The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-14
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

The War DEPARTING MT has ;ssrad an or
der assigning regiments of regular artillery to
the military stations on the Atlantic coast, The
assignments for this state are from the Sd U. s.
Artillery, to witt Fort Sullivan, EastportsA one
company; Fort Preble, this city. one company.
One company is assigned from the same regi-
ment to Fort Constitution, Portsmouth
The Eastport Sentinel saws Mr. s. w.
Stoddard's stable at Pembroke was set on fire
on w ednesday night of last week. The incen-
diary was caught, and will pr obablx suffer the.
full penalty for his offence. There were about
sixty horses in the stable, and if the fire had
not been seasonably discovered in all proba-
bility they would have been burned ND.
The Lewiston Journal says if DIR. C. L.
Blood who gave free lecture at Central Hall
on Tuesday evening, will call at that Office or
communicate with it at once, he will learn
something to his advantage,
GzF-The Journal says that within a few DAYS
S. R. Bearce & Co. Of Lewiston. have sent S0-,
900 feet of lumber to Boston. They are now
sending lot of $4,000 feet to Portsmouth. The
-lumberI business in Lewiston continues very
active. ...41A ,r---sSesg frsafb a.5s
The Town Farm in Buckfeld was, sold
at auction q few days since for S415O to Nahum
Moore. Another farm has been purcha sed for
about half the amount NaB
EA returned soldier who came to Paris,
Monday, to get papers certified for his Pension,
met Lynx in the road, on Speckled Noun
tain, i'm Franklin Plantation. He regretted
that his Springfield" was at home, when SO
good a chance was offered to put another grey
back out of existence.-[D Democrat Aass
Bdz" A new half-mile trotting park has just
been completed out on the Kennebunk read, a
little above the Five Points. We hope the
race course will improve that locality. There
are many men who would eagerly take $50
share in such an enterprise, and yet consider
So paid for home newspaper as prodigious
waste'of money "We are all poor Critters"
but some are poorer than others. - [Biddeford
Union y p ei4 ,s5ss.aH
G5-The Union says Mr.. D.A. Davis of Saco,
has two year old heifer thatwill calve for the
first time next November, which has given on
an average four quarts of milk per day since
the first of last June.
B- The Kennebec Journal says building
operations are being carried on in that city with
great rapidity since the fire. In several in
stances entire brick stores will be restored or
rebuilt the present season, pressed forward TO
completion with the utmost force. I rs
E8- DR.. Daniel Wilkins of Greene exhibited
at the late Androscoggin -SheV and FAN. an
immense greening apple, raised on 4 tree that
has produced apples for SO years. &
Gs5fH Charles w. Bosworth, a soldier Of the
LIST Maine Heavy Artillery, W no lost a leg in the
service of his country, has been appointed
Postmaster at Oldtown, in the place of Mrs.
M. e. Pearson, who has resigned, after having
served the public as Postmistress for five years,
in most faithful and acceptable MANNER
[Whig. -....y,, 49,. ~
The Rockland Gazette says among the
curious things at the Fair last week was a
small snake, a few inches in length, having
tsco distinct and ace1. formed heads. The ami
NAL was found in one of the towns between
that city and Augusta.
"a The Democrat says that while other mills
all over New England are being hauled up for
want of water to run them, the Robinson Man
ufacturing Company in Oxford, has an album
dance and is running at full speed. Its reser-
| voir is beautiful lake, known as Thompson's
| Pond, faom ten to twelve miles long and from
two to three wide. The Company having pur-
chased right to raise their dam and flow two
feet above their original right, makes this the
best water power in the county. The Company
is now manufacturing large variety of fancy
shifting of the latest Styles lady eloakings, re-
pellents and fannels. The mills turn out
about twelve Thousand yards per week, all of
which goods are sold upon orders in advance.
They employ about 200 hands, who are prompt
" paid six hundred thousand pounds of wool
per year.
| BY-The PASSPORT Sentinel says the LARRY
Diamond" house near the cemetery was de-
stroyed by fire last night. The house was oc-
cupied by Mrs. Coson, her family and friends.
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U.s. dozen bottles of brandy, carefully
packed in barrel of potatoes, were found on
board the steamer Queen, at Eastport, on
Thursday last by the revenue officers.
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