The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-21
PARKMAN.
son of DIR. @. D. Sprague, two years old
recently swallowed creosote, and nearly dice
from its effects.

A son of DIR. G. D. Sprague, two years old,
recently swallowed creosote, and nearly died
from its effects.
RocKLAND.
Several local lotteries are in active operation
In Rockland, and tickets are offered for sale on
street corners and in the stores. Besides local
enterprises of this sort, there Is big sale of
tickets in lotteries in different States. One
man in this city has sold over 200 tickets at III
each in Lynn lottery. The Courier Gazette
pertinently asks where the police are.
sACo.
Our esteemed fellow townsmsn, o. P Green
came ne ar having serious time at his house
Wed, es lay night. A stone bottle, filled with
water, had been put on the kitchen stove to
heat and was forgotten. After while it made
its presence known by a most terrific sputter-
ing, land MI. Green, with great presence OF mind
| 81 Zed the bottle from OF the stove and cut
| the string that confined the cork, when the
| cork Hew TO the ceiling and the hot water was
distr buted all about the room. Mr.. Greeu
| considers that he had miraculous escspe
| from instant death, and realizes more than
ever the great amount OF force in pint OF
| water.
The soap artist is about town, and the mir
| rors in public places in this city and Biddeford
| are being adorned with his handiwork.
sKowhEGAN,
| News of shocking nature was received from
| Florida last week concerning the family of j.
| 8. Chase, who recently removed from Skhw-
| hegan TO Norwalk. The Sih inst, the young
| daughter, Lille, was building FIRE with kerr
| osene when the stove burst, burning her hor-
| ribly. The mother, in attempting to extin-
| guish the flames, burned both hands severely,
snd, in the excitement, fell the length of a
fight of stairs, striking on her shoulder and
receiving other injuries. 1t was thought at first
the daughter would not recover but later ac-
c01nts are more hopeful.
Rev. w. L. Lathrop, pastor of the High
Street Christian church in Skowhegan, was
set apart to the work of the gospel minis try
| last week.
There will be three hours race at the
| South Paris skating riRk Wednesday evening
March 26, for purse of IS.
The South Paris Male Qaartette, composed
| as follows: Z. A. Thayer, tenor, Geo. A. Briggs,
| baritone, Fred Howe contralto, r. N Hall,
basso, sang at concert last night at Mechanic
| Falls, gwen by the Universalist Society of that
place, Miss BERTHE Webb of Portland, violinist,
Mrs. G. A. Briggs OF So. Paris, accompsnist.
The quartette sing tonight at the G. A. r..
fair at Norway.
Mr.. G. W. Bowker, the champion fast skater
of this section is booked for q mile race at the
Norway skating rink March 31st.
IN GENERAL.
Mr.. Emmons Blaine, who has been in the
employ OF the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way Company for some time, has received a
very marked promotion, being appointed divi-
sion superintendent of freight, aud having as
signed to his division the business nf the COM
Pany in Iowa and Dakota, with headquarters
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1t is said that upwards OF one hundred tons
| of smells have been taken on the Richibucto
river this season, causing distribution of be-
| tween $25 900 and $4,000 among the fisher
| men. Several thousand dollars worth of frozen
| mackerel, salmon, tomcod and HOLSTERS have
been shipped from Mschias, besides immense
| quantities of geese, turkeys chickens and part
ridges, their destination being Boston, New
York and Philadelphia.