The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-11-25
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

sB-On the fourth pagc-Corrccted mar
kets
gB-The first cotton mills in Maine, was
started in Brunswick, in 1909.
1-A young man belonging at Boothbay
and named Benton Lewis was lost at sea
few days ago.
| sV-Hon. Charles Sumner has been forced
by the pressure of private business to cancel
all his engagements to lecture this season.
y-A COW was killed by the engine on the
Kenebec and Portland road, near Farmingdale
on Friday.
I-Day's Mill, on the Kenebunk river, was
carried away in the late freshet, as we learn
from the Saco Democrat.
o. Pressure Isle has doubled its business
within the last two years, as we learn from
the Sunrise"
sIrThe U. s. Marshal at New Orleans seiz-
ed all the cotton in the city, on the 18th, on
information that most of it belonged to disloy-
al men.
% An extension of the Maine Central
railroad from Bangor, its present termination,
to Milford, and perhaps further, is contem-
plated.
eJ-Rev. George f. Magoun, Of Iowa, son
of Hon. D. c. Magoun of Bath has been elect
| ed to the Presidency Of Iowa College, as we
learn from the Bath Times,
T The members of the National Union
Association of Cincinnati, Ohio, are about
holding State Fair for the benefit of their
soldiers.
CIT is estimated that since the lombard
18th of August 3,ll6,OoO pound of iron have
been fired at it, requiring 233,745 pounds of
powder.
sVA poor Irish family was drowned out
by the freshet in Auburn, losing nearly all
ther little property. The benevolent people
of Auburn, Immediately made up a purse for
the unfortunates.
10 Flour in Richmond has suddenly
jumped from $40 to S75 per BARREL Coffee is
from $3.50 to $40 pound, beef is S1.25 to
S1.50, and pork 50 pound, and whiskey-the
staff of rebel life-is from $40 to $50 gallon.
! IThomas B. Bryan of Chicago paid the
Northwestern ladies' fair $1,000 for the origi-
nal manuscript of the Presidents Emanc.pa-
ton Proclamation, and has given assurance
that it shall not leave the city of Chicago.
-Messrs. Gardener and Longfellow, and
Crane Brothers, of Machias, are building a
substantial structure, extending from Main to
Water Streets, in that place, and fronting on
each, which will be an ornament to the village,
as we learn from the Republican.
LEA lady just going out Of mourning,
an advertises in the Richmond Dispatch to sell
excellent black French mereno dress, not
soiled, for $3.50. A lady's bonnet was recent
| ly sold in Richmond, such as here would sell,
fer sl5 or $40, for $500.
sY-The highwayman story Of Chesterville
| according to the Franklin PATRIOT has no
| further foundation than the lark of couple of
| young men who wanted to see how man
would look when he was scared. Poor fun
| that.
V- The Loyal Sunrise is stirring up the
Bangoreans to do something to secure the
Aroostook trade, which will go by way of st.
Andrew and Eastport to Portland and Bos-
ton, unless railroad is built from Bangor to
| Houlton.
| III Artemus Ward delivered his first lee
ture in San Francisco last Friday evening to
a crowded house. The receipts were two
thousand three hundred dollars. Artemus
says he hopes this success, like Ledger story,
sis to be continued"
CO The legislature Of Massachusetts have
voted uniform bounties to secure the quota of
that State. This is right, and will prevent
that competition between towns which tends
only to speculation, and not to promote the
cause of patriotism.
H-A letter from Bethel to the Lewiston
Journal says the recent freshet in the Andres
coggin at that place exceeded anything of
the kind since 1920. 1t made sad work with
the bridges, and covered the intervale lands
with sand to the depth of from six inches to six
feet.
Henry Ward Beecher positively refus-
| es for the present to lecture before any soci-
ETY. for money. He will however, make public
addresses in two or three of the principle cities
on conditions that the entire proceeds shall be
appropriated for the benefit of our sick and
wounded soldiers.
1The Dover Me- Observer says Hale's
Lamp Factory at that place employs thirty
hands, and the work is carried on night and
day. single burner goes through one hum
dred different operations before it is finished,
and they must now turn out one hundred
dozen per day for four months to meet the de-
mand.
u The friends OF emancipation in the
Legislature Of Missouri are maturing a bill
calling Convention for the purpose of rec
Ommendng an alteration Of the Constitution
Immediately abrogatng slavery. Although
opposition is expected in the Senate it is
thought the measure will pass, and that the
Senate Convention will be held in April next.
s1- The Houlton Times records courag-
eous act in saving a life near that place, re-
Gently. A young son OF Mr.. Adrian yandine
was precipitated into the water through a
defective plank in the Maduxnekeag bridge.
Mr.. Bartlette Small, who happened to be
crossing the bridge, was fortunate enough to
be in time to jump into the stream and save
the boy as he was going down for the last
time The wafer is very swift deem and dam