The Portland daily press., 1883-12-10

A ten-year-old stepson of Reuben Reeves of
Long Cove, Pemaquid, recently attempted to
get little fun out of his mornings work. He
tied sheep TO the leg of the horse, and
mounting the horse, tried to drive them to the
brook. He got thrown off, and broke his arm,
but the plucky little fellow brought both ami
mails back and tied them in the barn before he
went to the house.
CALAIS.
While officers in Calais were arresting one
John Russell, q man by the name OF John
Whitenact assailed them with the intention
OF preventing the arrest, and during the str ug-
gle that took place Russell escaped and
Whitehact was taken prisoner, and placed in
the lookup. He succeeded in cutting his way
from the cell into the outer room, armed HIM
self with an iron bar, and with the assistance
of some of his associates from the outside bat
tered down the strong door and escaped to St.
stephen. Turnkey Wakefield tried to pre-
vent the escape, but was overpowered by
force OF numbers, and compelled after hard
struggle to beat retreat.
JAY.
The North Jay Granite Company has co NJ
tracted to furnish the city of Portland with
100000 paving blocks, to be delivered next
summer.
RocKLAND.
Two vessels, one with twenty people aboard
and the other with fifty aboard, arrived at
Rockland last week from Swans Island, on
bAclE annual VlSlb lOE Tue purpose Ol puFCuas-
ing their winter supplies. The vessels were
loaded with fish, hides, yarns, mittens, stock
lngs, etc., which were bartered for all kinds of
dry goods, hardware, provisions, ETC. The ad-
vent of the Swans Islanders Is quite an event
in the business life of our merchants, itheir ar
rival giving for the time very busy season.
Another vessel load of seventy-fve is ex-
pected
scARBoRo.
The burial place of the King family, noted
in the early history OF Scarboro is in what is
now pasture near Dunstan Corner, Scarboro.
There are few people who know the burial
place Of the famous family One of the
Kings was twice minister to England another
was president of Columbia College; John
King was governor of New York, and William
King was the first governor of this State.
THoMAsToN.
Great anxiety is felt for the arrival of the
bark Minnie M. Watts, Capt. Edwin Watts.
May last, for Portland, Oregon, loaded with
railroad iron. She has now been out 306 days.
The capita in has his wife and three child
with him. Experienced sea captains, how ever,
think he is all right, but having an un usally
long passage.
wATERvILLE.
The goods stolen from the stores in Water
vile Thursday night were found secreted be-
meath the depot platform at that place Friday
afternoon. 1t was also discovered that three
diamonds employed in glass cutting and
quantity OF alcohol had been pilfered from the
Maine Central shops some time Thursday
night, probably by the same parties who per-
petrated the other thefts.
IN GENERAL.
According to the Boston Journal DR.. HI. B.
Eaton is an aspirant for the gubernatorial nom
lnatlon by the temperance people of this state.
Mr.. Jesse G. johnson, a well known busi-
ness man of Pembroke, and formerly of the
firm OF Hunt, johnson & Co., has received an
appointment as steward and treasurer of the
State College at Orono.
A certain conductor on one of our railroads
and friend of his, says the Piscataquis OBJ
server, were returning from Moosehead Lake
with a team, and between Greenville and
Blanchard met man and his wife returning
to their home. Some talk ensued between the
parties, and the farmer was accused of occupy
ing too much of the road in passing. The con-
ductor undertook to pursue a bulldozing course
and jumped from his wagon, saying the man
needed clicking" The farmer was equally
prompt in coming to the scratch, and in less
time than it takes to tell it put in clip which
dropped the conductor as if by magic to his
feet. By this time the conductors g friend came
to the rescue, and he too was polished off quite
as handily as bis chum. The farmers wife then
passed the horsewhip, which by the way was
an old-fashioned raw hide, to her husband,
who wound the, tip OF it firmly around his
hand. took the conductor by the collar and
lashed him as schoolmaster would an unruly
pupil.
A large business is annually carried on at
this season of the year, in various towns on the
Maine coast, in cutting small spruces and frs
and shipping them to Boston and New York
where they are in demand for Christmas trees
They are extensively gathered along the line
OF the Knox and Lincoln railroad, and many
carloads have already been shipped this season.
From 1000 to $500 trees can be packed on
Car, according to their size. One contractor
has an order for fifteen carloads for New York
parties, for which he receives from 30 cents to
$5 tree.
The recent tornado did no serious harm to
the forests of Aroostook, its.force having been
nearly expended when it reached the western
border of the county.