The Portland daily press., 1865-10-20
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.


gB- Mr.. Ira D. sturgis Of Vassalboro, re-
Gently sold two colts of his. own raising, sireo
by the celebrated Gen. Knox, one three years
old and the other two years old, Tor SS9Vc-
$4,000 for the first and $500 for the latter.
Esy-Tbomas 8. Lang, Esq, OF fassalboro,
whose III health has been the subject OF news
noner remark. is reported to be rapidly i'm
80, IA i rusticating at the Forks of
the Kennebec. &
rzg- The readers of the Press must have
smiled at the silly and meaningless caption to
an article yesterday concerning Montgomery
Blair's detection. AS the article was written
he was styled "a fallen comet"-the types hadit
"conUict.'
Bg- The MGd says woman in Wateryille
entered one of the schools of that town, and
gave the teacher "piece of her mind in rela-
ton to the treatment her child had received.
The, School Committee thought one teacher
enolghfo that school, and the woman was
compelled to pay a fine and costs for the luxu-
ry Of scolding.
B5- The Waldo Musical Association has
been holding its annual session at Belfast this
week, under the direction Of Scion Wilder,
Esq, of Bangor.
20 Wednesday lot of cigars were seized
at the Penobscot Exchange. They were con-
tanned in three trunks, and were seized by the
Custom House officer in this city, There were
about twelve thousand and five hundred in the
lot, some of them choice brands = Bangor
| Wing. Fk
Ga The Vsig says a merchant in Bangor
recently sold a bill of goods amounting to
$1,000 to trader in Aroostook, and was obliged
to ship them by the way of Boston.
B5Y- The Calais Adyertiser states that Mr..
Andrew cCullough Of DeerIsle, has started
an enterprise of running steamboat on the
route between BE fast, Castine, and Mount
Desert.
BH-S. K Whiting of Winthrop, has gons to
Charleston, s. c. as teacher Of the Freedmen.
He is in the employ of the Augusta and Win
throp subscribers to the special fund of the
| Freedmens Relief Association Of Maine.
| B8-The JournaI|says it is estimated by good
judges that the rise on the real estate recently
burnt over in Augusta, is fully equal to
twenty-five thousand dollars. Some lots have
beenscld for sum about equal to what the
lot and building were valued at previous to the
fire.
mr.. Turner, the Superintendent of the
| State House, is making essential improvements
at the capitol in connection with the introduce
ton of water to the building, which cannot fail
| to dd.ereatly to the comfort of the members of
4 the legislature and those doing business with
them in their annual sessions. = Augusta
Journal. Il a
| M 6
| FSxcrofs, has been elected District or Prosecu-
ting Attorney, for San Joquin County, Califor-
MIA, by majority of 10 votes out of 3OO0-he
is elected for the the term of two years. Also
| We. Greene has been elecetd Representa-
| tive to the Legislature from Stockton, in the
same county. Mr. Greene was formerly stu
/ dent in Foxcroft Academy. Out of the nine
| officers elected on the tickets, four are from
Manufacturer Observer.
Es We regret to learn that Rev.,H. "A. Phil
brook is suffering froma relapse of the trouble
he had some time ago, and which came SO near
| putting period to hisearthly career. He was
getting round nicely and was gaining his won
ted strength rapidly but he overtaxed his en-
ergies, and is now laid on a sick bed, from
which it is feared he viii not soon be able to
riseA " Calais Advertiser. va
I The Belfast Age says 100 buildings were
destroyed in that city by the Elate fire, and
twenty acres were burnt over. ssd
E1F-TA At the York County Fair, Mrs. William
| Deering of Saoo, entered quite curiosity. 1t
was section of an old bed tick filled fifteen
years ago with ducks feathers On opening it
for the first time, one day during the Fair, the
inside was found to be made as perfectly into a
velvet plush as an article manufactured. g
EY- Tie Senior Glass of Bowdoin College
are to plant Ivy ON the Goth inst. to be followed
by an address, poem, and musical concert in
the evening. 600 -M
G- We are informed that it was the ''Na-
| poleon" Club that recently won the football
match at Fryeburg Acade-ny, and not the
| wellington as stated in our columns.
Eaf-- The War Department. have forwarded
i to DIR. Palmer of Gardiner, commission Of
4 Breyet Lieut.. Colonel, in consideration of his
services durieg the war.
De- VIM. Connor while at work tearing
down the brick building known as the sold
Starch Factory Boarding House." on Tuesday
forenoon, was instantly killed by the falling of
portion of the wall He leaves wife and six
children, the most of them small. -[Gardiner
Journal. ni4t Fa
B- George Cothren of Pennington, picked
twenty seven bushels of Baldwin apples from
one tree. Worth fifty dollars, at least.
DB- The Pennington Library has received a
handsome donation Books from Mrs. Jacob
! Abbott of New York, and from VIM. .Cothren,
Esq, Of Woodbury., CT. Isaac NJ. Cutter of
this city, is credited with $50 cash. for the same
object.
The idea of publicly ,inaugurating the
statue of Gen. Berry at Rockland, has been
the season.
BB-The Musical Convention of the Counties
OF Knox and Lincoln, met at the I'd Baptist
Meeting House, in Thomaston, ON Tuesday,
the 10th inst, and continued it's session for four