The Portland daily press., 1867-06-11
State Items.

"A good many persons in the Eastern part
of the State are already engaged in the Ale
wive Fishery but as yet the fish have not been
very plenty But few salmon have beeh taken
thus far. r.. r,l..-.sf ....7.-....,., -; ... s-
We learn from the Calais Advertiser, that
the engine house in that city lately took fire in
the night and was badly damaged. 1t took in
a box of waste which had been used for clean
ing an engine and was saturated with OIL
Probably case of spontaneous combustion. q
We learn from the Lewiston journal that
George III. Y ork against whom warrant was
issued for larceny of a horse from Seth G. Pull
sifer, a few days since, was arrested in Bethel,
Friday, by officer Blake at whose house the
prisoner had stopped and endeayOred to sell
the horse. Mr.. Blake's suspicious were arous-
ed, and be managed to detain York at his
house until he could obtain u warrant for his
arrest. York, who is a lad of about sixteen,
was arraigned before N. French, Il. J.at Au-
burn, Friday afternoon, plead guilty and was
bound over in the sum of $500 for his appear
ance at the next term of the Supreme Judicial
/ Court. In default of sureties he was commit
ted.
The Machias Republican boasts that that
place has the honor of furnishing young la
dy to go to Europe to teach the. Inhabitants of
the British Isles how to use patent, the in
vention of Yankee genius. An improvement
having been made in the Howe sewing .ma-
chine, Miss Thaxter of hat place has gone to
London to teach John Bulls daughters the
use of the swift-clicking MARVEL * CT
= At the factory at Englishman's River
49, - q, ~ af ,;t
there were put up last week II $50 cans of Lob
ster. The number of hands employed were
twelve men and eleven girls. The bathing
and soldering was done by three hands. The
most put up in one day were 3,033 cans.
About thirty men are employed in furnishing
Holsters for the factory, some of whom have
made as high as twenty-iour dollars week.
The annual Shearing Festival of the No
Ken. Wool Growers Association was held at
Waterville on Tuesday last. -. ---,-r-
Theodore Tilton who will address the
united Literary Societies of Bates College at
the coming commencement in July is laconic
to a monosylabic degree. 7Toa letter asking
him if he would address the SOCIETIES Tilton re-
sponded as follows: "New York, May 1867,
Yes, Theo. Tilton'--and it was a long time be-
lore IL c0utd De uecfpHeTeu as 10 WHetuer uuo
Cword intended for yes We're yes, no, or Nebu-
chadnezzar. The Lewiston journal congrstu-
lates the SOCIETIES that the letter was 10 longer.
The Ellsworth American says A. f. Drink
water, Esq, the Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue for Hancock County was in the west
ern portion OF the County collecting last week,
l and while at Castine called on the venerable
DIR. Joseph Stevens for q tax on a gold watch,
and when the Doctor had paid the tax, he took
out his watch, and remarked that he, paid tax
ON the same watch during the war of 1928.
The st. Croix Courier reports a sad acct
dent which occurred in the Indian Township
above Princeton, by which man named Will
liam Jordan recently came to his death. 1t
appears that he had left home, taking his dos,
just one week from that time he was found in
the woods VITA his skull br oxen by the burst
ing of his gun. He was still living but reason
was gone and he died on the following morn
ing From the report of a gun having been
heard near the place on the previous Saturday
tits supposed that he, lay wounded from that
time-fve days and nights-unti1 found. He
3 was q married man and left q family.