The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-29
ITEMS oF STATE NEWS

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The soap factory Il Roohland. ssrried
on BY A. J Bayley s. Co.. WAS DESTROYED by fire
last Monday night.
B8The Reekland Democrat savs that Mr..
Hewett Of the firm Of Hewett 8 Stafford went
into the cellar Of the store in that CITY. Tues
day evening to draw some Kerosene. but find
ing that an outsida cellar door Vas oman. sat his
candle down upon the floor to close the door,
/ and in his haste hit the candle with his foot
and tipped it over SO that the flames came IN
contact with the floor. which gas saturated
with Kerosene that had dripped upon it for
years.. Instantly blaze sprane up, which in
spite of Mr.. Hewett's efforts, who with difficult
ty made his escape rom the cellar reached the
barrels Of Kerosene and ran over them like
lightning, filing the, place with flames and,
sutfocating smoke The heat was so intense il
melted the faucet in the barrel which was 3tapp-
ed and allowed the oil to run out and feed the
flames. Fortunately there was no explosion,
Ofs'wsstightly closed, ard ina few min,
utes after theengines began to play upon the
5irerit was extinguished. MA Tsnr
Il ts-Ths Rockland Water Company have
offered to dispose of their stock to the city at
ninety per cent, fl
Prime butter is fifty cents a pound in
Augusta. 80
a EgrThe gtsat Horse Fair ii VAUDEVILLE will
come off on the 10th, 11th and 18th of October.
There will doubtless be fine show of the rare
breeds, for which extra premiums have been
offered: We UNDERSTAND that the Gen. Knox
win appear on the track for the first time this
season @ NJ 8 a. IS Nv
BThe Maine Farmer says that on Satur4
day Marshal Libby of Augusta, arrested SOL.
der of the 14th Maine, named lothian Wood,
charged with a murderons assault in Bangor,
on the person Of Alden B. Hilton. Hilton is
in a very critical condition. ss
| kDB~ The Maine Farmer says that some $4,000
worth of hqnors which were stored in the base
ment Of building in that city, for safe keep
ing, mysteriously disappeared during the fire.
The liquors Belonged to Bartlett & Hartwell,
and were seized ON complaint of the Selectmen
of Wateryille. - Z
ran ordinance has passed the City Goun-
Gil of Augusta prohibiting the erection in GER
tain localities of wooden buildings, exceeding
Twelve feet in heightin the highest part of the.
root.
B3r Arrangements are being made in Ban
gor TO receive milk during the winter from
Pittsfield and Bufnham, by cars 1t viii be de-
livered at houses, in quart cans, at or cents
per quart. So says the Whig
ei851 The WhiS states that Capt. 7. K. Clark
of schooner Franklin Treat of Frankfort, has
taken and landed at Charlottetown Prince Ed.
wards Island. from June 10th to Sept 10th, Of
the present year, nine hundred and twenty-five
barrels of inspected mackerel.
CO. A correspondence the Arqus, speaking
Of selecting some one to read the poem IN the
the editorial convention, says: ''Were it to come
upon him who tells the greatest libs in his edi-
torials, the question would not be in do1btfor a
moment" Of course not, but we did not ex-
pect the argus tosown it so readilys-~C I7ocEEGad
Democrat, ,s.t 49,. s...e-.,Tfrt =
Va The Madawaska Representative Dis
trict has elected Col. David K. Page,;of Fort
Kent, Union, to the House Of Representative.
All six of the members from Aroostook County
are Uuion men. The Democrats will have but
fifteen members out of the 151 in the next Legis-
ture. ~
,BST We have always prided ourkef upon
our agricultural abilities, but the Portland
/ Press pays US compliment that we are too
aenest to admit. 1t styles our paper the
Gardiner Farnsr.1s We are the farmer, Bro.
Press, not our paper:---[[ Gardner Journal.