The Portland daily press., 1867-11-11
State Items .

potatoes are wholesaieins at North Paris
at eighty cents per bushel.
MIR Calvin Chandler of North Monmouth
raised 500 worth OF strawberries from Is rods
Of ground. equal to $500 ,.er acre. saws the
Winthrop Bulletin.
I sTMr. William Hayden of Madison has lost
.a,iee ncau oi cattle, by new and unknown
disease. The symptoms are entirely different
from Pneumonia, and the Veterinary sur
geons do not know what to call it.
Moses of the Clarion has received in his
porringeI box Of grapes and some parsnips
~ IL inches long.
The BathsTmes says:-4In Augusta they
have organized Grant club. One should
forthwith he organized in Portland The cd
ltor OF the Argus would be the man for the
first presiding office r. '-' 'ala- - 'sfA
On the head waters of the Kennebec the
prospect for numbering this winter looks much
better than it did a few weeks since A great
many supplies are now being hauled to Green
vile to take across the Lake. 4-s5
In the supreme Judicial Court, at Belfast
Mrs. Knight has recovered $500 damages
against the P.S.& P. R. R, Co., for injur-
les received from defect in defendants wharf
in this city. The railroad company has moved
for q new trial. ~ | fra l. ri
We learn from the Dover Observer that
the dwelling of Henry Breckway, of East San
gerville, together with portion of clothing
&C., to the value of about $500 were consumed
by fire on Thursday, 18th ult. Noinsurance.
Two sons of Maurice Phillips, Esq, Of
shirley, caught IN trap young bear last
| week, The boys were.in high glee over their
| capture. =
"A State Temperance Convention win
| meet at Lewiston tomorrow evening and con-
tinue through Wednesday and evening Emf
ne ent speakers are engaged and large gather
ing of Temperance friends may be expected
On Saturday night last, the Post Office and
store OF A. III. Clark & Co, in Pittson illage,
/ was entered by burglars ,swho effected an en-
trance through window on the back side OF
the building. They obtained S115 worth Of
postage stamps, and some S15 in coppers and
currency Nothing else was missed, although
the contents of two trunks of valuable papers
4 were found the next morning to have been
most effectually scattered about the room. The
thieves have not yet been discovered.--Keune-
bee Journal .lslf 9t.sa5 sr.s 70. nasl.a.. ass.i
MIR .. w. Wf.itcomb, of Monroe, on Sun.
day night, 18th ult., about 10 O'clock was rid
ing along on cross road in Frankfort leading
bv Elder Clark's to Blacks Corner, when pass
| ing through some lowland where the bushes
| grew on each side, he was startled by a mar
jumping from the side of she road and attempt
ing to grasp the reins Of his horse. The horse
started up and the man missed his grasp, bu
with the. same hand caught Mr.. Whitcomb b,
the collar, while with the other he struck a
him with knife, cutting through his garment
and grazing the skin. Mr. Whitcomb brough
down the butt end of his whip upon his assail
ants head which caused him to reel and rela1
/ his hold. AT this instant another man cam,
to the rescue of the would-be robber, but Mi
Whitcemb applied his whip to his horse ant
4 escaped. Their motive undoubtedly was rob
berry Belfast Age. s,.,s.,. i