The Portland daily press., 1867-10-07
state Items

| The Lewiston Journal says several small
silver cells and one big one were found in the
gates of Lincoln Mill. The large one was Aft
lin. long, and weighed IL IL lbs The Jour
| nal is pretty good ON fish stories 30 iliz at
about week ago Mr.. John Randall, of
| Auburn, found a horse in his corn field with
part OF a harness on him which had been cut
| with a knife Monday buggy wagon was
| found on new road near Mr.. Randalps, by
Silas Kirke, with part harness attached to
the wagon, which had been cut, as though for
the purpose Of clearing horse quickly. The
/ property awaits an owner. It is supposed to
have been abandoned by some robber.-Leacas-
| ton journal. ~ t-t-a---is
Capt. w. r. Swan of Bethel, met with
severe accident week before last. In painting
his buildings staging broke and let him fall
on the rocks with such force as to discolate his
wrist and break one of his bones
The Oxford Democrat says the detective
officers have been making raids upon some of
the hotel keepers in that region for having pur-
chased smugglei liquors. They will all settle
Lot. A. Billings, the incendiary, is to be
sent to the Insane Hospital at Augusta in or
der to determine the question of his insanity
that being the defense on which his counsel re-
ly. dlt IL $3.50 iuaY.l4 s.H ~ i slil
Speaking of early. snow storms the Ok
ford Democrat says that about sixty-fve or
seventy years ago, in the middle of October
there came very severe snow storm, during
such a cold spell as we have had lately, cover
ing the ground two feet deep. 1t was some
DAYS before there was any passing, when it was
all melted off, and then succeeded warm
pleasant fall i4,4b. iaslaf'-
Speaking of pork, the Winthrop Bulletin
says "why this article should be such drug in
the market is a question we cannot answer
Round hogs are SELL ng in this place for from
seven to ten cents per pound; and when we
take into consideration the fact that they have
been fatted on corn at from $1.25 to $1.4O, it
will De seen that our farmers will be great los
ers. Pigs are very plenty and can hardly be
given away. One extreme usually follows
unother and we may expect scarcity of swine
another year." Ai @
| The Rockland Democrat thinks the diff
culties in the way of building the Knox &
Lincoln Railroad are about all dissipated. The
amount subscribed or pledged is 81, 762, 600,
which it thinks sufficient provided no bridge
is built at Bath, which is understood to be the
conclusion now.
I The Belfast Age says, the farm buildings
of Mr.. John Gilmore of Waldo, were destroyed
by fire last Tuesday during the gale There
was no insurance, his policy having expired a
few weeks ago. -si'i ~ 'f-ia
MIR. Cheney, the owner of the Kineo House
MtiKineo, is the largest owner OF imported cat
tie in the United States r ifa . 5aa
The Mechanic Falls Herald says horse
ran away last Thursday. upsetting the wagon
and throwing out Mr.. Downs, and barrel of
flour both heads of which came out and the
flour whitened the street. The b orse ran over
little girl of VIM. Moore and injured her
quite severely. The horse continued running
over various platforms in front of stores and
knocking away three piazza posts of Mr..
Records house. A dog was frightened quite
as much as the horse and was completely COW
cred with flour as he followed the wagon. s
Time made on the trotting course at Ellis
worth. Sally Come up" entered by Cunning
ham, 2:56; "Nameless" entered by Greeley,
248; Rosa Bonheur' entered by Mason, 2:43;
TGcn. Hancock entered by Grant, 2:46; "Min-
nehaha" entered by Bartlett, Bangor, 2 :36.
The Skowhegan Clarion says "Mr. Elan
Dinsmore has left in our Office specimen of
hard coal fonnd in the ledge in this village.
Quite number of pieces were found while
blowing cellar. 1t has every appearance of
being of an excellent quality.p a .e @ baI
On Monday night the house of Jabez Ste
vens, on the Brunswick road, was totally de-
stroyed by fire with all its contents. Mr. Ste
VEINS, aged mother was in the house, and while
they were getting her to place of safety, the
hre had made such Roadway, that they saved
only what they had on Loss 1890; insured
for $6OO.--Gdrdiner journal. 6iii - s
"A first class story of a murder somewhere
near Mechanic Falls has been afloat in this
city for a few days, with full details after the
yellow covered literature style. The story
lacks the merit of ingenuity and is q total fic-
tion.-Leaoiston Journal.
We had the same story here last week, with
tins difference, that the scene was laid in Dur
ham --Brunsioick Telegraph. ~
We had the same rumor here, but the scene
of the terrible tragedy was laid in New
Gloucester, and all the particulars reported.
The Clarion says: Potatoes are selling
for 60 cents bushel in this market, and are
coming forward quite freely. There is little
complaint Of the rot in this section. Mr.. O. A. |
McFadden of Embden, in this county, has |
raised the present season from two acres and |
sixteen rods, over two hundred buhels of ears
OF splendid corn. Many of the ears are over 10 |
,nohes IN length. Who can beat this. And |
10 must be added that speckled trout was |
ofopped INTO Moses porringer, but how large |
Is ho' sta'ed. 1t was probably not quite so
long as the silver cells which became entangled |
In the mill gates at Lewiston.
There IS a rumor that Mr. D. w. Pratt, the
Pennington Liquor Agent, was visited by the
Constables on Friday night, and that quite a
lot Of liquors obtained from some source other
than the State Agency was found upon his
premises. This is the same man who a few
weeks ago sent lot of "doctored" liquors to
Dr.. Hayes for analysis, and then published
garbled copy of the Doctors reply, to produce
the false impression that the liquors sold at the
State Agency were unfit for medicinal use. .aiI