The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-06
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoaaIN COUNTY.


The citizens of Lisbon Falls held meeting
last Friday evening for the purpose of devising
means to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicat-
ing drinks and midnight drunken quarrels in
the streets. The Journal says a committee of
five was appointed to visit the places where H.
quor was sold and give them warning that they
must stop at once or the law would be invoked
in its power. Also a committee of five to look
after those who are in the habit of getting
drunk on the Streets and making night hideous
with their drunken howls. o-aFs ''i7-
The Lewiston Journal saws well dressed w.
man so intoxicated that she could walk only
with great difficulty, was picked up on Park
street, Friday, by some kind-hearted gentleman
and removed to pung in which she was taken
to her home!
PENoBscoT COUNTY ''" won
The Bangor papers speak in high terms of
the temperance addresses of Cagt. Cyrus Stur-
divant and Mr.. Francis Murphy in that CITY,
last Sunday. .ef ss-go ~ 81 -fe- - eef'''
A brakeman on the e. & N A. railroad train
last Saturday, at Kingman, thought something
was wrong in the running gear Of the smoking
car and IN making careful inspection, discov-
cred serious fracture in the iron work of one
OF the truck frames, which would undoubtedly
have thrown the car off the track before pro-
'ceed1ng much further. The WHO saws this is
the second time that Mr.. Lander has prevented
disaster by his commendable vigilance. IA
By General Order No. 2, A. G. o., State of
tsA"AhO3 VIC <AuJu1dub 06Qera1 QlrccIS That the
Hersey Light Infantry of Oldtown, Capt M. M.
Folsom, be accepted as the tenth company au-
thorized under the act of Feb. %, 1869. in place
OF the Calais company, discontinued.
The Bangor Commercial says slight un-
pleasantness occurred in that city Sunday, be-
tween two serene females in the neighborhood
of the Ferry. What the duel was for we did
not ash, for fear of being challenged ourselves.
One of the complacent ladies was armed with a
piece of lath, the other with a lambs haslet
which she had just purchased. twas contest
between short lumber and liver. First sally
with the lath, then rejoinder with the haslet
AT the height of the strugg1s a large white dog
rushed In between them, and seized in his cana
cious jaws the haslet and made off. The wo-
men were reconciled at once and SO was the
dog. -, -.
The Bangor Whig. soys while Mr.. Chas Close
ana wife were at church ON Sunday evening
they were summoned home by intelligence that
his mother, an aged lady of some 83 years, was
shockingly and perhaps fatally burned 1t
seems that the elder Mrs. Close and grand
daughter remained at home, Mrs. G. being in
her chamber, when about s o'clock the daugh-
ter, who was down stairs, heard piercing
shrek, and on rushing to the chamber found
her grandmother on the floor wrapped in flames.
her clothing being completely ablaze, and the
unfortunate woman suffering the most terrible
agony. by great effort the flames were extin-
guished and help was summoned, messengers
fastening for physician and for the family.
Everything that was possible was done for the
relief OF the sufferer but we learn that the phy-
stefan entertained butlittle hopeof her recovery.
1t is thought that her clothes took fire from a
match which she had lighted, and the flames
spreading SO rapidly that she could not extin-
guish them, almost instantly encompassed her
with result that is terrible to contemplate.
~ YORK COUNTY. S..,s-r
The report of referees in the case of Curtis ct
ais. VS.. Samuel K Hamilton, was opened in the
supreme Judicial Court, at Saco, on Saturday,
They award that the defendant Hamilton. re-
fund to plaintiffs the sum of $780, This ac-
ton was brought under the statute to recover
money collected by defendant of New England
!AIe insurance Company, and has excited much
interest In York county, where he resides. J.
M, Goodwin for plaintiffs; Drew and Smith for
defendant: 3as ,a.,ea Us = - -
The Independent reports the following .fshy
case decided in the S. j. Court last Friday
Richard S. Caswell VS., Phineas r.. johnson
Defendant sold to plaintiff the stock. fixtures
and good will of his fish market in Riddeford
and gave bond that he would not engage in the
tsh business in Biddeford. This action is brouobt
for breach of the bond, inasmuch as Johnson
mad again engaged in the fish business by OMEN
ing an oyster saloon. To 9his defendant repI;ad
That an oyster was not a fish, and therefore h.
had not broken his bond. This presented the
question, Is an oyster fish? This issue was
referred to the full court, and the answer came
PACK, an oyster is fish. The case came nm
Tor assessment of damages. After hearing the
the presiding Judge fixed the damage
On the bond at $50. Emery 81 Son for nIa;nt;f.
Goodwin & Lunt for defendant.
The York County s. J. Court, which has been
n, session at saco finally adjourned on Satur-