The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-27
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

IkAMAF0K STATM NEWS.
sS~ The Name Farmer learas that several
of the parties whose goods were burned, in
transit from Gardiner to Augusta, by the open
car inwhich they were placed having TAKEN
Afire, have.sned thsowners of the steamer Baasl
Webster for the recovery of the value of the
property.
The knson 4dsoeate has eommuniea-
ton stating that the body found at the Chain
I Of Ponds was not that Of the Erenchrlfan MUIR
row. There is reason to suspect foul play. The
body was found partly in the water free from
any clothing. A blanket was tied tightly
around the body By fish line, with a stone
weighing from II to IA lbs. confined in the
blanket. There was small tuft of hair left
the rest having bseh burned of The hair was
black. He was 'asmall-sizeGi man. l "a
E4- The Lewiston Journal says that at :he
meeting of the stockholders of the Franklin
Company, ii was decided to sell the Porter MIL
on certain conditions. 1t is not known. how
ever, that these conditions win be complied
with. Sae~
DH- Six inches of snow fell at Ashland,
Aroostook county, on Monday last and in
the woods thirty milesaboye, 1t is fifteen inches
deep, loading down and breaking the trees.
There will be lively times numbering this win
ter, on the Upper st. John and Aroostook.
Bg- A H. Small, ESQ., just returned from
the Canada Oh regions bringsfay oraBle reports
Of the progress of the wells.-[ i ewiston Jour
nal. ~
g The JOurqa1 says MRS George BiGtnen
of East Poland, has succeeded in raising some
fine samples Of cotton. The staple is short but
the fibre is fine. 81
90 Several arrests have been made in Bel
fast of persons suspected ofsstsiag the recent
great fire in that city, but all have been dis
charged, nothing appearing against them,
~ The Chronicle says Henry T. Kimball
has been appointed POSTMASTER o.. Rangeley.in,
place Of Samuel Farmer 44c,J2NA y -
gB The Presque Isle .Saarsse saws that Mrs.
Phebe b. Hutchinson, aged IS years, wife of
William Hutchinson Cos Easton, one day Ne : :
Gently dug and put into bags 81 10 bushels of
potatoes. ''' = -. ss.. ~ ~, ,...ss
% The railroad bridge at Skowh egan is to
be covered with iron, and thergorh me1 one now
laying it.
gB7Fhe Bath Times says the recent fires III
the woods, west of Kennebunk, burnt over
from five to eight hundred acres of land
llabout zoos it covered with valuable growth of
wood. ss3SssttN
20 The finest and fattest cattle ever,driven
| from rAroostook county, have this season
been taken to the Brighton market. IA great
many cattle pass oyer the railroad through this
LEFTY. Is
- The Loyal iSuh,sse thinks there wiz be
! lively times numbering this winter, on the Up
per ST. John and Aroosteok rTeT nani
The Rocklarid Free Press says new
steamer has been put upon the route between
that city and Mt. Desert, touching at Brooklyn,
SedgwiclT and Deer Isle, ahd connectsnr with
the Katahdin. -.., wv.
The Age says that meeting Of tr91 tie SeSiff1v
| government of Belfast has been calledupen
the petition of very large plumber of the
most prominent citizens and business men, to
take measures for altering and otherwise inn
proving the streets in the burnt district Pr ~
I The Belfast Age, which has been as
radical as mqstphpefs, says the lsaRdid 1sk.l
| position of thaviews of the President, as set
forth in the Stearns letter, will be read with
great satisfaction BY the true, 10y al men ,cf the
country at this time
- The alarm Of Dffe'oA Tuesday feteiooii
proceeded from the Soap. Faetorysof MessrsJ
Baker & Son, on Lincoln street. The fire orig
mated in an opt-building where hogs, victaals
were being cooked. The Building in Which
the fire caught was eonsuHed, and the Soap
1 Factory badly damagoaa "a number of hogs
were in the building, one Of which was burned
r[Gardiner Journal
E In the second sriah of the Blossoms of
Auburn, at Montreal, charged with attempting
to abduct Saunders, the Jury were locked up all
! day Saturday. Saturday night they were called
in and announced they could not agree The
Judge who had argued the case against the
prisoners more devotedIy than the government
Counsel, administered to the Jury a sharp re-
buze and assured them theretyyas MOI ElSparsiela
4 of reason for their disagreement. The Jury
] was then retired and Brought IN asain Monday
morning, when they announced again they
could not agrse and wsfs discharged ILewiss
ton Journal. THRIVE sssGS - 81
| EB-The Wing says that Francis K. Swan.
Esq, is about to remove from Calais to Port
land q
BB-The Machias Unsoasags the slate rains
have raised the water in the river, SO that the
mills are at work. Lumber is IL. good demand.
E- The Wing says that Capt. Chas. A. Bart
dett of Ofrington, an active and energetic ship
master, died at sea recently of fever, while ON
the passage from Asphwall to jamaica His
mate also diod.S g " ~ " es - q