The Portland daily press., 1870-05-21

| inst. He and another boy were CROSSING tha
river in boat, when the wind blew his hat . "a
and in attempting to regain it he fell ont ~ -.
tho boat and was drowned. VI
Sewell Page, of New Portland. wb;,e ..
work on landing on Spencer Stream was IN
stantly killed on Friday the 18th inst. II an.
pears that he was at work at the bottom ~
the landing in the edge Of the water attemn -.
ing to roll log into the stream, and had mt
| his arms under the log and breastng h;msaif
against it for that purpose, when log from
above rolled down with great force and yeloc-
| ity upon him, and he was crushed between tbo
two logs He leaves wife and fya small
| children in destitute circumstances
Last week, in Pittsield, Henry II. Tov,or
| was arraigned before Justice Maxwell cbar~-
with bigamy The evidence was so conciS-
sive that the Justice required bail which he
| wock, where he will doubtless remain nntiI
next September, says the Reporter.
| The Reporter says smaller area will he
planted with potatoes this year than for sevar-
| al years previous. The unsatisfactory nrices
have caused it. A much greater breadth will
be sown with wheat than for some years.
WALDO COUNTY.
A cargo of railroad iron for the Belfast .ra
Moosehead Lake railroad, has arrived. at Rel
| fast.
An armed guard ordered by Goverro,
Chamberlain, with the concurrence Of tbe
| bank officers, are now on duty at the iail in
| Belfast city to prevent any escape of the nov.
ties connected with the robbery of the Lime
Rock Bank. This relieves Sheriff Calderwood
| from responsibility.
The May term of the Supreme Judicial
Court for Waldo county, adjourned on We'd.
| nesday, after session of five weeks
Daniels, the Lime Rock Bank burglar con.
fined in Belfast Jail. is daily growing worse
| with consumption. His feet are swollen and
indications are that he cannot live long saws
the Journal.
The Office of Deputy Collector at Stockton
which was discontinued last year has been re-
stored and l.. N. Partridge has been reap
| pointed Deputy Collector at a salary of $4OO
There is considerable Custom House business
| done at that place and the Office is a necessary
one. says the Age.
YORK COUNTY.
Work is going steadily forward on the i'm
| provements of the York Manufacturing Com.
pany at Saco, and a large gang of workmen
are busy getting out the timbers for the new
Rev. Mr.. Hubbard, much esteemed min
lister Of Biddeford, died almost instantly from
heart disease on Friday morning.
A car attached to the freight train from
| Portland, loaded with hay, took fire Wednes
day night, in Elliot, and was detached at Kit
terry depot, where it was entirely consumed
The P. S, & p. r. r. Co. have torn dow
the freight house and woOdshed and ar,
about to build a new freight house at Kenne
bunk. A new track is being constructed b.
which the delay made by the "up" and ''dOwn
trains meeting at the depot can be remediet
and ten minutes saved in the time from Ken
nebunk to Boston.
Wednesday afternoon while painter by tn
name of Walker in the employ of Mr.. Charlie
| U. Gould, was painting the building corner O
| EmarV and Main Strpat Rid1ofor1 ~
hooks fastened in the roof, by which the stag
ing was held up, gave way, precipitating hin
from the second story to the sidewalk beneath
He sustained several severe cuts and bruise
about the head and face and also very ba,
sprained ankle.
The following persons have been appointe
to take the census in York county, with tn
exception of SacO, Limington. Lebanon an,
Cornish, where the appointments have not We
been determined upon: Alfred, Abne
Mtchell; Acton, Herbert Cooling; Berwick
NJ. d. Marshall; Biddeford, Jos. Smith 4th
A. q. Goodwin; Eliot, j. f. Kennard; Holli
and Dayton, D. A. Maddox; Kittery, Alex
bennett; Kennebunk, P. c. Wiggin; Kenne
bunkpOrt, Woodbury. Smith; Limerick, H. 2
Greene; Lyman, B. +. Bennett; Newfeld, u
Ham,; North Berwick, Geo. H. Snow; Par
sonsfield, o. T. Parks; Sanford, B. F. Han
son; Shapleigh, J. f. Ferguson; South Bel
wick, E. F. Neatly; WATERFORD, Samuel Rob
erts; Wells, G. L. Meldram. -
AT LARGE.
The following patents were granted to Cit
zens of Maine during the week ending Ma
18th: W. Yorke, Portland; Register for Odom
eters, &c. A. Mari, Lewiston; Varnish TO
snrfacing Railway Heads, Drawing and Spin
ming Frames. j. A. Swan, North Arson
Bride Bit.
Samuel Warren, of Belfast, aged q, sea
man on brig Charles Heath, was Instantly kill
ed while reefng the maintopsail at sea.