The Portland daily press., 1883-10-20

feet long and two stories high. The lower
story will be used for town hall, and in the
upper story will be an Odd Fellows hall.
MILIBRDGE.
At Edgartown, Mass, on the 10th, Captain
Mitchell, of the schooner A. L Mitchell. and
young man named Mark Small, both of Mill
bridge, went cunning, their boat upset and
both were drowned. Capt. Mitchells body
was recovered.
Six compositors employed in abe Office Of the
Mt. Desert Herald have been married within
two and one half years, and that paper is ad-
vertising for another lady -compositor and
would like to be insured against loss by mar
riage.
On Tuesday afternoon while Mrs. Crocker of
Monson was riding in carriage, in the viii
lage, with her son, Hiram Crocker, the horse
was frightened at some object near Gray s
grist mill and ran away. Mrs. Crocker was
thrown upon the ground and her leg and
shoulder were broken. He sou did not receive
any injuries.
The old receiving ship Ohio, which all visit
ors to the Charestown, Mass, navy yard have
looked upon with affectionate veneration so
many years. was recently purchased by Snow
& Co. of Rockland for SIT 800. They have
sold her at handsome profit to a New York
firm, and next week she will be towed to that
city.
sEARsPoRT.
The story that Capt. Goodell of Searsport of
the ship Governor Robie, had bean arrested
on the charge of cruelty to seamen, in San
Francisco, was recently circulated OF the
story, the San Francisco Daily Commercial
News says: Capt. VIM. Ell. Goodel of the ship
Governor Robie, was fully acquitted of the
charge of cruelty to seamen, as was expected.
Such charges are urumped up by "sea lawyers
found in almost every crew.
sPRINGvALE.
The Baptist church of Swampscott Mass.
has extended a. call TO the Rev. T. G. Russell to
beconaa its pastor.
wEsTPoRT.
A compromise in the salvage case of
schooner Storm King, of Portsmouth, N. H.,
against the Hannah d. of Westport, has been
effected, the captain and crew of the former
vessel receiving $780,
IN GENERAL.
Immense quantities of partridgss are shipped
from New Brunswick to the States. One night
this week over a ton of these birds arrived in
Bangor from st John. The fact that no birds
are lawfully shipped out of this State opens
the Boston market to New Brunswick. For
carrying der to Boston an express company
runs the risk OF paying $40, if the law has
not, IN all respects, been complied with. A
box OF partr dges was seized in Bangor Thurs
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Boys street, Boston. The penalty for send
ing partridges out of the State is not less than
10 nor more than $40 for each bird.
A special train starting at Watsryille,
"Wednesday noon, made the fastest time be-
tween that place and Bangor that has ever
been made over this portion of the Maine
Central Railroad. The distance is 55 miles
and the time occupied was 1 hour and II
minutes. Two stops were made one being
minutes in duration. Charles Chase was
driver of the locomotive.
very large moose was killed on the Magal-
loway river last week, which was said to girth
feet and 6 inches, stood % hands high and
weighed 14Oc pounds. The antlers spread
four feet.
A. G Bradstreet Esq, well known Maine
lawyer and railroad builder, has been visiting
Cuba, with his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradstreet
sailed for home from Havana last Saturday
Ex-Gov. Connor will visit Machias and
spend week in that section hunting deer and
caribou.