The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-04-29
State Items.

First page-Reply to one who writes from
but not for Commercial Street; Letter from
New Orleans; Railroad Loans; To the Alum
nj of Bowdoin College. Last page-A Drink
ing Song, poetry-A Local on Chicago; Genial
Bedfellow; A Chip of the Old Block. Il &.
The Minneapolis Tribune, new, first-class
Republican paper, nine columns to the page, is
to be started early in May. Minneapolis is a
few miles above ST. Paul, at st. Anthony Falls.
The Tribune is to be under the editorial man.
agement of a gentleman from this State.
We have another brief article from "On-
derlot' in reply to "Lucifer," who says in
speaking of "the meridian of 1913 degrees west
longitude" he quoted the text of the treaty as
published We give this paragraph as we have
not room to-day for his article. ,ai4.t ,
We learn from the Calais Advertiser that
young man by the name ofLucas, an employ
ee on the Lewy's Island Railroad, was killed
on Monday morning last. He was engaged in
switching off some cars and slipped, and fell on
the track, the cars passing over him.
The Union says Charles, son of G. W
Gates, Esq, of Machiasport, aged about %,
was knocked overheard from the topsail yard
and lost, in vessel bound from Boston to Gal
weston, about the Doth of March.
Forest City" will appear COMMONWEALTH
"Citizen." H s. s." on file.
Fifteen years ago this spring, friend of
ours emigrated from a town in this county to
Minnesota. By an advertisement in a Minne-
sofa paper his farm is for sale. It contains
1895 acres; 500 acres ready for wheat about the
hrst OF April. He expects crop of $4,000
bushels OF wheat worth $4,000 to $4,000
Seven hundred acres are enclosed with fence;
cuts 100 tons OF hay. Among the items of per-
sonal property are twelve team horses, ten
colts, eight cows, five harrows, eight plows,
one steam threshing machine, cultivators, &C.,
&C.; price S0,OOO.-I Machias Union.
-Messrs. c. A. Williams & Co., of Skowhe-
gan, already commenced rebuilding their
skate factory, lately destroyed by fire, and in
tend to have it in full operation again in six
weeks The Clarion says they expect, by rum
ning DAY and night, to fill within the specified
Time, the largest contract for skates thew have
ever made. The young women who wera so
severely burned at the time of the das+r,,ot;o,,
OF the factory, are now all in fair wav To rocor.
er.
The Good Templars on Mt Desert Island
are having prosperity. They have six Lodoos
averaging abont one hundred members eeot,
They have closed up the sale of LIQUORS on tho
Island.
The Bath Times is authorized to annorroo
that all persons going to the Maine Conferences
which will commence its session in that c;t,,
onThursdsy mex, by the Portland Kennabeo
and Androscoggin Railroads, will be allowod
free return tickets On other railroads similar
arrangements are being made. On Friday. the
oay OF the Reunion of the Maine and E.et
MAINE Conference, the Portland & Kennebe,.
.Oaa wan run an excursion train, to leave An
sus,a N 'ne morning and return tbitber fror,
na'n'al.er the exercises of the day have nassed
provided that not less than one bundraa . 1oa
sengers can be procured at Aurnsta e gu, pas,
way stations. Tickets for the round "a: anu an
furnished for one fare. "ip 70 De
The house and other buildinpsof
latte of Ellsworth, were destroyed BY fir a. g.
wednesday last. vi
AT Gouldsboro, a short time since. ho,.
playing with "bow and arrow" shot the lat-
ter directly into the eye ola little girl who hap
pened to be standing near.