The Portland daily press., 1871-03-01
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An attempt was made on Tuesday svenino ne
last week to set fire to the va liable grlst mil,
in Presque Isle, owned by Sidey Cook. For.
tunately the attempt was discovered in season
to avert q catastrophe.
A National Temperance Society, auxiliary
to the State and United States Societies. has
been organized at Presque Isle.
Falls owned by Mr. Charles Collins. was en-.
tirely destroyed BY fire, including a stock OF
goods Fo insurance.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The steam mills of Messrs Treat. Lang &
Co., at KiDg' Mills, Whitetield, are now 10 ac-
tive operation. turning out hogshead slaves at
the rate OF 5000 per day.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
From our Correspondent
We have been favored with great number
OF snow storms during the present winter,
though but little depth has accumulated at any
one time. The greatest depth was obtained on
the 18th OF February, on which day ten inche,
fell. 1t is fast melting away and few more
warm days will leave us destitute of sleighing.
Rev. George f. Clarke's recent temperance
lecture gave great satisfaction to the people of
Parkman, and has given q new impetu to the
Lodge OF Good Tempiars in that town.
Pscatsquis County Lodge will meet at Gull
ford on the 10th of March. A good time IS ex-
| pected.
The teams in the logging swamps have had
| fine winter for business, nd many OF them will
make two piles-one Of logs and one of cash.
An unusual amount of numbering has been
done in all of the small towns in the county,
such as hauling cedar, spruce, bass, hemlock,
| and in fact, almost every kind of logs to the
mills, to be sawed into shingles, boards, laths,
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| A little daughter of Thomas Matthews of
Abbot, was dangerously bitten by ferocious
bulldog on the 18th ult. Dogs are, DO doubt,
'good in their place." and some moral hero
would confer favor by consigning them all TO
| it.
A somewhat novel case is to be tried in the
Supreme Court Lext week. Charles Haines vs..
Jesse Nutting. Alfred Austin and Levi Pack
| ard. This suit is brought to recover damages
of Nutting et al. fvr binding out, in their ca
pacity as Overseers of the Poor of Parkmau.
three children of said Haines without his con-
sent, aud as be alleges. without any good rea-
son. 1t will be an expensive suit to both par
| ties.
The suit of the inhabitants of Parkwan VS..
| Jesse Nuttlng, for alleged defacatOn of funds,
hired upon the credit OF the town to pay SOL
diers' enlistment bounties, is to be tried in the
Supreme Court at Dover this week. Able
lawyers are retained by the respective parties
a deep interest pervades the community iD re-
gard to the case, aud a heap of money will be
| expended in the prosecution and defence of the
| suit
| The suit of Charles Haines vs., M. NJ Nut
ting. brought to recover pay Tor luncheons,
horse oailings and courtiug fires Furnished to
defendant, to the amount Of $780, while court
ing plant ifs daughter, is still pending in the
Supreme Court. Young men are interested in
the result OF this trial, for if these ct ceteras
are to he paid for it pnts new phase upon the
delights of a four years courtship.
The wife of Rev. G. L. Libby of Guilord, is
dangerously sick.
At the monthly conference of the Baptist
Church in Parkman on the 18th alt, portion
of the afternoon was devoted to discussion Of
Christian duty in relation to the cause of tenn
perance-oue of the good results OF Mr.. Clark
lecture. God grant that he may arouse many
more churches to an interest in this subject
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
Abeantiful and interesting exhibition was
had at Bangor on Monday of about five hun.
dred girls and boys of the public schools of that
city. in the proficiency OF singing. 1t was un.
| DER the direction of the teacher of music in
the public schools and was held in the city
hall.
A wager of $50 was decieed in Bangor or
that the other could not start bushel OF corr
enclosed in bag and fastened at the end oil
800 feet of rope. The bet was won easily by the
mans starting off with the bag at the first
tug, says the Wing,
The Wing says the mixed train on the E s.
N. A. railway from Oldtown Monday otter.
noon was detained about half an hour by run.
ming over COW when nearly opposite West
Great Works. five or SIX cars passing over The
animal. ard one laden with timber being par.
TALLY thrown from the track. No damage wa:
DOM to the train. and the car was speed,l, re-
placed on the track The COW, no viewer, wal
ruined for dairy purposes.