The Portland daily press., 1870-11-21
state FL 4, WIS.


use of fire arms by boys in that city. One lit
tie boy had his eyes badly injured, and little
girl had her hearing seriously affected by hav-
ing cap snapped upon an unloaded gun
while mischievously placed at her ear.
One Of the workmen on the railroad near
few days ago, spied bottle filled with liquor
on back shelf Watching his opportunity
he seized thelbottle and drank about half a
pint OF it; says the Journal 81 He complained,
afterwards, of not feeling very we'll and found
out that he had been drinking arnca.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Times says fewer cattle will be wintered
in Aroostook county this winter than hereto
fore. Notwithstanding the price of store cattle
are very low. many more than usual have
been sold. Working oxen and mich COWS will
probably command large prices next spring.
and hay which is now hold at high figures will
in all probability be abundant and cheap.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The house of Mr.. Peter De Rocher in Wat.
erville, was entered on Sunday night of last
week, and large amount of clothing and 9th.
er articles taken. The Mail says the thieves
were so frightened that they left most of the
stolen articles in the yard, besides some prop.
erty stolen in other places.
DR.. Austin Thomas. Waterville boy, who
was educated at Colby, studied with DIR
Crosby, and took his degree at Brunswick, il
Concord, N. 81. -
The town of Camden, 1897 for and 103 against
voted on Saturday to loan its credit to the Bay
and River Railroad Co. to the amount of ter
per cent. on the town valuation.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The Gardiner Reporter says a case of consid
cradle interest to our peighbors s'over the
river was before the s: j. Court at Augusta
a rnnr nir,r 81 A
the town of Pittston. The plaintiff was drafted
as soldier in 1868, and brings the suit for com
mutation money voted by the town. The town
records are relied upon to sustain the claim
but they were found SO defective on inspection
before the court, that the plaintiff was obliged tc
submit to nonsuit. To give the plaintiff ar
opportunity, however, to have the records
amended, the court allowed the case to be con
tinued, with leave to have it restored to the
trial docket, on the plaintiffs paying the de
jamin for plaintiff. Clay for defendants.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says forty vessels arrived
at that port Friday, and about 800 sail were il
the river Friday night.
Mr.. +. 0. Beal, for many years baggag,
| master between Bangor and Portland, is pro
NOTED to the conductorship of the new traii
over the Maine Central between Bangor ant
| Augusta.
The Whig says Mr.. q. B. Kicker, of Patten
heard some cattle in his yard and got up t,
wrong door and fell into the cellar, strikin:
against the wall, breaking several bones an(
bruising himself in shocking manner Fo
some time it was thought he could not recover
but at present he is doing we'll and will soon b,
about the house.
Mr.. Samuel Kimball, of Patten, was out in thu
woods one day last week, when he found an
old pine log which he cut into to see if it wa
sound. He found that it was not sound, but
he heard al sound inside, and had hardly time
to get to the end of the log before he saw an ole
she bear Just coming out He gave her bio
| on the head with his axe, and was about pull
| ing her out, when he was surprised to see tw,
large cubs just back of their mother He pull
ed the old one out and was dispatching the
| cubs, when ont jumped another old bear which
before Mr.. KimbalI could finish the ycuns
ones, made good his escape. Mr.. Kimball get
$l5 bounty besides the skins and meat of til,
| three bears.
The Wing says the road bed of the defunc
Bangor, Oldtown & Milford railroad has beer
smoothed, since the removal of the rails anl
sleepers, and owners of trotters do say it's tn,
neatest place in Penobscot comfy for spin.
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
From our Correspondent
The barn of Joseph Deeripg, Esq, of G uil
| ford, was consumed by fire on the night of tn,
18th inst, together with twenty-five tons o
hay, six cattle, horse, carriage, harness apd
farming tools. From the fact that the fire oc
CURED late in the night when no one of thu
family had been to the barn since early in The
previous evening, it is presumed to have beer
the work of one or more incendiaries, ant
strong suspicion falls upon some providing vag
abonds who had been refused the privilege O
sleeping on the hay NOW.
An importation from Somerset county hal
supplied Parkman with first rate blacksmith
and tip-top carriage maker.
The mud is about the consistence and ha
about the same adhesive properties as tar, bu
an Indian summer is in the skies.
Rev. Mr.. Noyes, late of Chicrgo, has been in
vited to the pastorsbip of the Baptist Church
IN Gaiilord and has given encouragement o
acceptance. s.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
1t seems, from the Bath Times, that The ba
|. rytes mill in that city has suspended operations
IN consequence of question of revenue
When operations were commenced at the mil
and the first cargo Of the crude material i'm.
ported, the Custom House officials, after con
sulting the Secretary of the Treasury. decide,
that it was not the barytes of commerce upo1
which duty of ten dollars per ton is laid. blu
that it belonged to the unenumerated class
upon which much lower rate OF duty is as
sessed. revenue AGENT however, has beer
looking mp the matter and claims that the ar
ticle imported is subject to the higher rate O
duty. And it is pending abe settlement of thi
controverted point that operations have beer
suspended by the proprietors.
"a WASHINGTON COUNTY. as7
The Machias Republican states that on Mon
day last son of Mr.. Frank NJ Getchell. O
Marshfeld, died as is supposed from eatin,
poisonous berries On Friday previous he witt
two other boys went into the pasture and pick
ed ivy and other plums and ate heartily O
them. On Saturday he was quite unwell ani
his mind somewhat deranged. About noon h
went into fit, from which be did not recover
AT LARGE.
David Mcfarland has been appointed post
master at Ellsworth, vice John T. Whitcomb
The following Maine postmasters whose com
missions have expired have been re-appointed
viz: Charles G. Horton at Eastport; A. L
Skinner at Bucksport; Samuel G. Thurlow a
Belfast; Dwight B. Barnard at Calais.
At meeting of commercial travellers, hell
at the Bangor House, resolutions were unani
mousy adopted requesting the President ant
Directors of the Maine Central railroad to run
night train between that city and Boston, ant
a committee of five wasa ppointed to draw u,
petition to that effect, to be forwarded to tn,
company.