The Portland daily press., 1866-08-28
THE STATE.

james d. Butler has been appointed col
lector ofinternal revenue for the 4th Maine dis
trict.
The Union Republican Convention for
Franklin County, was held in Pennington on
Wednesday. j. W. Fairbanks was nominated
Tor Senator, Seward Dill for Sheriff, w. v.
Tainter for County Commissioner, and r.
Goodenow for Treasurer
The Loyal Sunrise is informed that the
johnson Club" in Houlton is growing beauti-
fully less
The editor of the Wing has seen a dispatch
from Bion Bradbury, stating that Gen. James
Ii. Butler, of Hampden, has the Collectorship
OF Internal Revenue for this district, and Gen.
Q. K. Miller the Bangor Post Office. The
former is in place of Aaron A. Wing, ESQ.,, dis
placed for refusing to sacrifice his principles
Tor his office e, and the latter vice Jason Weeks,
ESQ.,, removed for the same cause. The Whig
thinks it shonld be understood abroad that
these Generals" are no ,car generals. Neither
ever went into the army.
"A destructive hail storm occurred in Tur-
ner and Wales on Wednesday. Great damage
was done to fences and to fruit trees 1t is also
quite probable that growing crops are some
what injured
The Republican County Convention for
Sagadahoc was held in Bath on Thursday re-
suitlng In the nomination of Fred. j. Parks for
Senator, Samuel Farnham for County Com
missioner, Henry M. Bovey for Treasurer, Jo-
siah A, Temple for County Attorney, and Pat
rick K. Millay for Sheriff.
The Androscoggin Republican Convention
assembled at Auburn on Thursday, made the
following nominations: For Senator. Hon. A.
T. Dennison; for County Attorney, Emery O.
Bicknell; for County Commissioner Jesse
Davis; for Treasurer, Joel S. Cobb.
waldo Comfy Democratic Convention
was held at Belfast Saturday. The following
n0mlnatlons no We're made: For Senators, Phil
Chase, OF Belfast and John Sproul. Jr.. of
M0ntyllie; for Sheriff Miles Staples of Swan
vile; for Commissioner, True Green, of Stock
ton; for Treasurer, Asa Faunce, of Belfast.
Oxford Union Republican Convention was
held on the 22d. Jonas Green of Peru and j.
y. Hamblin of Lowell were nominated for
senators; ". K. Kimball of Paris, for Clerk
oI sI, courts; Cyrus Wormell of Bethel for Sher-
IN; Enoch ". Woodbury. of Sweden, for Judge
OF Probate; @. G. Cushman of Hebron. for
County Commissioner and William A. Pidpin.
OF Paris for County Treasurer.-B Banqor W7io'
The Light House Board gives notice that
after the 18th of August the fog signal at West
Quoddy Head, near Eastport, Maine, will be
changed SO that during foggy weather Dabon
trumpet will give blasts bf five seconds dura-
tion, with intervals of twenty seconds between
tne blasts. Another of those signals has been
ordered to be put up at Boon Island. Is
"A BOY, seventeen years of age stole a trunk
containing $1,000 in bonds and several thou-
sand dollars worth of papers from the house of
Capt. Ebenezer Jordan in Danyille A ro.
ward of $500 was offered for the recoverv of
the money and the detection of the thief
"hereupon the young rascal returned the
trunk and the bonds, asserting that he
mad found them in an old blacLsmtb,s
ana CLAIMED the reward. Suspcosn were ex-
cited, his movements were watched, and he
was at length so involved in web of evidence
that he confessed the crime. He said that he
mad burned the notes, &C., which were not re-
turned. Subsequently the charred remains of
the missing papers were found The matter
pas finally settled by the payment of damages.
-The Brunswick Telegraph states that the
cotton mill there has shut down, for six months
for repairs.
The Bath Times of that city says: "The
johnson meeting, held last evening in response
to the call signed "Many Citizens" was not
very fully attended, fourteen or fifteen being
present, none of whom ever made any pre-
tense of belonging to the Union party.
Major Joseph Stephens, the celebrated
dwarf died of 'apoplexy at his residence in
Lyman, Tuesday night, aged 81 years, He
was 36 inches high, and weighed at the time Of
his death As pounds
The Whig is informed that Walter Sar.
gent ofGouldsboro, Me-, for the past year stu
dent at the E. NJ. G. Seminary. Bucksnort re-
ceived an appointment, the 10Th inst as Act
ing Master in the regular Naval service, with
orders to report on board u. S. s. Tahoma at
Boston. The pay of Acting Masters has been
raised to $2100per year.
living to the frequent showers the farmers
Vi OXIoTd nave bad time to secure their grain
and the hay upon the low meadows. Wheat is
the pest Tor many years, of heavy growth, free
from rust and weevil; other grains good. Corn
backward, but three weeks of warm weather
Will give great yield. Potatoes injured by
the white worm in many places, especially
where manured in the HILL Fall feed will be
extra. Apples not plenty. The prospect of
the farmers for the yellow balls of butter were
never better. As every other month has been
warm we look for a warm September, which
Will crown the yeoman with bountiful CROP
VINO would notbe happy with barns and eel
lars well filled and good men elected to make
laws
Speaking of Thomas A. STAPLES. inst an
pointed to the Machias Custom House, the Re-
publican says: HE never was in sympathy
with the Republican party; he belonged to it
for while, and then went over to the Demo-
Gratis, and was their candidate for several Of
nces AMI was always handsomely beaten by