The Portland daily press., 1862-10-14

EGeorge Williams, brakeman on the Cape
Cod Railroad, was knocked from the cars as
they were passing under a bridge between
Middleboro and Rock meeting house, on Thurs
day. 1t is feared he has received serious inter-
nal injuries.
l- On Thursday afternoon woman nam
ed Alice Cavanagh. the widow of soldier, be-
longing in New Bedford, while waiting for the
cars at the Prentiss street crossing in Roxbury,
was struck by the engine of the cut going tran
at o'clock, and Instantly killed, her head be-
ing crushed in shocking manner.
sB- The following notice appears in the
Bath Times:
: The young man who was surprised one
night last week, while stealing grapes from
the garden of Mr. b. T. Bcknell can recover
one skirt of his coat and handkerchief on APP
plication to Mr.. b.
On Tuesday evening last, as the Eastern
train was leaving the depot in Dover, n. II. a
man named Chas Twombly, belonging in Roch-
ester, in attempting to jump upon the platform
of AGAR, fell upon the track, and the train pass
ed over his head killing him instantly. He
was about 30 years ofage, and shoemaker by
trade.-[Journal.
GA correspondent OF the Dover Gazette
states that the remains of Miss Butler, inter-
red about forty years ago in Berwick, Me-.
were recently dug up to to be removed short
distance. When the coffin-d. was raised it
was found that the body had passed into state
of petrifaction. 1t had not fully attained that
state, but was about as solid as limestone, and
also strikingly resembling the same.
RESIGNED TO IT.-"How is this ?" said an
old friend Of Colonel Blank of the regular ar
my, as he met him on Broadway the other day;
81 thought you declared you would resign if
b.Hy 1s.x@ az. -.
ton and yet you wear the shoulder straps
still.n "Oh, replied the colonel, Il meant that
i would resign myself TO it, and | have done
so."-lNew York Evening Post
g- Robert o. vosburg, of Barkhamstead.
made good financial speculation in recruiting
in Connecticut. He enlisted about 30 men in
Hartford sold them to another captain at $40
head, got his own pay and bounty, and then
enlisted as a substitute, selling himself for
$3.50; got the cash, went into camp, ran the
guard at night, went to Barkhamstead, pro-
cured the town b.anty of $500, and then, with
pocket full Of money, he disappeared.
~ Widow Abigail Stevens of Industry
made 2T5 pounds of butter from one COW last
year, after keeping the calf until it was five
weeks old, She also sold IS worth of milk
The butter sold for 20 cents per found, making
$50 income from one cow, besides the benefit
of milk and butterrnilk given to pig which
weighed 3l9 pounds when slaughtered. Who
has better COW or makes greater profits on
small scale than this widow ?-[ Pennington
Patriot.
s1-The Newburyport Herald says the
Mackerel that have been swarming in that bay
for the last ten days have given "work for idle
hands to do" Two hundred sail of vessels
have been in sight most of the time, and any
number of small boats have followed in their
wake. The bay has presented a splendid
scene, and any amount Of wealth has been
drawn from the Vastly deep-the vessels taking
from five 10 forty barrels apiece.
DEATH OF SoLDIER.-George Ellis, of
Aroostook, a private in Co. A, It'll regiment,
died in Augusta last Sunday night. He left
the Hospital in Washington about two weeks
since aud was on his way home. When he
reached Augusta his strength failed and he
was forced to stop. He was cared for by kind
hearted friends, who did for him all that could
|. be done, but the oil of life had too nearly
burned out, and he passed away. His Father
is serving his country in the ranks of the 18th
regiment at Pensacola. His Mother lives in
Forestville, Aroostook County.
sE-It is generally supposed by parties en-
gagged in buying produce in the country and
sending the same to Commission Houses that,
under the new tax law, they must take out a
license. The following extract from a letter
from Commissioner Boutwell, to Messrs. Utley,
Boynton d Picket, Commission Merchants, of
this city, explains the matter:
~ Washington, Oct. 6. 1862.
Parties buying produce in the country, and
shipping the same TO a Commission House, to
be sold for their account are not required to
obtain license.
A party buying produce in the country in
joint account with his agent in the city is not
required TO take out license"