The Portland daily press., 1867-04-19
state Items.

The Bangor Wing, for the purpose proba-
bly, of back handed clip at its own citizens,
says the people of Portland viii do anything
which has the remotest probability of promot-
ing the business interests of the city.
-Skowhegan has sent 100000 bushels of po-
tatoes to market the past year.
The Portland & Kennebec Railroad Co.
will soon build first-class passenger and
freight station-house at Waterville, where bet
ter accommodations are much needed. A new
passenger depot is to be erected by the compa-
ny in Bath. -.
The Augusta Farmer says that ON the
evening Of the 9th of March, Ella J. Smith,
daughter of Nicholas Smith, of Harmony,
about fifteen years of age, while her parents
were visiting a neighbor. fell asleep in her
chair near the stove While thus sleeping her
apron took fire, and on waking she found her
self enveloped in flames. She ran screaming
out of doors, and endeavored in vain to extin-
guish the fire by rolling in the snow. Her cries
aroused an older brother and another person
who were asleep in the house, and they came
promptly to her assistance; but too late to save
the child's life. She survived about twelve
hours
An entire new jury is to be empaneled
for the trial of the Bowdoinham Bank robbers,
at Bath
The Gardiner Journal believes that CITY is
the only one on the river, if not the only place
where liquor has unrestricted sale. In Au-
gusta. Bath, Waterville and Hallowell, it says,
the sale is entirely squelched. 49,
The Machias Union says the saving sea-
son on that river will not commence SO early
by a month this year as it did last. Last year
some of the mills were started April 9Th this
year the mills will do little if anything before
the 9Th of May. '-i' -'' -gl
The Lewisto Journal contains the follow.
ing paragraph in its list of recent deaths "Au.
burn-April I'd, Mr.. Cromwell p Hunton
aged "a years, Q months, and II days; Feb. 16
John, aged years, 7 months, and is days
March 22d, Lua E., aged 10 years, 9 months
and IS days; March 80, Herbert, aged "a years,
months, and % days, children Of Cromwell
P. Hunton."
Senator Morrill, is one of the COMPRESSION
al Committee who are expected to leave the
middle of May for the territories beyond Kan
sas, to select home for the Kansas Indian
tribes, and to have good time shooting buffa-
loes i. f'''t''-' - i-.'- sd
Lewiston is becoming metropolitan. The
Journal says, under the head of "another un-
fortunate" that female infant child, appar-
emily few weeks old, was left Tuesday even
ing, on the doorstep ofM III. C.. Buffers house
on Bates street. The bell was rung, and Mr..
Butler went to the door, and on opening it,
heard the cries of the infant on whose face the
ram was falling, but no one else was to be
seen. The next morning a girl 20 wears old
called at the same place and desired work and
suspicion being awakened she admitted she
was the mother of the child. The girl and her
child will be sent to the City PoorHouse.
The Belfast Age learns that Martin B.
Hunt, of Belmont, expired very suddenly last
Saturday. He was in the enjoyment of his
usual good health, ate his dinner, pushed back
his chair from the table, took up a newspaper
and almost Immediately died, apparently with
out struggle. ~ la.r.3 IF ,5 s.9r-.i7
The Chronicle says Mr.. William Toothakel
of Phillips, has made a generous donation OF
$1,000 to Bates College. .I.f55 s.iT
The Pennington Chronicle says Mr.. Alb
ner Toothaker, of Phillips, during the past
winter has cut and dumped into the lakes al
hangely four and half millions of spruce
lumber, board measure. .r... no.
-Ihere is temperance organization al
Little Blue School, Pennington, called the
howard Teetolars, in honor of General How
! ard.
in tuesday of last week, says the Farm.
ihs'on ChTonacte, while Mr.. j. s. Jacobs, of the
nrm OF Neal q Jacobs, was carrying lumber
into their mill, he slipped on the ice and fell
breaking one bone of his leg and spraining his
ANGLE. . s... .....
Hon. A. w. johnson of Belfast has sub
scribed $4,000 to the Belfast and Moosehead
Lake Railroad, and is mentioned for Presi
dent. a f.~