The Portland daily press., 1882-01-19
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoae1N COUNTY

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The Lewiston Journal says all the mills are
| taking steps to have their help vaccinated.
| Every person employed by the Continental
Mills is fully protected
Capt. j. S. P. Ham of Lewiston, who was
| stricken with paralysis several days ago, at Sa-
BATHS, died at his home Sunday morning, at
| $50 o'clock. He enlisted as second lieutenant
| and was twice promoted He was Past Com
mander of Custer Post, G. A. R.. of Lewiston,
and representative to the Legislature from
! Lewiston in $50 and 10.
The Lewiston Montgomery Guards have been
accented as one of the reserve militia.
T. B. Swan, the fusionist of corn shelter no.
toriety, has been heard from. He was in
| Omaha two weeks ago, and gives this account
| of himself since leaving Minot: 81 left Minot
| the last Of January, 1881, on the Grand Trunk
railway. / first stopped at Toledo, Ohio /
went there over the Hoosac Tunnel Railroad
1 have resided in st. Louis, Mo-. Fort Worth,
| Tex, Des Moines, Ia, Council Bluffs, Ia,
| Charlton, Ia, Omaha, Neb., and Tirrel Tex.
| have been selling books till lately. l am
| now lecturing upon astronomy, temperance,
scripture, and noted places in different parts of
the world"
ARoOSTooK COUNTY.
| One family bible constitutes the entire assets
| of an insolyent Houlton merchant in insol-
| vency
The Honlton Pioneer learns that Melvin,
the alleged bigamist, who was kidnapped at
Fort Fairfield recently, was so roughly ham
died by the mob that his death may be the re-
suit Measures for his extradition have been
instituted by The proper authorities, while the
guilty parties are to be brought before legal
tribunal for examination.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Collins Granite Company of East Blue
hill have contract for about $50, 900. of 10 cut
work for the "New York Produce Exchange"
building. They will put on steam in their
Guarries at once.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge Of
Good Templars of Maine, is to be hold at Au-
gusta in April.
The transfers of real estate in Kennebec
county last week, as recorded in the office OF
Register of Deeds, amounted to 5000.
If the houses are all filed the total capac-
ity for ice storing on the Kennebec river at
the present time is l ,120, 400 tons. There will
be enough stored if the weather proves good
to keep the old Kennebec pretty well crowded
next summer with vessels to carry it away.
The Journal says Saturday night Mr.. FL. L.
Gushing of Augusta was reckoning up his
gains, and had piece of paper in one hand
and ten dollar bill in the other. After he
had completed his calculations he started to
throw the scrap of paper into the fire but ab-
sent mindedly tossed the bill upon the blazing
Goals, and folded up the paper to Iput into ms
pocketbook!
Danlel 1aylOf OF Rome, kWnll6 WORKING III
the saw mill of Daniel Stevens, at Wings
Mills $50 called" caught his left leg so as to
carry him over the main shaft, mangling his
leg so it was found necessary to amputate It be-
low the knee. Taylor is comfortable This
unfortunate young man has before had TWEEN
ty-seven pieces of bone come out of the same
leg above the knee, and lost three fingers on
the right hand.
KNOX COUNTY.
| A branch of the Land League was organ
lied in Rockland Monday, with twenty-five
members.
Mrs. M. e. Thurlow of Rockland, widow
| 60 years old, while hanging out clothes, Mon
day morning, fell from chair and broke her
| wrist.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Wing says business is brisk at the Ka-
tahdin Iron Works. From 200 to 300 cords OF
wood are hauled to the works daily and the
prospects are that there will be good winters
| work done.
| The Wing says that on Friday, Jan 18th,
Mrs. Lizzie, wife of Mr.. Clarence Prescott OF
| Corinth, and daughter of Sanford S. Coan and
Maria Coan, of Exeter, suddenly dropped
dead at her residence, Mrs. Prescott had been
married about year and six months, and
| laavos O child nplu four vuaakc old