The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoaG1N COUNTY

The journal says that there are on duty in
Lewiston, between the shafts of truck wagons,
three steeds, whose ages aggregate ~ years.
The patriarch of the job horses has seen 81
years service and has not run away for several
seasons The two other frisky animals in the
trio are aged respectively 20 and n years.
The Lewiston Journal has seen plans for an
extension of the Bates mills, which will be
made next spring. 1t is proposed to extend
the Number l mill northerly to the wall of the
canal space of 72 feet, covering all the
vacant land now existing between the corpor-
atoms bricks and the canal. A fiat roof will
be put on the extension. giving one story more
than is in the present No. mill. Treasurer
Edwards has also ordered estimates to be
made for raising the roof of the whole old
mill in order to make it correspond with the
extension. The increased space given by the
proposed extension will accommodate 10000
additional spindles-which would make
respectable mill of themselves. The bates is
also to have yarn mill. 1t can't begin to
supply the demand for its yarn. The corpora
ton will expend $4,000 or more in putting in
new feeders for the No. 1, next spring, as well.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Photograph says that parties have been
in Salem recently, in view OF putting in
machinery for the manufacture of birch lum-
ber and it is decided fact, by good judges,
that no place exceeds it in the State, in
quantity and quality of lumber, and the dis
lance from a railroad station.
The Photograph says that Mr.. Hodgkins is
making quite extensive repairs on his mill at
Madrid, and is putting in machinery for the
manufacture of pail bail handles, with
capacity for forty thousand day.
The Chronicle says that the Pennington
corporation assessors are preparing the tax
hills of the Maine Central railroad bonds.
They amount to 50, 700.
The annual meeting of the Franklin Central
Agricultural Society will be held at Daggett
Hall, Nov. 3d. 1881.
KNOX COUNTY.
There are no new developments in the story
told by Montgomery, the State Prison convict,
in regard to the murder of Mrs. Meservey.
Some points of the story are confirmed by in
vestigation, but many of his statements have
been proven to be lies. The Opinion says that
Prof. Dunton is soon to publish book, in
which he claims to prove that Hart is not the ne
murderer. He will pitch into counsel on both
sides, and the book promises to make sensa-
ton.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Ossipee News says that diphtheria is
prevailing quite extensively in Porter, there
being at the present time not less than ma
dozen cases in the village and in the Stanley
Mills district in town. But, fortunately, only
two deaths have occurred as yet.
The Ossipee News reports diphtheria prevail
ing in Hiram.
PIscATAouIs COUNTY.
The Observer says: Messrs. VIVA. McComb
and o. P. Martin of Foxcroft are about to
start fruit-canning establishment at the mill
| lately used for wool-pulling owned by Mr..
MeCcmb. They are making preparations this
fall and both gentlemen visited the Skowhegan
factory this week to CLEAN the necessary in
formation for carrying it on.
YORK COUNTY.
A reward of 5000 is offered by the town
authorities of North Berwick, for the couvic-
ton of the parties guilty of setting the recent
| incendiary fires in that village.