The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-12-16

VA good way to skill time sleigh it.
RThe World and Herald are telling good
deal of truth about each other. 3so4
Gen. Mcclellan : official majority in Ken
lucky is 36,5l5.aaA n8
RNow is the time when sportsmen will i'm
prove their time in sleighing the dears.
81 Montreal has been blessed with five feet Of
snow. VI
B Senator Hale has returned from Halifax,
and gone to Washington
20 Steamboat navigation ON the Hudson riy-
er, between New York and Albany, has closed
for the season. cid IanIJg
RAn elderly gentleman Of one hundred. in
Wisconsin, has recently welded . blooming
widow of eighty-eight summers. . % Al
RThe wheat and corn crop of Iowa this
year is estimated at 20 900 900 bushels more
than that of Last year =. 49, -...al--a
VMore snow fell in Washington on Friday
than has been seen in that city in December. be-
fore for ten years. s..sa
R-It is said that Bermuda Hundred was SO
named because it is just hundred miles from
the mouth of the James river. ~ VlIg(l
EMr. N. D. Beacroft of Bangor, sold pork
er Of his own raising few days since, for $15l,
20. 1t weighed 72O lbs. "A oAAsi
RThe new advertisement Of Ken. & Port.
Railroad viii be found in this paper. The early
Monday morning and the late Saturday evening
trains have been taken Off s s.-gq no. tssl
The Augusta Farmer learns that Major J.
w 7. Gardiner has been appointed Discussing
Officer at that post, in place Of Capt. Holmes,
transferred to this city. ''sM p
80 The Boston City Physician left his horse
and sleigh at the door of the jail, few days
since, when some rascal stole the cushions, ODE.
whip and mat. ia s.
RI 1.-THE .adpertiser yesterday as q
leader, what the late, George B. Moore, when
editor of that paper was accustomed to style
''double-bottle article.''re5 al sbsM
VThe recent municipal election in Worces-
ter, Mass. turned largely on the liquor ques-
ton. The successful candidates, elected by q
small majority, are in favor of rigid enforce
mentof the law. hssa37nI tssa ilat
q Harriet Msrtineau, in letter to Senator
Wilson, exults in the rebel proposition to arm
the slaves. She says; 81 do hope that soldering
will be attempted II not, the mere proposal is
great gain."sa s. aus bssd 10 ass3 VIA bio
~ Prominent citizens in Kentucky are urg-
ing the appointment of Gen. Butler as Military
Commander for their state. They want man
who is troubled with no tender regard for rebels
or their allies. can bne h9faulea sasso4 tA''feS
ELeave has been given the Christian Com.
mission by the War Department, to send stores
and school books for the use of freedmen through
the Quatermaster's Department, to any post
occupied by our armies, kgsr4-. bas--aet
~ The Journal says the net receipts Of the
levee at Lewiston, by the different religious So
cieties, to aid the Methodist society Of Auburn
in making up their loss BY the recent fire, were
$3.50. - 9ea@ "a
~ A letter has just been received at the Post
Office in this place from soldier on the Poto-
mac, to the address of The Prettiest Girl in
Farmngton-the Postmaster to be the judge
Pennington Chronicle.
H-The Providence Journal says the National
Banking system is evidently making rapid prog
ress in the country. and abe taxes which
Congress has already imposed upon the local
banks, are likely to drive multitudes of them
into the new system. f-6 ss9aissssq .ie51f !
: eyA horse valued at ten thousand dollars
was run into and killed at Brookline, Mass, on
Monday. The shaft of a sleigh penetrated his
body eighteen INCHES. The splendid animal was
called "Garibaldi, % and was the property of
Nathaniel Mckay 9NFg 9esgi
EThe Boston Post very justly says, athe
conduct of the Canadian Justice in dscharging |
the robbers and murderers who invaded Yer
mont, cannot fail to excite surprise and indisns-
ton The act converts the Canadian borders in
to an asylum for free-boeters and assassins UNI
der the protection Of the Government of Great
Britsin'H odf "a feass1z S bsdassla
TThursday night, 9Th inst, the dwelling
house of Tolman Bowen, in Morrill,, took FIRE |
and was totally consumed. The family were
aroused from sleep not more than five minutes |
before the house was completely enveloped in
flames. They escaped half dressed, and saved
very little, The night was bitter cold, and the
family came. near perishing. Loss estimated at /
$1,000 No insurance Belfast Age. n
,EThe reporter for the, -adpertiser says the
last half hour of a recent lecture was ''disgus-
tingly egotistical.' II was somewhat vulnera-
Bic to criticism in that direction especially where
the vounpi man told of his advice to Admiral
Farraeut in relation to the proper place for
him to occupy on board his own vessel The
lecturer may be slightly related to that celebra-
ted Col. Hight who, q year ago, eutsuch swath
in this vicinity. BY the way, what has become
of that redoubtable officer. ; +" 80" 1V
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