now passable for
teams.
Elisha Towne, of Foxcr0ft, aged II years,
q bachelor, has lived for many years in a
cabin in the edge of the forest. same distance
from neighbors. 1t appears by light snow
fall that on Wednesday of last week he left
his cabin some five six rods distant to hew
some kindling-wood from a dry tree, and in
the act of gathering up the same fell back
ward dead, as appears, without a motion.
doubtless from heart disease. His body was
not discovered until Saturday, lth inst, ii
being frozen solid. as it was in the snow two
days and three nights. Ptscatagpis Oh
Serrer.
Hon. f. c. Moody of York. raised twenty
two tons of sugar beets on little more than
three-quarters of an acre of ground last sea
son, notwithstanding the drought. He in
tends to plant twelve acres to sugar beets next
year.
Stephen Sweetsir, brother of John f. and
Edmund Sweetsir of Saco, died the oath of
November at San Francisco. He was unmar-
ried and said to be very rich. John +. Sweet
sir started for San Francisco yesterday morn
ing, accompanied by Hampden Fairfield,
Esq, whom he has taken as counsel, to settle
up his brothers estate.
The Biddeford Evaporating Company have
branch establishment at Cornish, in which
upwards of 200 bushels of apples were manu-
factured up to the middle OF November, when
the works closed.