Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-09-27
Portland Correspondence.

# PORTLAND. Sept. %. 1867.
, DEAR AMERICAN:-For several week!
d yonr correspondent has been engaged il
the classical and dignitied occupation o
; wheeling bricks. having been seized will
/ a species of insanity now prevalens her,
II for building operations: hence my long ST
lencc; and il you shorld ask me to locate
the field of my operations | should o
course. to give method to my madness
a point you TO the West End, and direct yo.
to inquire for Shodly Square. where you
, Hill find my palatial cdiiice-in embryo, a
: good ways. | do not write this to have
f printed. bat only as an apol> gy for your
: personal eye.
We have had our sensations the past
month. the principal of whicli-in import
ance was the election. and the surface of
the public mind, ifnot agitatc ell before that
event was considerably ruflled after i at
least in some quarters. But that event
has ceased to be worth a paragraph now :,
and faithful chronicle must turn to the
next topic of the same class. The arrest
of the burglar White and his coHfcdcrates
startled the people, for the magnitude and
daring ofthc exploits did notwarrant sus-
pcon that the authors wee in and of Us
clothed IN the garb of honest industry
But it Was q feather in the cap of those
who terreted out the rogucry, and the pub
lie gave long breath when the cause of
their daily aud nightly timdity was safe
/ ,ir,1 L.. 4 | 7
that the bottom of the matter is not yet
reached, for there is "A mystely connected
with the affair that gives it a strong flavor
of romance. Two ofthc parties who were
instrumental in some degree in procuring
the arrest of White suddenly disappeared
few days after his capture. One of them
: was a resident OF Lewiston. and with his
: companion who was visiting him. started
for a few hours fishing excursion, leaving
/ word behind that he would return to dim
neI but fortnight has nearly elapsed and
no trace of them can be found. One o.
" them leaves a wife and children at Lewis
ton, and it is limited that they were in fact
p companions of Whites. and have fled
: not subscribe to that opinion; but the most
l charitable construction that he can put
upon the matter is that it was an accident
: which singulariy enough became almost a
: coincidence. But time will, sooner or Ia
ter. solve the mystery.
/. The little village of Norway, fifty mile.
l. above us, Oh the Grand Trunk Il. Il. expe-
rienced sensation Ca Sunday morning
which does no. often fail to HE lot OF inte-
rior villages OF 1909 or 300 inhabitants.
1t was discovered during the night that the
. Savings Bank had been entered. the safe
blown open and the entire contents.
| amounting in all to about Sl3 900 had been
Il carried off. the rogucs leaving nothing but
the books OF the institution. There was
about sl200 in cash, belonging to the bank
Il and private individuals. some $500 or
$1,000 in government town and railroad
a securities. snd the balance was in notes OF
Individuals discounted by the bank; for
understand that the bank did regular
discount bushes : TO the extent OF their de-
posts. II had been in operation only
- about sixteen months. and being in a farm
ing region had not a very heavy amount OF
: money on hand, although it had done a
good amount of business. The rogucs Cor
r the supposed rogues) were tracked to Port
: land by the popularity Of their horses shoes
p, and the officers pushed on west this morn
:. ing after them. That they may be success
!, ful is the ardent wish of all. Indeed. the
frequent occurrences of events like this is
: terrible in any community, and we can
Q scarcely take up i ncwsp per without be-
i ing startled by some tcrribl. narrative OF
= crime. and one naturally moralizes in hi,
OWN mind owe the wickedness of the age.
and il moralizing would avail. enough of it
;. has been done to reform the world. How
y shall these terrible evils lie prevented ha,
: become the great question. Where shall W
= begin and what measures must we take +:
:, But leave this subject as Il hook for YOUR
: readers 10 hang their own thoughts upon
+ The most serious want Of Portland i,
! pure water, Never, in all my wanderingS
have resided in town before 50 terribly
deficient Of this great blessing. II is con-
iessed on all sides, and the people blush
for their former inactivity; but now it ap-
pears as if the great want would soon be
supplied by an organized company who
propose to introduce water and are how
: diseu ssing some points with the city Gov
a ernment. The Council has lately appoint
ed Committee TO investigate the whole
matter. and their report will undoubtedly
. be submitted in the course of two weeks.
and then we shall have starting point for
future operations. The main question is
decided in all minds, and it is only the de-
tails that remain to be settled. The people
have determined to have water, and they
will have II in some way. They will at
once begin to eX lmne the different means
to be employed.
The matter OF erecting fine Merchants
Exchange. which has besn apparently Stun
bering for some months, has renewed its
vitality. The scheme j. to organize n com
pany with sufficient capital to erect spa-
eious and elegant Building on Exchange
street. to be occupied as an Exchange.
while the upper stories would easily rent
for offices. The rumors are sansuine that
it will be aging Investment; and the ma,
ter has been allowed TO sliniber oh account
of other important matters which have oe-
capied the public attention. Arcade a