Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-09
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
Maine.

NcttlGs
The trustees of the state insane asy-
lum at Augusta, pronounce il impossible
to erect suitable building for SlS, 600,
the sum voted by the last legislature.
Howard. a driver, and Alden, paint
er, for the Portland horse railroad COM
pany are under arrest for robbery, evil
IDENTIFY long continued, of the money
boxes on the cars by false keys.
The pine tree which adorns the new
seal of the state is engraved from the
drawingoi Miss Caroline Talbot of Port
land. The identical tree stands on the
side of Dennys river, in Washington
county.
Otis Ames, an insane convict at the
state-prison, committed suicide recently
by drowning himself in the pond in the
prison quarry.
Miss Ella Peabody, of Andover, has
done the work Of a man for ever five
years, participating in doing her part of
the outdoor work on a large farm. She
handles the shovel and axe as well as
most men, and with the scythe is good
hand, working on the roads. She is n
little above medium height and weighs
about 100 pounds.
The body found at Saco recently is
that of John Currier, of Old Orchard, 81
years old, and the coroner's jury decided
that he was murdered, as a bullet was
found in the right temple. The nose
was broken, and the body was robbed
of watch and some money, which he
had shown freely in Saco hotel.
Thomas Littlefield, formerly station
agent of the Eastern railroad at Wells,
hanged himself recently.
The Maine state prison sold $l9.57S
worth of articles during the year ending
in June, gain of $40, 400.
New Hampshire.
Frank Burnham's l0-years-old daugh-
ter Hattie died recently ut Wilton so sud
denly that her father is suspected of hav-
ing caused the internal injuries which
the physicians say led to her death.
During storm last week, lightning
struck the house and barn of Samuel
Tucker of West Hopkinton and Gilman
Minis Of Roxbury, and they were de-
stroyed.
The army worm has appeared in large
numbers at the Portsmouth city-farm,
attacking one Of the wheat fields.
Henry, Joy & Baldwin's steam saw
mill at New Zealand has been burned;
loss partly insured, The firm recently
lost 5000 feet Of lumber by fire near the
mill.
Mrs. Hannah Cox, of Holderness, has
just passed, in active health, her l04th
birthday.
The new factory at Hillshoro has
been bought by Rufus S. Frost & Co., OF
Boston, and will be called the Hillsboro
wooden mill.
Snowfakes and hail fell at Suncook
during shower the other day, when it
was very warm.
Ed. McGoldrich. q man who had been
working in the lumber mill of Horace
Richardson at Twin Mountain, was run
over by the Syracuse express ut Little
ton, NY, recently. He was intoxic ated,
and probably lying on the track when
the train came along.
A few days ago freight engine on the
b. and NJ. road struck a man. From
cards and papers found in his pockets
the man appears to be G.. w. Maress,
corn doctor, of Chelsea.
n 'VIcuH tIluIIeGdlOI III II lDlckIV SeC-
tied town found q mother 26 years old
with son of IA. She married when
between IL and 10 years old a man of %.
Portsmouth's completed census shows
$500 inhabitants, a growth of 48l since
1870.
The defense in the state-prison hearing
at Concord has closed. and the governor
and council consider it on the 18th.
Manchester has SO, 1874 inhabitants, a
gain of 5000 in the decade, and of 5000 in
two years.
At q meeting of the governor and
council recently, the following appoint
ments were made: Ex-Gov. Benjamin
f: Prescott ar d Joseph Kidder, Trustees
of the College of Agriculture and Me-
chanic arts; Board of Bank Commits
sioners. Leander w. Coggswell of Hen
mixer, John D. Lyman of Exeter, and
William II. Berry of Pittsfeld; Hon.
James W. Patterson, Superintendent of
Public Instruction.