The Portland daily press., 1866-11-19
Terms Eight Dollars per- 0sassssns, in advance.
THE STATE.

The lie vision Journal records curious
case of pauper suddenly enriched. Many
years since, a mean fellow nam.d Freeman
Waterhouse lived in Po land in this State. He
mad wife and three children. He quarreled
with his wife and sued for divorce which he
was unable to obtain. The wife also failed in a
similar attempt. Waterhouse then deserted
MS wife who subsequently became pauper in
'ho 'o"h oI Brunswick. Her three Chi dren
were placed under the care of persons in Po-
'aho' anu nave there grown I'D. Years M. sod
without news of the scandalous bnsbo,,1 h..
recently information has been recaivod 90 ,,;a
death in Idaho Territory, leayinp fort,,,a -
@zo'ooo IN gold The Judge of Probate in Idaho
wrote to Maine for information, the facts yvere
looked up and the poor woman and her chill
dren, lately paupers, are already in the eniov-
ment of the property.
The Eastport Sentinel says that Lieut..
Hugh j. Porter Of Pembroke has been appoint
ed Assistant A SCISSOR of Internal Revenue,
vice Jethro Brown resigned. Lieut.. Porter
was amember of the 18th Maine regiment, and
lost an arm in the service.
The Machias Republican says numbering op-
erations in that region are brisk. Teams in
great numbers are gong into the woods, the
mills continue to operate and great deal of
lumber will be cut out this fall. unless the
weather should come on very co d suddenly.
Vessels are constantly arriving and departing
for domestic and foreign ports, and yet there
are immense quantities of lumber still remain
ing on the waarves.
mn
The publishers of the Kennebec Journal
will publish a daily record of the doings of the
Legislature during its session.
Mr.. John G. Harkness, Maine man and a
graduate of Bowdoin College, has opened a
Normal School at Wilmington, Delaware, with
full corps of teachers and every prospect OF
success. The first term begins to-day
The Ellsworth American of this week has
a letter from Henry A Carter, dated Liverpool
Oct, 18th giving information that on the ed
OF September the small schooner, Bride of Sur
ry, was run down in fog by the English shin
Chancellor, and instantly sunk, with all on
board except young Carter, who caught one of
the ropes thrown from the ship. The names of
the captain and crew lost were as follows
Henry Taylor, Captain; Samuel Merritt, ir.,
l.
son, Frank Treworgy of Surry, James
Thurman, and William Thorn of Bucksport.
and Reuben Gray, of Ellsworth.
The flying correspondent of the Argus is a
.hylng person trulyjudged by his statements.
for Saml. q Chas. Lords vessel which he saws
IS launched is on the stocks, and theSedgwick
Westinghouse which he says is finished, is not
&c, &c. How many more events have been an
t'eipated we know not.-EAsloorh american.
The Whig says grand, old d-fashioned
Turkey shoot" is to be held in Bangor on
Thursday next the 22d inst, under the auspi-
ces of the Bangor Club, an institution which
embraces some of the crack shots of Eastern
Maine
-The Eastport Sentinel says that the DWELL
ing house and store of Isaac Shields, Esq, at
pembroke, with their contents, were entirely
consumed b, fire ON Sunday afternoon last.
There was an insurance of $4,000 on the prop
erty,-less than half the value of property de-
stroyed