The Portland daily press., 1869-02-04
state News.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.

The Augusta Journal says that Mr.. Joseph
I'll. Clapp and Mr.. Horace North of that city
have purchased the entire book and stationery
stock of Mr.. p. Fenno, and formed a copart-
nership, for the purpose of continuing the
bookselling business at the old stand.
The Journal says that a young lady on Gage
street, Augusta, fell the entire length of the
cellar stairs the other day. A lighted kero-
sene lamp which she held in one hand struck
against pan of ashes, and the blaze was ex-
tinguished by the ashes and an explosion pre-
vented. The girls wrist was dislocated and
large cash cut in it.
The Bangor Wing says the handsome little
black bear belonging to Mr.. Blackwell, and
whose funny antics have amused the children
so much, has been bought by some of the boys
and girls OF that city and sent to Oliver Optic.
- 81. PENoBscoT COUNTY.
All quiet on the Penobscot. The Whig saws
there was not a single case before the notice
court last week and the police would have
been skunked, had they not been 80 fortunate
as to pick up TWO drunken men on Saturday
evening.
The Bangor Wing chronicles the arrest in
New Sharon of two young men named John 2.
Stevens and Horatio Wasburne, belonging in
Bangor, for stealing the horse of Joseph Libby
of Brewer on the 9th of January. The horse,
sleigh and robes were sold at Pennington
Falls. ..- TT e}gs- e. - =
Bangor has prohibited the erection of wood
en- buildings in the business part Of the city.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY. 3le5s + ai d
As some men who had been at work on the
Knox and Lincoln railroad were going home
to Lewiston Saturday they became noisy and
violent. Mr.. Oliver Moses attempting to quiet
them was struck a severe blow in the face in
consequence of which several OF the men were
arrested. ID .4 H4VI l.rf
According to the N. Y. Post, Mr.. P. s. Har-
ris, formerly of Bath, is meeting with great
su ceess and making reputation in New York
as portrait painter. The Hamilton Literary
Association recently held its thirty.eighth an
niversary, and the occasion was made specially
interesting by the presentation of the por-
traits of three surviving original founders of
the Association painted by Mr.. Harris.
A house in Turner's court, Bath, occupied
by Mrs. Nash and Mr.. Abbott, was almost en-
tirely destroyed by fire Wednesday morning,
as we learn from the Times.
WALDO COUNTY.
The case OF Angie Bray VS.. Samuel Colcord.
riage, occupied the Supreme Judicial Court
five days. A good deal of the testimony was
of such character as to be unfit for publication.
The jury found for the plaintiff, assessing dam
ages at $780,
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
In Forest City," village thirty miles above
Calais that has grown up in the course of the
'"oo NV ycoio OfOiy JOuuS iduy anu every
young man at home is Good Templar. The
sale of liquor was never permitted there.
Rev. Mr.. Kelley of Machias baptised six
persons by immersion one day last week The
weather was very cold and the ice required
much cutting to secure space of open water
sufficient for the work. I'D
In Calais the other evening a man muffled
up in high coat collar stepped into a store in
which great variety of articles were kept
and asked the proprietor if he had manure
forks to sell. Proprietor said yes, and rose to
wait upon him. The gentleman then stepped
to the door, opened it. looked out, said whoa,
and walked to the back part of the store to
look at the article he had called for. After ex-
aiming several he said they were too high,
thought he could do better, would try, if not,
he would call again-and left the store. Short
ly after the proprietor discovered that num-
Der of valuable gold rings worth between fifty
aad seventy five dollars, had disappeared from
the fellow stepped to the door, opened it and
said whoa, he left the door ajar, and while he
kept the owner engaged IN the back part of
the store, an accomplice entered and purloin-
ed the rings.