The Portland daily press., 1873-04-14

Renianin Goodwin of Gardiner, was badly
s;noed last Tuesday by lighting a match in u
room where there was leak in the gas pipe.
The watervile Mail is assured that there is a
GOOD prospect that the rare water power at that
Village will soon be made useful.
The lecture of j. W. Corthell, esq.,, of Calais.
at West Watervlle, on "Culture for the Times. /"
is commended by Mail correspondent as
Goods truth"
Augusta thieves are hard pushed. One stole
a coffin from Knowltons warerooms Wednes-
day night.
Now, Dr. Brckett says in card that the
young lady up town, reported as drunk by the
journal and breaking things, was not drunk
put only had taken for sickness large dose of
oquioDs mixture, which is preparation of
chloroform and morphine, and was laboring un-
Ger nervous excitement from too large dose.
KNOX COUNTY.
The people along the coast are glad to see
the steamer City Of Richmond making her
trips again.
[Press Correspordencs.l
We learn from our Camden correspondent
that the towns along the route of the Penobscot
Bay and River Railroad are wide awake.
Messrs. Knowlton, Carleton and Sherman,
Directors OF the road from Camden, attended q
preliminary meeting at Winterport Thursday
night, and bring back very favorable report.
its credit one week from Wednesday, and with
out doubt will go strong fer the road.
The Camden Anchor Factory has been MAX
ing anchors the past winter at the rate of seven
hundred tons per year. A large number of
anchors were recently shipped to the lakes.
Some of the inhabitants of the town of North
Haven, who are dissatisfied with the act of the
last Legislature, which obliges them to remove
their gates and bars in the highways, are think
ing seriously OF doing away with their town
roads to save the expense of building fences.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Mr.. VIM. Thayer, late of the Mansion House,
Augusta, in company with one other gentle
man, has purchased Mouse Island, BoOthbay
harbor, with the intention of fitting it up for a
summer resort. The natural loca tion of the
island is said to be superior for the purpose for
which 1t IS designed to occupy it.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Whig hears a rumor that a fast steamer
will be run between that city and Portland in
connection with the Boston and Maine. Fare
49,
The city council of Bangor contemplates sell
ing the Bangor & Piscataquis R. r. to the E. 8,
N. A. Railway Co., on conditions clearia ag the
city from further responsibility and securing
repayment OF loans after term of years.
Bangor merchants and others seem deter
mined to take Il hand in the Shore Line Rail
road.
Many teams are snow-bound in the woods.
The Whig learns of a case where feed for sew
eral horses has been hauled on hand sleds
thirty miles.
Baggage on the E. & n. A. Railway will be
taken from Bangor to ST. John and vice versa
in sealed cars.
sAGApAHoc COUNTY.
James Cary, of Bath, has been missing over
week, and his friends are anxious about him.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
EFairfeld village makes the first move in pris-
on reform by building a lookup costing just
fifty dollars.
John Donnelly, of Fairfield village, returning
from visit to his native land, was passenger
on the steamship Atlantic, and survived with
little of his worldly goods except life.
Messrs. w. ". Rideout & Co., of Fairfield
village are preparing to put up an addition to
their furniture factory called for by their grow
ing business. 1t is to be a two story building,
30x75.v
Dennysville has organized Farmers Club
with DR.. A. r. Lincoln of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes, President.
Herbert NJ. Heath, of Gardiner, Assistant
Secretary of State Senate for the past four
winters, is now preceptor of the Academy at
East Machias. as
The sclectmen of Machias, have discontinued
the dancing schools on account of the small
pox.