The Portland daily press., 1866-05-18
FrEMS OF STATE NEWS.

An exchange says that Calais, since the
Fenian raid, has become so warlike that the
citizens give leach other the military salute
when passing in the street. laa
The Pioneer states that between eight and
ten million shingles have been bought during
the winter and spring and sent to market by
the Presque Isle traders. The same paper also
says that the lumbermen's drives" in the river
there are stopped for want OF water. The
water has receded very rapidly since the great
rrrsfrrt week or two since.
According to the Calais Advertiser the an
timony mine near st. Georges Lake on tae
Magaguadavic river is to be worked this sea-
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Surveys are nearly completed for solid
stone dam at Treats Falls, near Bangor
Augusta is rising like the phenix from its
ashes. The Journal enumerates eighteen new
stores now in process of erection, and to be
finished soon, while four others are projected
making in all twenty-five stores of perma,
nent character to be built on the burnt district
this year, in addition to the five SO quickly con-
structed after the fire last fall a-'e
The Rockland Democrat says young lady
of that city got up on Tuesday night in her
sleep, went down stairs into the dfning-room
took down pair of scissors which were hang
ing upip the room and cut off one-half of her
hair, leaving the other half long and unclipped
as before. In the morning her mother found
her in tears, frightened and surprised at the
loss Of her hair, and wondering how it came
about. Passing into the dining-room there lay
the shorn tresses upon the table, and the mys-
terry was unraveled. Much to her regret she
was obliged to call on the barber and have the
work completed which she had begun
There is to be awholesale determination of
porgies this year. The Belfast Age learns that
no less than fifteen companies will operate in
the business on the coast of this State west of
$4,000 the present season. At this rate it will
soon be impossible for fishermen to obtain these
fish for bait a -s-
Somebody has sent the editor of the Far
mington Chronicle a double headed cabbage
with a seed top two feet in height grown this
season.
Capt thomas Williams of Isleboro, a well
known and respected citizen, aged about 79
years, committed suicide by hanging himself
he was to have been married on Sunday. This
is the second case of suicide under such cir
cumstances which we have had occasion to re-
cord within the week.
The Belfast Age says: "The fishing schoon-
er Nevada of North Haven returned to port
last week with the loss of her skipper, Capt
w. Wooster, and his brother, Frederick Woos-
ter, who were drowned ON the Eastern Banks
the week previous. The crew fished in doras
and on the afternoon of the accident Captain
Wooster and his brother were out, when it be.
came squally and they were unable to return
to the vessel. Another boat manned with sew.
eral men was sent out to assist them, but be.
fore reaching them their boat was swamped
and they were drowned. The boat sent te
their rescue with great difficulty reached al
English vessel lying off to leeward. Capt
Wooster was about &c years of age, and hi
brother somewhat younger. They were botl
enterprising and excellent young men, ant
their loss will be deeply felt in that commu
nity .a