The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-15
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoaa1N COUNTY

The Supreme Court sits at Auburn next
Tuesday. Judge Walton will preside.
Miss Susie Hasty, Bangor young lady en-
ployed in Smiths dye-house, Lewiston, was
taken violently insane, Monday, ten minutes
after the receipt of telegram announcing the
death of a younger brother. The physician
who attended her, states that she will proba-
bly, recover in a few days.
large flock of sheep was passing along
Main street, Lewiston, Tuesday, when their
leader took notion to go into the plumber s
store of Messrs. Smith & Smith and immedi
ately the hole flock followed. After des-
perate but unsuccessful struggle to rid the
persuaded to go out and was followed by the
whols flock.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. Albion CHM of Orland, whose attempt
at suicide was reported last week, is very low
with rheumatic fever. The ball is not ex-
tracted as it lies near the jugular vein and the
operation is too dangerous to attempt.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Executive Council have been in session
two days at the State House, engaged In the
transaction of routine business. They have
provided for the payment of certain accounts
against the State, and have confirmed the
nominations of the Justices of the Peace and
other minor officers appointed by Governor
Plaisted.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Miss Phebe Lapham died in Bethel, Aug
23d, aged 81 years. While she was on jour-
ney from Lewiston to Bethel she was thrown
from Alder River bridge in Greenwood, into
the river few days before Ter death, and was
only saved from drowning by timely rescue
Some two years ago, she had partial shock
of paralysis which much enfeebled her health
and that, in connection with being thrown in
TO the river, was the probable cause of hel
death.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
A boy named Smith carelessly picked uI
| his gun recently with the muzzle toward
| him, with the usual result. The gun was dis
| charged and the charge entered the palm Of
| his hand obliquely, shattering part of the car
| pal bones. and passed out through the wrist
| tearing off the tendon of the third and fourth
| fingers, and exposing to view the other ten
| dons of the ulna artery. The charge then en-
| tered the arm, above the elbow, but did moi
| break the bone.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
| Another State fair victim is a Topshan
| farmer who had his pockets picked and il
| now $50 out.
| The Bath Times says that Andrew McKen
| ney. 81 years old, and who has been blind FOL
| the past twelve years, has worked constantly
in one of the mills at Winnegance, where ht
operates circular saw as ''cutting off, saw
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
| Monday little fellow named Pulk wa,
| rowing about one of the docks at Eastport in
tub and fell overheard. There were no mer
near and the boy would have drowned, as the
| tide took him under the wharf, but youDe
| Irish boy named VIM. Butler, 10 years old
| one of the crew of the bark Western Sea, saw
him, jumped over, swan under the wharf anG
| brought him ashore. When Butler left the
bark in Machias he went to Eastport to WORK
| in sardine factory.
| YORK COUNTY.
The Pepperell mills, at Bddeford have just
put in two engines of the Corliss pattern The
larger one is to run the No. 8 mill, and is o.
800 horse power, having a fly-wheeel % feet in
diameter and 70 inches broad. The smaller
engine furnishes power for Nos. and mills
and is Of 600 horse power, having a hy-whee
20 feet in diameter and 10 inches broad.