The Portland daily press., 1867-11-22
state News.


The hennebec journal saws the f,ymars and |
So e.. ,'e sh Androseoggin county now
meal, which is sold for 1-5 cents y nnnnd = |
regarded by them valuable food t"r ataoh =
and particularly for milch cows 'oi S'och
The Lewiston journal says it is rr,,,,,..,, |
that breach OF promise case is to be triaS ha
fore the January Term OF the $. j. Court Gor |
that county.
The Journal says Cyrus Washburn of Mi. |
not, who was in that city ON Tuesday of last |
week tranSacting business, died suddenly ON
Saturday, and at the term of Probate Court,
last Tuesday, the frst steps were taken in the
administration upon his estate.
olnimons, the sculptor, Is still in Lewiston at
WORK on models oi monuments tor which he
has received orders or which have been solic
tied. He will lease for Italy probably in a few
weeks, accompanied by his wife.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.
We learn from the Pioneer that ON the
night OF Nov. 9th, near Glenwood, in the
southern part of Aroostook county shingle
niakers camp occupied by two brothers
named Austin and young man named Den
ming, took fire while they were asleep and
falling in upon them prevented two OF them
from escaping with their lives. One Cf the
Austins succeeded i'll dragging his brother
from the flames but too late to save his lite,
and IN doing this lie was severely burned
Ihe Austin boys were orphans aud formerly
resided i'll Amity.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Ihe farmington Chronicle saws n few inches
OF snow iell on Saturday, and the merry iinule
OF sleigl-belis are heard in our streets The
snow however IS too plentifnlly mixed with
sand to be available, except for polishing sleigh
shoes Snow is falling this (Wednesday
T. NJ, which promises better sleighinb.
Sheriff Diil has appointed Capt r. b. Jen-
nings, Jalior, at Farmington, III place OF A. A.
Laughton resigned.
We learn from the Chronicle that Hiram
Russ, Esq, OF Bennington, had a valuable
| steer stolen from his barn ON Friday night
The thief lett i'll hurry with his pf ize, not
| even stopping to shut the barn door or iput up
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Levi Marble, Esq, of Richmond, Me is the
| owner OF the leading trotter OF the State, and
among the few horses that have distinguished
themselves the past season this one deserves
more than passing notice. The ''Richmond
| Boy" il bay gelding OF Giriba d stock, thor
oushbred, smooth" and so kind as to be held
well III hand By the most inexperienced driv-
er. Tie has shown his foot Oh some of the
Name tracks the past season in 235, without
special training; III fact he is as yet ''coun-
tryman but promises to become the general
iavorite of the Maine turf. Our special cor
| respondent says, 1T was our fortune to see the
Richmond Boy trot at Waterviile Nov. 2nd
and though we did not have an opportunity t.
see him trot but once, he dlstanced in thai
heat the Flora Knapp thus ending the race
| He has made his half mile in l3" 80
The Augusta Journal says the weather 10
several days has had The tone OF solid winter
with good sleighing. 1t is noteworthy that tn
| rivers and springs are uucomnlC MY low AN,
should the weather finally sette down in ear
nest at this point, great perplexity would b,
> felt for the want Of sufficient water.
KNOX COUNTY
/ In Rockland 221 persons and ii ms pay a Ia
: OF more than 500. The heaviest tax payer
g William MeLoon, who pays tax of $3127 Al
On Friday morning last, as we learn froi
the Democrat large cOopershop, owned b
j. w. Sonic, and situated at the northern es
+. tremity ofCrockett Point, Rock land took fir
| from defect in the foundation of the chin
ney, and was totally DESTROYED
The mercury at Rockland on Tuesday stoo
( at ~ degrees below freezing point .--
PENoBSCoT COUNTY.
I The Bangor Wing of Thursday says: the ie'
inches of snow which fell here last week hay
t enabled our people to play at "sleighing" a Iii
e Tie Tor lew days-bat the heavy teamsters AT
obliged TO stick to the wheels mostly. I'll
h cold was very sharp ON Tuesday night an
, made some strong ice in the river. The me
curry went down to zero something unprec.
dented for this time in the season. Yester,ia
y forenoon The weather moderated ana in th
n afternoon it commenced showing Il little wit
q the wind at southwest, and some prospect OF
thaW. through the evening it was anticpa
e Ell that the VAIN storm would dissolve the ic
and defer the dreaded close ofnavieation; bt
the hckle wind veered round to the west aftl
/, midnight, and as we write (3a. m.) the atmo
n phere is decidedly frigid, with the wind blow
ing strongly from the north and west Som
e OF the vessels in port were taken down rive
@ by the steam-tugS on Tuesday afternoon an
>, evening but a portion of them We're s:oppe
by the ice near High Head Tuesday night
"Wednesday afternoon the steamer Katahdi
came up, cutting ber way iof u mile or tw
:. through Ice from two 10 four inches thick
Inc Democrat notices a team oi three yoke
OF hye-yeai old oxen, owned in Bango
. weighing respectively 8 900, 5000 and 381
pounds. tit
: SOMERSET COUNTY
The Brewster Hotel at SkOwhegan whie
, has Just been opened To the public, was forma
~ dedicated on Wednesday evening" Nov 2
by a,gfand public bali at which We're gathers
= Tue beauty and the bravery, the graces and th
enterprise of the county of Somerset and a
the kennebee valley. The new hotel is one ,
: much architectural beauty, capacous, and Il
, ted up with the modern improvements as a
attractive house Tor travellers at the termins
rrgrat 'Sia''' our Inability to AZ
cept the kind invitati IN of the proprietor to b
p'eSent az ti,e opening oi this beautiful hotel
: WALDO COUNTY Aa@s I
The Belfast correspondents of the U mon
wing says Ho;I. a. G.. Jewett Mayor of Bal
last, was proSirated by a severe stroke of p,r
, alysis last week, while attending to his pr,
Iessional duties at the bar. He is now coniiu
Ell 10 his house, but il fast recovering
The Supreme Judicial Court for Wald
county adjourned last Friday, after a sesso
oi -S days There Were several divorcei ease
on the docket but only two We're acted upor
and divorces We're granted in both cases. nTh
grand jury found 19 bills OF Indictment, bu
none OF them were liquor cases
Hon. j 7. White Of Belfast, has been electe
Iresident oil the National Bank there, in plae
oil Thomas Marshall, deceased A RI Prar
bury still retains the position of Cashier.
sAGADAHoe COUNTY.
we learn from the Bath Times that a nev
Masonic Lodge has reeentlybeen organized a
boothbay to he known as 'sSeaside Lodge. -
Inc me eihccrs elect are as iollows: o. p Rice
w. NJ; Caleb HoIc,lon. Jr. 8 W w u
Lewis, j. W; Nj. e. Pierce, s Silas Smitl
+; James MeDougald, I'd, 8. D.; Dennis Ho
gan, . p; D. W. Sawyer. Chap; r. Mont
gomery, NJ; $. s. Wylie, s. s.; G. McKowf
j. s.. 5sGAl'sG