The Portland daily press., 1866-12-15
THE STATE.

mr.. Levi Millet of Norway, Maine, heard a
@sAiing among his geese, and going out to see
ii'i' was the matter found big owl bavino a
pa''le royal with an old gander. He seized a.
strange bird and was not A little snrnrisod -
sman oros uap with eight or ten inches Of
Unaln' attached to its leg
-ihe Rockland Gazette so1,s a..
| ON Th,,- oi'zens of Bath arrived in that cit1
Tho o., C'y' and held a conference az the
80 oouncil rooms with the leadinc h,,si-
80 'n " ockiand, and the subject ~ h,;,d
Ing 'ne railroad was discussed bv Messrs p.
Daii' seWaii, Moses and Page, of Rath. NJ 1..
Metcalf and Stetson of Damar;son.-1' -,,eSsr''
Messrs. N. A and Joseph Farweu ona -, anu
OF Rockland The Gazette states ,hot 100 80
was unanimous determination expressoa -.
the road should be built The meetino a.
Jeurned to meet at Thomaston for further cor
ference. 0oh- :
--Ihe Whig is informed that Cant Frad l.
Shaw-formerly of Co. ID. 1st HEAVY Artillorr
y Oh Bangor, now of Portland, has re-
eeiVeu MS commission as brevet Major. dated
rom March 18th, 1866, for gallant and rueri-
'0rious m conduct during the war"
Inc Maine Farmer learns that tbera ara
.a'se quantities of wool yet unsold in Franz
~ county One man in New VINEYARD who
o"nS iooo sheep, as 5000 lbs. or more in ha,,l
10" farmers are so unfortunate as IN bovo
TWO years clip unmarketed. Fair st0.o -
Sucn as would command 81 two years aoo aro
now plenty at So. "e0 are
he following Maine postmaste,s bov,
Deen appointed this week :-Danville. Miss u.
lngersoil; Winston, j. w. Barrett
OF the 821 native American aeo,,a,, -.
tered in the several ports of entrr :, ~. rJ..
@ s 1'a'es curing the year ending on the Goth
Maine. ''oreu IN
-lne Bangor Whig says: "we cannot learn
'nat there Is the slightest foundation for tbe
rumor effecting the stability of the Lumber
mans Bank. The affairs of the iustitut;o, orc
being wound up, but its bills are redaanood -
the bank and entirely current in this CITY r.,
liability to redeem, however, expires in a for,
months, fact which somewhat redrco0 -,
circulation abroad A''
oansor harbor, says the Wing, is entirely
clear OF vessels with the exception of a s;noio
craft the brig Susan Duncan, laid mn for tbo
winter upon Messrs. wyman g. Cos roil,-o,.
on the Brewer side. Not even a roft ~ I,,,,,t,a,
remains in the river.
The HaIlowell Gazette says: aWe are
pleased to announce that the Rev. @. G, MeCul-
~ Oh oswego, N. Y, late pastor of the Con-
sregationai Church, at St Stephens, N. b. .Ihas
accepted the invitation of the South Parish
ohurcn IN this city, to occupy the pulpit made
vacant by the resignation of Rev. Mr. FuIler
-Ihe oxford Democrat says: "We learn
with regret that David Lord, ESQ. Renresanta.
1--WE elect from the Porter District, has been
very SICK ior some time past. Though some
wnat improved in health at present, it is feared
tnat he VIII not be able to take his seat in the
Legislature. WAC
On Friday, 7th, Mr.. Edward White bar-
ness maker in Brunswick, was found dead bv
his wife, after only a few minutes absence
from the room.
-On tuesday afternoon. about four O'Clock.
a NOBLE white-headed eagle alighted unon tbo
tip of the1ightning rod OF Rev MT ConalardsS AZ
church, where he remained until three a6oTn.
shooters appeared, all armed, and simuItane-
onsly discharged their pieces at him. The one
I1at p aIont go, frightened him and he few
"A kittery correspondent of the Biddeford
onlon says man, belonging to the Marine
corps was drowned Sunday evening, while in
the act OF trying to gain admittance to the
yard after the hours prohibiting any one to
pass The guard, in trying to rescue him, was
also precipitated into the water, but swan
ashore.
The sudden closing up of the Penobscot
river caused some quick work at Bangor The
Whlg says the schooner Earl, E. Wentworth.
master, left Boston last Friday at one O'Clock.
and arrived there on Monday at the same hour
aischarged her cargo, and on Wednesday, with
the assistance of Captain Hugh Ross and his
zouaves, was loaded in nine and one-eiebtb
hours with lumber, stevedored by Littlefeld
& Co.