The Portland daily press., 1865-10-05


EB- We gather from trustvortnv a., sce
some partieulars Of a raid znpon krmers of
some neighboring towns, perpetrated by MUIR
ply and Burns, two lawless seamus from this
city, ON Sunday night last. Fa,;n, -.-.aa,n
here they left Sunday afternoon sor Nj Yer
non, On their way home at night thsv ,snferr-
ed several houses taking therefrom ;a,s Is hat
ter and whatever else seemed hasav 40. de-
sirable. On their route they. also Gathered
squashes pumpkins, carriage rSbas g. With
which they filed their wagon. They a,,ta,ed
the house Of Mr. Seth Taylor ii, Readfela. ana
took therefrom a jar of butter, but hearing
some one up in the house, took Mr. ssISSl6r's
harness, to prevent him from pursp;no them.
Coming into Manchester they alarmad and
were'pursued by Allen Stafford and 4, = ,T;,om-
as, and during the pursuit. the obues t,s,,ed
their team by throwing out indiscriminatsiy,
jars Of butter, wood saws pumpkins harnesses
and robes Their 5pursuers sueoaad At Il, % ,at
ting ahead of them and stobpea the taa,,,ss---
They threatened violence on their captors but
being introduced to revolvers, with ., promise
of the contents if they resisted, were brought
to this city and lodged IN jailc Augusta Far
mer.
2 g8- We learn from the Maine Farmer that
q barn belonging to Dea. Thomas Clark in Vas
salboro' sinear Gross Hill, was burned 6nSFri-
day night last with its contents. Consisting of
ten or twelve tons Of hay and threa- sleighs.--
Loss about s4oo Supposed to have been the
work of an ineendiary. ...ss -
3 B8- The Bangor Times states that. ON Mon
day evening Mr.. Jefferson French. steyedore,
who.resiaes on Grove street, missed his footing
and fell from wharf ON Exchanges street into
the water, hitting his head as he fell against
the rail Of vessel. HeWasa at once taken from
the waterin an insensible condition and con-
veyed to hisresidence His recovery is said to
be doubtful ! III ''s4a
EB- The Machias Union says Lieut.. Thomas
H.. Palmer, Joseph Rowe and - Sim
monds,. the two first residents of Alilibridge,
went out from M. about the 9Th Of September
on fishing cruise in a. boat of about eight
tons new measure. 1t is supposed that when
they were returning, the boat was driven on to
the HOld Mans Ledge, off the coast Of Goulds-
boro, as the wreck of the boat has been seen,
while, the men are all missing and supposed to
be lost They all had families. Gf{H III :
BB- The Union says the traders of Machias
should order butter from the Western markets,
and intimates thatif two or three tons of but
ter are brought into Machias, as is now uroba-
BILE, the asking prices of some butter makers
win hardly be realized. " ~ ". =
EE While coming from Portland to this
city, in carriage, N. A. Foster, ESQ.,, of the
Portland Press, and J. T.. Emery, ESQ, who is
building the Catholic church ia this city, cap
tured, to-day, twenty-three brook trout,
weighing twenty pounds and ahalf The larg-
est pulled down two ponds, the next one and
three-quarters, and none less than one-half Of
apound. They were an exceedingly handsome
lot, as we can see from the sample LEFT with us.
Lewiston Journal.
BB A mule race was to come of yesterday
at the Penobscot County Horse Fair.
Vs. The Wig says some. overwise person
started the story that the bills of the Market
Bank Bangor, would not be redeemed after the
LIST Of October II is requested bystheJ man
ayers Of that bank to state that all Market
Bank bills viii be paid whether they are pre-
scented sooner or later. ss.salst6 81 sf,s.sss =
BE- The argus is rampant on the Bangor
railroad enterprise, but dead set against fur
nishing Portland with pure water. What
"down easter" has been sgreasing the palm" Of
old Rip Van Winkle9 St liz sa.sS -.
BB- The Grand Lodge of Maine, Indep6n-
dent Order of Good Templars, will hold its
semi-annual session at Skowhegan, Tuesday,
the nth inst. Free return tickets win be issu-
ed to delegates who pass over the Maine Gem