The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-11
I ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

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EEThe Saco Democrat IS decidedly gay
and festive." The Press receives fall share z,
Its attentions. We hope our contenaporary WI Z
continue his Utilization, for It produces " ue
lightful state of somnambulic indinerenoo 'e'',0
world and its cares, the devil and
for "copy." A
(. ,,,+,s;,,,, 90 = DYE House was consumed
INV FIRE Friday morning between IL and 1
s,.Io,i.ls II contained large amount of I'M
fnisbed goods. Loss probably from twenty to
twenty-five thousand dollars, Probably par
tally insured. Cause Of fire not known. The
mill and dye house were saved, and also the
surrounding buildings by the Force Pump be-
longing to the company.-[Dem
va As George Hatch of Wells, was ASSIST
ingin theadjustment of some machinery the
lumber mill of J. N Buffum, in that town.
week or more since, a large belt broke one eno
of which flew and struck him IN the race IN
Turing one of his eyes SO that u 1s feared he
will lose the sight of it-lDemocrat.
EzSs-O Thursday evening the employees of
tho Weaving Department at the Pepperell
fN,iIIs Biddeford, presented to their late. over
seer. Mark H. Gould, Esq, beautiful Silver
| service as a token of their regard and esteem
'Eg--Horace P. Willard, indicted for placing
distractions on the railroad track between
Wells and Kennebunl, pleaded guilty at AL
fred on. Monday, last, and was sentenced by
Judge Barrows to thirty days solitary confines
ment and fifteen years hard labor in the State
Prison. - II
BB The Bangor Whig says that John Line
/ and John Ham, the persons implicated inA the
shooting Of VIM; Stevens at his dwelling
house several days ago, have been bound over
in the sum Of $1,000 each. IzK
4.f BBf- "A gentleman remarking about the
enterprise of his city the other day, said they,
had one aoedkly paper issued daily.
B8fT Wm. Rose of Fairfield, was convicted
of stealing Mr.. Nye's wool and sentenced to
two years imprisonment in the State Prison,
at the recent session of the court in Norridge
woek. q aga "a fFkEIIFW
Seward Dill, Esq, of Phillips, writes Ius
aofa sad accident in that town on Monday last
Darius Howard, Esq. fell from scaffold in his
barn upon a threshing machine that was rum
| ming at full Speed, striking it in such way
that his hand was shovedin the @beater, and
shockngly mangled up to the elbow The belt
vas thrown off and the machine stopped, but
Mr. Howard was held fast alntil the fmerI7s took
| the machine to pieces. DR.. Plaisted was, called
and amputated the arm, and the patient is as
comfortable as could be expected under the cir
cumstances. sih'ua sialaH .aaal ssh Ut
30 THE Journal gives notice that the Lew
iston Pop Corn Company has gone into opera
ton. q iA faAH W si'',4 q 81 haad iie =
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BB Even in these degenerate days, denounc-
ed at leastas degenerate, we have some,smart
old men who will compare well. with the best of
other times. There is Waitstill Weber of
Durham, who is Sc years old and straight jas a
gun barrel. One day last week he dug eleven
bushels Of potatoes, as poor az The crop is the
present season. Lewiston Journals usrEJ
EB The toll bridge between, Lewiston and
Auburn is now Free and the toll house, has gone
off on trucks, togive place to livery stable
Good exchange z
Baf- The Clarion, says a barn belonging to
Mr. Peter Purinton of Canaan, was totally de-
sEOyed byfreCp Sunday night the rstsinst.,
together with all its contents consisting of be-
tween thirty and forty tons of hay, 300 bushels
| of grain, and q lot of farming tools. Loss be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000. Insured tor $500.
The fire was the work of an incendiar-y by the
name of Ebridge Martin, who has been arresr
ted and lodged in the Jail at Norridgewocks !.
~ E4- Mr.. Stephen Weston of Skowbecan.
was thrown from q cart on Friday lastGand re-
ceived a severe cut in the head and otherwise
bruised.
va The Lewiston Joor7lalsays young lady
convicted of stealing from the Bates Co., Fri
day. was short Of money to pay her fine and
costs, but had a certain amount due her at a
stipulated price per week When accused Of
the larceny she owned it and ex pressed her re-
grets at her folly, and at once told whore the
goods could be found. She was young and in
experienced, and had evidently been led into
rempcauon by others. One of the results of
her repentance was that her time bill was
made out for a sufficient amount per week
to enable 'hervto satisfy the demands Of
the law, and to leave her an amount of
money to enable her to reach her home,
where, no doubt, she win be, as she always has
been, respected member of community, In
this instance, at least, the charge of "no souli'
as applied to the Bates Corporation, Isl prove d
| to be groundless.
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