The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-21
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGs1N COUNTY


The Auburn shoe shipments this week foot
up 1857 cases, gain of AZ cases over last week.
Quite number of the shops are hurrying to
get off the last of their spring orders SO as to
commence on their fall orders
The Republican district committee, consist
ing W. d. Pennell, Esq, Androscoggin, j. S.
Wright, ESQ.,, Oxford, Hon. j. B. Morrison,
Franklin, and j. G. Richardson, Esq, acting
for the Sagadahoc member, met at the Dewitt
House, Wednesday forenoon, and unanimously
agreed to call the Republican convention for
this district at Auburn hail. Thursday,
gressional vacancy.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. A. G. Woodward of Brunswick, aged
40 years, committed suicide last Sunday by
shooting himself. He had been in ill health
for some time.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Susan Reed of Phillips went to Bruins.
wick to consult the Medical faculty regarding
a tumor, but died Wednesday night before the
operation was performed. Her age was 30.
LaForest Tufts of North Pennington lost
six very nice fine wool sheep by drowning the
18th inst.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The price of rooms and board at Bar Harbor
are said to be considerably in advance of last
year, and there is an increased demand for
accommodations.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
About fifty feet of the new dam of Butler
Bros. and o. e. Taylor g. Son at the mouth of
Thirty Mile river, West Mt. Vernon, went out
about o'clock Wednesday afternoon, taking
the bridge, and quite an amount of timber of
various kinds. Much anxiety is felt for the
Dunn Edge Tool Co.'s shop and other property
at Fayette.
Nearly thousand people assembled at the
depot in Augusta Thursday morning to see
Merrill. the matricide off for Thomaston. He
was smiling, and said he was glad to go. He
wanted to do something to drive away the re-
collection of the crime. He says that he de-
sreS to learn the carriage-maker's trade, and
has no doubt but that he will be pardoned out
in eight or ten years. There was great SEN
sation when the train from Bangor arrived.
Passengers poked their heads out of windows
toscatch glimpse Of the matricide. Shackles
were put on his legs, and he was taken into the
smoking car, in charge of Deputy Sheriff
Jewell.
KNOX COUNTY.
A terrific tempest swept over some portions
of Knox county Wednesday night. TIE light
ming was sharp and thunder very heavy. The
height of the tempest was about eight o'clock,
when the rain poured down in torrents, and in
some parts of the town windows were broken
by the hail, circumstance not remembered to
have occurred for many years.
Last Monday, at st. George, Clinton, son of
Simon Harrington, while at play, pointed
pistol at his brother Alphonso, and pulled the
trigger. He did not know that the weapon
was loaded. The bullet struck Alphonso in the
forehead. He died Wednesday from the eff
fects of the wound.
OXFORD COUNTY.
DIN, son of Erastus Aver, Esq, of South
Waterford, aged about Is years, was seriously
wounded Tuesday morning., while he and
schoolnate were at play with small defective
revolver. Surprising cartridge could not be
discharged he pointed the revolver toward his
neck and fred The cartridge passed COM
pletely through his neck between the windpipe
and spinal cord 1t is supposed he will re-
cover.
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
Wednesday night, the station of the Bucks
port & Bangor Railroad, in Brewer, was brok-
en- into by some party or parties unknown.
The only booty secured was a pension certi6-
cate belonging to Mr.. Howard the station
agent, and small quantity of Stationary
PIsCATAoUIs COUNTY.
The rain has caused high water On the Pts
cataquis, and some damage has been done at
FoXcroft. boom containing abouts300, 900 of
lumber, owned by Il. d. Gilman of Foxcroft
was carried away Wednesday morning. The
logs were mostly stopped at East Dover, three
miles below. The fume at Mayo & Sons fac
tory BURST and the factory will be obliged to
shut down for week or more.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The iron works at Pembroke are in full
blast again aud times are quite brisk there.