The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-01-20

On New Years Day three children. sons OF
Mr.. Joseph Wynle, respectable laboring
man, residing near Pompton, in Passaic
county, n, j., at the base of the Wynockie
Mountain, left home for the purpose Of :.sgo-
ing nutting" in the woods on the mountain.
1t was four o'clock when they left home,
so that their failure to return before niohtfall
Ioccasioned but little alarm. After that, how
ever. their continued absence rendered the
distracted parents almost frantic. The fear
full rain storm which prevailed during the
night and part of next day fearfully intens-
fled the feelings of the bereaved father and
mother inasmuch as their little darlings had
not yet been seen nor heard from. On Mon
country people, but nothing couldb discover
cd of the whereabouts of the missing children
whose ages were respectively ten, seven, and
five years. The entire neighborhood at
length joined in the search, and it was not
till Tuesday last that the mystery was solved
The innocent trio were found lying dead,
side bv side, on the south side of the noun
tain some ten or eleven miles from their
home 1t was quite thickly covered with
timber where the bodies were discovered
From the appearance Of the latter it is
thought that the children existed for several
days on the nuts they had gathered previous
tobeng benighted, and having lost theirway
were overtakcn by physical exhaustion and
starvation, which resulted in death. The
bodies were removed to the home of their
heart broken parents, for whom the entire
community evincc the deepest sympathy,
PORTLAND, BANGOR AND MACIIIAs STEAM
sUp Co. The annual meeting of this cor
poration was held Yesterday afternoon at the
"a, of Do, 4, INF
the Treasurers report that since his last an
nual statement the two steamboats, belong
ing to the company have been thoroughly
relitted, and four additional family rooms
have been built upon the Lewiston, and
other improvements and repairs made upon
both steamers, and both have performed
their regular trips upon their respective
routes successfully and without any accidents
worth mentioning.
The Lewiston has made sixty-three round
trips to Machias, being the same number as
in 1868, and stocked SS4 ,O92,72 or S., 591.74
more than in 1868, having made fourteen
more trips than in the previous year The
TWO steamers have increased their gross
earnings over last year 81 5000, while
their running expenses have been some
what increased by the rise in the price Of
coal and the extra number of trips made.
Inc accounts are very Satisfactory ana
encouraging, showing that in q few years
the stock will be as valuable as that Of the
most favored company. Portland ADV.
FIGHT WITH A WILD CAT, A farmer in
New Milford, Conn, discovered wild cat
making meal off sheep it had killed, and
with rare courage he determined if possible
to capture it alive. lie had in his hand a
long and heavy cart-whip, and by stealthily
approaching the animal he succeeded in deal
ing it a heavy blow on the back of the head
with the butt end The cat, partially stunned,
sought safety in flight, but the young man
gave pursuit, and struck it another blow be-
tween the ears That laid her ladyship out,
and the captor took the animal by the back OF
the neck and hind legs and started for home
On the way the cat came to. and showed fight,
scratching and biting with all the vigor of Il
young tiger. Tho young mans clothing was
almost wholly torn from his person in front,
and his hands and arms were terribly LAGER
ated and cut. but the held bravely on until he
came to a stone wall, when he dashed the cats
head against rock until it became quiet.
Ii soon recovered from its rough treatment
and is now as lively and as ugly as ever.