The Portland daily press., 1866-02-05
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

EB- Prof. Whlttlesey, late of Bowdoin Col
lege, but now agent of the Freedmen's Bureau
in North Carolina addressed the citizens of
Brunswick and Topsham ON Tuesday last and
from the report in the Telegraph it must have
been replete with timely information.
gB- Mutual Admiration societies are not
necessarily large. Two are enough to consti-
tute an entire fraternity. For example the
Gardiner Journal says, 1--WE consider the Lew
iston Daily Journal one of the best papers in
the State" The Journal copies, prefixing as
follows "The Gardiner Journal decidedly the
spiciest and sharpest local paper in the state"
&c. All right; they both speak truly.
The great Musical Festival to be held in
this city, will commence on the 9th of Febru-
airy. 1t will be, without doubt, the greatest oc-
casion of the kind ever held in Maine and will
exhibit the musical talent of the State, we
think very generally. A large number of lead
| ing instrumental and vocal performers from all
parts of the State, will be present, including an
| orchestra of all the various instruments that
can add to the entertainment, including so in
! strumental performers, embracing every varie-
ty of instrument now in use, that can make
harmony. 1t is quite certain that the occasion
will be one of unusual interest to the votaries
of music, credit to our city and State-[Lew-
iston journal.
| EAY The Democrat says Hon. John j. Perry
has sold one half Of his water power in the
cotton Factory site in Oxford, to Mr. E. G.
Coy, who intends erecting on the same, Sash,
Blind and Door Factory, the ensuing summer.
By-The Methodist society in the town of
Oxford, have built new and spacious vestry
in connection with their church, at a cost of
! $500. 10 .....-..-. '....,..-.-
! The Democrat says fellow calling him.
self William English, employed as hostler in
the stable of the Lake House, after attending q
ball at Boster's Mills and another at South
Paris took "French leave" carrying with him a
horse and sleigh, robes, and other property be-
longing to Mr.. B. II. Scribner and others. worth
four hundred dollars. The owners as vet have
been unable to find either him or the property.
BFA writer in the Bath Times says Bath
is an open port the year round" This might
pass were it not designed to cast suspicious
upon harbors even more open. Bath is, gener-
ally, an open harbor, and yet we have cen
horse trots in front of the city upon the ice,
and have known it sealed up close for weeks
together. A-@
EB- We learn that the congregation in Mt.
Vernon to which Rev. ii. NJ Eaton of Read
field, minister's made him donation visit on
Wednesday evening, last week; that one hun
bred persons were present, and that the dona-
tons, which were very liberal, were all in cash.
Mr.. Eaton suggests in a note to us that, eff it
is more blessed to give than to receive his
| 10 ,,,cf houa +c4 1t
with thankful and joyous hearts," T. n
BY- The Grand Jury of Androscoggin
county, at its late session, found 43 indictments,
80 of which were for violation of the liquor law.
| Capt. Francis x. Cobb, master of new
bark Jenny Cobb, was swept overheard from
that vessel on the 9Th ult., during a heavy gale,
| while on the passage from Bermuda to New
Orleans. Capt. G. was % years of age, and son
of Francis Cobb, Esq, of Rockland. He leaves
a wife and infant child.