The Portland daily press., 1882-09-30
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGarN COUNTY.

Our correspondent (P) writes: A woman
came to Lisbon Falls last week, engaged a
shop and set up dress making business. A
number of ladies called and left dresses to be
made and everything appeared all right. On
Monday she called at Mr.. Fred Moultons sta
BILE and wanted one OF his best teams to go to
Lisbon. The team was seen that day near
Lewiston, but since that time no information
can be obtained of woman or team. Mr.. M.
is making efforts to recover his property.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
On Saturday morning men were sent from
Brunswick to Bowdoinham, to clear the track
at the place of the railroad train accident, and
Fabien Belanger of that town, section man,
had his lower jaw fractured while at work, a
jack slipping on wet block and letting car
down upon him.
The Herald says French woman in Bruins
wick who was obliged to use morphine, was
supplied, under the direction of her doctor,
with sufficient amount to last several days.
took it at one dose one evening last week, and
the following morning was found dead from
the effects of it.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
W. @. Furnell's wooden mill, which has
been shut down several weeks for repairs on
the dam and canal, will resume operations
next week
The Chronicle says there is a good deal of
sickness at East Jay.
The potato crop at Rangeley will be poor,
and several of the farmers say they are rot
ting badly.
The Herald says in back pasture on the
farm of Frank Landers, in Kingfeld, the
bears have nearly demolished an old barn he
used to house his sheep in nights. Several
nights ago they entered the barn and killed
three sheep.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Americana correspondent says the citi-
zens of Franklin and vicinity are indignant at
unlawful destruction of deer during the past
year, by hunting with dogs during the winter,
and bounding them into the ponds in the fall,
and then killing them.
The Deer Isle Gazette says Mrs. Arvilla ID.
Gray, of the Reach, has a cat which recently
adopted and brought up chicken. She had
one kitten and the chicken, and they grew up
together, following the old cat around the
house and nesting costly about her FUR. side
as she peacefully dozed by the kitchen stove
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A meeting of all who have ever been con-
nected with the Maine farmers Almanac will
be held at Augusta Oct. 18th, at Hotel North.
KNOX COUNTY.
In consequence of the AWARD Of the COVE
ment contract to him, Gen. Tilson needs
about 100 more stonecutters on Hurricane. The
pay is good--from $3.50 to % per day,-and
the job will last nearly year.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Monday, the 25th, Lemuel Sawyer of Por-
ter, man some SO or 81 years old, was found
dead out in the field He had been from the
house but few minutes. Itappeared he had
sat down on a stone and fallen off.
PENoBscor COUNTY.
A Sangerville man has in his possession
12-pound cannon ball, which the British fred
near Bucksport in the war of 1916
YORK COUNTY.
A little three-year-old son of Mr.. Smart of
Alfred, died quite suddenly last week, he be-
ing well and rugged one day and dying the
next. He was taken with commissions, caused
by eating sweet apples.
The Times says Mrs. j. Wesley of North
Berwick was recently poisoned and came near
losing her life by taking medicine from COB
let that had been covered with green ad YER
Using card, producing arsenical poisoning.
About thirty feet of the embankment SUI
porting the switch track at the Eastern rail-
road crossing on Lincoln street, Biddeford, was
washed into the pond below by the heavy rain
Saturday.
Clara White, ten-year-old daughter OF Jo-
seph White, living on Centre street, Bidde-
ford, attempted to start fire Thursday with
kerosene, when the oil exploded, and she was
badly burned about the face and head, and her
eyebrows and hair were singed.
The Union and journal says the elegant res
idence of Sylvester Lord, near Milton Mills,
The fire originated in the barn and commune
cat ed thence to the ell and main house, and
the whole structure was soon mass of ruins
The stand was nearly new and one of the best
in Acton. 1t was insured for about 81 ,5C0. Had
it not been for the violent rain storm PREVAIL
ing at the time, the residence of j. f. Tit
comb must also have been destroyed.
The Methodist society of the navy yard vii
lage, Kittery, had harvest supper in the YES
try of the church ON Wednesday evening.
There was an installation of officers on the
same night by Naval Lodge, f. and A. M, of
Kittery; and the members of the lodge, with
the visiting brethren FROM this city and other
places, were invited by Bro. E. @. Nealley, to
partake of the good things provided by the la
dies of the church, and did SO, experiencing
marked satisfaction therefrom.
AS Charles Hood, of Saco, was leading Her
bert Milliken's horse to water yesterday, the
horse turned quickly, knocking the young
man down and breaking his left arm at the
shoulder.