The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-27
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

|. - The Boston Traveller says Capt III.
Arey of Thomaston, of SCH Allen Richards
while his vessel was waiting for the tidein the
st. Johns river, seven miles below JACKSON
vile, Fla, Nov. 9th, was walking on shore WI tn
ms mate, Mr.. Charles Hooper, and seeing
strange looking object in the WOODS, ne gave ~
tap with an AK, when it exploded, kiihhs MN,
and woundinr the mate SO that he died the next
dav TWAS torpedo, cigar-shaped, the size
of n horrel On learning of the accident,
commercial and seafaring men at Jacksonville
| raisa6 1894. buried the mate, placed the body of
Can't Arey in an air tight coffin, and gave the
balance, $3.50, to the captains widow, who had
seen the accident from the deck of the schooner
give learn from a Bath paper that on
Tuesday, Nov, 14th,,Mr. George Seuter of Bow
deinham, while Cunning with Fdouble-barrei-
ed gun, in firing off one barrel, by some means
discharged both barrels at the same time, caus-
ing the gun to recoil with such force as to throw
thebreech againsthis forehead and nose, frac-
turing the bones Of both. The wound was not
considered a bad one until Sunday, when it be-
gan to grow worse, and he suffered extremely
till Monday noon when he died. = He leaves five
children. W. Bt9Sh1H ~ N.'~
AF~Thc Lewiston Journal says Rev. r. B.
Howard Of Pennington, reached home ION
Thursday after somewhat protracted absence
with his brother, Gen. Howard, in his late tour
among the Freedmen in, South Carolina
Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama. 30 itsq u fniiasas5
gsF11- HaLlowen is to have COURSE of Home
Lectures. ~ n ] / .
DlBF meeting of the young men Of Bangor
is called, to make arrangements for course of
winter lectures. Rather late in the season. to
secure corps Of first class lecturers.
BBF~T The citizens Of Ellsworth haysorganized
a Lyceum Association, and propose to indulge
in a series of lectures and discussions this
winter. 49,, .,..,...-
GB~ Our friend who has written US from
Bath is informed that a letter will reach Gen.
Fitzpatrick at the Astor House, MY % y
EgF The Machias Republican is told that a
Lobster factory is contemplated to be put in
operation at En glishmaps. river during lthe
coming season, and that the proprietors are al
ready moving in the matter Of getting their,
materials TO the spot % s..ss5.... ~ as dos . q
By They are agitating a scheme to start
The Bangor Times says Eve ought to
have two regular trains running between Ban
gor and Portland daily" That's so. The rail-
road accommodations for the people of this
state are shamefully neglected. The Kennebec
road should run train from this city in the
morning, instead of waiting till 15P.M. 1t is
impossible to go ten miles out OF the city ON
that road and back, without consuming two
days. Shameful.
. W. Judge Cutting has been holding term of
Court at Pennington, and after clearing the
docket by five weeks unremitting labor, the re-
, suit sums up as follows Nineteen yerdiots
exclusive of criminal we're rendered-tef for
plaintiff, nine for defendants. Total amount
of verdicts sst7.71, Of which $500 was awarded
in a case for SANDER. The Chronicle says this is
the first time the docket has been cleared since
the Organization Of The county. s''''' ~
BY~ Alexander Kincaid, for more than forty
years toll-keeper Of the Kennebec Bridge at Au-
gusta, has resigned his position and is succeed
] ed by Mr. Sumner Farnbam, who, has. already
J. entered upon his duties.
BY1We learn from the Kannebec Iyoasmaz,
that on Tuesday night last the clothing store of
Mr.. Deane Pray in Bridges Block, was entered
by yindoyin the rear, and robbed of cloth
/ ing to the amount of from three to six hundred
dollars. In. ~ ID t,f.,r, 10 ..j ...iis. 10,
B~The Pennington C]tronicle says that J.
s. Graves Esq, raised in his garden this sea-
son, from nine hills, four stalks ineach hill, 144
ears of bright, sound corn. Variety, the small
yellow popcorn Al
Esy" 1t is stated that the Eastern Queen was
obliged to throw overheard considerable freight
on herpassage from. the Kennebec to Boston,
in the storm of Tuesday
1.-THE livery stable of Mr.. Samuel Ride
out in Calais was destroyed by fire last week. 4