The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-08
state Items.


will be resumed by the Messrs. Coburn, about
NV. LIST, when the teams will cross the lake,
to be followed Dec. LIST by the full force. These
in Maine and Michigan. Tt is thought the
numbering opera tions in this State next winter
will be less extensive than usual. 81
The Bangor Wing says we learn that the
large tannery of tn Shaw Brothers at Detroit
in this State, (Which was on fire as stated Fri
day when the train of Thursday evening pass
ed) was entirely destroyed-at a 4oss probably
OF $bO,OOO or more. The fire took from a spark
ON the roof from chimney, and it was thought
for time to have been extingu ished by the eff
forts made; but it had penetrated into the in
terror, and soon became uncomfortable. We
hear that it is doubtful whether the buildings
will be rebuilt, as bark has become scarce in
that. vicinity. A considerable number of mem
are thrown out of employment by this fire.
We hear that large quantity of leather was
burned, bat do not know that the report is
true
The Spragues, says the Gardiner Journal,
are going to shipping ice from p'tts4n'. e Cal
ouCta.
Lady Chapman, Little Fred, Dashaway
teuu DfdOh w htuuJ are To GfOC at The w aldo
county fair this week for purse of $5OO-says
the Belfast Age.
The Lewiston journal says: "The Peat
Mandatory situated on the verge of Mr.. Far
wells extensive peat bog, about mile from
the Bleachery, is place of much interest,"
About three hundred tons have been taken
out and worked this season. After two
years trial of peat in the Bleachery furnaces,
Mr.. +, is more than ever convinced of its value
for fuel, and he is doing more and more every
season in developing this lin Maine) somewhat
novel enterprise and in convincing the skepti-
cal. The past season he has run two peat ma
chimes, impelled by steam These patent ma
chimes which we described year ago, turn out
ton of peat every five minutes
We learn from the Journal that it is not
probable that the horse Little Fred" will be
in next Thursdays special sweepstake races at
the Lewiston Trotting Park, but it is believed
that race of exceeding interest will transpire,
bringing out some new and promising horses
The United States Military Asylum at To-
gus Is fast filling up. There are 200 soldiers
there besides about fifty employees. Exten-
s!Ve additions are being made. The fOunda-
ton is laid for brick hOspital100 feet long by
40 wide, two stories high, to be completed this
season. Another building of brick about the
same size is TO be erected another season. for
laundry, baking, cooking &c. A chapel is to
be erected to accommodate 800 persons. The
chapel is to be used as school room where pu-
plis connected with the Asylum who wish it
are to be fitted for teachers, A large work
shop is to be erected where all kinds of me-
ctanlcal work will be taught A line of tele-
graph rom Augusta to Togusis just completed
on which the inmates are to be taught the art
OF teiegraphing. When completed the entire
Washing and cooking is to be done by steam-
henry h. Knapp, all account of whose at
tempt to murder his wife we gave some time
since, has been convicted by the S. j. Court
now in session in Houlton. His defence was
the stereotyped one of insanity
The Bangor Wing says we are informed
py MIR. Hartman of the Nicholas House that
three young men were drowned in Pushaw
Lake ON Thursday last. 1t seems that three
young men from Orono went to the Lake to
camp out, hunting and fishing, and i'm crossing
the cove their boat capsized in squall, and all
We're precipitated into the water. Two of them
succeed in swimming ashore, and the other
three chung to the boat for some time Two
sunk exhausted and the third succeeded in
getting ashore. The names of those drowned
were, Edward johnson aged q, and John
Reed aged IS of Orono, and Marshall Averill
whose age is not known ft
"A boy about seven years old living with
Mr.. Trott in Lagrange, while leading a horse,
was kicked and his skull crushed in It is not
expected he will survive.
The Bangor Wing says Capt Sanford has
men vt work removing the ledge in the river
by blasting. The charges u sed contain from rs
4 ne ,.lo,,
talic offenders.
The Bangor Wing thinks there was a good
deal of fast driving the return from the
Trotting Park. One top bugg containg a
gentleman and lady was overturned and de-
molised. The occupants were but slightly in
jured.
The Pittsfield correspondent of the Lewis |
ton Journal says the Sebasticook Base Ball |
club have prepared the grounds for the pnblio |
building of the Central Institute. The build |
ing is to be 118 in length, is to have centre |
and two wings. The centre is to be 68x5O.- |
The whole is to be three stories high with |
bell dome and observatory in the centre. 1t |
will contain six recitation rooms Of ample di- |
mansions, three Society rooms, Music and |
Drawing rooms, Library and a chapel ball.
The architecture is under the direction of MIR. |
T. f, Douglass of Skowhegan.
REPLY to "Inquirer's criticism of the re-
cent action of the Young Mems Christian As
''ciation, IN substituting the word "Evangei-
cal ior Protestant" in their constitution was
III type saturday but was unavoidably left ov-
er yesterday morning 1t appears on the first
page of to-days issue.
The stable of Benz. r. Dolliff, of Bidde-
ford, together with its contents, a valuable
horse, carriages, hay and grain, &C., was burnt
by an incendiary on Saturday morning. The
flames communicated to a blacksmith shop
and two stores in the vicinity. The stores
we're not destroyed but much injured. On
Friday an old house on Gooch Island was
burned, probably by an incendiary.