The Portland daily press., 1864-10-18
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gR The attempt in Boston to carry milk up
to ten cents quart has failed. The price is now
eight cents.
81 Capt. ]. d. Warren of the q. 8. Steamer
Harvest Moon, is at home in Pittston, ON short
furlough.
Joseph B. Goss of Bethel, recently com.
mitted suicide in Chicago, by cutting his
throat. a kk III AT
ay-The Democrats have been humbugged by
bogus dispatches from Pennsylvania, and made
some ridiculous exhibitions Of themselves.
i EyThe International Steamship Company
are erecting a spacious store-house on steamboat
wharf to connect with the buildings now on the
wharf, Eastport Sentinel. So
~The London Times comes to the conclu-
sion that Mr.. Lincoln will be reelected. So
think ninei in ten of all the men in America
[Newburyport Herald. Ns r
B-S. s. Marble, Esq, of Waldoboro, has
been appointed by the Governor, Commissioner
to the Army of the Potomac, to superintend the
voting of the soldiers in that locality.
80 The Boston Post intimstes that Mr. Holt
should be in better business than in exposing the
Vallandigham conspiracy. Such exposures are
unwholesome for the Mcclellan interest. POE
~ Canadian journals are busy discussing
what is to be the name of their new Confedera-
ton. Some favor Canada, some Acadia, and
one suggests Columbia. ~ NR
gThe people of Nevada Territory having &C
cepted thenew constitution, and another star is
addedto the constellation This new state is sure
for the Union. sa
n Mr.. Geo. Knight of Falmouth has laid
upon our table a very fine sample of Isabella
grapes, fully ripened The clusters are very
large for that variety of fruit.
H-The Piano Stool Factory in Wolfboro', N
H., belonging to Lorenzo Horne, was destroyed
by fire on Friday last Loss; $4,000 insured
| for S., 900. w gvrnu auT
~ The Union men of New Jersey are deter,
mined that no labor shall be spared to save thai
state from the McClelleu column on the sth o
November. We trust they will successful. (
EProvost Marshal Lowe and Assistants lief
Bangor for Houlton on Monday, for the pur
pose of examining the drafted men in Aroostool
county %
EThehouse of S. Hamilton, Esq, Of Kempt
vile, N. B., was burnt to the ground on the 26tl
ult, and, sad to relate, his wife and three of hi
children persisted in the flames
e Terrorism in Indiana" is startlin.
heading in black letters in the New York World
Well, $4,000 majority against them where, the.
expected to win is rather frightful, but they vii
get used to such things. haTf.-eg
~ rcuu huildpor for fhn fhrO,Ip
broad guage route from New York to st. Loui
200 miles, $50 locomotives, 5000 freight cars
and elegant passenger cars in proportion, all TO
thethrough business
81 Humphreys steam mill in Brunswick
was destroyed by fire, with large quantity Q
lumber, on Friday evening. By the efforts Q
the firemen and others, much lumber was save
from, the flames. fs 6-rose8 ,soni EHTE9
4 gR AT late fire in New York the manuscript
Of Mr. Charles G. Leland s work ON ssThe Orr
gin of American Popular Phrases was de
stroyed, and unfortunately the author kept n
copy. 4A
B It is said the late Joshua Bates allowed hi
daughter $50 900 spending money. She shout
carry with her an immense fortune to the ma
who may marry her to make her equal to tn
woman who can earn her own living. ~, =
R-A Cincinnati reporter says of an elegan
female pickpocket: "She rarely speaks to an
one; is always quiet, gentle, smiling and genteel
comes like asunbeam, and, like it, steals noise
lessly away.'' -
| 50 The following verse is from a"Democrati
Campaign songster:'' -ilss
90! send him to his masters care,
That colored euss and leave him there,
gardh To day nd of inn tar