The Republican journal., 1871-12-07
Local Items, & G.
News of the County and CITY.

News of the County and CITY.
''Neie is dead!" These were the words
that followed the midnight knock at the door o
our room. The young girl whom we had seer
daily for months, going about the house, faith
fu to her humble duties, and singing ligbtheart
eddy amid her cares-and now dead dead
while life was new, and hope bright, and thc
untried future all before her. Only two short
days before well, and now--dead. One OF
| those sudden and terrible maades that fasten
/ on the very seat Of life had seized her and she
had been hurried from life with appalling sud-
| denness. We went to the chamber of death
! She had no mother or sister there, but those
| bound TO her by the common sympathies OF
| humanity, had smoothed the pillow and wiped
! Tie death lamps from her brow The men,
| bers Of the household and kind hearted lady
| Of the nei.hborhood. stood about the bed No
care of nursing, no skill Of physician had avail
| ed. The white face upturned toward heaven
| the closed eye, that should behold no more on
eartll-the folded hands that had done with
! their tasks. Poor Nellie Without the moon :
| beams Hooded The earth with their white
radlace-the plying stars looked liown-the
melancholy night wind walled like a dlrge.
| How poor and purposeless seemed life and its
| pursuits-how earth faded iaway, and eternity
came near Looking on all this. aud on the
face of the poor dead child, how comforting to
believe that after her suffering she had been
taken by the hand and by the Father led up
the pleasant paths that go to the gardens of
| His land.
| Mr., Noah G.. Clark, VIII has taken the Sa-
| loon in City Block, is engaged in renovating
the same, and will supply it with good stock
of everything i'll that line of trade. Mr.. Clark
was in the business in this city many years ago.
having been IN occupant of nearly the same
| spot when the buildings that preceded City
Block on the same location were burned With
| his experience and reputation, customers NAV
be sure of nice and orderly place, where their
calls will be attended to in neat and satisfac.
| tory manner. o ySters, especially. will be serv-
| ed in every style.
| CURIOUS MOUSE TRAP. During the re-
! cent cold spell hamme which was left over
! night in Marshall's corn storshouse on the
| wharf, was found in the mornin. with dead
| mouse attached to it. 1t was found that his
| tongue was frozen to the iron, and in that POSI-
| ton he had died. On examination the tonga
Of another one was found similarly attached,
| but being a mouse of more ener gy he hat
pulled it out and departed.
The repu tation of Du Chailu, the celebrated
| African explorer. whose lecture takes place th
| Thursday evening, will draw out a large audi
ence. The young folks, particularly, will be in.
| terested in the recital of travel and adventure
! in the wild regions Of Africa. The ubject vii
be "A Journey to the Country of the Dwarfs'-
a remarkable and interesting people, of whom
| the lecturer was the original discoverer
Mr.. Palmer has his new and improved Stav'
Jointer in the market, and gives notice OF the
fact in our advertising columns. We can assure
| our friends who do not know Mr.. F. thst he i,
reliable business man. in whom they can place
confidence, and who will deal honorably with
| those in the business who may desire to test his
invention. Practical men here regard it AS o.
! great value.
Among the persons killed by the desperadoes
who escaped from the Navatla State Prison, wa:
| William Poor, son of John Poor, formerly OF
this city. He was captured while carrying the
mail to the mountains, and being recognized by
con'iet as the son Of one of the juryman tina
convicted him, was first barbarously ill-treatet
and then shot After death. the body wa
mutlated by the tiends.
A stad and respecta BILE coal stove that ha
done duty for half score of years in the bac
apartment Of Beams hat store, exploded an,
blew off the top one day recently to the AS
| constituent Of the Brokers' Board there assem-
bled. The accident is attributed to that which
demoraizes men as well as stoves-an undu
| accumulation Of gas.
A lady who had been broken of her rest, was
asked by ii friend if she did not feel fatgued
NO" she replied, ''it is only you male csea
lures that complain of broken rest. Womer
can 60 without sleep and not murmur," ''Ah.
was the reply, THAT explains Soomon's mean
ing when he says GO to the aunt, thou slu
garl-consider her ways"
The sch. H. Snow, of Portland Capt. Thorl
dixie, with 800 casks of ground plaster fror
kalers mills, while coming down the rive
without pilot Thursday, went ashore o
the east side, opposite Beaver Tail. She fe
over and filled with water. The cargo was or
dered from Mr. Kaer by c. A. B. Morse & Co
of Portland, to be delivered there. The schoon
er is being discharged.
We learn that Seth l.. Milliken is candidate
for Executive Council Tor from this district, wit
a good prospect of success. Journal.
There is one thing in the way. By the legis
tive apportionment of the several Councillo
districts, Lincoln county is entitled to tn
'AIn ni1l nrt no Ana
That's of no consequence. Milliken can ge
the law repealed or changed in three days lob
bying at Augusta. Those arrangements are nc
exactly like the laws of the Modes and Persians
Sch. Prescott Hazeltue, Capt Mcdonald
sailed for Jacksonville on Friday, with cargo Q
hay, bricks and potatoes. w. B. Washburn. {
this city, went as passenger-also Capt. Sewa
Patterson, Capt John Roix and Alfred ROiy
experienced fishermen, who go out to carry Oh
their business on the coast of Florida. The
made it a success last winter.
We are panied to learn of the sudden deaf
by apopleXy of Charles f. Stratton, Esq. (,
Boston-a gentleman who had become we
known to many of our citizens through h
summer visits to C. B. Hazletine, Esq Il
was one of the most genial and kindly of mel
, whose sudden demise will cause a pang of +
greet in the hearts of many here who knew an
admired his excellent qualities.
The Belfast Savings Bank declared its sevent
. semi-annual dividend on the 4th, dividing 81
, per cent, or $13, 24S ,l3, on deposits amounting
TO S472, oil 49, This is at the rate of six pt
cent. on 9. 3, 4, and months deposits. I'll
total deposits are now over half million,
to the credit of some 100 individuals.