The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-12
THE STATE.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.


Sunday morning at an early hour the fam
lily of H.. G. Burleigh in Vassalboro was
aroused by pistol shot followed by the pit
eous cries Of the family dog. Mr.. Burleigh
rushed into the yard and discovered that a
hard looking tramp had shot the dog in the
side of the head, and on demonstrating with
the straggler he drew the pistol on Mr.. Bur-
leigh and threatened him, but did not carry
his threat into execution. He skulked off
and was soonllost in the woods back of the
house. hard looking chap who was doubt
less the same man passed through Benton
Sunday afternoon. He is also thought to be
the same man who broke into the railroad
station at Riverside. Saturday night, taking
500, and who also fired a revolver at the
house of Isaac jackson the same night.
KNOX COUNTY.
Captain Emery III. Colcord has bought the
Lindsey house, Water street, Rockland, now
occupied by Gen. j. P. Cilley, and viii occu-
py it.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Thirteen wreckers employed in an attempt
to get the stranded schooner William French
off ledge at P0pham, were In a precarious
condition Tuesday owing to the gale and
heavy sea. They were cut off from supplies
and in danger of the vessel going to pieces.
Happily the crew of the Popham Beach Life
rescued all. The tides are the highest for
years and heavy seas are running.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Monday, while at work in Young & Milli-
ken's corn factory at Brownfeld Center,
Charlie Lewis caught one of his fingers in
the corn cutter, mangling it so badly that he
had to have 1t amputated. G. G. Mansfield
of this place met with about the same mis-
hap day or two ago, only it broke his fin
ger and not so badly but that they will save
it. The corn shop at Br0wnfield is pushing
business.
Burnham &c Morrill,, proprietors Of the
Denmark corn shop, commenced shipping
corn to Detroit Michigan, today, the first
for the season. The cucumber season is over
at last, and the farmers have had good sue
E. d. Pettengill & Co.. has forwarded to
Portland 536, 744 pounds. which brings into
the farmers hands about twenty-six hun
dred dollars, which will do little towards
getting through the cold winter that Is close
at hand.
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
DR.. Holt, dentist of Guilford, is about to
give up his practice. DR.. George Witham
of Freeport, will succeed him.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
For several weeks past there have been re-
peated acts OF lawlessness carried on In the
back part of Fairfield both at the Centre
and at North Fairfield. Horses, harnesses,
wagons, blankets and robes have been stol-
en- and in no case has there been the least
cleu discovered of the thieves. Their sue
cess seems to have encouraged them for last
Wednesday night some one prowling around
the residence Of Mr.. James Hoxie of North
Fairfield discharged rifle within few rods
of the house. 1t Is supposed that the firing
was accidental and that it had the effect Co
frighten the thieves away for Mr.. Hoxie
about the premises had been disturbed. The
Fairfield Journal says that the presence of
the gun would seem to show that it was a
desperate gang, ready for any emergency,
and the premature discharge of the piece
doubtless saved much trouble for some one.