The Portland daily press., 1883-07-21
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN UNITY.

ANDhOSCOGGlN Z ,ONAA'
A notice was posted in the Worumbo Mills,
Lisbon Falls, Wednesday, that on and after
August 1st, night work would be diseontinued
until further notice.
The dwelling with ell, containing stock OF
groceries for trade, belonging TO Mrs. NJ. Mar
tin, South Auburn, was burned Wednesday at
p. N. 1t was entire loss, furniture, gro
csries, and all. The value of the stock was
about $780, Mrs Martin is also reported TO
have lost 500 in money in the house besides
considerable sum belonging to her sister. The
building was insured for $500.
A young man named Holmes whose parents
lived in Lewiston, but who has until recently
been at work in Saco, was brought home to
Lewiston, few days ago, seriously i'll. The
case in medicine. The technical name of the
disease is "Purpura Hemorrhagis." The
patient has been brought to chronic condi-
tion Of hemorrLage. The blood has lost its
fibrine, and being reduced we'll nigh TO the
condition of water, it oozes through all the
mucous surfaces. The lips, nostrils, palate,
all the delicate membranes are penetrated by
blood. The blood has lost the power Of coag-
ulation, and cut or wound is almost be-
yond control. Black and bae blotches appear
upon the limbs, where the blood has forced
through the inner surfaces and settled. There
is danger of internal bleeding. Long and
weakening attacks of bleeding at the nostrils
are experienced, that can be stopped only by
continued pressure.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Mrs. Vickery, wife of ex-Mayor Vickery of
Augusta. lost her diamond earrings which cost
$500 while on the Maine Press excursion.
A pumping station for the purpose Of sup
plying the Insane Hospital at Augusta with
water from the river, in case of a drouth, is
soon to be established on the river bank, just
below the Hospital buildings. The cost will
be from $1,000 to $500.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
During the thunder storm, Friday night, the
house of Charles Ware, in Whitefeld, was
struck by lightning, and Mr.. Ware was in
stant killed. The lightning came down the
chimney, tearing hole in the roof, knocking
off plasiering and laths. In the upper parI
of the house six persons were sleeping, none Of
whom were injured, except that one girl had
her hair set on fire, which she extinguished
with her hands. In sleeping room on the
lower floor, Mr.. Ware and his wife and child
we're In bed. His wife was on the side to the
wall aud the child in the middle. Neither of
them were injured, but Mr.. Ware was killed.
OXFORD COUNTY.
During the severe shower on Thursday of
last week the lightning struck the barn on the
Capt. Heald place in East Sumuer and killed
a good horse owned by 4. S. Bisbee. Another
stroke killed valuable yoke of oxen and
three cows OF Hezekiah Stetson. Lightning
struck in various other places, but did nc se
rious damage.
PIscArAouIs COUNTY.
The Mayo wooden mill at Foxcroft which
has been shut down for short time has
again been started up. Sixty hands are en-
ployed. A large force of men will at once be-
gin the work of building an addition to the
mill 40xS0 feet. When this work is completed
the capacity of the mill will be doubled. Six
sets of woolen machines are now used and
these will be increased to twelve.
sAGApAHoc COUNTY.
The Oldest person in Sagadahoc county is
Mrs. Ephraim Farrar, a colored woman who
resides at North Bath. She was 1o2 last May.
YORK COUNTY.
Mr. Luther Pollard of Hollis came to the
West Buxton post office on Tuesday last with
his team, did some trading at the store, aud
wss on his way home when on entering the
covered bridge at Hollis he had fit and fell
forward in his carriage. A blood vessel broke
in his stomach and he bled to death in five
minutes. Mr.. Pollard has been a feeble man
for several years. lie WAS wounded in the
late war.
Rev. e. p. Moves, who for several years was
pastor of the Baptist church in South Acton,
died Monday from hemorrhage of the lungs.
Daring the heavy shower of the 18th inst
the house of Mr.. Joseph Haynes in South
parsonsfleld, was struck by lightning The
lightning passed down the chimney into the
sitting-room, and from there it passed into
nearly every room in the house! doing consid-
erabe damage, but luckily iniuring no one,
although the family was gathered in the si.-
ting room. In this room glass dish contaiE-
ing shells, sitting on the mantle shelf, was
thrown across the room and the dish not even
cracked. A gun leaning in corner of one of
the roons, was struck and the stock broken in
many pieces. There was no fire set, although
every room was filled with smoke.