The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-20
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

gK-Both of the Machias papers, the Union
| and The Republican,, are worthily engaged to
| stimulate the steamboat enterprise between
that place and this dity.
EvJassG. Jenking, Esq, of Eliot, raised
nine bushels Of fine sweet potatoes this year. -
EBThe Machias Union says that Mr.. @
shorey, since 1852 landlord of the Eastern
Hotel, isabout to remove from Machias, to settle
at Winthrop. r,rs~v'ssr.s~--
| va President Champlin of Waterville COL
lege, urges the payment of the subscriptions in
Maine to the $1,000 600 fund in order to give the
college the immediate benefit of the, second
subscription of $4,000 from Mr.. Colby of
Boston. -xrTy@rr~ CO.
| 20 The Wing says John Mcdonald, a man
about as years Of age, fell at Bangor through
the hatchway' Of the schooner Oriental, from
New York, and was SO severely injured that he
| died Nov. 18th.
| Y BT The Eastport Sentinel says that on Fri.
day evening, 10th inst, Annie, daughter of
Capt. John Jordan, fell down stairs, breaking
Kerosene oil lamp in her fall The oil ienited
| and a portion of it having been thrown upon
her head land face in some way she was in
stantly enveloped in flames. An older sister
ran to her assistance, and after considerable
effort succeeded in putting out the fire. The
| younger sister was very severely burned, and
the elder one, had her hands and neck badly
burned.
q BR-The Lewiston Journal says heavy sup
| plies of butter and cheese are accommodating in
the interior, because of the reluctance of the
dairymen and other speculatorsyto send their
produce to market and take the ruling prices
for it. js7d y'3t 'n' -.s"
sThe Wing says Mr.. J. r. Wells Of North
Ssarsnont, has yoke of oxen four years old
last spring, that grit seven feet and five inches
each, weighing 1915 lbs. "'''s .s-'ii p
EYfhe Bangor Wing learns that PROPOSE
! tions have been made to the Board of Agricul-
ture for the location of the State Agricultural
College at Orono, upon the White and God
dard farms, located upon the Saltwater stream,
three-fourths of milef from Orono village-that
the proposition has been favorably received,
and tina. meeting of the Board will be held
in that city within a few days, to further con-
slider the matter. 1t is believed that the farm
which is a large and fertile one will be donated
for the use of the College by the towns of
| Orono and Oldtown, and that nearly all the
subscriptions made in Bangor and vicinity for
the College to be located at Orrington, will be
| transferred to the location at Orono, the Board
having decided against the Orrington location.
We have seen the EARNS referred to above, and
they are in one of the Ipleasantest spots in the
State, and as fertile as pleasant
| BB- Major Albert Tracy Of the regular SER
vice, formerly Adjutant q eperal Of this State,
having, on account of impaired health, been re-
tired from the "active list Of the army, has re-
/ turned to Bangor. uoY hrG sI5a .s'a5it ID 5ilsA
| ER-The Hallowell Gazette says that at the
leyee held by the ladies of Richmond, last week,
the sum of $500 was realized. This money will
be used in handsomely furnishing the new
Town Hall, recently completed in that VII
lage.. ~ g ,aaiaonY e"G '-'' ~ '~''ss
TThe Machias Union urges the citizens
4 of Cheryfeld to build monument to the
memory of Gen. Hiram Burnhaln, who was a
resident of that town. -
j RY-The Lewiston Journal says petty larceny
is becoming crying evil in that con1munity.
Crying evils are generally of juvenile charac-
ter aaoll " - =
EB The lumbermen on the st. ,Croix river,
both in this Stateeand New Brunswick, are pre-
pairing to do large business the coming win
1 ter. ,I}91lc ee'4 ss&'oS ~
RI EB-The Lewiston Journal says several vol
unteers for the Mexican Republican army have
been secured in that vicinity lately. They were
promised $1100 bounty on reaching Boston