The Portland daily press., 1870-05-28

advantage OF Supt. Batfeli's absence last wsek,
which resulted In several rows and the dis.
charge of three or four from the Mill. Chas.
Keshaw, sort of half-breed Indian, seemed
to be the most pugnacous, as he attacked Mr..
Harris, sub-overseer, and threatened violence
on others. Mr.. Stevens one armed soldier,
who had a hammer in his hand, dropped il,
and levelled Ceshaw with his fist, but the H.
dian got hold of the hammar, and not being so
scrupulous about using it as was Stevens, he
struck the latter several severe blows on the
head. Keshaw having threatened to do dam
age to the building, warrant was procured for
his arrest, but he got away without being ar
rested.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
One day last week girl by the name of
Sarah Clukey, employed in the card room at
the Stone Mill, in Dexter, got her arm caught
in the machine which she was tending, caus-
ing the flesh from the hand TO the elbow, to be
badly lacerated, being torn off in one place to
the bone, says the Dexter Gazett.
The Bangor Wing says Messrs. C. b Dow
and Almond Wentworth, carpenters employed
in building dwelling house for Mr.. Sidelin-
ker, on Fourth street, were preciptated to the
ground from a height of some l25 feet, by the
giving way of a staging, about O clock We'd
| nesday afternoon. Mr.. Dow had two ribs frac-
tured and was badly bruised, and Mr. Went
worth was injured internally, but to what ex-
tent is not yet known.
| Manly S. Taylor and Austin Ramsdell, were
arrested at Garland last week, for conspiracy
! to deprive Mr.. Loring Shepley, of Dexter, of a
| horse which he owned. They were taken to
| Dexter for trial, and were glad to compromise
| by paying all costs and compromising Mr..
| Shepley for the trouble he had sustained.
| SOMERSET COUNTY.
John Philbrook of KendalPs Mills, Maine,
reported at the Boston police office that he
| was garrOtted about nine o'clock Thursday
| evening by three young rutfians at the corner
of Causway and Canal streets, and robbed Of
| $137.
Mr.. A. w. Bracket, of Pittsield, has re.
| Gently sold his Drew mare, Polly Perkins, tC
New York parties for $1,000
The Reporter says Mrs. Wade of Smithfield
now "a years old, has been sick with dlOpsy
some IA years in which time she has been tap
| ped 81 times, with an average discharge o.
water and blood OF IA lbs. At first she was
tapped every three months and now every two
weeks.
The Skowhegan Reporter says neighbor
hood dispute growing out of a law suit there
on Tuesday, among parties from Brighton, re
suited in a bloody fight the parties wen
home. 1t is reported that a son of jeremiah
Brown discharged gun at Stephen Knight
seriously wOunding him. After the shooting
general fight with clubs ensued between tn
Brown and Tutte parties, in which severa
were severely bruised. 1t is doubtful if Knigh
RECEIVERS. The parties have been taken in Gus
tody by Sheriff Williams of Athens.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
In the contest of skill at billiards in Bat
J Thursday evening, between Shiel Of Portlan
| and Smith of AugaSta-iOur ball alOm, 100
points up-Shiel was the winner by 326 points
The average runs were, Shel Is 22-65; Smit
10 24-65. Shells best runs 105 and 105; Smith
45.
WALDO COUNTY.
The Belfast Journal says that on Thursda
in the harbOr, was upset by sudden flaw
f wind. Another boat, in which were two pei
sons, came to the rescue, and threw him til
main sheet; but the sudden strain on the rop
filled their sail aback, and the boat went owe
Oscar Pitcher and Geo. E. Wight, seeing I'll
/ accidents, launched small punt for the pu
pose of reaching boat that was at ancho
, when their uncertain craft filled and sunk III
der them. Here were five persons all owe
board at once. Fortunately they were all re
cued, with no other damage than thoroug
wettng.
Capt. Josiah Veazie of Belfast, while on h
way to China to take command of bark, c
the third day out from San Francisco, iamme
his foot severely and afterwards taking col
lockiaw supervened, from which he died on Il
18Th of March.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Calais was visited ON Tuesday by an oil,
fashioned easterly snOw-storm, which Taste
a Two hours and deposited two inches of winter
U | covering on the earth.
YORK COUNTY.
, Wentworth Post, G.. A. r., of Kittery, W
: observe Sunday as Memorial Day, for sever
reasons: that they can get band ON that da
: the people can better get together, and thu
0 | will have the services of a popular speaker.
. AT LARGE,
g Surveys of the following points in Maine a
provided for: Royals river, Narragaugus rive
and Sullivan river at Sullivan Falls.
Sheriff Grose of Knox county pursued Ran
: one of the Rockland bank robbers, to Montre;
having photograph of the robber in his pc
session. Rand was found and identified b
q the extIadition treaty does not provide +
cases OF burglary, SO he could not be taken.