The Republican journal., 1871-12-07
Generaiities.

The nour mill nj Yarmouth was burned on
saturday night last.
Eisamou, Bowen holds 4 seat in the South
Carolina beg ,lature.
DE-. W. W Greene, oc Portland, who has
been absent tor the benefit Of his health, is now
ready for professional calls
George Wallron, workman employed at
the Spruce Head granite quarries, at Rocklaud,
met with a fatal accident Tuesday night. He
ssad finished work, and went into the store and
sat down BY the stove, when 4 blast was fire (!
in the quarrles, anu a large fragment of rock
came down through the roof, and struck Wal
ir0n upon the neck and back, killing him in
stantly, He was ii married man, about thirty
years Of age, and lived at Seal Harbor.
The American says The bark Gray ,Loring, has
loaded at Bluehill with paving for New Orleans
from WestcOtt & Hlnckley. Saturday morning
orders were given to get under way when one
Of the crew rebeled and attacked the officers.
Capt Loring fired at and wounded him, when
order was restored. j. S. Hinkey, Esq went
down and took the dispositions of the crew. 1t
appears that the remaining part of the crew
justify Capt. L0ring and testify to his kindness
to them.
The Rockland Gazette says the six saloon
keepers whose premises search and seizure
/ was made on Thursday, We're arragned before
the police court Friday morning, charged with
/ keeping Intoxicating liquors with intent to sell
IN violation of law, and severallv pleaded mot
guilty" They were all convicted and fined 800
and costs. Three of them paid their fine and
costs and the other three appealed. On Mon
day morning, Jackson Smith, one of the appel
| lants, Were again arraigned, on similar charge,
/ and sentenced to three months in the county
Jail. He was also arraigned the same morning
| for single sale of intoxicating liquors. the sale
proved, and fine of $50 and costs imposed.
The American says Cant. James Knowles Of
| Surry, was master and part owner of one of the
whaling ships recently lost in the Arctic ocean
| Capt. Knowles took his wife with him, a Surry
lady, but left her at the Sandwich Islands.
A movement is being made to remove the
| shre-town of Somerset county from Ncrdge
| wock to Skowhegan The matter is 20 be
/ brought before the next Legislature.
Geo. A. Matthews, Esq, of Monson, Ia;
made agood thing out of some slate quarry oper
atoms and is building an elegant residence ii
that village.
There were six men lying dead in Rockland
| last Sunday-a mournful coincidence of NOR
tality which has probably rarely, if ever oc-
Cured before in Its history.
| A clergyman named Fiddle refused to ac cep
| the title of ID, D., because, he said, he ''didn1
want to be called the Rev. Ichabod Fiddle
! ID. d.
Calcutta, Dec. l. A terrible explosion DC
cured in the powder and cartridge factory in
| Fort Agra. The men were at work at the
| time of the disaster and few escaped, SO being
killed including commissioned officers.
The daughter of the late Admiral Turner
who sued Ortes of Sonora, Mexico, for $200,00(
damages for breach of promise, obtained YER
| diet Of $4,000.
The Sec'y of the Treasury has authorized al
issue OF papers to the schooner Horton recent
seized at Gloucester by the Collector of Gus
toms, a full investigation of facts showing that
there is no reason to deprive the owner o
necessary sailing papers.
| The town of Brewer has voted to take 800 900
of the stock of the Bucksport Railroad.
Edward C. Minot. of Bucksport, was ru
over and badly inj ured in the streets of Bango
on Monday.
| The threatened act of expulsion by the Mas
sachusetts Medical Society of Homeopathic
prac titioners from the Society has been post
poned for further consideration until Apr
| next.
prisoner froze to death in cell of the pc
lice station at jefferson Market, New York
Monday night