The Portland daily press., 1867-03-13

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/ Last Standardization about five o'clock
tha wiz ofMr Hiram Hines of Buckfeld viii
loco crossed the street to visit a sick woman;
,er snen,l;nc sone ittlcstime in the cham
har Of tbesick, shs went out say ing to her
friend she hoped she world soon be able to re-
turn her visit. Closing the door, she stepped
upon the stairs to descend and immediately fell
to the flo 81 below The heavy fall was heard
by the inmates of the house and they hurried
to the foot ofthe stairswher the unfortunate
woman was found in, IAN, unconscious state
ohe was carried across the street to her home
where she fingered a short time and died.
Mrs. Hines was woman Of many excellent
virtues and much beloved and respected by a
large circle of relations and friends. She leaves
husband and several children to mourn as
they never mourned before. In this sudden
death society in Buckfield village mas meo
with great loss. She was good woman ana
| the bcreayed husband and children hare the
| sympathv ofthat community. She never spoke
| af.ar sba tell bruise was found upon her
| f,rra,bead and n seyerer one under her ea-, but
| no skin was broken She lived about two
| hours after the fatal accident. ,,3 sd ..t,
| "A correspondent of the Lewiston Journal
| calls attention to the fact that where oak for
ests have existed ever since the first settle
| ment of this country, if the trees are cut down
there at once springs up on the spot pine sap
lings, covering all the ground. 8Ifin turn the
pine trees are cut down, oak trees in turn
succeed them. .uc
The Springfield RepablicDa gives the name
OF the late Superintendent, of our Reform
School as George r. Bo,oanas, instead of
George b. Barrows. ., a., s,.
Charles B. Hall, late Lieutenant of the 3Oth
Maine regiment, has been confirmed by the
Senate as o First Leusenant of Cavalry.
Our neighbor of the Argus INDUCES in a
spread" over the result of theBidnefOrd cleo
ton. True, it is only a case of the Dutch TAX
ing Holland, but then it has been SO seldom
that our Democratic friends have had an OPP
portunity to throw up their hats of late, that
they are thankful for the smallest favors. Bid
deford is one of the fewspared monuments Of
the party yet remaining. g,tfoe s.qYai-
r. The Gardiner Journal tells of a man who
| placed pan of Goals in barrel in his barn in
| order to smoke some hams. In a short ..me
barrel and barn were found to be on fire, and il
was put out with difficulty. -'
p According to the Bangor papers the Dem
ocrats of thatScity, or portion of them, behav-
ed I'M most scandallous manner at the Repub
lican caucus on Saturday evening. They would
throw in votes by the handful, and finally were
so disorderly that the caucus adjourned with
out making q nomination, and the nomination
was made by the city committee. IA st9il,i
/ The Jail in Auburn has more prisoners in
carcerated there than at any time for four year
twenty three. One prisoner incarceratad fo
theft, is studying law within its walls
The State of Maine contains Twelve incor
porated cities, eleven of which have elected
Republican mayors. The other-BiddeTord-
may require constitutional intervention to Sc
/ cure to its inhabitants what they do not nov
I'enjoy-"a Republican form of government" %
> b Mr.. Charles Hunnewell o. W;ndlam, ha
just sold to Mr.. Robert Leighton of this city
, for beef, one of the largest COWS ever raised i
: this State. Price $l25. She is of the red Du,
ham breed, took the first premium of $50 at th
State Fair at Augusta; also the first premium
at the Cumberland County Fair She is te
years old, girts six feet eight inches, and weigh
1I05 lbs. Our informant calls her "big crit
ter" hard to beat. .l IA ID ..s,i., i;e,.I. =