The Portland daily press., 1867-06-01
S.aEo Items.

First page to-day: COnfiScatOn; Views OF
Secretary McCullock; How Will the Negroes
Vote?; Religious Intelligence. Fourth page:
A Telegrapher's Story; An Ol6-Fashioned
Sunday. l., noa H.1 ff'
We learn tha5 NJ. Henry Knight of Saco
recently lost very valuable Knox colt for
which few days previous ne had been offered
81, 600. The disease of the colt was in the
head which swelled up to an alarming extent
till he died. II seems to be the same strange
disease which is more or less prevalent in Con-
necticut. f ai ia tf4-
The body ola man was found on Thursday
washed ashore on Seavey's Island, near old
Fort Sullivan; it proved to be the remains Of
a marine, named Edgar, VINO fell from the Ma
Wy Yard bridge, on the Stu of December, 1866
BENZ. f.. Hanson of Sanford mas yoke of
oxen of the Durham Dlood. girting g. feet
inches and weigh $500 pounds. en-,
The Bath Times says a profound sensation
was produced or one Of ou streets last even
ing at tine hOrrid spectacle--very unusual
among us-of a yo,iag ,oonsos. oeastly intoxicat-
ea! No wonder tine young men gathered to
gaze, with sympathy upon the scene. Wnat o
practical Temperance lecture was that!
The Eastport Sentinel says the bar rooms
at the hotels in town have been closed, and no
rum is sold in town except ION the sly" =
b. -On Friday last Richard Fetherbee Of this
town, received serious injury by, falling from
tae mast OF schooner J. e. Hammond, lying at
Little River and striking o. "a deck.
The Biddefo-d Union says: The increase
of york at the Kittery Navy Yard neoessitates
tno Of no r. 40
pecially those in the Constructors end machin-
lists department. The frst-class workmen in
these named departments are very scarce,
which causes quite an impediment in the
progress OF The WORK very much needed.
The MinnetOnka is 90 be launched as soon
rs the ways" are properly se cured, and
doubtless she will oe fitted for sea
The Suscuehanra has arrived at the gard
ate a thorough cleansing, and orders nave
been received 20 expedite the work on her, so
she may Ie n Hampton Roads the 18TH o June
Acting LIST Assistan, Engineo y DIN LORI, has
beea O.deraC 20 a,,iis 7arc II place of engineer
Ba-s,ow, recen;ly detached. CHEZ Engineer,
VIM. Robe,rs, has tsen ordered 20 annapolis,
on lie Beard of visitors at The Academy.
Commander LOrinS OF the Vandalia has been
| detached and placed OF waiting orders. He is
succeeded oy Commando L. G. Grafton. u S.
Gnnboae 2alOs arrived here lass week with
| gun carriages for the Minnesota The palos is
| experimenting vita crude petroleum for fuel,
instead of coal. ..,l ID. ..,......
The Bangor Wang says, Edward Cars
well, the eloquent advocate of Temperance,
has been engaged to speak the people ~
| Portland, Lewiston, Bath, Gardiner, Augusta,
Biddeford, Brunswick. Richmond, Waterville
and Bansar- He will be in this city, Friday,
| June 7th." -,...,,. -, ....... .
The Oxford Democrat says, "t1r. e. G..
Brigham informs rs that his loss by Che burn
| ing Of tie -staDle last week will come up to
$1,000, OF which was an insurance Of $500. The
| people feel a little nervous about this fire,
thinking i is the work of the same ince2Giary
! who Ired the Atlantic House stable last sea-
son." ~ ........t. IN Y
| Subscribers will take nqtice no. to send us
bills or State banks as they are no longer re-
deemable exceps at the COZ nters Of the banks
issuing the same.
-Ihe Ca'ais Advertiser says, cor this river
the mills haye but inst beg 20 run. Up to
this time ssne manufacture must De ten or
twelve millions l2ls than las year. The Bar
ing Rail- ad, chiefly ,ume,, road. earned five
thousand collars IN Apri, of Lass year, and this
year did not pay r'inring expenses. Hay is
better, buy 7othing ike as: year" @ - -
A little son ABOUT three years old, of Mr..
Armstrong 6f Perry, wandered from the house
last Saturday, - the bea III in company with
an Older brother, and while playing ran into
tthS water. Mr.. Armstrong was working in a
field lear by at the lime and arrived at she
place but shor1 time ate- the littls fellow had
been IN the water, but wnsn he picked him NJ,
although the water vas not NOR than two eet
deep, life 1ac left and all efforts to restore nim
proved Of no avSil.-Eas port Sentinel
The Bangor Wing says that OF Sunday
last ;he caloon o. A i;;se.. Brothers g, Harlow
street was broken .nto, all the SCRIP IN the
'draver-sofle eight o. ten dollars yorth-ci-
gas ard sundry efii3les, were carried away.
Or Wednesday night the store Of Messrs Nor
ten ~ Harrington was entered through The
window in the Dasen ent fronting o. tie Ken
duskees stream, and eight kegs of .ooacco
anG ten dollars lp copper coin were carried off,
the whole of tie valCe of $15O. Two larger
kegs were removed to the window, out tae
aperture was TOO snail to pass them through
Deacon John PlumTier of Augusta, the
grocer VINO was recently prose cuted for selling
glass of cider, mas been appointed liquor
agent fo- thai city. j. III ii 5ul-
The Dover Observer says a quarry of lime
stone iisas been discovered on the sarm of Mr.
charles Y. Bolton, in Foxcroft. Il las been
examined, and specimens OF IL burnt, Il was
found to be as white as the Thomaston or
Rockland lime and equally as strong.