The Portland daily press., 1865-10-16
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

BB' We are very sorry-it is painful To the
loyal people of the state-to see a paner ordi-
narily so correct as the Bangor Times making
common cause with the copperheads To dis
parage the poor and down-troddep Int now
emancipated colored race, by representing
them as unfit to be the equals before the law Of
the biood-stained rebels of the South. The
Times may perhaps consider this unkind Init
we assure it we write in no such spirit.
BThe Hallowell Granite quarry is be;ng
extensively operated. -ss----
The people of Wiscasset are again moy-
ing in the matter of a railroad from that town
to the Kennebec. There is plenty of boarded
capital in that town to put the enterprise
through, and then the town would take on
new life.
BY@The dwelling house of Addison Twining
of Hampden, was entirely destroyed Thursday
afternoon The fire took from defective Joint
in the stove pipe, while Mrs. Twining was in an
adjoining room attending to sick child Loss
$500. Insured for $3.50, at Silsbys agency in
Winterport.-[Whig
gThe Bangor Whigis assuredthat parties
there are ready to erect paper min at Treats
Il
water power available
E- A man in Aroostook has invented a
wind mill, very simple in its operations, and in
tended to do the saving of wood, pumping wa
ter, churning, etc., all at small cost of ma
chinery. "a
gan aged farmer requests the Biddeford
Union to state that the coming winter will be a
severe one in this latitude. The signs which
he has observed for the last forty years, and
which he has never known to fail, all testify to
the predictions t8@
The annual session of the Grand Di-
visien of Maine will commence at Belfast, on
Tuesday, the oath inst, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, and
continue two days. erefase4
B+The Ellsworth Anericda says but very
little lumber is being sawed at the mills on
that river on account of the low state Of the
water.
The Chronicle says Horace Whitney, of
Chesterville, boy of u or IA years Of age,
while running after game with a loaded gun,
on the 10th inst, stumbled, bringing the gun
in contact with a log, and discharging the con-
tents into his hand. The hand was seriously
injured. Two of the fingers have been ampu-
tated and fears are felt that third may have
to come Off
The editor of the Belfast Age has seen
two squashes which were raised from one seed,
weighing respectively eighty-one and hun
red and eighty pounds.
The Lewiston Journal says rents and
labor are scarce in that city. More roofs and
more muscle are needed.
EThe Journal says that Dea. Elisha Bar
rell of Greene, fell from an apple tree few
days since and sustained severe injuries. Dea.
BARREL is about 80 years Of age, and it is feared
his.injuries may prove dangerous.
An exchange says the Androscoggin
Railroad is in excellent condition and doing a
thrifty and prosperous business. 1t is des-
tined to become one of the best paying railroads
in New England.
rs The Lewiston Journal believes andre
scoggin county has greater water power than
any other county in the United States. The
three principal points are at Livermore Falls
Lewiston and Lisbon Falls, each on the An
droscoggin while on the Little Androscoggin
there is quite extensive power at Mechanic
Falls and especially in Danville Then there
is the power afforded by the Sabattus stream,
which is second only to the power of the An
droscoggin. Then there are various smaller
streams, as in Turner, Leeds, Auburn, Durham
and SO forth, which ara capable of driving small
mills The water of the Sabattus and the An
droscoggin will hold out through any probable
drouth.
B5 Thursday noon Hon. Job Prince had a
buffalo robe and umbrella stolen from his carri-
age, while it was standing in front of the resi-
dence of Rev. Mr.. Bates, on High street, Au-
burn. eA g5 sr So sHaa
B-A subscriber at Bath writes "Please
discontinue the Weekly Press, which is now
sent to me. In making this request / desire, of
all things, not be understood as expressing dis
satisfaction in the slightest degree, with the
paper, its publishers, or editor On the con-
trary the paper and its conductors are an honor
to the state and to the world of newspaper
DOM" Thank you.