The Portland daily press., 1867-09-13
state Items.

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The lovers of music are reminded that the
Musical Festival commences Tuesday next al
Waterville to continue four days 3'.r'0 -
-Rev a. ii. Merrill in a letter to the Bath
Times says "Elstport appearsi to nave more
than recovered from tha- diA.asssF.-sy fire, OF
I eor'ao three years since. That confederation
was to this village what the night of 4th OF
July, 1866 was to Portland. am informed by
my friend, J. w. Hinkley of this place. who is
| engaged in the hard ware business, that the
buildings put up since the fire, very greatly
exceed the old ones in cost, beauty and conven-
fence. Thus it is that the old forms in nature
art, custom, government, morals and even re-
ligion, pass sway, to make room for fresher'
better, purer developments"
The Machias Union says the merchants of
Portland are doing great deal to bring trade
ther city. Our good will is to citizens and bus-
mess enterprises of our own State other things
being equal, and we think our eastern traders
would do well to form acquaintance with the
iobbing houses at Portland. 5''" 2
Capt w. III. Dennis, of the United States
coast survey, is making survey of the st.
Croix river at Calais 81 ,.sN,sl
The gross receipts of the Hotel Bazaar at
Eastport were $500 and the net proceeds
$1,000 'aij I' 9i5tH =
"A correspondent of the Maine Farmer saws:
many housewife may be glad to know, when
sle mas piece OF fresh meat she wishes to
keep few days, that it can be successfully
done by placing it in a dish and covering it
with buttermilk. 1 have practiced this plan
Ior years" s,.. L..I.., M. .,-.l..,5'-.
~ fi - 500 -i'.'.tt .N'si .lf -
1.-The greatest spread-eagle splurge ever
olazoned in the columns of any journal appear
ell this week in the Bangor Democrat.
The Pennington Cronicle learns
that the Knowles house in Strong near the
Denis Elbow so called, was DESTROYED by
lire on Saturday night last. We have no par
ticulars itioi ,l8 HhT AaH
"A young girl from Phillips, by name of
Dill, at work in the family of Mr. Weston, at
Little Blue. was so badly scalded by stepping
backwards and falling into tub of boiling hot
water, last week, thatsh died on Monday. lust
one week after the shocking accident. So
says the Pennington Chronicle. Il"
-Ihe Gardiner journal says that Robert
Robinson, an elderly gentleman, belonging in
Lltchfield well known to our readers, had his
arm torn from the socket while at work on a
thrash,ng machine Wednesday afternoon.
In the little village of Madison, on the
hennebec, there is church in the tower Of
which a small hole is to be seen. The Tran
script relates that few years ago, when the
ADJOINING tavern and other buildings were de-
stroyed by fire, spark lit on the tower and
soon kindled little fame. One of the crowd
below, scraping up handful of snow from the
ground, threw it at the tower, and striking the
exact spot, extinguished the blaze, and saved
the church. 't. .i'.. Hl r.-- p.
The Bangor Wing says potatoes are SELL
ing in our market at 60 to 65 cents; butter from
70 to 30; eggs at about %. Late planted pota-
toes are not yet in the market, and it is sup
posed the supply will be light in consequence
of the rust. The early potatoes are suffering
from disease. 'a 'M
Brig. Gen. Ingraham of New Bedford, has
been appointed governor of the military asy-
lum at Augusta. 19
We learn from the Wing that the two
townships of land sold Wednesday at the
Land Office in that city, for the benefit of
Daees College, (Nos. and 10, Range II, w. r.
L. S.'l on the upper St John waters, were pur-
chased ny Messrs. Isaiah and George Stetsop.
of that city, for $4,000, or about As cents ne,
acre. There was considerable connection +ho
bids going up from 80 cents. TT
DIR. Hamlin has received the appointment Of
Port Physician of the port of Bangor Or
Hamlin was Medical Inspector in the Regular
Army and for three years was connected with
the Army of the Potomac He took high ranl,
in the service and was breveted at the close of
the war '' ''
-Welearn from the Bangor Wing that work
upon the European and North American Rail-
way bridge at the mouth of the stream is pro-
crossing and we are told by the builders that
tne Drlage will be in condition for laying the
rails oy The LIST of October. A draw pier has
been erected in the centre of the bridge. LEO
feet long, with passage way of 80 feet width
The Gardiner Journal says an old lady.
named Mason, drowned herself in the STRAIN |
back of their house, on Monday night. she I
has been insane for some year or two, and was
possessed with the idea that she must drown
herself in the ocean, as there was not water A
enough in the stream or river to do it.