The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-15
ITRMs OF sTAEE NEKs.

l<S One day last week, sayss the Belfast Age, 4
daring BURGLAR entered the house of Nh. III. Fl.
Cleaveland in Camden, and after abstraoting
about $50 from Mr. C.'s pants pockets, pro-
| ceededt his store with the -evident intention
Of opening the safe, but in this his attempts
( were fJiled by the key not fitting y Nv
George Nelson of Sweden has cat that
weighs q pounds, is &c inehes in girt, and meas-
ures 36 inches from end of nose to tip of tail
although f4yearsold, IL is sprry and ni1nbie..
1t goes eusi in the morning to brook near, and
liesin wait for9 a tout, always Succeeding in
patching one, which il carries to the house 1t
goes to the woods and. brings home cartridges,
and in all respects is a very knowing erimallin.
So writes a categorical correspondent of the
Transcript. oss
The Macnlas lOslso1e learns that the lumber
I manufacturers of that place are subscribing
liberally to safund for the purchase of steam
tug to be used on the river as a tow boat.
Rev. j. Il. Walton of this city, IS to deliver
khe orations before the Literary societies. at
Bowdoin College commencement. '''
Thomas Holt of Yarmouth, has the contract
for Building new depot for the x. & P, r, R.,
at Augusta. ras54q sidf sgaHls4a Srr
The receipts for freight ana passengers, at the
South Paris station, on Monday, amounted to
| $1230S7. .Fi- a ~; ySaAN - sho4
The establishment at Livermore Falls for
condensing milk, hasbeendh changed into cheese
| factory. There is less demand for the milk now
the army has been broken up. 81 ss.a.,s ,Ta',a
The Oxford Democrat says that as Messrs
Perry Blake and Newell Anhis were crossing
Alder River Bridge, in Bethel on Friday last,
with load of wood drawn by a yoke of oxen
and horse, the bridge gave way in the center,
precipitating them into the water distance of
| ten Is twelve feet The water is over ten feet
deep beneath the bridge, and the loadtfell upon
the team. The whole were extrieated without
loss Of life. isa M 81 h9i@iis 4aaH E
Rev. Edward Ballard Of Brunswick, super
intendent of the Common Schools of this state,
has had the degree Of D.. D., conferred upon
him by Trinity College, at Hartford bae iarIaIs
/ 1t is expected that the approaching Com
mencement at Waterville will be an occasion
of unusual interest in view of the expected
completion Of the projected one hundred and
fifty thousand dollar subscription to the funds
of the college,
In the Police Court at. Bhngels Thursday,
| Thomas, alias "Chum" Murphy, was found
guilty of highway robbery, land aordered
| to recognize in the sum of $1,000 for his appear
ance at the August term of the Supreme Judi
cial Court. ~, ss......ss 49,. .,..... 4
Samuel Jewett, Esq, of Pittston, one of the
Patriarchs in that vicinity, died on Wednesday
night, at the advanced age Of SO years. Mr..
Jewett was a native of Hopldnfon, N. H.. but
has resided in Pittston, or Gardiner, on the OPP
posite side of the river since about eighteen
hundred l 6 9ie9 asasgt wa f
3, The Gardiner. Journal Of this week contains
the Grafton delivered in that city on the 4th, by
Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jrs of Lewiston. It is
upon the significance of recent national expe-
riences, and is an able, candid and Instructive
paper, published by request of leading citizens
| r'tf i-i -ffifiI- ftTNrffl4 .fSQ-
of Gardiner ssoI1e cai Is sslfi 0,j ,-itiif Z !