The Portland daily press., 1865-10-30
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% The Eastport Sentinel says the steam
boat accommod ations between that section and
this city and Boston, are entirely inadequate to
meet the increasing demands of business.
= B-F The Anaerscdnsays MI. Lernuel P. Cush-
ing of Bluehill, harvested this season one hun
dred and seven bushels of ripe and handsome
corn from one ceres planting. flzJ aRr
Capt Joseph Hinckly of BluehilL has
sold within the year as the product of two
motherly swine, pigs to the amount Of one.
hundred and sixty dollars. Pig raising must
be q profitable business for farmers 80
BEAt the Free VIII Baptist General Con
ference, at Lewiston, a short time since. reso.
outlon prohibiting the ordination of ministers
who use tobacco, was adopted. fsEI
gB A DR.. Blood is on a lecture tour in this
State, and does not pay his printing bills The
Hallowell Gazette suggests that such blood
ought not to circulate. M
BC Charles Smith. alias Bonney, has been
arrested in Boston, and carried to Brunswick.
charged with the recent robbery. of theiewelry
shop of the Worthley Brothers, in thatlitown.
The amonntIof propertystolen was about 5000.
the most of which has been recovered.
gB In accordance with suggestion from
the Board OF Trade, a petition has been pre-
pared and is receiving signatures at Merchants
Exchange, requesting the Mayor and. CITY
Council to take measures to ascertain the can.
sus Of the city, with a5viewlto show how much
NECESSITY there is for increased acco1nmo dations
for the present popula ion
Roscoe g. Newell young man belong
ing in Peru, in this state, and latterly,, a clerk
in shoe store at Milford, Mass, arrived in Bos-
ton few, weeks since with the intention of
taking the Portland steamboat for home. Since
that time no tidings of his whereabouts have
reached his relatives gori friends. AS Young
Newell was prudent temperate and very cor
rect inlhis habits, foul play is suspected, as he
had on his person quite large sum of money,
the savings of his earnings while in the army
at the time of his sudden and mysterious dis
appearances. V1HV ,EYITA2 .2Tdf2
The Hallowelf Gazette says that BUSH
ness inthat tow shows decided Improvements
upon times past. !.
We have received letter from Mr. Muir
ray, III reply to the personal attack upon him
in the AdUertiser, but do not feel disposed to
open our columns to controversy of this kind.
/ we cannot make the Press the BAT tie ground
for everybody's qdartels.-
The Rockland Democrat says that on
Saturday night Oct. 14ths the store of j. b.
Donnen, at Ceopers Mills, Wlhitefeld, was
robbed of goods to the value of $500 or $500,
and on Thursday night, Oct. 10Th, SamuellJ.
Bonds store Aat what called the North viii
lage, near the head of Damariseetta Pond, in
Jefferson, was Sentefed and robbed of about
$500 worth Of goods. $4,000 atthE ~ 3
g9-A fax dressing min has been put in OPP
Grafton in Aroostook, and the farmers are ghav-a
ing their fax dressed in good shape, and their
wives and daughters intend to have the best
supply of linensof,any ladiesin the country.
The dwelling house of Leonard Woyce4s55
ter, as we learn, was destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 18th inst. Our informant learns
that but few articles of furniture were saved,
and thatthe loss of money hnd Clothing was
$500. No insurance Origin of fire unknown.
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