The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-12-11
OUR OWN STATE.

Portland, for tho eleven months Of 1868, end
ing December LIST, imported g. ~, 1907 feet, and
exported I, l6o,s9 feet Of foreign lumber.
The winter arrangement for the running O
trains on the p. & X. r. R. commenced las
week. The daily morning and evening train,
have been discontinued for the winter, and viii
be run on Mondays and Saturdays only; leay.
ing Augusta on Mondays at $50 A. NJ. (fflesn
minutes earlier than the usual tims) and lcay-
Ing Portland on Saturdays ut 8.16 p. NJ Leave
Augusta daily at IL A. NJ. for Portland, Boston
and New York, and Portland for Augusta, Skow.
hegan and Bangor at Ito P. NJ.
The Augusta House, which has been under
the charge Of Messrs. Turner and Williams, ha,
passed into the hands Of Mr.. Turner who ],
now sole proprietor.
The Rothschild who died lately In France !.
found to have left an estate Of about four hun.
dred millions Of dollars. His family Is conse-
quently In easy circumstances. In this country
he would have passed for rich man.
The late elections In Scotland were fatal to Tho
power Of the old Tory landlord influence In
many parliamentary districts. The most inau-
entail friends Of the late ministry wero badly
defeated In what they deemed the strongest con-
sentative strongholds.
The new hotel in course Of erection at Ry,
Beach, to be called the "Ocean View" and be
longing to George @. Lougec, late proprietor o.
the Atlantic House, was blown down Monday
night, and Is In ruins. 1t was four stories high
and 100 feet square. The windows had not beer
put In, hence the disaster. Mr.. Lougee intends
notwithstanding his loss, to Immediately rebuild
A correspondent Of the Ellsworth American
says schooner called the "IIud and Frank, u
Of 100 tons, has been seized by Collector Dever.
eaux, Of Castine, for attempting 70 sail under
fraudulent papers. The District Of Castinc Of
.fers great facilities for smuggling, along the
coast and among the islands. To break up
this illicit trade, we learn that the services o.
some special officers Of the Department have
been In rcquisition. and the Illicit trade Is about
broken up.
Aman named William II. Melville, hand on
board the schooner Angelina was drowned al
Portlond. The Press says that deceased had
shipped ut Rockland q few weeks since, signing
hcshipping papers rs William II. Melville Of
warcham, Mass, aged about thirty. lie told 9
shipmate repeatedly that that was an assumed
name, and gave him his right name (but the
mun Nhu uulOrtuuutcly iOrkOttcu NIs ho WV
him, also, that he had not been home for twelv,
having stolen $4,000 from his father and eloped
that he had since been wandering up and down
the Garth, leading n miserable life. BY thes'
habits Of dissipation he reached sudden ant
untimcly end. Tho deceased left no papers o.
letters by which any clue could bc obtained 4
=, his friends or place Of abode. II Is thought tina
these statements may help to identify the unfor
tunate man.
From the Watcrville Mail We learn that Mis-
Corlelia Keenc. the young lady who was 90 30
yerely scaldcd two weeks ago at the match fac
tory Of BENZ. Bunker & Co., at Kendall Mills
died on Wednesday. Her suffering for thos
two weeks have been Understandable. Il was TIL
rSos, painful accident that ever occurred there
One Of the large storehouses connected will
Richards & Co.'S paper mill In Gardiner was en-
tirely burned ON Monday night last. II con
tanned about 400 casks Of lime and large 10
ofrags. Loss $4,000; fully insured.
Hard wood is worth ten dollars cord at Lew
iston.
The proprietors Of the Kcnnebec Journal vii
issue their usual daily edition during the session
Of the legislature.
Last week twenty-five men left Bath for F.
sex County, Virginia, engaged by the shipbuild
crs In Bath to cut oak timber for ships frames
The trees arc cut and hewn square, foated dowr
the Rappahannock 100 miles to the Chesapeake
and thence sent by vessel to Maine. The mer
receive 50. per day, ratlons and quarters, ono
will be In Virginia till spring.
Mr.. Charles L. Fuller Of IIallowell, steamboat
agent and clerk, lost daughter, aged Ave year,
ON Thursday last, by little round whistle will
which she was plrying getting lodged In bci
throat, causing death before physician could
DO summoned.
A former resident Of tho State prison sent tn,
present occupants barrel Of apples, TO be dis
tributed amongst them Thanksgiving day.
Two inccndinries at Augusta, Howard and
Fairbrothcr, were indicted by the Grand Jury
on Friday.
The Portland and Kcnnebcc r. r. Co., hav,
just built one Of the finest mail cars In Ii,
country. The rolling stock Of the company con.
sists Of IL engines and dummy car, IL pass
enger cars, 264 freight cars, 8 baggage and
smoking cars. r., ... .. ........' = ......
Mr.. William Brown, Of New Sharon, attempt
ed suicide one day last week by hanging. II,
was cut down before life became extinct, and !,
now In very critical condition, requiring q
number ofstrong men to hold him upon his bed
II Is thought heNill not recover.
In the Supreme Judicial Court at Portland
on Friday, the jury returned verdict In favor
of DR.. Burrell against the Grand Trunk Rail-
way Company for being knocked down and In.
jured by train Of cars on Commercial street In
August, 1866, and assessed the damages Q,
S2544.61. '|...t 81, Ir
The Machias Union says child three year,
old, daughter Of John Evans, Jr., OF Millbridge
was fatally burned, Nov. 18, by Its clothes TAX.
ing fire from stove while tho mother was at
the we'll for pail Of water. II lived but few
hours.
In tho upper portions Of Piscataquis County
tho snow Is said to DO very deep and badly
drilled. Between Monson and Moosehead Lake
Il Is piled up even with the fences and II Is with
difficulty that stage teams can force their way
through the drifts.
List Of Patents issued to Maine inventors and
bearing date Of Dec. 8, reported for the USIoS
AND JOURNAL by VIM. II. Clifford. Solicitor Of
Patents, SOlt Congress street, Portland, Me-
W. Evans. Thomaston, Magazine guns.
8. w. Huntington, Augusta, shearing Ma
chine.
]. +. Sturdy. Augusta, Tack Holder, and
Garnet Strctcher.
nj. A. Ward, Bangor, Anignor to self. D. 8.
Grant and T. Hersey, same place, drspplc.
The winthrop Buueiia tolls story Of cat
6ftv-two years old. The animal Is In the family
Of Nelson Norcruss Of windhsm, mss, and
during her early life she went three trirs to the
West Indies before the mast. She has been the
mother Of 255 kittena lJo@
A correspondent Of the Portland Advertiser
writes .-Cspt. James Frye, who has been FOR
some years past extensively engaged In tho hsh-
inc business In the town Of North Haven, 70 n
ding out quite an expedition for The Pae6e coast.
ne Il loading two schooners, the Ada A.. Fye,
40 2l tons, and the Shooting Star, 67.3l tons,
with provisions and fishing outfits. They WIN
Iii this week for Boston. and thence proceed D,
Puget Sound, In Washington Territory. Tho
royare win occupy some Eve months. Capt
Eve Intends carrying ON Che fishing busisss on
the Pacific coast. 49,.
A,i,ushter ofsz-Gov. Orr, Of South Carolina
has married Philadelphian. Rsconstructon
Is progressing. ei ~ ta ~.