The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-03
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| - The Boston Advertiser has the unani-
nous thanks of our scissors for so changing its
makeup, that its @In General" items may be
conveniently cabbaged without destroying
good foraging ground upon the inside of the
paper.
W. The schooner Orris Francis, of Rock
land, was sunk in He'll Gate ON Saturday, by a
| collision. &e.se-. ~ -r-r475y
ER- Our neighbors of the Star spoke q few
days since of large pear, raised in a garden in
this city, said pear being 10 inches the longest
way and u IL inches in diameter. 1t must
have been a whopper; and then pear more
than a foot through, to weigh only 1S ounces J
rs The Brunswick paper institutes COM
parison between the fares on different railroads.
1t says "the fare from Brunswick to Portland is
81 nearly six cents per mile--from Port
land to Augusta $685., nearly five cents. The
fare from Portland to Biddeford 55 cents, lit
tie over three cents per mile-ir I'm Portland to
Boston $500, less than three cents per mile.-
Of course, where SO large margin exists in
the charges upon different lines, there viii be
dissatisfaction"
E The Calais Advertiser says that city will
be in connection with the Aroostook by rail-
road within twelve month. a<
BB- The Lewiston Journal is informed that
on Sunday, Sept, oath, Edward Priest, of Vas
salboro shot himself in camp in the woods
His body was found the next day. He left two
letters, one addressed to his mother, the other
to a young lady who appeared to have Tilted
him, but whom he forgave. = 81 q II
IS The marble statue of Gen. Berry, by
Simmons, was placed on its pedestal at Rock
land, yesterday. II
~ Lawrence Kelley, of Machias, went on
a little bit of bat and then started for his
home. Owing to the quantity and qualityof
the fluid he had nbibed, he took the wrong
bridge and walked overheard, striking on B pile
of rocks. Result-broken shoulder and arm,
and sundry and divers bruises neither pleasant
nor proftabie-[W Wing. -
BB- The Wing learns that barn in Orne-
vile, belonging to- VIM. Porter, together with
"a quantity of hay and grain, were destroyed by
fire last week. Loss about $1,000. Insured
$3.50.
EB- On Thursday night the store Of Mrs,
Curtis at Hampden Upper Corner, was broken
into, the goods tumbled about promiscuously,
and small amount taken away. The burglars
were evidently disappointed at not securing a
liberal supply of cash--[Whig. 49,
"a The Why says the store of Messrs.
Treat s. Co. at Frankfort Mills, was entered
Saturday night, and the safe blown open with
gunpowder. The rascals secured about $500
in gold, besides small amount in other funds.
They also carried away hannels and other
goods, to the amount Of seven or eight hundred.
dollars. ~v ~
Z B3- Bangor is gettingto be decidedly met
ropolitan. Burglaries are nightly occurrences.
The Wing gives the following recherche morsel:
"Late Saturday night two policemen Rice
brothers discovered burglar in the ship
chandlerT store of John @. Holmes. They i'm
mediately stationed themselves at each end Of
the store, and started aman for help. The fell
low attempted to escape through the fro mt door,
and was met by Allen Rice. He then tried the
back door, but was stopped by his brother. The
villain then fred three shots at the younger
Rice, Zone of which whistled by his head,)
jumped through the rear window to the wharf,
distance of II or 10 feet, and fed up Washing
ton street Both policemen started in pursuit
but were unable to secure him, although five
shots were fred at him. The night was dark, or
probably they would have checked him. He
was tracked some distance by spots of blood,
nditis hoped that he was wounded"