The Portland daily press., 1882-05-30
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoeGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
The journal says the Lewiston Gaslight Co.
has accepted the offer made by Messrs. Barker
and Packard for mill site near the gas house
in Lewiston. The lot purchased by these gen.
tlemen is rs feet wide and 295 feet deep. They
will now proceed with their mill project with
out delay. The Incorporation papers were
made on Saturday, and ground will be broken
without delay. The number OF its spindle ca
pacty is not yet determined upon. Fancy cot
tons will be manufactured.
The Citizen says that wednesday forenoon,
while John Richardson, Ezra Bailey and Mr..
Jos. Durgin were at work shingling building
in Mechanic Falls, the staging gave. way and
threw the men to the ground, a.distance OF
about 20 feet. Mr.. Bailey's right arm was
broken by the fall, and Mr.. Richardson sus-
tanned severe injuries in the region of the
spine, while Mr.. Durgin, who is man over 80
years of age, escaped with severe shaking
up.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Commercial says almost every, train is
bringing recruits for the Swedish colony
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The fourth annual meeting of Cumberland
North Conference Will be held with the church
at Cumberland Centre, june 18th and 14th,
commencing at $50 a. m. The Maine Central
railroad will sell tickets for the round trip.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Phonograph says that the late severe
weather has been very fatal to sheep that were
sheared and turned into open pastures. A. L.
Bradbury of Avon has lost fifteen or twenty
from exposure to the wet and cold.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Sentinel says it is rumored, and not
without good reason, that ten set woolen
mill is to be erected at West Waterville on the
site of the old dam below the Cascade. Hon.
Seth L. Miliken of Belfast, and Mr.. Mayo of
Foxcroft, are the principal men interested.
The graduating class at Kents Hill Semina-
nv consists of II students, distributed among
the courses as follows: Ladies' college course,
8; classical, q scientific, 81 normal, 2; musical,
one.
Mr.. Fri Wills, one of the Oldest and best
known citizens of Augusta, died Saturday af-
ternoon, at / o'clock, after comparatively
brief Illness The cause of his death was dila-
ton of the right auricle and ventricle OF the
heart.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Seamen are very scarce at Bangor, and sew
eral captains have offered as high as $50 a
month, in vain, for sailors.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Calais Times says the Holsters of the St.
Croix waters have deprecated amazingly in
size, and from present indications will soon be
exterminated. One hundred live ones were
shipped from Eastport to Boston by single
boat this week.
The Sentinel says that Sunday last Rev. T.
G. Moses baptised fourteen candidates at East
port.
YORK COUNTY.
The Sanford News says Friday night, May
10Th, the house and stable belonging to Mrs.
Nancy Smith of WATERFORD, were burned. The
house was occupied by Mrs. Smith and Rev. f.
@. Merrill The fire commenced in the stable
about eleven o'clock, and was discovered in
season to save most of the things from the
house. The Rev. Mr.. Merrill lost his library,
and Mrs. Smith her best furniture. Mr., Chas.
Smith had some grain and other property
burned 1t is not known how the fire origi-
mated. The buildings were insured.