The Portland daily press., 1871-03-31

hut the nest vas broken M, ahd she satisfied
her desire by taking Under her protection
young pig on the premises She hoyered over
the pig as well as she could with her wings,
winch tne latter seemed to enjoy, and in this
driven away from the pig.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Whig says that potatoes bring On and OK
cents in Bangor, and the market is dul.
The Bangor Whig says that a horse vaiued at
$500, belonging to u. 2. Wingate, was found
dead in the stall, Tuesday. 1t is not known
Mr. Hiram Peavy has commenced to bn;ld
another steam mill at Passadumkeae on the
site of that lately destroyed by fire, as we learn
from the Whig. fr ~
The whig says, a meeting of the corporators
of the Passad uinkeag Railroad Comnanv was
held in Bangor Wednesday. Hon. r p Oil.
man was chosen chairman; Hon. s. III Dale.
John Morrison, Alexander Webb and + w
Porter were chosen committee to take the
necessary steps to procure survey immedi-
| ately.
[From Our OroIo Correspondent.
The teams are mostly out of the woods
Snow nearly gone and no freshet Much INN
Der must remain in the woods for want of " A.
| ter to float it out. The hauling season has been
one month shorter than usual. The weather
| is quite cold and the anchor ice has been hur-
rying into the river for three days, thing un-
known here before in spring
| A company has been chartered to build a
dam across the PeIobscot at Oldtown and a
canal for manufacturing purposes. If this is
done it will put new lite into the place M
rIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
| From our Correspondent
The police of Dexter are doing a glorious
work by seizing liquors at the depot in Dexter
intended for contraband sale in Piscataouis.
One victim in Parkman probably, feels as bad
as did the man who told his wife that she
| M ha vuo ofobf, 30 1;
maid of all work, as such conduct is liable to
cause trouble in families. All honor to the
Dexter police. DIES #sf.Ii 1T7
Singular-Ivory Severance of Sanee1yill.
has child five months old, sufferipgsfro pro
fuse hemorrhage of the lungs!
We got six inches of snow on the 9th inst
but is was TOO iight and dry to make sleighiDg
ford, is doing splendid business in the mat
ter of initiating new members. =
The statement in the last week s Dexter Ga
: zette, that the suit of Inhabitants of Parkma,
vs.. Jesse Nutting ct. al. is"ruled out of court,
? is all news to the selectmen, town agent an
that first information, to that effect, shoul
. come through PenobscOt newspaper Well,
9 newspaper is vehicle of most astonishing in
: telligence!
9 Jacob Leerman, Esq, of Abbott, is 76 year
Il old. LADY spinsters will plase not read th
|
+ the past winter, himself, cut and hauled ceda
# enough, two and one-half miles, to the mill, I
make 100 M. shingles, with one-horse team
During his labOrs, he caught monstrous bea
L in trap, and when he approached the tra]
q the bear stood upon his hind legs, and seizin
a cedar log 15 feet long and inches in diam'
ter in his fOre-paws, threw it high in the a
! and caught it again as it descended, graspin
9 it with such power as to tear out piece incl
n es thick. tThis does not come in the catogor
G | Of m "20 tpat nrpcinlcn story pl Mr. Lee
g man is one of the best farmers in the county,
II successful grower of several varieties Of grape
e WALDO COUNTY. 4-
Y A correspondent of the Farmer relates th;
: a little girl about nine years of age, daught,
= of Daniel b. Cushman of Burnham, had a
encounter with bear few days since. 1t al
pears that the little girl had been to visit
neighbor about half mile distant, and was r
- turing home when she was startled by seeing
:. huge bear about six rods distant. She beiI
u u very much frightened, started to run, but &
! discovering that the bear gave chase, she sto
:, ped, and seizing club confronted the bea
which also stopped, sitting back upon
launches, and displayed his paws in avel
~ playful manner. The little girl ran towar,
~ him. club in band, shouting at him at the san
: time, WHEN old Brun took to bis heels for Il
Y woods, leaving her master of the field. 1t WI
rare instance of heroism and presence
: mind in child. i.-..,.. t,- m
81 A lad named Henry Buffam of Lincolnvill
few days since was caught in the collar by
hook used for fastening a barn door, while |
: was in the act of throwing the door ope
|. swinging bim off his feet in such mann
, that he was unable to extricate bimself Pc
sons who saw him supposed be was swingir
. for fun, and it was half an hour before he ",
, taken down, and three hours before he exAi
1 tied signs OF life. He will recover says IL
Bangor Whig.
| Eben Totman, who has been swindling tt
dealers in Belfast of large lots of eggs ar
smelts, has got into eggs-actly the right pla,
i according to the Belfast Journal He is
Jail
/ We learn from the Belfast Journal that tt
buildings of Amos Whitney of Thorndik
were destroyed by fire on Tuesday night
part of the furniture was saved, but the hous
woodshed, grainery and hay barn, togeth'
with moving machine, horse, some ho
and provisions were destroyed. The fire ori
: mated in defective chimney. Loss abo1
$2500; insured for $1400. C 3
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A fire broke out in Calais about half past
o'clock Thursday morning, in the upper pa
of Frank Williams building, corner of Ma
and Union streets, and extended through tt
whole block destroying the stores of Frar
Williams. j. G. Beckett, Joseph Kalish, A. /
Sawyer, ID. M. Gardiner and Freeman's q ovst
saloon. Their goode were mostly saved, ID
surance will probably cover losses on stock
+. A. Stoddards photograph saloon was al
burned with its contents. He had no insu
ance.- Copeland, Duren & Cos store was sa
dwellings were also burned some of the bull
ings were over thirty years old. Previous
the fire L. G. Bailey's jewelry store was bro
en- into and plated ware valued at $50, carrie
Of An unsuccessful attempt was made
break open his safe. affh