The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-01
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

NgButter at Maehias is quoted at 40 cents
pound M
re- There is a mysterious trembling of the
ground in the neighborhood of the Falls at Au-
burn and Lewiston, not steady but intermit
tent. We hope tn, Spindle city" is not get
ting shaky.
The journal says the title of Lewiston
Falls Academy has been changed to Edward
Little Institute"-which change merely paws
the just need of tribute to the memory of it's
generous and public-spirited founder, the late
Edward Little ,,,~-,.-eg t~
E- Geo. Bishop, of Leeds, forwards the
Moi,se Farmer an egg recently laid by hen
belonging to him, which weighs a quarter of a
pound, and measures 6 IL by 8 inches. { al
W. Two of our State contemporaries have
been presented with hats. Well, probably there
was deficiency in the region of their crowns
that needed attention. il. 3 .iel
E- 1t is none of our business how other
papers arrange their makeup, but they can
scarcely better please their readers, and GER
tainly cannot do "a better service for their ex-
changes, than by classifying their items SO as
to separate locals from those of more general
character.
EY- We regret to learn that the mania for
garroting, robbing, &C., is extending even down
East. A few evenings since man was robbed
of watch on the bridge One morning last
week young man going to the morning train
was overtaken by fellow who came up behind
him, threw his hand over his victims mouth
and coolly robbed him of all the funds he had
and escaped without detection Lewiston
Journal.
Vs. The Bangor Wing hears the name of
Ex-Governor Crosby, of Belfast, mentioned in
connection with the vacant Jndgeship. Can't
Bangor scare up a candidate ? She has only
three of the eight judges, and Belfast al
ready has one, making one half in the Eastern
District of the State. Well, if a go ID man can
not be found this way to take it, we shall have
no right to complain if it goes East. - IA
Ey- Rev. r. B. Howard, of Pennington,
| just returned from an extensive tour in the
South, in company with his brother Cen How
ard, has been invited by citizens of that town
to deliver lecture on the question of Recon-
struction, and has consented I, do so on Tues
day evening next.
DzB- The Gardiner Journal publishes a list
of Births. Is there any moral significance in
the fact that the births in that paper all come
before the marriages? -.T -,-..-zs-v-
AT a meeting last week of several of
our citizens interested in the prosperity of Au-
gusta, the subject of erecting paper mill on
the dam in this city was fully considered, and
it was deemed advisable to encourage the en-
terprise, and measures were taken to that end.
-[Augusta journal.
EY- The "oldest inhabitant' has probably
never seen milder November than that which
closed yesterday 1t was bad, generally, for
fur and coal dealers, but glorious for the COM
mon people. f79 "A
BB- The Belfast Age says bold attempt at
robbery occurred in Stockton last Saturday
evening. A man was returning from the vii
lage on the Sandy Point road, having in his
hand pair of new boots, and while passing
SEINE evergreen bushes, a man suddenly sprang
toward him and snatched the boots and made
Off The man assaulted happened to have load
ed revolver which he fired at the retreating vii
lain, who dropped the boots and made good his
escape, probably wounded.
EY@ So great is the amount of money re-
quired to do business, that it is almost impossi-
BILE for business men to find accommodations at
the banks. Neither of our banks in this city
has discontinued any paper for some time
and we learn that the same is true of the Sears.
port bank, and we presume it is SO with most
of the banks of this State.-[ Belfast Age.
GB Speaking of line of boats from Bath
to Boston, the Augusta Journal says an early
morning train from Bath to Skowhegan, con.
Meeting with the boats, would take passengers
from Boston to their homes in good time, while
an evening train to Bath would supply passen.
gers for the boats to Boston. Such line Of
travel is needed and ought to be furnished tc
the large and active population on the lowe,
and upper Kennebec.
U.s. Under the head of "Hopeful and Pleas.
ant" the Gospel Banner says: "Rev. Mr. Mo.
Kenzie, Congregationalist, Rev. Mr.. johnson
Episcopalian, and Rev. Mr.. Brown, Unitarian
pastors of three churches in Augusta, togethe,
with their families, all board lin the same
house) on the east side of the river, with life
long Universalist for a landlord. When all to-
gether they make right down nice little cir
Gle, and enjoy themselves as Christians should
We think this fact hopeful one for christiani-
ty. One of the clergymen mentioned regards
it as a sign Of the Millennium"
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