The Portland daily press., 1876-04-08

of hard earnings while in Philadelphia by a
man named Capt. Pierce, who learned that
Spry had $500 in the Calais Savings Bank.
Pierce informed him that he knew of vessel
in Bangor which would be good investment
for part of his money Pierce was to be cap
tain. The money was drawn from the bank,
and the two returned to Belfast. Pierce had
the money in his care. When they got to
Belfast, Pierce read letter from his wife say
ing he was wanted at home. He gave SDry
$40 and promised to send the balance. Soon
after Spry began an action against Pierce
Mr.. D. K. Chase, who died last Saturday, left
nearly the whole of his property to the poor OF
Calais. The yearly income will be about $4,000.
YORK COUNTY.
The Journal says that Amos Libby, we'll
known citizen of Saco. one day last week took
uD bottle, in the barn, which he supposed
contained whiskey and attempted to drink
from it. The bottle contained sUlphuric acid,
which had been procured TO decompose bones,
and Mr.. Libby's mouth was shockingly burned.
Portions of his tongue have come of. He is
in dangerous condition. 1t is thought he did
not swallow any of the acid.
Horatio Morrill,, worthy member of the
Society of Friends of South Berwick, fell from
the high beams of a barn on Monday last and
dislocated his shoulder.
The heavy body of snow of the last storm
crushed in the roofs over the ice houses of
Messrs. Ferguson Haines, Hobson s. Co., and
James Black. Mr. Black had on Monday
completed repairing previous break.
The Biddeford Journal says:-The' storm of
Tuesday caused very high sea at Old Orchard,
claimed by some to have been the highest for
twenty-five years. The sea washed about the
house owned by DR.. Allen and and 7. H. Cole
and unf fermned the piazza. Water found its
way into the first story of A. X P. Lords
house and flowed back as far as John DANES
dwelling in the rear On Old Orchard street
the water came nearly to the Gorham House.
One end of the piazza of the Adams House
was undermined.
Capt n L. Thompson is to build three
masted schooner and clipper ship at his yard
at Kennebunkpoft this season.
Mr.. Keyon, a prominent business man of
Kezar Falls, was a short time ago knocked
down and run over by heavily loaded two
horse team, driven at rapid pace by Mr.. Cole
of Limington. Mr.. X. received severe injuries,
his recovery from which will require weeks.
The ice harvesting of the Saco has closed, las
what remains in the river is fast breaking up
and passing down. The cut has probably been
the largest ever secured there. The amount
secured, so far as we have been able to learn,
Is little less than forty thousand tons.
The dwelling house of Alvin Chaney of
Wells, about three miles from North Berwick
village, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night
about IL o'clock. The family had retired for
the night. Mr.. CLANCY was awakened by the
parking OF MS DOG, anc got up TO md his house
enveloped in flames. Nothing was saved but
one feather bed. Loss about $1,000 No in
surance The dog that awakened them was
burnt.
The Bddeford Journal says: Between ten
and eleven o'clock Tuesday night the store
owned and occupied by Simon Fl. Millken, and
situated on the Buxton road, was burned. The
building and stock were insured for $1700.
At the time of the fire binding snow storm
was prevailing, which rendered it difficult to
locate the fire from the city proper. No alarm
was given in town.