Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-17
NEW ENGLAND NEWS,
Maine,

NAV LhuLhhp Hh"s'
Maine,
All faith meeting IN session Al Old
Orchard, several prominent men ana
wOmen spoke
Two hays al lie relOrm sehool n Cape
Elizabeth procured some keIosehe gnl
were going 10 lire the building, but
another boy told and they were arrest
ed,
The Indian attack on iielhel, August
80, 1881, was celebrated recently with ~
attack by sayages on tbs block fort dc,
Tended by settlers, Three thousand
peOple were there, ana the literary ekfrr
I,lses col sisted Of poem and Orall0n,
Portland's ISL trade was NJ . stand
still in l67s, aud dealers were dlse0ur.
aged, Trade has revived, however, and
Portland ranks high among llsli ports,
A citizen started The packing business
will only S2DO capital, aud now his
buildings cover 500 by 10 fedt VI land,
and last year he packed VI, Oob barrels 81
maekerel Another firm las sold $780,
OOO In lisli, aud the aggregate business
amounts 10 nearly ss,eoO,ooo u year,
II Is said that y black and white calf
VI NOrlhpOH was struck by lightning
recently, and the hair singed on each
white spot, while the black spots were
untouched,
q, W, bryant, who Is Largely Interest
sd In Maine mines, las returned ron u
foreign trip and finds that Maine ore can
be- snielled IN Germany ~ England ~ u
profit, aud arrangements are made ~
hlip ore 1t once 10 Swansea, Wales, The
prOprletOrs Oi the works say they can
leave the sellers Of the ore prollt Of $40
u ton,
The Odd Fellows mutual relief assocl'
alton Oi Maine reported NJ Portland r..
cent N membership VI abO5, benefits paid
during the year $4,000, funds on hand
sii,65s,
Now Hampshlre.
The United States shin Lancaster, 10
he sent 10 the Mediterranean ~ the nag
shlp OF Rear Admiral Nicholson, now IN
dock NJ the Portsmouth navy yard, hns
been COppered and her ram all hked,
aud the yesse, isab0ut ready for sea
The s5th annual course Of medical lcc'
lures has begun nj Dartmouth college
with an unusually large number OF stu
drnls.
The Senate has stricken out the ''smnli
town" amendment 10 SChO0l Supervisor
pnlterson's salary bill, and lie can choose
whatever towns lac plcnseS 10 lecture w.
regardless Of Size. A lObslc'prolcCtion
bin was proposed. md $1,000 approprl'
aled To buy the llsl.latcling establish
mcnt AT Liyerm0re Falls, Bills have
been passed preventing hunting or fish
Ing Sundays, orbddlng the ownership
OF railroad stock by other railroads 10
control lts management, and providing
for the better protection OF depoSilorS IN
savings banks,
The coroner's Jury In the case OF ClinS'
Moody's three col0rrd children, who
were burned with his hou,c at Lake
Village lust month, decide that they
were murdered and the house burned 10
hide the crime. Moody and his vile nre
arrested, and ~ he has told conflicting
stories his guilt seems probable
Bartlett Bros. arc building u large
satisfactory ut Epping aud will hire 400
bands.
Massachusetts.
Boston's electric lights went out sud-
denly recently. loavinglhe city In almost
total darkness The main pulley, n five
feet wheel. broke down and the engine
had 10 be stopped. The gas men ARE said
to be on n broad grin.
William McGoverin cut his throat
with penknifc, on n recent Sunday, ut
;Somerville, and was arrested. Alter
ward. he tried to tear open the cut with
his fingers, and had to DO handcuiled.
II is said that the committee on the
location of the proposed worlds fair. are
considering the grounds Of the llovey
nurseries nj Cambridge, and that Cam.
bridge can raisei e.. 100000 to bring II
about. They are also still talking OF
Roxbury park, the historic spo. where
the minule-men from Lexington Were
fed by I'M ancient dame who loved to tell
the story. and where the homestead OF
John Scarborough stood. who was killed
charging II big gunne."
A Swedish family Of six have been
nearly killed ut Boston by eating cream
cakes, supposed to have poison IN them,
formed in copper tanks in which the
filing was made.
Judge James ID. Colt, of the supreme
court bench, committed suicide recent ~
by shooting himself through the head in
his Office in Pittsfield. lie was 65 years
old, and had been on the bench sixteen
years. For some weeks he had exhibit
ed signs of disordered mind.
A venerable cordwaincr will sit on a
famous shoemaker's seat and make shoes
in the old way mt the manufacturers and
mechanics Boston fair. John Chase
used the seat continually from 1904 TIL
1874. His lapstonc has been used for
over 100 years.
Daniel GOOdnow, a Boston merchant.
81 years of age, has been victimized out
of 500, 900, it is alleged, by &. Is. Fuller
until lately u cotton broker on kllby
street. The report states that Fuller anu
another man recently called on Goodnow
representing themselves rs agents OF the
Pepperell manufacturing company OF
Biddeford, Me-. and induced Goodnow
to ship large quantity of cotton to Bid
deford via st. John n. B. Goodnow was
also induced to buy Il vessel, tho West
ern Sea, which was loaded with cotton,
wines. ten and other merchandise, and
sailed from Boston for St. John, July ~,
leaving that port July %, with clear,
ance papers, for Biddcford. The vessel
and contents have been found ut Ma
chasport, Me.
Rhode Island.
A copy of the temporary injunction
granted recently, restraining Trustee
Chaffee from selling any of the Spraguee
estates, was served on him. 1t is said
he will suspend all the Sprague mills,
throwing thousands out of employment.
Orders to close lave been received at NE
Cranston print works, the Baltic mill
and other Spragne concerns. A hearing
in the matter will be he'd in the supreme
court at Kingston, the 18th.
Viewpoints valuation in 1856 was 3d.
4l5. 500, and now it is 25,O09, 300. In
1856 only one steamer ran between New
port and Providence, no railroads con-
nected it with other points, and the onIy
direct route to Boston or Fall River was
by stage or boat.
The movement for II ten-hour law in
other states is gaining strength. and n
nnd nj S5OOO tO helm IL along Is eX-