The Portland daily press., 1866-12-21

The Pioneer says Aroosteok is getting to
have an extensive fame for shingle making. =
As good cedar rift for shingles as can be found
anywhere, grows in Aroostook For several
years, many shingles have been hauled to Ban
gor by teams, chiefly during the winter; mill
lions more have found their way in market via
the st. John River, and St. Andrews railroad.
In consequence of the advanced price there
will probably be more made in Aroostook, this
winter, than ever before in the same time.
"-The Maehias Union says late letters from
Palestine, or from members Of the Adams Jaf-
ia Colony, report the death of eight or ten OF
the emigrants. Mr.. Barna Leighton's wife. as
we learn is among the dead She went from
Indian River. Most of the deaths were chill
dren. -ftit @4f ut ..jl6.u a-I l..f. 9A
The Oxford Democrat says that at the tan
merry of Messrs Denison and Horne, at Nor
way Village, thirty men are employed, twelve
hundred cords of hemlock bark are annually
consumed, one hundred and twenty hides are
tanned each week, for betting, and the annual
amount Of business ranges from one hundred
thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. tGi ip gall 5Iau4 slll nsiY ils 9iI
The Kennebec Journal says the survey Of
the Kennebec river from Augusta to Gardiner.
by the U. 8. Typographical Engineers, is now
completed arAa5sis ,lbi,fg4 .Tr...l... = faE
We learn from the Farnington Chronicle
that the house of Emerson Russell of Strong
was destroyed by fire on Saturday last, toceth-
er with all its contents. No insurance.
The Banner understands that Mr.. John
Harper is about completing a fine wooleh mill
in Welchville, Oxford Co. There are to be
four sets of machinery, and he expects I'd have
it in operation by the first of February. uaf
The Rockland Gazette, among its refbrma-
tory impulses, suggests the necessity of.send.
ing from that city some of the most miserable
skulks in the land, who make the streets a
terror to ladies. ,{......rf.. .
The Gardiner Home Journal this week
commences new volume, and puts on new
clothes in honor of the event. Its new dress Of
type is very handsome and becoming, and the
journal itself one of the most wide-awake pa
pers that comes to our office. The publisher
who has evidently been plagued by the class
who like to get their news for nothing takes
this occasion to announce that if people don't
want the Home Journal he does not wish them
TO take it--or to borrow it. Good! ASST
The Pembroke Iron Company has complet-
ed new stone building 2O5 feet long, aO feet
wide and two stories high, to be used asI a mai
and rivet factory, machine shop and store room
The nail factory, when completed, will contain
nine self-feeding machines, besides dozen OF
more that are fed by hand, and viii produce
125 casks of nails per day. The company gives
employment TO $50 men, and consumes 9OC
tons OF wrought iron per month.-Kennebet
| Journal rY'aS
"A murderer OF some one in Illinois, was
taken at Moosehead Lake, and carried through
Augusta in the cars, on Wednesday;of this
week, by detective, as we learn from the
Banner ...iI iE 49,
"A business firm in New York sent to the
| publisher of the Pennington Chronicle an ad
vertisement for which they offered in paymen
taco hoop skirts. The offer was declined fol
| fear they might be filters -.