The Portland daily press., 1886-07-21
THE STATE.
ANDRoscoee1N COUNTY


Mr.. Geo. w. Bean. the new agent OF the
Androscoggin Mills of Lewiston, assumed
the duties of the position Monday
On Saturday evening party OF friends ten
dered a banquet at the Dewitt House. Lew
iston to Mr.. Z. j. Mellen, late of the Lewis
ton Mills, and Mr.. Chas. I'll. Davis, for the
past seven years in the employ OF ID. w.
Wiggin Of Lewiston.
Mrs. Hattie G. Dunham of Lewiston, .
pale young woman who looks as though sns
had been sick bed for the past month was
so frightened on Monday morning by her
husbands cruel treatment that she jumped
frem the second story window OF her house:
Dunham was brought into court and nned
five dollars.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. Hartwell Gray, who lives on the line
between Orland and Penobscot, was drown.
ed last Saturday while pulling the brush oue
of his weir.
Dr. GrifRths of Boston, has been appointed
Sanitary Inspector at Bar Haroor Tor the
summer season.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Paris Manufacturing Company have
| the roofs on the main building, the saw mill
| and the engine and boiler houses and hope
| now to get to work in the saw mill very
| soon. The foundations for the paint snop.
| store-houses steam and dry houses etc, are
being put in. There will be eight buildings
| when completed, and their machine capacity
will he nearly doubled. The company ex-
pect to be able to do $150000 business when
| they get underway again.
Last Monday Mrs. J. G.. Bean Of MasoDi
undertook to load hay for her husband.
| When she had got the cart loaded She fell
| from it to the ground and, striking on her
| head and shoulders, was dangerously In
| jured
| Charles Davis, who robbed Washington
| Dean of East Oxford OF $10C on the evening
| of the 9th, was arrested at Auburn, Thurs
day. and on Friday was brought to Oxford
| before Justice Andrews. He pleaded guilty
to the charge of stealing the money, and IN
default of bail was committed to tAe county
iail by Sheriff Chadbourne TO await MS trlal
at higher court
| Soutf Paris people are talking of system
| of waterworks The board of selectnen
have contracted with The Wrought iron
Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, for an iron
| bridge across the river near True's mill III
is to be low truss with two spans Of 73 feet
| each, making total length OF 146 1eet, Win
| an Is foot roadway and five foot sidewaik.
| There will be no wood work about the
| bridge except the plank flooring. Inc con-
tract price is $3.50.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY,
The sixteen men who have run as cOmpa.
| nv attached to Long Reach Steamer NO. OF
| Bath severed their services with the city
last Saturday night and are now. known as
| an independent organization. Inc company
| took with them quite an amount OF property
claimed to be owned by them, nearly strip
ping the large hall Of its furnishings.
SOMERSET COUNTY,
Daniel Davis of Norridgewock, has for
| some time combined preaching and the WORK
| of blacksmith. His father was soldier IN
| the war Of 1872 but died a long. time ago;
Mrs Davis married twice since, but Daniel
7 | induced her to apply for a pension on the
| ground that she was the widow Of an 1Sl2
, | soldier, and he aided her in preparing the
, necessary papers," She was obliged to
: | swear in her application that she had never
| band, so that she might show that she was
dependent upon him for support The pen.
sion was obtained some two years ago, ana
Q the old lady, who is upwards OF 80 years ol
J. age. has been drawing her quarterly stipend
> ever since. Recently, however, special
agent A. T. Parsons of the Pension Depart
d ment. unearthed the fact that the widow ol
| Davis had obtained her pension wrongtnliy
q | Thereupon complaint was made to the ZEN
: sion Department, and on Friday last MI
D Parsons, accompanied by Deputy UNITED
n States Marshal johnson and some OF the 10
# cal officers, visited Norridgewock for TN
: | purpose of capturing Davis on the charge
= | wilfully aiding and inspiring fraud agains
|. | the government. Mr.. Davis was found
work in his blacksmith shop and was arrest
| ed; but shortly afterwards he escaped Iron
> the officers ard has not been seen since.
10 IN GENERAL.
The history of the Sixteenth Maine Reg
le ment will be printed and ready for deliver
le at the reunion to be held at Skowhegan o
d Wednesday, August 11th.
ID The Philips Phonograph predicts that tn
shooting this fall win be the best fol, years
Deer, partridge and ducks are abundant j
y Franklin county.