The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-09
state Items.

! FIRST page-The Maine State Press; Eman-
cipation in Brazil; Letter from Paris; OF Iner-
tia; Recent Publications. Last page-The
Lead Melting, poetry; Phrases of the War.
Augusta is to- have out of door concerts
during the present summer. ''" -
The Winthrop Gazette states that as Mr..
T. S. jackson was engaged in drawing off the
molten iron from the furnace, in the Whitman
foundry in that village, one day last week, a
drop flew, striking him directly in the eye He
has suffered intense pain with it, and the ply
stefan thinks the eye will entirely run out
The Augusta House at the State capital
has been closed for the present, the continued
illness of Maj. Baker, the landlord, making it
imperative upon him to relinquish its charge
to other hands. .lat us tt.r,-w
The editor of the Presque Isle SUNRISE
was assaulted in the street the other day, in
consequences of an epithet applied by him to
one of the citizens of that town. He put the
law to the offender, who was fined eight dollars
and costs. u ntslsn} f4 .Hii utt fnt fsi
The town of Dexter has voted 121 to 10, to
take $40 900 in stock in the Dexter & Newport
Railroad The full amount of 100000 has
ed at once.
Capt. Asa B. Russell, native of Maine,
died at the Globe House in Victoria, Texas,
April II '1'1 "a ,."''i i1' sa.h 51
We learn from the JoaSnal. that Alvin
Reed of Mechanic Falls was seriously burned
on Saturday afternoon. He had placed some
tar on stove and left it for a few m ,ments,
when on returning he found it had boiled over
and caught fire which was spreading through
the room. He seized the burning dish in his
hands and rushed with it out of the house,
burning his hands badly and setting his clothes
on fire. AS he leaped from the window, his
burning clothes communicated fire to heap
of brush on which he tell. He fastened at
once to the front of the house where aid reach
ed him, and the fire was extinguished both on
his person and about and in the house. His
hands were terribly burned and his side seri-
ously, but it is hoped he win recover
"A correspondent writes to the Journal
from LiyermOre, that Hosea AxdelI, of that
town, attempted suicide Friday morning, by
cutting his throat. He was found in his bed
very weak, and for awhile was supposed to
have had spell of bleeding at the lungs
When the. truth was discovered physician
was sent for, who found him in a very critical
condition.
Hon. James G. Blaine of Augusta, and
Hon. Justin S, Morrill, of Vermont, will take
passage for Europe in the steamer China,
which sails on the ODD inst They will visit the
Paris Exposition; and be absent four or five
months.
VI,.fT opav ahoo md $50 ,h,a+
have failed to consolidate, in consequence of
being unable to agree upon the value of the
steamers and landings of the "up-river" line,
the owners demanding 100000 and the Bath
line refusing to fix it at that figure. Both lines
will therefore be rum and there will consequent
ly be another lively competition this season.
The Lewiston Journal is informed that
George d. Cushing of Pownal was drowned in
Sandy river, at New Sharon, last Sunday.
He with another young man was in boat
and becoming frightened, both jumped into
the water. The other person succeeded in
getting ashore, while Gushing went over the
dam.
The Times says that Messrs F. & E Reed,
of Bath, are having two immense anchors man
-ufactured at Alden's Anchor Factory, Cam.
den, one $500 pounds the other 1000 pounds.
The Bath Times says that on Tuesday Mr.
Charles Gibson, workman in the employ of
.Alessrs. f.. & L. Reed, fell from the wales
stage of the ship building in the yard in that
city, distance of twenty-six and half feet.
No injuries, other than internal disarrangc-
ments were received. His escape from fatal
injuries was almost miraculous.
I The Grand Jury of Franklin County
found twenty-four Indictments at their recent
session-a majority being liquor cases.
The Bangor Wing says the boy found in
the river near Brewer village the other day,
was the son of Mrs j. Thompson of Oldtown
Mr.. Thompson and his three sons were drowned
last November.