The Portland daily press., 1875-02-27
business Notes.

The shipment of shoes from Auburn during
the past week have been 1 Az cases, anu the
receipts of leather S3,126 pounds. Inc snip
ments of the week previous were 1,31S cases.
and the receipts of leather 124, pounds.
One year ago for the week ending Feb zotn,
the shipments were ITS cases, and receIpts o.
83, $40 pounds of leather. Shoe business re
mains dull and prospects are unchanged.
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Lewiston and Auburn railroad company
was held at Lewiston, Wednesday. The FOL
. lowing gentlemen were elected directors: q.
G. Coburn, James Dempsey, E. 5. DAVIS ii.
B. Bartlett, Edward L. Wood, Il. IL. fllsDury,
j. f. Randall, f. NJ. Jordan, E. A. Little.
The keel is laid in the yard of Messrs. j..
Cakes & Sons, Brewer, for another new vessel,
about the size of the one now under process Oh
construction.
Walter B. Nutter of Cape Elizabeth, has
stock farm at Pleasant Hill, Scarboro', used
for breeding horses upon. He owns twenty
five, and intends to bring the farm up TO
standard of hundred horses
A lot of Pine Logs have been transported 10
Cape Elizabeth Depot to be hauled on the cars
to Saco.
Appearances now point toward inc s'ai'ihs
up of the iron works at Pembroke.
On Wednesday, the Oath instant, comp any
was formed at North Newburgh, to be known
as the Carmel Hermon, Hampden and North
Newburg Cheese Manufacturing Company,and
organized by choosing the following officers
President, Jere. G. Patten; Secretary, Scion l..
Patten; Treasurer, John Sawyer; Directors,
John Patten, j. N. Bachelor, and e. G. Greg
DRY.
The Eagle Sugar Refinery will start up to-
day. and is prepared to boil $4,000 hogsheads.
The outlook is quite encouraging.
During the past week some fifteen vessels
have been chartered for ports west of Boston,
and there are but two or three now here uLen-
gagged. There is no call for lumber in Boston.
THE following is the response of Speaker
Thomas to the vote of thanks of the House and
the warm concentrations of the members who
spoke at the close of the session:
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.:
The Resolve just unanimously passed confers
on me the highest honor, and is more precious
than any decoration in the power OF royalty to
bestow From my heart thank for it. thank
accompanied its passage; and I thank you most
of all for the uniform kindness. courtesy and
consideration extended to me from first
to last by every member of this House.
The session of the Fifty-fonrth Legislature
of Maine will be memorable. In addition to
ordinary legislative business, we have elected a
United States Senator, remodeled the financial
system of the state, and passed upon the work
Of the first Constitutional Commission ever
convened in Maine
Yet, gentlemer, notwithstanding these un-
usual labors, such has been your diligence, that
we have now reached the hour of final adj
journment after a session of but fifty days
duration-the shortest regular session for
twenty-four years, and excepting the five SEES
sions of 1920, 1922, 1928. 1925 and 1851, the
shortest regular session ever held by any Leg
islature of Maine.
"Whatever thy hand findeth to do do it
with thy might is the scripture injunction.
This you have obeyed to the letter, and for
this you deserve and will receive the approval
of a discriminating public.
The closing hour has come, our work is done,
ouf fraternal intercourse must now be broken;
but the bonds of friendship formed aud &C.
mented here will be broken never. And now,
gentlemen, wishing you safe return 10 happy
homes, and invoking for you the richest bless
ings of bountiful Providence, bid you, one
and all oond hive