The Portland daily press., 1867-05-25
state Items.


First page to-day: A Week of Revelations;
Portland and the West; Secretary of the In
dustrial College,; Wheat; '"The Loyds;" The
Retort Courteous; Pardon Brokerage at Wash
ington. Fourth page: The Twelve Months
Selected Story. -,-,... --.--..
The first sawmill in New England was
erected, at sPiscataqua Falls, in this State, in
1854.
The Kennebec Mill at Augusta, now I'M
der the control of Messrs. A. & w. Sprague, is
running full time about $50 hands being EN-
ployed. The Standard says it has during the
last three weeks, turned out over 400 pounds OF
goods more than ever before in the same time
The mill works about 90 bales of cotton per-
week, into goods producing about $4,000 yards
of manufactured goods, which is a large guam
tity for mill ofits size. - -'''''' '-
William Y. Harmon of Durham who had
been arrested for completely with Larrabee in
stabbing horses at that place, had an examina-
ton in the Municipal Court at Lewiston on
Thursday, and was discharged, the government
, failing to make out a case against him. Id
Miss Jenny Rider, young lady living in
the family of H. B. Humphrey of Thomaston,
committed suicide on Monday night, by throw
ing herself from one of the wharyes into the
river. Mental arrangement, growing out of re-
ligious excitement is supposed to have caused
the act. She was about 80 years of age, and
highly esteemed, as we learn from the Rock
land Gazette. ,E..s 90 hEss
4 "A correspondent of the Bangor Wing
writing from Belfast says-Temp erance mat
UJa ho,, LII. r odo
of Good Templars within the city limits all Of
which are prospecting, initiating new members
at nearly every meeting. These are "Belfast
Lodge" in the city proper, aMerrimac," at the
Head of the Tide, and Crystal Gem" on the
east side of the river. There are twenty-five
live working Lodges in the county of Waldo,
and several Divisions of Sons of Temperance.
Our regular quarterly county temperance
meeting viii be held in June at Searsport
The Bath Times says that Mr.. BENJAMIN
Donnell fell out OF door in the second story
ofhis shop on Saturday last, and striking on
some timber was very seriously injured.
"A meeting of the Soldiers and Sailors
Union of Penobscot county will be held on
Friday, May 31st, at the City Hall in Bangor.
The Aroostook Pioneer says it has receiv-a
ed from Mr.. George Pullen of Augusta a small
quantity of rice grown upon the Isthmus of
Panama, which is said to mature in ninety
days from the date OF planting 1t grows upon
upland. aud yields abundantly. 1t is to be-
tested in this State.
The Oxford Democrat says the Western
Musical Association after six months practice
has commenced a series of concerts in Water
ford. 10y 'i " gu. ia 10 IH.'i fe u9ta" Be- ''
ma correspondent informs the Oxford Dem
ocrat that VIM. c. Shaw of Paris, has succeed
edin lifting 1OS31-2 lbs. He is IS years old. i 4
The Liyermore Falls Gazette says William
Thomas of that village has hen that laid four
eggs in "a hours From the first day of April
to May Goth she laid FIFTY EIGHT eggs. This
hen is full blooded Drama, and at last ac-
counts was doing WE'LL ) 't9N4lt}yA
Mr., Stinchfield, of Leeds, recently sold a
horse in California for the snug little sum of
$45 ,oO0.y This horse was raised in this State
and trots mile in 2:l5 every time. r.. ,.,'. .,-,