The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-04-03
State Items.

| It. X. Lane, ESD, has been appointed City
Mashall of Biddeford. Obadiah Durgin has
been appointed City Marshall of Saco. .2lt
The Trustees OF the Waldo County Agri-
cultural Society have voted to put a comodi-
ous1 bu llinyIon the grouals the, coming
| season. t-.t-..-4E r..,..,-,.--
The Aroostook lumbermen are hearty
set. A gang of thirty-five cons ume every ten
days a barrel of molasses, two bushels of beans,
one barrel Of pork, and five hundred pounds of
flour, with other articles ii" i 'l2qsA g" E
The island of Monhegan has thirty-two
houses, one school-house, which is also used
for meetings by the various denominations Of
Christians, and about one hundred and fifty
inhabitants.
The dwelling house of Captain Thomas
Harper at Seal Cove, was destroyed by fire on
| the 21st inst The worst of the story is that
one child aged two years old was suffocated'
| and another was nearly so before it could be
| rescued. g1I4fg r9a -sif tDAsEq z5,1fI
The Wing thus advises: "If you want to
head off the caterpillars while you have time
to do it go into your orchard now and cut off
The twigs or ends of the limbs on which is
placed the little belt of eggs, which may be
plainly seen on examination. Cut them off
and burn them. This method Is feasible in
small and young trees, but not SO easilylopera-
ted on large trees"
The Lewiston Journal says Mr.. Charles
Smith, in the employ of s. R. Bearce & Co.,
Of that city, was severely injured Friday by
wedge which caught upon circular saw while
in motion. 1t was thrown with great force
striking Mr.. Smith in the face, and breaking
ms cheek bone =. a.3layf .Haal
we learn from the Skowhegan Clarion
lnat reports from Guilford copper mine state
'liat the farther they progress the richer the
ore proves 1t is now yielding between $500
and $500 of silver to the ton
The Machias Republican thinks. that ow.
ing to the unfayorable season. not more than
two thirds of the usual quantity of logs have
been cut in that section
The Ellsworth american favors the adon-
ton of a city charter for that town.
Camden has adopted Village corporation
act and is now sort of inchoate city.
3 The Journal says that most ofthe mule spin
ners in the cotton mills at Lewiston declined
on the 1st inst. to work over ten hours day,
and the agents have received orders to run
eleven hours as usual or shut down the mills,
In Lawrence and Manchester the spinners
nave concluded not to strike, and the Journal
Is persuaded that strike, especially now when
.here is such surplus of manuf actured goods
III 'ne market and when the owners of mills
o' very desirous of running, will result
oniy III stopping all of the looms for several
months. s.--i.e "a. - 'oi % ga ei"'
MI, Dunton, the retiring principal of the
bath high School, was made the rac;n;o,+ ~,
SATURDAY last, of an elegant silver tea sett
from the pupils of the school. 81. d 80 ,.
F The April term of the s. ]. Court for
sagaaanoc' commenced at Bath yesterday.
Bath is to vote to-day on the Knox and
Lincoln Railroad question: not, as we said tbe
other day, to see if the city will grant $15oOOO
in addition, to the 100000 already voted, but
as the Times explains, to see if $15O.OOO of the
loan already voted shall be subscribed for
seock in the road. --.l "a Vel