The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-30
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.


B- We learn from the Lewiston Journal
that new Band has been formed in that city,
composed of members Of the 10Th and Both
Maine regiment bands.
EB- The Calais Advertiser says that John
Coyle, clerk in Eastport was knocked down
and robbed, while returning from the store to
his boarding house, and a trunk containing M
ty dollars taken from him. shortly after nine
o'clock. He identified the robber as one Tracy
who had been recently discharged from Machl-
as Jail. IS
Gv The Machias Union says that two or
three new hotels are to be built on Mount Des-
ert next seasen-partly with view to the ca
pacities of the island as a watering place, we
suppose, and partly in view OF the regular COM
munication to be established with Portland by
means of the Portland and Machias Steamboat
Company. - m <....sse sL-rf9
EY- The Calais and Barring Railroad earned
$31 ,S19 during the past year, and the expenses
were $17,O79.
DB- Geo. A. Dingley, of Waterville, has been
sentenced to six months Imprisonment in the
Jail in this city, for doing business as retail
liquor dealer without license, as provided by
the Internal Revenue Laws of the United
States.-[ Ken. Jour. a5s..sa sala
E4- The Democrat says that at the late term
of the 8. J. Court at Paris, Albion Thorne, AL
bert s. Tw.tchell and Geo. d. Bisbee were ad-
mitted to practice as Attorneys at Law in all
the courts of Maine. ~ tuH a VI aa
EB- ALevee by the ladies of the Congrega-
tional Church in Augusta, in aid of the funds
of the new church, last week, yielded net
gain of over 81 900. .. sri Of eeiy. al7ss.
EI A correspondent writes that Mr.. Fran
els P. Farr, of Limerick, slaughtered pig re-
Gently, eleven months old to day, which
weighed 47S pounds. He thinks cold York" is
ahead.
E8- On Wednesday evening the new Ma
sonic Hall, of the Saco Lodge, was dedicated
by the Grand Lodge of this State, Deputy
Grand Master T. j. Murray, of this city, Off
eiating. hns. .l-l1t f9zi.9 l-5419liE
GB- Judge Tapley holds his first term at
Maohias, commencing next Tuesday. aS2
Up The January Term of the Supreme
Court commences in Saco next Tuesday, Jan.
I'd, Judge Appleton presiding - s.ftte.
30 Quite party left Lewiston and Auburn
the other day for the Boutwell, Oil Regions
Much interest is taken in that vicinity in OPP
erations there, and several new Associations
have lately been formed with extensive leases
of property, in some cases the land bel ng stu
ated quite distance from Boutwell, hio2
GY- The Carriers of the Press will present
their friends, on Monday morning, with their
annual New Years address, and we trust the
"boys" may Q substantially remembered. The
receipts are exclusively their perquisite.
EY- Deacon Amos Abbott, of Dexter, who
died on the oath inst, was one of the first set
tiers of the town, and one of the earliest wool
en- manufacturers of the State
EB- The Legislature meets in annual SEES
sion on Wednesday next The organization
will doubtless be prompt, as the nominations
for Speaker of the House and President of the
Senate will be settled in caucus the evening
previous There can be no doubt that the re-
spectacle gentlemen receiving a majoriey of
the votes, for presiding officers, will be elected
to those offices. On this point we feel quite
clear. ... 4f..e. ..,s.-
EE- The Paris Democrat has an indignant
but just article on railroad accommodations,
and promises to keep the matter before its read
ers. The Democrat complains that the freight
on wood is purposely fixed SO high as to amount
to prohibition Transportation, SO as to allow
the companies to monopolize the market and
purchase the wood at their own prices. ''-F
gB- The Biddeford Journal says that few
days since, while two boys were skating on Sa-
co River, about two miles above Moderation,
one of them, lad thirteen years of age, get
ting near hole where the ice was thin, broke
through. His companion started for the near
est house, which was distant half mile, to get
assistance, and on returning half an hour af
forwards with the necessary help, found the lit
tie chap swimming about I" to keep warm" as
he expressed it. He was soon extricated from
his dangerous position. CID t.tii A..si tz'4ilN 8
E- The monument to Col Frank A. Ken
drick of the 61st q. s. colored regiment, is COM
pleted in the Saoo cemetery. The base. is
large block of finished granite, with four
square shaft rising about twenty-five feet, of
white Italian marble and suitably inscribed
It cost little over $1,000, and is deserving
tribute of affectionate respect from the officers
of that regiment 1t was put up under the SUI
perintendence of Capt. Gerish, granted leave
Of absence for that purpose. -Biddeford Jour-
nal. ~ ,tiy '-is-h tlii7i- '1et r-''''