The Portland daily press., 1879-06-20
ROCKLAND.

THURSDAY, June 10.
Mr.. James Butler was taken before Judge
Hicks yesterday and fined So and costs for be-
ing found drunk on the sidewalk. Michael
Buck, rag pedler at South End was also
fined 50 and costs for creating drunken dis
turbance at his house.
Schooner Almon Bird, on which repairs
have been completed, has chartered to load
plaster at Windsor, N. S., for Alexandria.
Mr.. Pratt, who has had large experience in
mining, is now prospecting at Monroe's Island,
where he thinks he has discovered good signs
OF silver. He is the same gentlenan who
prospected at Clam Cove and tried to make
the people think he had discovered silver
mine there. But there proved to be no silver
whatever and the mine has been abandoned
We hope he may discover something valuable
in this section, but the prospects are certainly
discouraging.
After few fine showers last evening, He
concluded to let us enjoy q season of fine
weather, and this morning everything seems
lovely, the thermometer indicating 600 above
in the shade. At Il o'clock it had risen to 66o.
Real estate transfers yesterday and today
George H. Brown to Hiram Bliss, Jr., Deacon
Starrett farm at Washington; Barak H. Mears
to Hiram Bliss, Jr., land at Washington for
building purposes; Sarah A. Masters and Fred
Q. O'Brien to Emily c. OBrien, land at
Thomaston; Henry Hammond to Asa Ulmer,
land and buildings at Rockland; Henry C.
Heard to S. Edwin Hall 24O square feet land at
Ash Point; Rufus Y. Conway to Simon G.
Webster land and buildings at Vinalhaven
Asa Morse to Alonzo B. and Charles A. Hem
derson land and buildings at Rockland
1t has been learned that Haines endeavored
to make his escape from the Jail in the Court
House before he escaped from the lookup
The large iron door to the cell in which he
was confined, having quite a space ON each
edge OF 1t, was sprung by piece of board suffi-
GENTLY to draw the large iron lock on one side
out OF its socket, the piece of board being
found between the mattress and the bedStead in
the cell with several chair rounds with which
he had dug out several bricks and laid careful
y pack. He happened to be removed to the
lookup that night, and if he had remained
there 20 minutes longer would have effected
his escape. The cell door cannot be fastened,
he having entirely ruined the lock.
Schooner Ada Ames is still on South Marine
Railway and the carpenters commenced plank
ing her bottom this morning. She will be
ready Tor sea in one week. The crew now at
WORK on her will then resume work upon
schooner Helen. NeO-
Work was resumed ON schooner Nonpareil
this morning.
Schooner Sedona, of St. George, has arrived
from Virginia with the frame for the new
three masted schooner of 375 tons burden, to be
lnl built at the yard Of A. 7. Ames & Co., under
the supervision of ship-carpenter John Melyan,
Esq.,upon which work will be commenced next
Monday morning. Her frame is all of white
oak timber cut by VIM. Bisbee & Co.
Brig j. M. Wiswell still lies at Ames' wharf
IN hard looking condition patiently awaiting
the settlement of dispute between her own
ers and captain.
;. schooner Mary Langdon commenced loading
lime at Halls wharf for New York this morn
ing for Cobb Lime Company
=, schooner Florida will commence loading at
Gregory q Kimbal's wharf tomorrow for
Newburyport and Haverhill for same parties.
The Hall, Gregory & Kimball and Bird lime
privileges are now manufacturing 1900 casks
OF lime per week, half as much as they were
making one month ago, half of the kilns being
out. o
Mr.. Josiah Tolman had one of his most val
liable horses fall dead while on his limerick
team at Blackington's Corner the other day