The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

News Of the County and City.

News Of the County and City.
ANAIIABLE INVENTION. Mr.. l.. II. Palmer.
OF thi, city, has shown Us the model of an in
ycntion which he has Just completed and taken
steps 10 patent. Ii supplies Il want long felt by
manufacturers Of barrels and casks, viz: that
OF Jonting slaves, with beyel> orrespoudino
TO different widths, 50 that barrel, whether
composed of wide OF narrow slaves. or of mix
cd Wdtls, VIII have the same Size OF biIae and
head. The invention is very simple. and con
SlstS Of a carriage running beside the saw on an
adjustable track, which by a simple motion of
the foot, as soon a> the eta,c is placed upon the
track, comes to the right position to give the
required bercl. Mr. Palmer will be pleased to
show the working Of the model to those in
torcsted.
AMATEUR THEATRICALs. An association of
ladies' and gentlemen of stockton. will give an
entertainment at WaSSaumkeag Hall, on satur-
day evening next. The tragedy of The Six
Degrees of Crime will be performed to con-
clade with the farce of Toodles The company
is III first rate training, and an excellent even
lnS'> entertainment may be expected. We
learn thai = gentlemen in New York has offer
ed to give $1,000 towards Il public library IN
stockton, provided the same sum be raised hv
the citizcns, and the proceeds Of thi, occasion
VIII 90 towards the amount. On Nav night
lhtre Will be calico bail for The same purpose
FRUIT TREES AND SHRUBS. Samuel Mil
Ter IN rear OF the American House. agent for
liase Bros, OF Rochester, n. Y, i, selling
very large amount of the products Of their
nurseries 10 our citizens. They have every
hing in that line, from an apple tree 10 straw
berry Vine. He ~oil 1000 trees the first week.
ana the demand increases. Persons interested
IN fruit raising should look over his stock.
The FIRST SALMON. ON Friday the first
salmon of the season, beautiful fish. weighing
twenty-five pounds was taken in the weir of
Atwood Gilmore, on the eastern side of The
river. II was served up by Mr.. Robbins, OF the
American House, on Monday, on which occa-
SION good many prominent citizen, were i'll
Nlted TO put their LEGS under the mahogany of
mine host
II Is proper that We should say that the tele
gram relating TO the death of Young woman,
mentioned last week, Was not DELAYED through
'''' '''''N VI tiiN INV ~ W nv II u 'lllt ne
despatch was TO the care of person, and was
promptly delivered. II came by the Western
Union line.
Ellison, the pedestrian, who walked between
ms city and Roctlanl last summer, is here
again. and on Monday undertook the feat of
running five miles in 81 mnuteS-or five times
from tue Telegraph Building TO the junction of
Hurth and HIGH Il
clad IN an AIRY costume. consisting of shoes.
rnntaoons md hat only. A. timed. the run
occupied 81 minutes.
At the annual meeting of the Corp0rators,
81 The Belfast Savings Bank, leii Wednesday,
April 18th, the following officers were chosen
W.; Asa faunce n. f. Houston, John q.
brooks, w. o. Poor and G. b. Hazeltine,
Trustees. Asa Fulncc, President: John II.
'lulmhy, Treasurer and Secretary Amount of
deposits at date 500. 900.
\ communication in The Camden Herald
fate> that the mysterious disappearance Of one
Quincy from Lincolnvillc, which h4, been ey-
tehsivcly circulated, is nothing extraordinary.
lie Is simple minded with no possible reason |
for ANY one 10 kill him. AND doubtless wandered |
oil.
Edward Simonton, Esq, formerly of this |
rty, now located at Saint Paul. Mimi. has
Hited the real estate business to the practice of
law, as viii be seen by his eaid He can offer |
rcndid inducements TO p,r>on, Desiring In IN |
vest capital.
Wilson a Clark theatre is in the eastern
pant Of lr' stale, travelling this way. They |
trarD.p tn ,i-it paIf,.t y,.rv -n,,,, will ., finn