The Portland daily press., 1867-11-28
state News.
AROOSToOK COUNTY.

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The Pressure Isle Sunrise says: sit is re-
ported on the street that the Pioneer is to be
removed to Houlton and made the organ Of
the Democrats of Aroostook, they having tax
ed themselves heavily to secure so derrable
instrumentality in the work of revolutionizins
this county, which is said enthusiastically. must
be done next year. We understand that Bro.
Gilman says the Republican party has gone
J up, and Presque Isle is played out, and
/ we suppose he goes to Houlton and into the
embrace OF. the Democrats ON the principle
that rats" ran from sinking ship. The
world, Aroostook, and Presque Isle will prob
ably survive the shock" rc -..f,.-,.- -,
One day last week Geo. w. BeImain, of
Maysville, while engaged chopping in the
woods, received a blow from falling tree
which resulted in fracturing both bones in the
left leg below the knee, dislocatiug the upper
fragments at the joint, and in deeply pune
tured flesh wound, The accident, though of so
severe nature, it is hoped, will admit of a
perfect recovery. gs48 cd -QfdP IL gFof q
mooI L3fa PENoBscoT COUNT. sd sa sIni
Il The Wing says the late warm turn will en-
able lumber dealers at that port to load most of
the lumber upon their vessels They are work
ing day and night, and as matters look now,
there is fair probability of their being able to
fill the greater portion of their contracts. and
the loss by the cold win be much less than
was anticipated, The boom above the docks
was cut on Tuesday, and the logs drifted slug-
gishly down the river to be secured by men
stationed in the eores below. There are still
many fears about the logs at Sunkhaze and in
Penobscot Boom, which are likely to come
down if the warm weather continues dlilad
b Mr., .. *. Jewett, President of the e.; & N.
A Railway Company, writes to the editor of
the Bangor Wing that a contract has been
made with responsible parties to complete the
construction of that railway as far as VIM,
81 miles from Bangor, and near the mouth OF
the Mattawamkeag stream. The Wing is con
fident that after the road is thus completed to
VIM, the construction Of the other fifty miles
to the east Hue of the State must soon follow,
as the New Brunswick portion will be rapidly
completed.i,ii A-ea.- bnl lL-L silI ~ liz
\ VS.. PIsGATAoUIs COUNTY. -li.f a.
I The editor of the Farmer has paid visit to
Wise's Hill, in Guilford, and is surprised at
the wealth of granite and slate there stored up,
I He says: descending the hill through the
r. Il 8 y
bushes, we soon passed over a bed of mica
slate, curled and twisted up BY the forcing up
of the granite through it. As soon is we
reached the summit we suddenly game upon
the granite, which like a backbone stretched
across the country to the northwest. Our
surprise was great to find it here. in country
where nothing but slate was supposed to ex-
ISL We believe our State biologists did not
recognize it, Thus within a third of mile
we crossed distinct formations of granite, mica,
STATE anu arghiaceous slate, The granite is OF
firm texture and could be split out in immense
blocks for all kinds of purposes for which it is
employed" ,., ..'''"
| l-"'" WALDO COUNTY saE $50. fc'
The Bangor lWhig has Information ofa CO.
rious fire in Frankfort. Franklin Trost,s
store-housc and wharf together with about
500 bbls mackerel 800 bbls silvered porges.
200 bbls salt, and 1000 fish bbls, was burned
on Sunday morning. Loss $4,000. Partly
insured.