The Portland daily press., 1881-08-20
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoee1N COUNTY

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY
Twenty-four more cases Of shoes than last
week have been shipped from Auburn TINS
week. 1t costs from sixty cents to dollar a
case less TO make shoes in Auburn, since the
Mckay patent expired, on the 18th.
The Gazette, of Lewiston, three months ago,
called the attention of the city authorizes 10
the bad condition of several localities IN that
city, particularly to that on lower Park street.
The writer intmated that they were regular
breeders of fevers. 1t now appears that since
the date referred to, in that one street aiohe,
the doctors inform the editor "that three
deaths from typhoid fever contracted in that
one street, have occurred, with eight or more
additional cases of fever sickness. Ihree
deaths and nine sick cases in three months Tor
one street," r
AROosToOK COUNTY.
There is cluster of four lots in Castle Hill
the settlers of which have had rather singular
experience. One of the settlers was drafted,
went south and died. A young man was
killed while telling trees One shot himself
through the shoulder accidentally, and one
committed suicide by shooting, all in the short
space of twenty years.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Ephraim L. Ballard, formerly of Augusta,
was drowned on the 22d of July while fishing
near Sacramento, California.
Quite number of the operatives at the
Kennebec Wire Works, Hallowell struck on
Monday. The preprietors claim that they
were paying Worcester prices, and that moth
ing more could be expected from them. The
strikers persisting they were allowed to go
and men to fill their places are expected soon
from Worcester, Mass. The affair will not in
terfere with work at the mill, which at present
is being pushed to the greatest extent possi-
BILE.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
William Stowell, farmer of New Portland,
apad 70 wars was kjllad in a friohtful man
ner about O'Clock Tuesday morning. Going
to the barn to look for eggs he climbed to
scaffolding of poles which lay across the
beams over the barn floor on which lay guam
tity Of straw. Getting near the edge, by some
means, he pitched headlong, his head striking
large hay rack which stood empty in the
barn floor, mangling it in frightful manner.
When found In a short time by his wife, who
became alarmed at his protracted absence, he
was dead. Mr.. Stowell was a man much re-
spected in the community in which he lived.
WALDO COUNTY.
On Tuesday of last week most shocking ac-
cident happened to Mrs. Gross, wife of Clar-
endon Gross of Prospect. While driving on
the highway her horse took fright and ran, by
which she was thrown from the seat in such
way that she fell astride the wheel, aud was
wedged in that position, the tire which was
an old and ragged one, cutting into her per-
son in a horrible manner. The horse ran
against moving machine, where he stopped
and Mrs G. was released. The cut made by
the wheel was nearly a foot long and four
inches deep, and it lis thought will be fatal.
Mrs. Gross is about thirty years of age, and
weighed 225 pounds.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The three year old son of Mr.. Sandy Leigh
ton of Pembroke fell into a we'll last week and
was drowned.
YORK COUNTY.
Mrs. Emma Libby, married, and Timothy
Carter, unmarried, both of Saco, have eloped.
She leaves family of seven children behind.
AS Mr.. Byron S. Littlefeld of Hollis was
moving the other day in John G. Clark's
meadow he came across large snake. He at
tempted to kill him, whereupon the reptile at
tackled him. The young man was obliged to
retreat and defend himself with the scythe.
He finally succeeded in killing the snake,
which proved to be an adder, three feet and
eight inches long, the largest ever seen in that