THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 28, 1871

                                                     CITY ITEMS
                                                
          Rev. John S. Cushman, a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while
     suffering under aberration of mind caused by brain disease, with which he had been
     afflicted for sometime, hanged himself on Friday week, in the cellar of his house on
     Parris Street; he leaves a wife but no children.
          Now for the People's Concerts, four with reserved seats, for a dollar, twenty cents
     single admission; the first will be given by Mrs. Wentworth Stevenson, with the Arions
     and orchestra from the Portland Band, and those to follow will comprise our best home
     talents; this is music for the multitude and good enough for the select few.
          Jonathan Morgan, Esq., now in his ninety-third year, was seen taking a walk for
     his health at Woodford's Corner during the bitter cold weather of Sunday afternoon.
          Among the list of Americans remaining in Paris, December 21st., the ninety-fourth
     day of the siege, appear the names of the Misses Greeley of this city.
          Miss Julia McCulloch, residing with J. J. Wingate, fell down stairs on Friday
     evening with a glass jar in her hands; her left hand and face were badly cut and
     bruised; her wrist was also broken.
          On Wednesday evening of this week the Army & Navy Union will close their
     entertainments with a grand vocal and instrumental concert by the Mendelssohn
     Quintette (sic)  Club, of Boston, and Miss Addie Ryan; all the world will be there.
          The jury in the William Chase case, before the Superior Court, not being able to
     agree on a verdict, were kept in the jury room all Saturday night and all day Sunday
     up to eight o'clock in the evening, when they were discharged; they stood to the last
      eight for conviction and four for acquittal, two-thirds guilty; this was the third trial
      of the case, but the result did not agree with the old proverb.
         Mr. Henry Trefethen and wife of House Island, celebrated their Golden Wedding
     on the 16th inst., by a family reunion at the homestead on the island, at which fifty-
     one of their direct descendants were present; Mr. Trefethen  came to House Island
     from Monhegan in 1823, and has ever since been engaged there in the business of
     drying fish, which has been carried on upon that island for over two hundred years.
          William Allen's Newfoundland dog "Scott" is acquiring quite a reputation for
     stopping runaway horses.
         

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 28, 1871

                                                           CITY ITEMS

         Mrs. Charles Griffin of Harrison, while passing through this city, was suddenly
     seized with a fit at the house of a friend on Saturday evening and expired before
     medical aid could be obtained.
          Mr. Frank Skillin, of Cape Elizabeth, while going home over Vaughan's bridge
     on Saturday night fell overboard, and though he clung to a spile (stake)  for a while,
     and persons passing attempted to reach him, he was obliged to let go and was drowned;
     the next morning the body was found on the fish weir; he was fifty years old, and
     leaves a wife and nine children.
          Mr. David Mitchell, some time steward at the Marine Hospital and a Scotchman
     by birth, died at Bradley's Hotel, in this city recently; he was a man of some education,
     and contributed some well written sketches to our columns; though a stranger he
     received every attention from Mr. Richards, landlord of the hotel, who handed over all
     his effects, including quite a little sum in the Savings Bank to the Overseers of the Poor.
          Pat Conley snatched Frank Miller's watch on Commercial wharf, and ran off with
     it, but officer Hanson soon overhauled him.
          The new ferry boat arrived on Saturday and will soon be on the route; she is called
     the Josephine Hovey, of 25 horse power.
          Portland has twelve sons in the State Prison.

          At a meeting in Washington of Saturday night, of the Congressional Temperance
     Society, of which Senator Wilson is President and Honorable John Lynch, Treasurer,
     an address was made by Rev.  Dr. Chickering, formerly of this city.
          Fifty-five member of the House of Representatives have voted in favor of
     female suffrage.


         

    

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, January 28, 1871

                  
                                                     BIRTHS
    
         Turner, January 18th, to the wife of Mr. S. T. DeCoster, a son.
         Lewiston, January 13th, to the wife of Mr. Jordan Carville, a son.
         Buckfield, January 13th, to the wife of Mr. Elson Murdoe, a daughter.
         Auburn, January 15th, to the wife of Mr. Frank L. Dingley a son.
    
                                               MARRIAGES

          In this city, January 16th, William M. Charlton and Emily Pettes, both of Portland.
          In this city, January 18th, Daniel McDonald, of Gorham, N. H., and Ann Gillis, of
     of Sherbrook, Canada East.
          In this city, January 21st, Ashbel Henry Cram and Harriet L. Woodbury.
          Westbrook, January 18th, George A. Leighton and Julia E. Randall, of Westbrook.
          Gorham, January 19th, Theodore  Perkins and Mrs. Isabella C. Kelley, of Portland.
          Saccarappa, January 9th, by Rev. H. B. Mitchell, Marcus M. Smart, of Fryeburgh,
      and  Ellen F. Quincy, of Sweden, Maine.                                         
           Saccarappa, January 7th, by Rev. H. B. Mitchell, John Spencer, of Biddeford, and
     Harriet Woods of Westport.
          North Pownal, January 15th, George Blake and Jennie H. Haskell.
          Norway, Me., January 1st., Augusta J. Haskell, and Emma A. Godding, both of
     New Gloucester.
          Lewiston, January 11th,. David S. Bourne and Loana A. Reynolds.
          Otisfield, January 14th, Charles H. Robinson, and Sarah E. Cash, both of Otisfield.
          Biddeford, January 2nd, Wallace S.  Moulton and Ann M. Waterhouse.
          Woolwich, January 13th, Joshua Cushman and Lucy M. Hanson.
          Saco, January 2nd, David H. Wood of Saco, and Mary E. Tufts, of Biddeford.     
          Cape Elizabeth, January 14th, Lewis F. Dyer and Lizzie M. Hunt, both of
     Cape Elizabeth.
          Richmond, January 1st., Joseph  Dubnar and Malinda S. S. Beard.
          Turner, January 8th, Anson L. Jordan and Augusta Merrill.
          Richmond, January 1st, W. W. Stetson of Boston, and Emily J. Fuller, of Oxford.
          Westbrook, January 16th, W. W. Stetson, of Boston, and Emily Fuller. of Oxford.
          Jewett's Island, January 14th, Albert F. Purington, of Epping, N. H., and Ada H.
     Hackett, of Portland.
          Oxford, December 25th, Morrill M. Fuller and Hattie E. Pike, both of Norway, Me.
          Bath, January 8th, Edwin Bonney and Emma F. Lynch.
          Rockland, January 15th, John D. May and Clara M. Healey.
          Camden, January 8th, Captain Orland McCobb and Abbie E. Talbot.
 
                                                 DEATHS

          In this city, January 23rd, Mrs. Kate Dustan, aged 23.
          In this city, January 19th, Timothy O'Hara, aged 25.
          In this city, January 20th, Rev. John S. Cushman, aged 36.
          In this city, January 18th, Mrs. Sarah M. Ushur, aged 71.
          In this city, January 17th, John H. Burke, aged 54.
          In this city, January 22nd, Mrs. Frances M. Lombard, aged 23.
          In this city, January 21st, Willie Fulton, only child of H. W. and A. L.
     Sturtivant, aged 11 months.
          In this city, January 18th, Mrs. Sally Racklyft, aged 83.
          Biddeford, January 15th, Charles C. Goodwin, aged 49.
          Gardiner, January 19th, Margaret C. Tarbox, aged 66; 14th, Mrs. Sarah P.
     Chapman, aged 73.
          Bridgton, December 26th, Mrs. Mehitable Smith, aged 58.
          Wiscassett, December 21st., Thomas Otis, aged 26.
          Sanford, January 13th, Joseph Perkins, aged 69.
          Springvale, Joseph Clark, formerly of Alfred, aged 72.
          Westbrook, January 16th, Jerusha, Cummings, aged 72.
          Mercer, January 6th, Mrs. Mary Walton, aged 70.
          Augusta, January 6th, Jane C. Bocker, aged 73.
          Cambridgeport, Mass., January 17th, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Jenkins, of Portland,
     aged 49.
          Cumberland, January 16th, Daniel Merrill, aged 79.
          Bowdoinham, January 15th, Fidelia Gowell, aged 55.



          

         

                   

     

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, July 17, 1869

                                                   MEMORANDA.

          Schooner Sarah Helen, Capt. Gray from Nassau, N. P., for Roatan, Island, Honduras,
     was totally lost 6th ult., with her cargo. Her captain arrived at Mobile 6th inst.  She
     registered 96 tons and was built in Bremen, Me., in 1868 and hailed from New York.
          Schooner Raven, (of Bucksport) Capt. Parker, Machias, for Newport, went ashore
     on the Hedge Fence, Vineyard  Sound, 5th inst., in consequence of the wheel rope
     parting.  About 5000 feet of lumber was discharged when the wheel came off and
     immediately commenced to reload.  She had previously lost an anchor on the
     Nantucket Shoals.
          A cable dispatch 5th states that ship Ontario, Capt. Watson, was abandoned at
     sea. May 30th.  Crew saved.
          Schooner Agnes was run into 5th inst., while at anchor at Homes Hole, and lost
     jib boom.
          Ship J.  P. Whitney, Calcutta, for Mauritius, (off coast of Africa in Indian Ocean)
     was abandoned at sea April 9th.  She registered 1020 tons, was built in Castine, Me.,
     in 1863, and was owned at Calcutta.

                                                DOMESTIC PORT

          Arrived at New York, July 3rd, big Nellie Chase, Capt. Upton, Portland;
     4th, schooner Mary Ella, Portland; 6th, Harriet Fuller, Capt. Willard, Portland;
     11th, Lizzie L. Mills, Capt.  Farnum, Elizabethport for Portland.
         
    

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, July 17, 1869

                                                    MATTERS IN MAINE

          Alpheus Jenkins of Byron, fell from the frame of a new mill in that town recently,
     breaking his left arm, also the bone just under his left eye, and otherwise injuring him.
          On the 27th, David Bradley of Fryeburg, was found dead in his bed at True's Hotel,
     Fryeburg.  He retired in apparently good heath.
          Mrs. John Laughton of Edinburg, Me., has woven during the past year about 900
     yards of cloth, besides helping her girls do the housework.
          Dr. Leonard W. Russell and his  wife, of Skowhegan, celebrated the Fiftieth
      Anniversary on their wedding on the 1st inst.
          There are 166 convicts in Thomaston State Prison, the largest number ever there at
     any one time.
          At Boothbay on the 5th, a boat containing a party of excursionists from Barter's
     Island, was run down and sunk by a large fishing schooner, also filled with a pleasure
     party from Barter's Island.  The party in the boat numbering fifteen men, women and
     children was drawn under the schooner, but all were rescued except two young ladies,
     Finetta Greenleaf, aged 16, and Freedy Caswell, aged 11 years. Their bodies have since
     been recovered. Nearly all on board the boat were disable in some way, and many were
     kept alive only by the most careful attention. Mrs. Lewis, with a child two years old
     in her arms, passed under the vessel and went to the bottom the third time, holding
     firmly to her child all the while, and both were finally rescued.
         Miss Nora Giles, daughter of Rev. Henry Giles, the well known lecturer and essayist,
     a beautiful and highly educated young lady of eighteen years, was drowned at
     Bucksport on Saturday, by the upsetting of a boat in which she was sailing with her
     sister, another young lady, and a young gentleman. Her body had not been recovered
     at last accounts.
          During the celebration of Monday at Starks, Mr. Charles Greenleaf, a young man
     of about twenty years of age, while assisting in firing a salute, had one of his arms
     blown off above the elbow by its premature discharge.
         Mr. John R. Larrabee, of Brunswick, rose from his bed on Sunday night to close a
    window, and making a misstep in the dark fell down a flight of stairs, and instantly
    killed. He was 71 years.
          Chester Whitney of Madrid, Me., last week, lost two barns containing valuable
     property, by a fire supposed to have been set to conceal a theft of wood stored in
    one of them.
          With the aid of a hook attached to a long pole, some thieves fished fifty dollars
     worth of goods through a broken window in the store of  J. H. Ripley, of Saco.
          Rev. Mr. Bicknell of Skowhegan, delivered the Fourth of July oration at North
     Anson,  and the Advocate says it was the best ever delivered there.
          Mr. Merrill of  Dayton, was driving in Saco, on Tuesday week, when his horse
     fell and broke one of his forelegs near the shoulder.
          Honorable R. D. Rice of Augusta, has gone on an exploring tour of the Northern
     Pacific Railroad routes, and will be absent until fall.
          Mrs. M. B. Coleman was run down by an frightened  horse, in Lewiston on
     Monday week, and had her hip dislocated.
          Mr. Amos G. Leighton of Millbridge, fell dead in the street, June 29th, of
     heart disease.
          Mrs. Catherine Crabb died at Leavitt Plantation, June 23rd, at the advanced
     aged of 102.

    
 

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, July 17 1869

                                            
                                                          MAINE MATTERS

           Governor Chamberlain has accepted the Republican nomination for Governor,
     saying that the resolutions of the convention declare a public policy identical with
     the line of his life and labors hitherto.
          Joel Gray, Esq., on account of ill health, has been obliged  to resign the
     presidency  of the Somerset Railroad Company, and F. W. Hill, Esq.,  of Exeter,
     has been chosen to fill the vacancy.
          In the Water Power Foundry, Biddeford, last week, some molten iron at white
     heat, slopped over and a portion went into the bootleg of Mr. Edgar Allen, causing
    a frightful burn.
          Mr. W. H. Woodbury of Norway, Me., was very badly injured on Wednesday
    night by being thrown from a buggy and trampled upon by a  span of frightened
    horses he was driving.
          Daniel Kingsley of Auburn, eighty-three years old,  has a pair of boots thirty-five
    old, which he still wear on festal occasions, and sound in every particular.
           Mr. Samuel Stowell of Bethel, while at work in the field on Saturday, was sun-
     struck and fell senseless. He recovered and  is now doing nicely.
           A young man named Charles Lambe was drowned at Calais on Thursday week,
     by the upsetting of a boat.
          Charles  H. Milliken, Esq., of Saco, recently appointed Supervisor of Common
     Schools for York County, has resigned and Moses J. Haines, of Saco, an
     accomplished and experienced school teacher, has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
          The relatives of Rev. James Buck and wife, of Dayton, celebrated the Sixtieth
     Anniversary of their marriage on the 2nd isnt.  Descendants of the venerable couple
    to  the fourth generation were present on the occasion.
          During the thunderstorm of Thursday week the lightning struck in several places
    with fatal results. In Standish the barn of Nelson Shaw was struck and burned, and
    two young cattle killed. In Cornish, a bolt struck the house of Orin Chick, instantly
    killing Mr. Chick, and Miss Annie  Eastman, a neighbor, who had through fear sought
    protection in Mr. Chick's house. The house was badly damaged. In Porter, the house  of
    Mr. G. W. Ford was visited, and Charles W. Day was instantly killed as he was drinking
    at a sink. Three other persons in the room were uninjured.
         At Bowdoin College for examination in Latin (oral and written) a prize of $25
     has been awarded to Kingsbury Bachelder, East Dixmont.-In Greek, for the same to
     William F. Sanford, Bangor,  both members of the Sophomore class in college. This
     is the first  award of prizes  in three departments.
         Gail Hamilton and Adelaide Phillips are in  Augusta, the guest of Honorable
     James G. Blaine.
          Sawyer's Soap factory, in Bath, was burned on Thursday week.
         

   

















         
  

THE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, July 17, 1869

                                                      MATTERS IN MAINE

          The Brunswick Telegraph says that the microscope belonging to Bowdoin College,
     an instrument valued at $500, which was stolen during the spring term of 1866, has
     been found in the possession of Dr. E. S. Hatch, of Portland, who graduated from
     the Medical School in the Class of 1866. Dr. Hatch was arrested and bound over to
     in the sum of $1,500, but when the day for examination came, he did not appear, and
     the bonds were forfeited.
          Commencement at Bowdoin college this week. Address before the Alumni, on
     Tuesday by Rev. C. C. Everett, of Bangor; concert by Gilmore's Band, assisted by
     Adelaide Phillips.  Address before the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity on Thursday, by
     Honorable J. W. Patterson, of New Hampshire.
          In Bangor, Monday week, a little boy named Willie Davis, seven years old, son
     of a widow, was recklessly or carelessly shot with a pistol by a lad of twelve years,
     named Elbridge Jones. Thirteen shots lodged in the boys chest. Young Jones was
     arrested.
          Frank E. Nye of Waterville, son of Joshua Nye, Esq., who has just graduated at
     West Point, has been appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd U. S. Cavalry, and James
     E. Porter, also of this state, to be 2nd Lieutenant of Company B, 10th Infantry.
          The beautiful new church at Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, was dedicated on
     Tuesday week. Sermon by Rev. E. E. Strong, of  Waltham, Mass.  Rev. Elijah
      Kellogg is now  ministering to the people there  to their great acceptance.
          A sailing party of sixteen persons was capsized in Mousam River, near the
     house of Franklin Furbish in Kennebunk, July 5th. A son of Joshua Littlefield,
     and the child of a widow was drowned. "Rum did it."
         We learn a good boarding house is now kept at Worthly Place on Mt. Blue by
     N. L. Humphrey, Esq., late of Cumberland. Visitor to the mountain will be glad
     to hear it.
          A little son of George Dirgee, of Presque Isle, fell into the mill pond of Friday
     week, and had sunk for the third time when Charles Gallagher, a lad of 11 years,
     plunged in and saved him.
          In Augusta on Tuesday week, a lad named Granger, had one of his feet badly
     crushed by the cars at the depot, while attempting to get on the train while it was
     in motion.
          Bishop Neely of this city, has been visiting Aroostook. On his way through
     the Seven Mile Woods, one wheel of the carriage gave out and he had to walk
      some five or six  miles.
          Rev. E. E. Knight of Fort Fairfield, lost his house and outbuildings by fire
     on Friday week, and on the same day the dwelling house of Robert McCuby,
     of East Grant, was burned.